CES: Asus ZenFone zoom with triple optical zoom

Asus shows at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas currently an Android smartphone with outstanding camera. The ZenFone Zoom is the world's slimmest smartphone with triple optical zoom.

Was announced the ZenFone Zoom already last year, now it can be on the CES try. In a direct comparison of two photos the ZenFone Zoom can say quickly. Thanks to the optical zoom is possible with the Asus device a particularly detailed recording of depth.

"The 13 Megapixel make ourselves already in nonzoomed mode easily, zoom in the selected portion of the image on the screen. Ultimately we arrive but relatively quickly reach the limits of what is possible. The image details disappear in the coarse-grained to the pixel boundaries and photographed sees little of detail. That is why we shoot a second image. This time we drive the optical zoom to the full.

Here we see immediately the qualitative difference. When repeated subsequent zooming in on the touch screen, we arrive back against the fruit bowl. And lo and behold, in the supposed fruit bowl teeming with Cheese snacks. That's the great thing about the combination of sensor and optics. The quality of digital photography can be significantly increased through the improvement of these two areas.

We are curious to see if and how this will in the longer term impact on the pocket Photography. Likewise, of course, the question arises, what is the life of such a ludicrously small lens transmission in reality. "

All the technical details of the Asus ZenFone Zoom overview:

· Network Technology: GSM / HSPA / LTE (250Mbit / s)

· Announced for: January 2015

· Dimensions: 158.9 x 78.8 x 12 mm (6.26 x 3.10 x 0.47)

· Weight: 185 grams

· SIM: Dual SIM (Micro-SIM)

· Display: IPS capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 5.5 inches (65.9 percent screen-to-body ratio), resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (403 ppi pixel density) Multitouch, Gorilla Glass 4

· OS: Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)

· Chipset: Intel Atom Z3580, 64-bit

· CPU: Quad-core 2.3 GHz

· GPU: PowerVR G6430

· Memory Card Slot: microSD, up to 64GB

· Internal memory: 16/32/64/128 GB, 2/4 GB RAM

· Main camera: 10 lenses Hoya, 13 MP, laser autofocus, 3x optical zoom, OIS, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, optical image stabilizer, aperture f / 2.7 to f / 4.8

• Features: Geo-tagging, Touch-Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR, Video 1080p@30fps

· Front Camera: 5 MP

· Sound: Alert types Vibration, MP3, WAV, 3.5mm

· WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

· Bluetooth: v4.0, A2DP, EDR

· GPS: A-GPS, GLONASS

· Radio: No

· USB: microUSB v2.0, USB Host

· Sensorium: accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, compass

· Messaging: SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM

· Browser: HTML5

· Java: No

· 5GB free lifetime ASUS WebStorage

· MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player

· MP4/H.264 player

· Document viewer

· Photo/video editor

· Battery: Non-replaceable Li-Po 3000 mAh battery

· Color: Meteorite black, Glacier white, orange

· Price: about 300 €