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Asus ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro Review

Name: Asus ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro Review
Item: Asus ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro
Rating: 7
Author: Preslav Kateliev

by Preslav Kateliev / Oct 03, 2017, 7:55 AM

Introduction

The selfie-oriented niche may be a small one, but still active. Every now and then a manufacturer will launch a phone with a high-resolution front camera, assisted by an LED flash, and some software enhancements to boost your self-made mugshots. Today, we take a look at the Asus ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro. As you are probably guessing by the name, it's a phone that wants to appeal to the social-networking, selfie-loving crowd. This one ups the ante with a secondary, wide-angle selfie camera on the front, and a Portrait Mode for both the front- and rear-facing snappers.

Design

When first laying eyes on the ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro, one is met with a pleasant, contemporary design. The device is wrapped in matte-finished metal and has a thin profile, which feels quite pleasant in the hand. The home button on the bottom is a capacitive plaque, which also doubles as a fingerprint scanner. We've got backlit "back" and "recent apps" buttons surrounding it.

The power button and volume rocker are both placed on the right, with the latter being just a tad bit higher than we would've liked. Still, all controls are in a reasonably reachable spot. The physical buttons have a very reassuring click to them, though they're just a bit shallow.

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Front view
Side view

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Display

We've got a 5.5-inch AMOLED panel with a 1080 x 1920 resolution. The imagery is sharp and, thanks to a very elaborate screen color customization menu, we can get either very punchy colors, or a very subdued, easy-on-the-eyes look.

In short, if not entirely color-accurate, the display is a pleasure to look at and covers a variety of tastes. Unfortunately, it doesn't get very bright, so viewing out in the sunlight is not always a great experience.

Display measurements and quality

	Maximum brightness Higher is better	Minimum brightness (nits) Lower is better	Contrast Higher is better	Color temperature (Kelvins)	Gamma	Delta E rgbcmy Lower is better	Delta E grayscale Lower is better
Asus ZenFone 4 Selfie Pro	481 (Good)	47 (Poor)	unmeasurable (Excellent)	7328 (Good)	2.37	3.55 (Good)	4.76 (Average)
Motorola Moto G5 Plus	581 (Excellent)	6 (Good)	1:1274 (Excellent)	7989 (Average)	2.21	6.07 (Average)	6.79 (Average)
Sony Xperia XA1	578 (Excellent)	27 (Poor)	1:962 (Average)	6494 (Excellent)	2	3.13 (Good)	3.95 (Good)
Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)	569 (Excellent)	1.8 (Excellent)	unmeasurable (Excellent)	6899 (Excellent)	2.19	2.58 (Good)	7.44 (Average)

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The CIE 1931 xy color gamut chart represents the set (area) of colors that a display can reproduce, with the sRGB colorspace (the highlighted triangle) serving as reference. The chart also provides a visual representation of a display's color accuracy. The small squares across the boundaries of the triangle are the reference points for the various colors, while the small dots are the actual measurements. Ideally, each dot should be positioned on top of its respective square. The 'x: CIE31' and 'y: CIE31' values in the table below the chart indicate the position of each measurement on the chart. 'Y' shows the luminance (in nits) of each measured color, while 'Target Y' is the desired luminance level for that color. Finally, 'ΔE 2000' is the Delta E value of the measured color. Delta E values of below 2 are ideal.

These measurements are made using SpectraCal's CalMAN calibration software.

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3 Comments

1. lbblock

Posts: 34; Member since: Apr 20, 2015

I thought the front camera is fine. Subjectively I think it's one step above, say, whatever LG uses up front on the G6, and the rear is no worse than the G6. And for me the launch price is closer to $300. This is probably Asus' best effort amongst their entire product line right now, and I'd prefer this over the regular ZF4 or ZF4 Pro.