Asus just recently launched two smartphones in India, the ZenFone Max M1, and the ZenFone Lite L1. These mobile phones are both priced under Rs. 9,000 and are aimed squarely at the Xiaomi Redmi 6 (Review) and the Redmi 6A (Review) respectively. We have actually currently evaluated the ZenFone Max M1, and while its performance suffered because of an aging CPU, it did offer great battery life. The ZenFone Lite L1 has the same processor, however, sheds a few other features and is priced more at Rs. 6,999, with an even lower short-term joyful offer cost of Rs. 5,999. Is the ZenFone Lite L1 an excellent deal at either of those rates? We take it for a spin to find out.
Asus ZenFone Lite L1 design
Similar to the ZenFone Max M1, the ZenFone Lite L1 lugs the household appearance. The simplest means to compare the ZenFone Max M1 and the ZenFone Lite L1 is to look at their backs. While the ZenFone Max M1 sporting activities a fingerprint scanner, the ZenFone Lite L1 loses out on it, which is acceptable at its low price point. The phone is made mostly out of plastic and has an average build top quality. The ZenFone Lite L1 is available in Black and Gold, and we had the Black variation for evaluation. We liked the clickiness of the power and quantity switches, which are placed on the right. The SIM tray gets on the left and has 2 Nano-SIM ports plus a specialized microSD card slot.
This phone has a 5.45-inch display screen at the front with an 18:9 element ratio. The size makes it easy to make use of in one hand, and all corners of the display screen are easy to reach. It has similarly thick boundaries throughout however loses out on the 2.5 D bent glass that the ZenFone Max M1 sports. The phone considers only 140g. The back appears minimalist, as it just has the solitary cam and a flash at the top left edge, and an Asus logo in the center. The 3.5 mm headphone jack is on the top of the phone while the Micro-USB port and the speaker go to all-time low.
Asus ZenFone Lite L1 specifications and software
The ZenFone Lite L1 is a budget offering that is powered by the very same slightly old Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 processor as the ZenFone Max M1. It is an octa-core SoC with all cores clocked at 1.4 GHz. There is 2GB of RAM and 16GB of inner storage space, which is expandable making use of the microSD card slot which approves cards of as much as 256GB. The direct rival to the ZenFone Lite L1, the Redmi 6A, sports a much more recent Mediatek Helio A22 CPU.
The IPS screen has an HD+ resolution and respectable viewing angles and is acceptable for the cost. This phone likewise has assistance for Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, and GLONASS. The ZenFone Lite L1 is a dual-SIM tool and has two Nano-SIM slots. There is assistance for 4G and VoLTE on both SIMs, but the just one can attach to 4G at a time. The phone crams in a 3000mAh non-removable battery and gets a 5.2 W battery charger in the box.
Asus ships the ZenFone Lite L1 with Android Oreo and ZenUI ahead. There are a couple of personalizations and you obtain applications consisting of Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and a few Google apps. Asus has actually additionally mounted a few of its own apps such as Climate, Audio Recorder, Mobile Supervisor, and Documents Supervisor. Asus has a PowerMaster attribute that allows you to select in between various battery modes and power saving choices.
Asus ZenFone Lite L1 performance, battery life, and cameras
While the UI is smooth, we did observe it decreasing when a number of applications were running in the background. Contrasted to the ZenFone Max M1, the lower quantity of RAM on the ZenFone Lite L1 causes longer load times and random downturns. Out of the 16GB of storage, you will get around 8GB totally free for applications and video games. With the data dimensions of applications and games ballooning, we had to uninstall a few applications to make way for others throughout our evaluation period.
We tried making use of a microSD card however the phone did not provide us the choice to format it and use it as fixed storage. If you are utilizing several heavy applications, this could not be the most effective choose there.
The ZenFone Lite L1 lets you set up face recognition to open the mobile phone, and it takes around 2 secs to unlock the phone.
In AnTuTu, this phone took care of to rack up 55,690 factors which are lower than the score of the Xiaomi Redmi 6A, which it is matched versus. The ZenFone Lite L1 racked up 664 and 2394 respectively in Geekbench’s single-core and multi-core examinations. It also returned 25fps in GFXBench and 599 in 3DMark Slingshot.
PUBG Mobile took a long time to pack on this phone, however it had the ability to go for the most affordable settings. The touch reaction of the display screen was a little slow too. We saw stutters during gameplay as well as fairly high battery drain. Alto’s Odyssey additionally had occasional downturns.
In our HD video loophole test, the ZenFone Lite L1 took care of to go on for 9 hrs 10 minutes which is less than the ZenFone Max M1 managed, many thanks to the smaller battery that this phone has. With our usage consisting of playing games for half an hr, and an energetic WhatsApp account, it lasted us over one day without needing to be plugged in.
Just like the ZenFone Max M1, the ZenFone Lite L1 likewise has a 13-megapixel rear video camera, and the cam app equals. Images taken with the ZenFone Lite L1 are typical at finest. Zoom in to a landscape shot and you will certainly see great grain. You can make use of the HDR toggle when shooting intense scenes, and it does enhance the result. The phone could not focus on a subject when we tried to fire macros. Generally, photo quality was suitable in daylight yet not just as good as that of the ZenFone Max M1. In low light, camera performance falls a notch. It stops working to catch good information and the aggressive noise reduction causes a filter-like result in the result.
