Asus Zenfone 5 A500CG (2014) - user opinions and reviews
- midskar
- rAQ
Abinash, 28 Aug 2014Just Dial *#*#4636#*#* Then Open "Phone Information" Then on the bottom there wi... moreThere is no option called "phone information" under that code. Only battery, wifi information is there. Pls help.
- Anonymous
- UD%
Im planning to get one but i need some suggestions regarding what model to get. Help please and thanks
- zenfone5users
- KSE
adjsl, 20 Sep 2014Please Disable all unwanted apps in Setting -> Apps. Try to use flip cover and select your ... moreIts just out of my expectation to have 3.5 hour SOT since many complaint on battery drain. Without intense gaming for 40 minute, can easily pass 4 to 4.5 hours. Whats impress me is the smoothness, never experience lag til now
- adjsl
- U27
Anish, 19 Sep 2014Micromax nitro or asus zenfone which is best It is mediaTek Vs Intel. Choice is yours.
- adjsl
- U27
zenfone5users, 20 Sep 2014Just receive my zenfone 5. Used for 2 days not having the battery drain issue. Normal screen o... morePlease Disable all unwanted apps in Setting -> Apps. Try to use flip cover and select your mobile in Flip cover mode from Setting -> Display ->Tick enable view filp cover mode. select screen off time as min as possible. power saver should be in optimization or smart mode.
It works for me . but don't expect too much power backup. as per my openion this mobile is not recommended for high end gamers. however I am a happy costumer of Asus Z5.
- adjsl
- U27
AnonD-304245, 19 Sep 2014Hi guys, pls any one tel how to off the vibrating setting? menu buttons are vibrate when touch... moreSetting -> sound ->System -> untick the Vibrate on touch.
- aulia
- IVZ
Dear Tomazz,
I hv done all instruction from u to update the firmware. When i eject from cable, then install the new update, my phone shutdown & then pop out android pic msj, error. They have some instruction that we must do, reboot the phone, factory reset, and others. What should i do?
- Abhishek
- X08
AnonD-304245, 19 Sep 2014Hi guys, pls any one tel how to off the vibrating setting? menu buttons are vibrate when touch... morego to settings > sound. scroll to bottom. uncheck vibrate on touch.
- zenfone5users
- PUm
Just receive my zenfone 5. Used for 2 days not having the battery drain issue. Normal screen on time is 3.5 hours with approximately 40 minute of intense gaming.
Heating issue only during gaming.
- Anonymous
- vaN
WORST PHONE THAT I USED!! yes at first i was really amazed but then downfalls started to show up, like battery exaggeratedly drains fast, hangs when multiple applications are open and very bad front camera. WORST THAT WORST I DIDN'T KNOW WHY I BOUGHT THIS PHONE!!!!!
- AnonD-230114
- Hkt
Yes... yesterday my zenfone 5 got delivered n i purchased it for 9999 the 8gb model..
- sachin
- 2@e
AnonD-309366, 19 Sep 2014i am planning to buy asus zfone 5 but i read some feedback error code code x1291 and also he... morebest fone i have ever used..in that price Asus gives you a better quality gadget. i enjoyed it so much.unbelievable experience.
- AnonD-304245
- utK
Hi guys, pls any one tel how to off the vibrating setting? menu buttons are vibrate when touching it
pls help me
- user
- sUt
AnonD-279813, 19 Jul 2014First thing - go to settings, Dual SIM settings, and disable and re-enable the SIM 2 slot. ... moreIt didnt work
- AnonD-308768
- H4r
Well after using it experiencing some issues one by one ...another question why does it is taking so much time from 0 to 15% about 1 hour
- AnonD-308768
- H4r
Manoj, 19 Sep 2014Automatic update problem resolve very easily. 1)open google play store 2)open settings and ... moreDo u know why is it taking so much battery while surfing via wifi
- Tomazz
- 2xK
Anonymous, 19 Sep 2014Tomaz
Whats the difference between 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, Quad Core and 1.6 GHz I... moreSnapdragon is based on ARM architecture, while Atom is based on Intel's x86 architecture. So they are very different.
Atom is generally faster per cycle, and more geared towards being used in computers, although Atom is a very low voltage and ultra low power consumption model, but still - it's geared towards performance. Hyperthreading (additional virtual cores, which utilise free time in the cycle of physical cores) further adds to performance gains.
ARM on the other hand is made for the portable devices in primary use, hence power consumption (the management of it) is the primary concern. So performance of ARM in the same number of cores and same clock may not be on the same level as Atom, but at the same time, it would be able to do the tasks with less wasted energy.
Also ARM contains controllers for many of the smartphone services, like 3G/LTE modem, camera, video encoder/decoder, etc. which saves on power, but at the same time makes specs of ARM phones so similar - as you can't really build anything outside what the ARM chip supports into the phone without severe cost and drain on battery.
So both have their advantages and weaknesses. But given they come from completely different worlds, it's hard to draw a parallel between them.
That said - your question is probably between A501CG and A500KL - I have both here, used both, and for the light work I do on them, I could not see any difference in performance on them. Obviously A500KL is faster as it can run 4G (but is slightly slower on 3G… though that could be just be caused by my network operator), otherwise I could not say that A500KL, despite KitKat was performing any better than the 501CG.
Therefore the decision should boil down to:
- do you need LTE?
- do you need dual SIM?
- are you willing to pay 35% more for LTE?
There's no difference in photos cameras take, no matter what Sony fanboys tell you.
- Tomazz
- 2xK
Florian, 19 Sep 2014tomazz
i have downloaded the update from your link..extracted it and saved to my zf5 storag... moreWait for next version to be released, don't do OTA, instead download full firmware and load it manually.
But next one should be Kit Kat. That one will overwrite whole OS anyway, not just a small FOTA update.
So you'll be OK at that time also.
There was someone else who used FOTA update to 1.17, skipping 1.15 and 1.16 so his flash and speaker were never updated.
But he could load 1.18 complete firmware to fix that.
Same way you will be able to use 1.19 or KitKat.
- aulia
- IVZ
Tomazz,
I already followw ur instruction, when i extract the file at my notebook, then i transfer it to root file & eject from cable, it pop out notify to install the new update. Then it shutdown and suddently pop out update error.. what should i do
- pradeep
- U@b
AnonD-308994, 18 Sep 2014juz nuv i received the ZF5. Actually I don't have much knowledge abt smart phones even though ... moreGuys, please do not buy zenfone 5. It has big time problem with battery, as it drained very fast.
Another problem is with the phone is heating.
Now flipkart is not taking it back as I want to replace this phone with any other brand.
Don't buy Asus
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