Asus Zenfone 5z vs OnePlus 6 : The Battle of the 845 dragons!!!

Talking about the two flagship devices- the OnePlus 6 and the Asus Zenfone 5z both of them are well affordable flagship mobiles. The OnePlus 6 being launched a month and a half back and the Asus Zenfone 5z being launched this week and going to be on sale from 9th of July at 00:00 on Flipkart, and Asus Zenfone 5z is the cheapest Snapdragon 845 chipset mobile being launched for Rs.29,999 and its has good pros and cons compared to the OnePlus 6 and its a very good competitor to the Oneplus. These two flagship devices have very similar features.

 Firstly coming to the newly launched Asus Zenfone 5z :

1. The Zenfone 5z has a 6.2-inch display with full HD+ resolution.
2. It runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845 chipset processor.
3. It comes in 2 variants of RAM ; 6GB & 8GB.
4. Its available in 3 variants of storage- 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB.
5. The Asus Zenfone 5z comes with a 2.5D glass at front and back.
6. It has a 19:9 ratio display with a typical notch like the iPhone X.
7. The fingerprint scanner is well positioned on the phone.
8. It has the dual camera setup which is placed vertically just like the OnePlus 6.
9. It has a USB type-C port at the bottom of the phone and it has the 3.5mm headphone jack.
10. This device has an octa-core processor.
11. It has a hybrid sim slot which can be expanded up to 2TB.
12. The Zenfone 5z supports 4G and VoLTE on both slots.
13. This device has the corning gorilla glass 3 for protection.
14. This flagship runs on the Android 8.1 Oreo and ZenUI.
15. The Zenfone 5 has a 3300mAh battery.

   This device has a lot of AI relating features. It has a feature called AI charging which uses machine learning to adjust the charging speed to avoid overcharging. This device also has the scheduled charging option which works pretty well to avoid overcharging. It also has a feature called AI charging which uses the microphones to determine the noise level around you and set the ringtone volume accordingly. These are some of the good AI features which we find helpful these days. This mobile has a Game toolbar in the navigation bar and when its turned on it boosts the RAM and disables alerts from other apps. This device also has Zenimoji just like the animoji on the Apple. This Zenimoji is better than the one on Samsung but not as on the Apple.

Performance, battery life, and camera review :

The Asus flagship also has the face recognition feature and its not as fast as the one on Oneplus. But the face unlock feature is not as secure compared to the fingerprint. And the Zenfone 5z can be easily fooled by showing an HD pic of yours. So it's not secure. The performance is the same as the Oneplus which has the similar processor they are extremely fast and there no lagging issues. Well now coming to the battery, both the devices have the same 3300mAh battery and the battery life is slightly longer than the Oneplus 6. Coming to some AR features, the one plus 6 got its support the previous week and Asus Zenfone 5z is still not found in the list. When both the devices are compared regarding the speed, both stand equally as the RAM and the processor are same. Coming to the camera section,  the OnePlus 6 has dual rear camera setup placed vertically with 16MP of the primary camera and a 20MP telephoto lens which is used only in the portrait mode. And the Oneplus 6 has a 16MP front camera with the portrait mode option. The Zenfone has a 12MP primary camera with dual pixel image sensor and it has an aperture of f1.8. And the front camera is 8MP and it can take pictures only with 4:3 aspect ratio. The portrait mode on the Zenfone is very bad and need to be fixed by some OTA updates. The front camera is not as good as the Oneplus. The Zenfone has the pro mode similar to the Oneplus which has the least ISO of 25 whereas in the Oneplus it has 100. The normal shots clicked on the Asus Zenfone are slightly better than the one plus and it can take better low light shots than the OnePlus. The zenfone runs on the ZENUI and you cannot get the stock Android experience like the one plus. Coming to the display section the Zenfone has an HD display which doesn't support the ambient display. Whereas the Oneplus 6 has an AMOLED display which has better clarity and has the ambient display. The Oneplus 6 is water resistant whereas the zenfone 5z doesn't have any water resistant feature. The Oneplus 6 takes 60mins to charge from 0-100 where has the zenfone 5z takes more than 1 and a half hour.

OnePlus 6 Specs & Cons :

The Oneplus 6 was launched for 34,999 and it has some good specs :

1. It has a fast and smooth user experience.
2. The special dash charge technology with a days charge in half an hour.
3. Water resistant with no IP rating.
4. It comes with a 19:9 full optic AMOLED display.
5. 20MP+16MP primary dual camera with OIS, super slow motion, Portrait mode and 16MP front-facing camera.
6. 6.28-inch FHD display with corning gorilla glass 5. 
7. RAM - 6GB, 8GB
8. ROM - 64GB, 128GB and 256GB.
9. Face unlock, fingerprint scanner, water resistant, glass back and NFC enabled.
10. Supports dual VoLTE 4G SIMs.
11. no expandable storage.
12. Weighs 177 grams.
13. Runs on the Oxygen OS which has the stock Android experience.

Reasons to buy OnePlus 6 Over the Asus Zenfone 5z

1. Stock Android experience with Android P Beta support.
2. Faster software updates.
3. Fast charging than the zenfone.
4. Can click amazing portrait shots.
5. Better stabilized videos with OIS and EIS. 
6. AMOLED display.
7. Water Resistant.
8. Better selfie camera.

Reasons to buy Asus Zenfone 5z  over the OnePlus 6 

1. Costs significantly lesser than the Oneplus 6.
2. Has expandable storage.
3. Has good audio quality and earphones in the box.
4. Better Rear cameras.
5. Some good AI features like AI charging.
6. ZENUI with a different experience.
7. Good rear design.

Links to buy :

OnePlus 6

Asus Zenfone 5z

Some of the pics taken on the zenfone :

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