Do you need a zoom lens on your phone? For years, consumers have been more than satisfied with the default focal length of iPhones and Android handsets. It’s a wide — but not too wide — view that feels very natural. And for those times when you absolutely must get closer to your subject (and your feet can’t get you there), digital zoom has been a last-ditch option. Sure, it’s cheating — your camera isn’t really zooming so much as cropping — and the results often look bad. But most of the time we’re just posting this stuff on Instagram anyway, and you’re probably doing even more zooming and cropping there. So we’ve come this far without any real cries for phone makers to bring over the true optical zoom offered by point-and-shoot cameras and DSLRs. But Asus went ahead and did it anyway with the $399 ZenFone Zoom.
Asus has started rolling out its Android 6.0 Marshmallow update for Asus ZenFone Zoom(ZX551KL), and Asus ZenFone Selfie (ZD551KL).
What's a ZenFone 2 with a better camera worth to you?
GizmoRead: Asus Zenfone Zoom with 128GB Internal storage and 13-mega pixel camera with 3X optical zoom launched in India for Rs 37,999 ($560).
Quite a price-tag for Indian buyers. I can't imagine it taking off here either, if not only for 128GB storage – nothing great.
Yeah, it's kind of generic. Nothing too special about this that any other smart phone can't do for me.
