Planning to buy the most advanced smartphone in the recent future? You will get two of the best affordable options in Asus Zenfone AR and the OnePlus 5. The Asian companies Asus and OnePlus are on a roll releasing their respective individual devices in the upcoming months.
Having high-end specs as per confirmed reports, both of these smartphones can give you a run for the money. The Zenfone AR provides you with its signature user interface, Asus ZenUI 3.0. On the other hand, the latest device of OnePlus, is able enough to bring you a dual camera with DSLR-like quality. Let’s find out about mobiles in detail so that a choice with no regrets can be made.
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Design and built
Asus Zenfone AR weighs about 170 grams, has a 9mm thickness, and is to be available only in black. It is supposed to be the world’s slimmest Tango platform so far. Not many details of the OnePlus 5 are revealed this far, except that it has a 7mm thickness. Though the design might be put into question, the cofounder is confident enough to think otherwise, as expressed on Twitter. The three colors available for the OnePlus 5 are soft gold, gunmetal, and midnight black.
Display
The Zenfone AR is equipped with a super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, with 5.7 inches of the display screen and Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection. Sticking to their own user interface might have facilitated the designers of the Zenfone AR, making it interesting to observe market receival. OnePlus 5 includes an optic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 5.5 inches of screen size and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
Processor and performance
The Asus model packs a Quad-core CPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 chip, and runs on the latest Android 7.0 (Nougat). The addition of the Tango platform of Google will present an extra edge to the performance of the Asus model. The OnePlus model packs an Octa-core CPU, Snapdragon 835 chip, and runs on Nougat 7.1.1.
Camera quality
Zenfone AR includes a 23mp front camera and an 8mp secondary camera, alongside the other updated features. As for OnePlus 5, it includes a Dual 16mp front and 8mp secondary camera. According to the recent reports, it is also to carry a DSLR-quality feature other features like one similar to the Portrait Mode of iPhone 7 Plus and another with the slogan ‘Focus On What Matters’ to spice up the photographic experience for the OnePlus users.
User interface
The users comfortable with the ZenUI are not going to face any issue handling the latest version (3.0) as in the Asus Zenfone AR. The OnePlus 5 is rumored to have the cyanogens mod 11 S that would unlock various hidden apps for super usage. This will provide the users with fiddling around with the device while exploring the apps to the fullest.
Battery life
Both the mentioned mobile phones have a non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery. Considering the provided respective platforms of these phones, multi-tasking of the users ranging from hooking into social media to online work and surfing, the battery life is expected to satisfy any long day.
Summary
Both the Asus Zenfone AR and the OnePlus 5 are to be available in the markets by the mid of July 2017. The price tags are well matched to the entire makeover of these smartphones, as each of them is ready to give you a world of technology right in your palm.
Get a detailed overview of Asus Zenfone AR and the OnePlus 5:
| Details | Features | Asus Zenfone AR | OnePlus 5 |
| NETWORK | Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE | GSM / HSPA / EVDO / LTE |
| 2G bands | Yes | Yes | |
| 3G bands | Yes | Yes | |
| 4G bands | Yes | Yes | |
| GPRS | Yes | Yes | |
| EDGE | Yes | Yes | |
| LAUNCH | Announced | 2017, January | 22-Jun |
| Launch | Exp. release 2017, Q2 | 22-Jun | |
| BODY | Dimensions | 158.7 x 77.7 x 9 mm (6.25 x 3.06 x 0.35 in) | 7 mm thickness |
| Weight | 170 g (6.00 oz) | – | |
| SIM | Dual SIM | Dual SIM | |
| DISPLAY | Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen | Optic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen |
| Size | 5.7 inches | 5.5 inches | |
| Resolution | 1440 x 2560 pixels | 1080 x 1920 pixels | |
| Multitouch | Yes | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 4 | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | |
| PLATFORM | OS | Android 7.0 (Nougat) | Android 7.1.1 (Nougat) |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 821 | Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 | |
| CPU | Quad-core | Octa-core | |
| GPU | Adreno 530 | Adreno 540 | |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 256 GB | No |
| Internal | 64/128/256 GB, GB, 6/8 GB RAM | 64/128 GB, 6/8 GB RAM | |
| CAMERA | Primary | 23 MP | Dual 16 MP |
| Secondary | 8 MP | 8 MP | |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones | Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | Yes | |
| FEATURES | Sensors | Fingerprint | Fingerprint |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM | SMS, MMS, Email, IM, Push Email | |
| Browser | HTML5 | HTML5 | |
| Java | No | No | |
| COMMUNICATIONS | WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 4.2, A2DP, LE | 5.0, A2DP, LE | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS | |
| Radio | FM radio | Yes | |
| USB | 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go | No | |
| BATTERY | Non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery | Non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery | |
| OTHERS | Colors | Black | Gunmetal, Soft Gold, Midnight Black |
