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Asus ZenFone 3 Max reviews by real users Asus ZenFone 3 Max ZC520TL

User score

Overall satisfaction
6.2
  • 9
  • 5
  • 3
  • 5
  • 1
23 reviews
  • Screen7.2
  • Performance6.6
  • Camera6.6
  • Connectivity7.9
  • Battery8.0
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Design & Materials

Is it a drop-resistant and scratch-resistant smartphone?
7.3

23 reviews

Do you think it's a nice phone?
7.0

23 reviews

Is it comfortable?
7.5

23 reviews

Can you see it well in the sunlight?
6.8

23 reviews

Performance & Hardware

Does it have good sound?
6.9

23 reviews

Does it work smoothly in everyday use?
7.3

23 reviews

What's your experience been with demanding games?
5.5

23 reviews

Camera

Quality of daytime photos
7.5

23 reviews

Quality of nighttime photos
5.1

23 reviews

Quality of selfies
6.7

23 reviews

Does it have a powerful flash?
7.2

23 reviews

Connectivity

Does it have good coverage for calls?
7.9

23 reviews

Quality of the GPS
7.8

23 reviews

And the WiFi?
7.9

23 reviews

Battery

How long does the battery last?
  • 0%
    Less than half day
  • 4%
    Less than a day
  • 43%
    One day
  • 48%
    More than one day
  • 4%
    Two days or more

23 reviews

Software

Did it come with preinstalled applications?
  • 4%
    It comes with a clean operating system
  • 74%
    It has preinstalled apps but they don't bother me
  • 22%
    It has preinstalled apps that I can't uninstall

23 reviews

Do you regularly receive updates?
  • 10%
    Never
  • 30%
    Once a year
  • 40%
    Every six months
  • 20%
    Every two months or less

23 reviews

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User reviews

  • Nice phone with a good battery

    The phone is good, battery life is what it knows the best, the touch screen seems a bit unresponsive, sometimes on fast taps it needs a second one to recognize it.

    Pros
    • Battery life
    • Design
    • Built quality
    Cons
    • Low cpu
    • Fingerprint sensor
    • 8.6
    • Screen9.0
    • Performance7.3
    • Camera8.3
    • Connectivity10
    • Battery10
  • Auto
    Usable until today

    If you only worry about watching videos on YouTube and more basic tasks is a cell phone ok I was very happy with this phone but the battery swelled up so I had to change it today with a better phone I see that it wasn’t as good as I thought

    Pros
    • Battery
    • Screen
    Cons
    • Ram
    • Night camera
    • 6.1
    • Screen7.2
    • Performance3.6
    • Camera6.2
    • Connectivity7.0
    • Battery7.0
  • Auto
    Think of a bad cell phone. That you multiply

    This was a cell phone I bought in the promotion at "Best Buy", I decided to buy this brand to see if it really was Good, but I regretted it bitterly. This cell phone besides having a tiny space (16GB), it also has the memory (2GB) having to always optimize! I don't have to complain about the battery, it really supplies all day and there's still more. However, the ZenUI system was constantly failing, the last time I had it it didn't work with bluetooth anymore, really a very disappointing system! It didn't even open up the developer options. Do not buy, do not recommend. In addition, the fingerprint sensor does not work properly, there were times when it caught on its own when no one had it in hand! Totally wrong and nothing safe !!

    Pros
    • Battery
    Cons
    • Camera (General)
    • Bordered screen
    • Fingerprint sensor
    • System
    • Among others
    • 2.4
    • Screen6.5
    • Performance5.3
    • Camera5.7
    • Connectivity6.6
    • Battery9.0
  • Auto
    Good cell phone but it's already old

    • 6.9
    • Screen6.7
    • Performance8.3
    • Camera7.0
    • Connectivity9.0
    • Battery7.0
  • Auto
    It is discontinued

    I had never met mediatek processors and now I can assure you they are PURE GARBAGE! After 2 years with this mobile, it has only given me problems. The updates always come defective until the case that before the battery with Android 6.0 lasted 2 and peak; Now according to what you do you do not arrive a day and a half. The 4,100 MHa is like 2,100 MHa.

    Pros
    • Brightness in full sunlight
    Cons
    • Improvable technical service
    • Poor updates
    • 2.5
    • Screen6.7
    • Performance4.6
    • Camera7.2
    • Connectivity6.0
    • Battery7.0
  • Auto
    Good mobile if what you are looking for is autonomy.

    Pros
    • Battery
    • Storage
    • Corning gorilla glass 5
    Cons
    • Performance in demanding games
    • Front camera
    • 8.9
    • Screen8.2
    • Performance8.0
    • Camera7.2
    • Connectivity8.0
    • Battery9.0
  • Auto
    zc5201tl

    Pros
    • 26
    Cons
    • 28
    • 3
    • Screen2.0
    • Performance3.6
    • Camera5.5
    • Connectivity6.3
    • Battery7.0
  • Auto
    It was good while it lasted.

    I have it almost 11 months ago, but the change was necessary. The last update was until Nougat 7.0 and it left me a lot to be desired, like the bugs regarding the performance with several applications, it heats up faster than in the first months, the optimization should be even bigger. Your camera app is not the best, it is quite late to take selfies and requires a better software that knows how to get the juice out of the main one. Despite that, the battery itself is durable and gives for the right, it would have been better if they let him upgrade to Oreo, he could improve on something.

    Pros
    • 4000 mAh battery
    • Size and feel to the touch
    • Aluminum construction and shock resistant
    Cons
    • Processor and OS
    • Greater capacity for expansion
    • PixelMaster App
    • 4.8
    • Screen7.0
    • Performance4.0
    • Camera3.0
    • Connectivity7.3
    • Battery7.0
  • Auto
    Good

    • 8.1
    • Screen8.8
    • Performance8.0
    • Camera7.5
    • Connectivity8.3
    • Battery7.0
  • Auto
    A GREAT MOBILE RUINED BY UPDATES

    The Asus Zenfone 3 Max was a great terminal until a few months ago, the battery in intensive use lasted two days practically, had a fabulous performance (except in very powerful games, the mobile is what it is), had no random reboots or anything similar, but this changed when a few months ago ASUS introduced an update patch that dramatically reduced the performance and autonomy of the same, the battery went from last almost 2 days to last just half a day (in a matter of continuous battery referring to me to intensive use) and to constantly hang up and have restarts. In tests that I have made the device loses up to 9% battery in 32 minutes of video at 720p, the phone has "lagueos" in such everyday situations as opening an app or playing a YouTube video. In summary: I strongly recommend that if you buy this terminal, leave it in its factory version (Android 6.0) and do not update it to new versions.

    • 4.1
    • Screen7.0
    • Performance3.7
    • Camera6.0
    • Connectivity5.7
    • Battery5.0

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