Asus Zenfone AR Review Trusted Reviews. What is the Asus Zenfone AR The Asus Zenfone AR is among the first phones to feature the tech required to comply with both Googles Tango and Daydream standards its augmented reality and virtual reality platforms. This phone is an excellent way to show off mobile AR and VR, and is solid in most respects. However, at 7. 99, the price is high and the Zenfone AR doesnt quite have the design impact, desirability, battery life or power of the Samsung Galaxy S8 to justify that outlay. Asus Zenfone AR  Design. The Asus Zenfone AR is clearly a phone for those who like to keep up with the latest and greatest in tech. As with a lot of other top end handsets on the market, this is a rather large device that will prove a stretch for your fingers. I/41nnEotxTUL.jpg' alt='Asus Zenfone 2 Case Review' title='Asus Zenfone 2 Case Review' />While you wont find a lot of ASUS phones being sold by US retailers, the ZenFone AR changes that significantly by being offered through the USs largest carrier. The brand new ASUS ZenFone 2 features ultraslim edge, and 5. Full HD IPS display. Powered by 2. 3GHz, 64bit Intel Atom Processor with 4GB Ram, the device is. Asus has unveiled some impressive hardware this year, including their flagship Zenfone 4 Pro and Zenfone AR, the latter having both Tango and Daydream compatibility. YijQ8PdhkM/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Asus Zenfone 2 Case Review' title='Asus Zenfone 2 Case Review' />It isnt only the 5. A number of new phones are starting to slim their screen surrounds to the point of non existence, but the Asus Zenfone AR sports a rather more conventional design. Its roughly 7. 2. Samsung Galaxy S8. The higher that number, the more screen inches you get for that strain on your pocket seams. Theres no curved glass to be seen on the Asus Zenfone AR, and theres more plastic here than youll find on any other device at or around this price. Its hidden, though. The Asus Zenfone AR has a faux leather back, with fairly convincing looking grain and feel, and its sides are aluminium a familiar feature in a pricier mobile. Deep Freeze Standard 7.20 Free Download more. Acpi Genuineintel X86 Family 6 Model 13 Driver Download on this page. It may look like a fairly expensive phone, but the Asus Zenfone AR is nowhere close to feeling like an 8. Even the Samsung Galaxy S8 only manages this once youve had a sit down and a drink to get over the shock of the price. For a phone costing a fair whack, the Zenfone AR is missing a feature Ive come to take for granted in expensive handsets it isnt water resistant. Program Extreme Karaoke 2011. On occasion, top end phones offer a level of water resistance even when the specifications list doesnt say so. This isnt the case here, it seems. At one point, from apparently little more than use with a wet hand, the fingerprint scanner stopped working for a few days, potentially because water had seeped into the seam or the USB C port. The Asus Zenfone AR is a phone you need to take care of, and not just because it costs more than some admittedly very old, and probably rusty cars. All of this sounds rather negative, and it is, but in general the Zenfone AR is a pleasure to use. The front fingerprint scanner is reasonably fast 6. GB of storage provides plenty of space for downloads and your own files and theres also space for a micro. SD card in the SIM tray. Asus Zenfone AR  Screen. The Asus Zenfone AR has, at the time of writing at least, one of the highest spec screens found in a phone. Its 5. 7 inches, 2. OLED. Pixel density is excellent and image quality is similar to Samsungs best, not least because it uses one of Samsungs own Pen. Tile panels. Contrast is superb, colours are excellent, and you cant see the pixels when you use the phone normally. Its resolution is also great for VR. When you first turn on the Asus Zenfone AR, it will be using its Super Color mode. This has the kind of intense, vibrant colour typical of a premium handset. It looks bold and lively, but isnt an accurate way to judge your photos. It makes colours appear far more intense than they are in reality. Switch to the Standard mode and colours become better tuned, photos looking much the same as they do on my colour calibrated Mac. Book Pro. This also tones down Androids icons, which can appear lifeless until your eyes adjust. Id argue its the best mode to use if taking photos is one of your favourite phone pastimes. The Zenfone AR also includes a blue light filter, known as Night Shift on i. Phones, and a custom mode that lets you alter the displays saturation and hue to your liking. It cant beat top Samsung phones for outdoor performance, however, which overdrive brightness and colour on bright days to improve visibility. Since the Asus Zenfone AR doesnt do this, or not to the same degree, photos taken on sunny days are simply okay.