Asus Zenfone 2 Laser ZE500KL - user opinions and reviews
- extercy
- tug
Just upgraded to Marshmallow on my ZE500KL and it looks good. No issues except for some heavy apps like Line and wechat need to reside in internal memory. I enable adoptable storage where my internal and microSD card were combined as one... so it works like App2SD. My microSD is a Kingston 64GB with 90MB/s Read and 80MB/s Write so if you buy a lesser microSD, your mileage will suck !
I factory reset, upgraded to Marshmallow via official firmware download since FOTA was not working, wipe cache and everything works well. It has been 3 weeks now with no issues.
Enabling Adoptable Storage is a bit more tedious but there are complete guides online. Because Asus did not enable Adoptable Storage by default, formatting the microSD card stops at 20% follow by a pop up error but there was no issues with usage. After the error, I exit and restarted my phone and the storage appeared. I can transfer files via USB to the storage with no issues. RAM usage is about the same.
Battery life is good and WiFi have no issues.
The biggest pain was my customization and data restoration were not seemless..not sure what happened but I have to restore them manually.
I should have done this earlier rather than believe all the hype that Marshmallow was problematic for my phone model.
- extercy
- ibm
Looks like those with the 5" ZE500KL/KG are the only survivors for this model. The other sizes have well know SOC heating issues. So if you have other than the 5" ZE500KL/KG, there is no escape due to the SOC.
- beqzmeh
- IW@
have this for 3yrs now, omg, im so loyal, hello asus zenfone any loyalty award? hahaha
it served its purpose, i now need to get a new one. battery drains so fast, limited apps but cameta is superb!!!
- Anonymous
- xja
within 6 months was like 6 month of headache though the phone is nice but gone now
- Anonymous
- fkd
user, 03 Aug 2018how to change back tu android 5.0.. android 6.0 make my phone lagNo way.
- user
- tZ4
Prabal Pathak,Assam, 19 Sep 2017I'm using this ph. 1 Year 8 months, i'm happy to use asus ze550kl. no need to update android ... morehow to change back tu android 5.0.. android 6.0 make my phone lag
- zya
- fIM
AnonD-730889, 15 Jan 2018Don't upgrade to Marshmallow. It has a bug such as proximity sensors and gestures motion.really no wonder it keep lagging. use for 2 years already but the phone gone now. need to buy new phone
- Manod
- IWS
When I switch on mobile data or wifi after few seconds the phone overheating?Another problem is battery drain fast?Please help me.Thank you!
The phone's camera is super.I love this camera.
- Anonymous
- gCS
Using this phone almost 2 years, good phone by price.
But there are few bad things:
1. GPS is so unresponsive that there is no connection using maps apps (example: waze).
2. Can't remove or even disable facebook background service app (need to root to do that)
3. Need to disable all bloatware what comes to it if whant to use with less lags.
4. Not possible to get full 4G speed. (Using the same SIM in blackberry q10 or Motorola G5 4G is working with bigger speed)
But if not taking these things, it is some good daily phone by price.
- Anonymous
- b4n
After two years of loyal service, i´´ll finally change to a moto g5s.
Great phone, decent specs and overall good experience.
the only downsides is batery backup, and wifi reception (quite poor) and usual ton of bloatware from Asus.
- AnonD-752802
- sUS
z00ed, 04 Apr 2017Hello I using zenfone 2 Leser ze500kl but there not coming Android M update.i am using LRX22G... moreyes
- AnonD-752802
- sUS
z00ed, 04 Apr 2017Hello
I using zenfone 2 Leser ze500kl but there not coming Android M update.i am using LRX22G... moresame here
- Zool
- KZ8
(My review is based on one that has never been upgraded to Android 6.0, and have been using it for over 2 years.)
Pro:
- Excellent camera. My hobby is toy photography and this phone is perfect for it. Super easy when focusing on small objects at close proximity. May need to tweak the camera options a bit, but the end results are usually very satisfactory.
- Great 4G connectivity/coverage.
- Runs emulators rather smoothly. I don't really play mobile phone games, but I do love playing console emulators on them, like PPSSPP (PSP), ePSXe (PS1) and MyBoy (GBA). I found little to no issue when running all of them on this phone. So does that makes this phone good for gaming in overall? You decide.
- One tough phone. I've had dropped this phone quite a number of times, and it still runs great. The Gorrilla Glass 4 is definitely the best protection you could get for this phone. Hardly any scratch can be seen even after 2 years usage.
Con:
- Poor battery life. Not so much of a problem when playing music even after a whole day, just that you'd get hardly a few hours when constantly playing games/surfing the net even on a fully-charged battery.
- Poor placement of camera lense + bad design choices. The curved-shaped rear side of this phone looks good, but then the camera is placed on top of the curve, so when laying the phone down with the screen facing up, the whole weight of the phone falls on the camera! So getting an extra casing for this phone is highly recommended..unless you want the camera lense to get scratched easily, that is.
- Stock virtual keyboard buttons are too small. Well, too small for my fingers, that is. I found it so troublesome when typing messages, because the buttons are too small & placed too close to each other. (It may be better on the 6" variant?)
- Anonymous
- QP2
Do not update this phone past 5.x, ever since I went to 6 and got a data plan I'm missing text messages from many users, with no notice on my phone, and whether data is turned on or off. No support from ASUS either.
- AnonD-730889
- sE5
Don't upgrade to Marshmallow. It has a bug such as proximity sensors and gestures motion.
- Guest
- IV}
Not to buy...
Battery drainning fast
Lagging
Sometimes it will turn off automatically
And getting very hot
- Anonymous
- thY
the last update of this phone was not good, my data sometime turns on automatically, any solution?
- AnonD-539824
- tDS
MrBrown, 28 Oct 2017same goes to me m8.. hopefully someone sent us the link to update to marshmello.. Someone at zentalk already made a post about it, check it out:
https://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-80608-1-1.html
Firmware: https://www.asus.com/Phone/ZenFone-2-Laser-ZE500KL/HelpDesk_BIOS/
Idk if this would work or not
- MrBrown
- PF5
z00ed, 04 Apr 2017Hello I using zenfone 2 Leser ze500kl but there not coming Android M update.i am using LRX22G... moresame goes to me m8.. hopefully someone sent us the link to update to marshmello..
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