ASUS ZENFONE 2

Most people recognize Asus from its laptops and a smattering of Android tablets, but outside the United States, it also sells a lot of phones – 10 million to date, in fact.
Its ZenFone smartphone lineup promises solid performance and a well-rounded feature set at an affordable price, and the ZenFone 2 is the latest addition. It brings some pretty impressive specs to the table for its reasonable $300 price tag. But alongside established budget favorites like the OnePlus One, does this dark-horse contender bring enough features to warrant a second look?



At $300, you wouldn’t expect an extraordinary design from the ZenFone 2, and Asus obliges with palatable mediocrity. The phone has a relatively straightforward and boring look, though the satisfyingly-clicky rear-mounted volume buttons imbue it with some much-needed personality. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said of the power button, which is inconveniently mounted on top of the phone and mushy feeling. I’ve actually had to do double takes in order to make sure I actually pressed the power button.
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