Asus ZenFone 5z ZS620KL

Affordable ; Fast performance ; Classy design ; Good camera ; Loud dual speakers

Software isn’t too polished ; Derivative design ; No water resistance, wireless charging

The Asus Zenfone 5Z packs in a lot for the money. It’s fast and features a capable camera, but there are compromises lurking in the software.

Crisp display ; Dual camera setup ; Wide angle secondary lens

Glass back ; Not particularly ergonomic

The Asus Zenfone 5Z is a value-for-money flagship phone, if there ever was one. It offers features that are at par with the OnePlus 6 and, to a certain extent, the Samsung S9 Plus, but at a cost that is much lower. It's fairly obvious that the Asus...

Crisp 19:9 screen. Premium build. Fast performance. Sharp rear camera with wide angle lens.

Heavy UI layer. Several AI features don't really seem to be AI.

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 vs. Samsung Galaxy S7

Premium lightweight all-glass design with a high screen-to-body ratio ; Responsive fingerprint sensor and face unlock ; Noise-cancellation microphones and stereo speakers ; High quality DAC with DTS:X headphone support ; Bright Super IPS display with...

Fragile construction ; No IP rating ; No wireless charging ; No IR camera for low-light face unlock ; Front camera low-light performance needs improvement ; Poor low-light performance with the wide-angle lens ; Slow-motion capture capped at 240 fps ;...

The author has been using the Asus ZenFone 5Z as a daily driver for close to a month, and in this entire period there was not a single incident of mediocre performance offered up by the smartphone. Whether it is in synthetic benchmarks or real-world...

Gets you a great display, expandable storage, wide-angle camera, dual speakers and some AI-smarts over the OnePlus 6... at a much lower price tag.

Wide-angle camera and minor software glitches need some work.

Asus has done a fantastic job with balancing the hardware, user experience and the price with the ZenFone 5Z.

The ZenFone 5Z is a truly exceptional smartphone on first impressions. It’s just as well equipped as its flagship alternatives, sure, but it’s a good deal cheaper, too. Starting at just £500, the ZenFone 5Z undercuts both the Galaxy S9 (£739) and Sony...

Solid photo performance ; Vibrant display with deep, accurate colors ; Slick-looking, fast UI

No level of water resistance ; Relatively slow fingerprint sensor ; Camera can lean towards overexposing shots, sometimes losing details and obscuring colors