Unboxing the World’s Thinnest Optical Zoom Smartphone – ASUS ZenFone Zoom
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If there is anything new that you should be excited about recently in the ‘Tech’ world, it should be the latest addition to the ASUS Smartphone series! It is the ‘ASUS ZenFone Zoom’ – the world’s thinnest premium smartphone with 3x optical zoom.
Nothing makes me more excited and privileged than being chosen to be the Lifestyle representative of ASUS Zenfone Zoom! What more, I have always been keen in photography and here I am equipped with the best phone for mobile photography!
For this post, I shall mainly share on the unboxing of ZOOM!
For the exterior of the packaging, it is clean, simple & exquisite-looking with ‘Zenfone Zoom’ written on it. Any guess what’s with the ‘Circle’ right next to the wordings?
I would think it signifies the key selling feature of this phone which is the 13MP back camera!
Upon unboxing the package, the gorgeous ZenFone Zoom reveals itself on the right side. On the left hand side resides a white leather hand strap capped at one end in Matt Gold metal plate with the ‘ASUS’ logo embossed on it!
The phone shares a similar colour theme: A perfect combination of Champagne gold & white. The flawless workmanship combined together with this colour theme makes the Zoom appear extremely exclusive!
Let’s take a closer look at the front of the phone. Residing at the top right hand corner is a 5MP front camera. In the middle is a large screen with a dimension of 12.3cm x 7cm & protected with a sturdy Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
At the bottom is 3 function buttons which is similar to its predecessor. I just love how the button glistens with a beautiful glow of champagne gold upon the touch of light!
As I picked up the phone, I am glad to say it is not heavy, weighing approximately 185g. This is partially owing to its slim design with a side as thin as 11.95mm. (picture below)
At the side of the phone, there is a Volume button which doubles up as the zoom in/out button in the ‘shooting’ mode. Right below these buttons is the On/Off button.
The Zenfone Zoom is also equipped with the Shutter and Recording button on the other corner.
And now for the star of this phone: the Back Camera with 3x optical offering up to 12X zoom-in effect!
The Zenfone Zoom is “backed” by genuine white leather which gives it the “expensive” look & provide for a good ergonomic grip even for the most slippery hands. On the bottom right, there is an imprint of the “Intel” logo which represents the platform the Zoom is operating on (Intel Quad Core Atom Processor).
Whereas on the middle left, there is a ‘ASUS’ logo.
Apart from the phone & leather hand strap, there are also 1x Charger, 1x USB Cable, 1x Earphone & 1x Warranty Book.
The ASUS Zenfone Zoom has been launched on 2nd March and the on-shelf date is 10th March. The list of places that sell are as follow
I shall leave the review to the next post! Do check back for the review of this beautiful camera soon!
For more information, please visit: https://www.asus.com/sg/Phone/ZenFone-Zoom-ZX551ML/ or follow them on their Facebook https://www.facebook.com/asus.sg/ for more updates!
