The best smartphones ASUS / ASUS for 2016 year. Top 7

6 place.

ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser ZE601KL 32Gb

The average price is 13,300 rubles. This tablet has scored 57% of fives on reviews in the Yandex-Market. Technical specifications: 6-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080, Android 5.0 operating system, 32GB built-in and 3GB of RAM, there is a memory card slot up to 128GB, support for 2 SIM cards, 13Mp main camera, 5MP front camera. Battery capacity 3000 mAh.8-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2.

5 place.

ASUS ZenFone Max ZC550KL 32Gb - phone with a powerful battery

The average price is 8 500 rubles. This model received 58% of fives on reviews in the Yandex-Market. Specifications: 5.5 inch screen with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, Android 5.0 operating system, 32 GB permanent and 3 GB RAM, support for two SIMs. The main camera is 13 mp, the front camera is 5 mp. The company Asus calls the model "Max", if it has a powerful battery. This model was no exception. Battery capacity - 5000 mAh. The talk time is 37.6 hours, the standby time is 914 hours.

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4 place.

ASUS ZenFone 3 Max ZC520TL 16Gb - budget phone with a fingerprint reader

The average price is 11 500 rubles. Inexpensive Asus model from the newest line of ZenFone 3 scored 60% of fives on reviews in the Yandex-Market. Specifications: screen 5.2 inches with a resolution of 1280x720, operating system Android 6.0, 16 GB built-in and 2 GB of RAM, there is a slot for a memory card up to 32 GB, support for 2 SIM cards, main camera 13 mp, front 5 mp. The capacity of the battery is 4130 mAh. The battery life in the recharging mode is 20 hours, in the video view mode - 15 hours, in the standby mode - 720 hours( 1 month).4-core processor Mali-T720.There is a fingerprint scanner.

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3 place.

ASUS ZenFone 2 ZE551ML 32Gb Ram 4Gb

Price - 12 000 rubles. Last year's flagship received 43% of fives on reviews in the Yandex-Market. The 5.5-inch screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 has a high pixel density( up to 403 pixels per inch depending on the model), so it produces an incredibly sharp image. With a 5.5-inch screen, ZenFone 2 is made in a case that corresponds to 5-inch smartphones. This was achieved by reducing the thickness of the screen frame. The camera is 13 mp, the front camera is 5 mp. In super-resolution mode, ZenFone 2 takes four pictures at once with a resolution of 13 megapixels, and then combines them into one photo, the clarity of which will be equivalent to a 52-megapixel image. This smartphone supports panoramic( angle to 140 degrees) SELFI.Among other advantages of this model: 32 GB of internal and 4 GB of RAM.Operating system Android 5.0, support for two Sims. Battery capacity 3000 mAh.4-core Intel Atom Z3580 processor.

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2 place.

ASUS ZenFone 3 ZE520KL 32Gb

The average price is 19,800 rubles. This model scored 70% of fives on reviews in the Yandex-Market. Specifications: screen 5.2 inches with a resolution of 1920x1080, operating system Android 6.0, 32GB built-in and 3GB of RAM, there is a slot for memory cards up to 200GB, support for 2 SIM cards, the main camera 16MP, front 8MP.Battery capacity 2650 mAh.8-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 MSM8953.There is a fingerprint scanner.

ZenFone 3 is equipped with a 16 megapixel sensor Sony IMX298, a high-aperture lens f / 2.0 and triple tracking system TriTech with a speed of 0.03 s. There is a system of optical and electronic image stabilization, as well as a color correction sensor. There is a function of 4-fold super-resolution( 64 mp).Frontal camera 8 mp .

1 place.

ASUS Zenfone 3 ZE552KL 64Gb

Average price in Russia - 21 900 rubles. Buy Zenfone 3 ZE552KL 64Gb on AliExpress can be for 16.1 thousand rubles( shipping to Russia is free). The summer flagship ASUS today scored 66% of fives on reviews in the Yandex-Market. Specification: Android 6.0 OS, 5.5 inch screen with 1920x1080 resolution, 64 GB built-in and 4 GB RAM, there is a memory card slot up to 128 GB.Battery capacity 3000 mAh. The case of ASUS Zenfone 3 is made of high-strength Corning Gorilla Glass with rounded edges( 2.5D technology). There is a fingerprint scanner.

The main camera is 16 mp, the front camera is 8 mp. The slogan of this model is "Created for a photo", thus it is positioned as a camera phone. As the sensor of the main camera, the latest Sony IMX298 sensor is used. The ZenFone 3 is equipped with a f / 2.0 high-speed lens and a unique system that TriTech does not have in other smartphones. For the first time in the world, ASUS engineers have combined three technologies to aim the camera of the smartphone for sharpness - laser, phase and tracking, and have achieved tremendous efficiency. The focusing time is only 0.03 s - under various shooting conditions and scenarios. ZenFone 3 will focus 10 times faster than you can blink. If you add a highly efficient system of optical and electronic image stabilization, as well as a color correction sensor, you can rest assured that clear pictures and videos with natural, saturated colors can be obtained with just one touch. When taking photos, the 4-axis optical stabilization system detects camera vibrations and compensates for image blur, and 3-axis electronic stabilization helps to record smooth movies even when shooting with hands or while walking.

Thanks to the use of speakers with 5 magnets, a voice coil with a metal frame and a resonant chamber of a special design, it produces a rich and clear sound. In addition, by connecting to ZenFone 3 headphones, you can enjoy audiophile sound in the format of 24 bits / 192 kHz - 4 times better than the quality of ordinary audio discs.

Of course, in this model, the proprietary Asus user interface ZenUI is implemented, this time with the latest version 3.0.

This model is included in the top five of the best flagship smartphones for 2016 .

ASUS is the largest Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer. According to the forecast of the resource trendforce.com, Asus in 2016 will increase its sales by 34.4% and bring them up to the level of 21.5 million smartphones. For comparison: another large Taiwanese manufacturer HTC sales of smartphones in 2016 are expected to reach 13.2 million.

The phone directory of Asus is quite extensive, but it boils down to two model series: last year's Zenfone 2, and also Zenfone 3, whichappeared in 2016.In Taiwan, both models are leading in sales among all android producers. Zenfone 2 also entered the top-10 smartphone sales worldwide in the third quarter of 2016, a significant role in this was played by good sales of this model line in Russia, where ASUS Zenfone 2 took the second place with a share of 7.23%( see mostpopular smartphones in Russia).The popularity of Asus in Russia is explained by the fact that the price of smartphones of this brand is lower than that of Korean manufacturers, and the quality is no worse. If you compare with Chinese smartphones, then the products of Asus are somewhat more expensive, but the quality is higher. Target audience of Asus in Russia are those who want to have a high-quality smartphone and are ready to allocate for its purchase the amount from 13 to 28 thousand rubles.

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7 place.

ASUS Zenfone Go( ZB690KG) 8GB - phone Asus with the biggest screen

The average price is 8 200 rubles. This came on sale in December 2016 and today received 75% of fives on reviews in the Yandex Market.

Specifications: body width 101 mm, height 188 mm, screen 6.9 inches resolution 1024x600 pixels, operating system Android 5.1, 8 GB permanent and 1 GB of RAM, there is a memory card slot up to 128 GB, support for two sims. The battery capacity is 3480 mAh. The battery life in the talk mode is 20 hours, in standby mode 735 hours. The main camera is 5/8 mp( depending on the set of fires), front 2 mp. Most of the technical characteristics of this model are the weakest in our rating, but at the same time the cheapest price and the largest screen in the catalog of Asus models. Therefore, those who want the screen as much as possible, but at the same time limited in funds, ASUS Zenfone Go will be the best choice.

This model ranks first in the ranking of smartphones with the largest screen.