Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1

Primary camera: 16 MPFlash: LED FlashSecondary camera: 8 MPThe ZenFone Max Pro M1 comes with a rear-facing dual camera setup, consisting of 13MP + 5MP sensors in a vertical orientation, accompanied by an LED flash. At the front, there is an 8MP shooter for taking selfies. The camera app allows users to click images with depth effect (aka background blur) using both front and rear cameras.However, there is a stark difference between the quality offered by these camera modules. While the rear shooters managed to take rather decent pictures, especially in well-lit conditions, the front camera could not replicate the performance. The camera performance is not extraordinary in terms of detail, but the overall image quality is still pretty clean. The default camera app allows users to click pictures in different shooting modes, including HDR, Portrait, Landscape, Sports, Flowers, Backlight, Candlelight, Night, and Beach. Unfortunately, these modes don't offer much variety in terms of the final outcome of the images and were quite similar to the ones clicked in Auto mode. Some of these issues could be fixed with a software update, as the firmware running on our review device isn't final. Here's a look at the camera samples. On the other side, the camera app allows users to click images with different filters like Mono, Sepia, Negative, Solarize, Posterize, Aqua etc. Our favourite among these modes will have to be Neon, which essentially leaves you with neon object outlines in the image.Users get the option to adjust ISO as well as exposure from the default camera app itself. Overall, for its price segment, the Zenfone Max Pro offers a really impressive performance with its primary rear-facing camera setup but fails to do so with the front camera. 

CPU: Quad core, 1.5 GHz + Quad core, 1 GHz, MediaTek MT6750TGPU: Mali-T860 MP2RAM: 2 GBMemory: 16 GB + Up to 256 GBSIM Slots: Dual SIM , GSM+GSMPowering the ASUS Zenfone Max Pro M1 is Qualcomm's Snapdragon 636 SoC. The handset has been made available in two RAM/storage configurations, i.e. 3GB RAM/32GB storage and 4GB RAM/64GB storage. However, the company has already announced the plans to launch a 6GB RAM variant soon. The storage is expandable up to 2TB via microSD card. Notably, the Zenfone Max Pro M1 is the first smartphone from ASUS that runs a stock version Android. As you might expect, there is no bloatware on the handset and the company has promised timely updates for the smartphone for next two years as well. The use of vanilla iteration of Google's OS takes care of one of the biggest issues we had with ASUS phones earlier, as the brand's previous platform of choice, ZenUI, was quite cluttered and riddled with bloatware.If we talk about the performance, you won't face any lag or stutter issues while navigating through the UI as well as launching and closing apps. Interestingly, the Zenfone Max Pro delivered a very strong performance and not only handled graphically-intensive games and apps with ease but also presented no issues while running PUBG (mobile version) alongside the Gmail app in Multi-tasking view. As we have a taller-than-usual aspect ratio, the apps can easily be run in square boxes with the multi-tasking option. And the best part is despite playing demanding games on a stretch, the M1 didn't face any heating issues.

Capacity: 4130 mAH, Li-ion, Non removableTalktime: Up to 26 Hours (3G)Standby Time: Up to 624 Hours (4G)If we look at the Zenfone Max Pro M1's spec sheet, one feature that truly stands out is the smartphone's battery, which comes with a rating of 5,000mAh. However, does the massive capacity actually translate into longer battery life? The answer is, a not-so confident yes. In our test, where we run an HD video on loop till the phone's battery is completely drained out, the Zenfone Max Pro M1 managed to last around 18 hours, which cannot be deemed overly impressive. To provide further perspective, the Smartron t.phone P, which also comes with a 5,000mAh battery managed to last around 21 hours in this same test for us while the Redmi Note 5 Pro, which comes with a 4,000mAh cell, also delivered 21 hours of battery life in this test, despite a lower battery capacity. That said, the ASUS' smartphone will easily last through a day on a single charge, even with heavy usage. While the handset doesn't support quick charge feature, it comes with a 2W adapter to juice up quickly.