Asus has unveiled the ZenFone 2, a brushed-metal successor to the first ZenFone that debuted at last year's CES. We've spent a few minutes with the 5.5-inch device and can confirm it looks and feels great.

Asus has consistently thrown a few impressive announcements over the years, mostly along the affordable angle. The Zenfone 2's starting price of US$199 and the above average hardware that comes with it are head-turning, but as with all affordable smartphones, the caveat won't be known till we've...

The ZenFone 2 is the latest flagship from ASUS. It's packed with a large 5.5-inch display, a quad-core Intel Atom processor, 2GB or 4GB of RAM and the latest version of Android, 5.0 Lollipop!

Asus ZenFone 2 has 5.5 inch IPS display screen having 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) resolution at 403ppi. It is running on latest Lollipop OS. It is powered by Intel Atom Quad Core Processor running at 1.8/2.3GHz. It has front 5MP and rear 13MP camera.

Powerful processor; Good battery support; Good display resolution; Good camera configuration

Not user replaceable battery

When ASUS released the first generation Zenfone smartphones into Malaysia last year , it was quite an eventful occasion to say the least. Despite all the delays and stock shortages , the Zenfone series has become quite a success for the Taiwanese company which eventually lead to the unveiling of the...

World domination was surely on the mind of at least one top exec over at Asus headquarters, when the crew gathered to outline the Zenfone 2 game plan. The smartphone will be sold globally, and the stores in a few lucky countries already have their shelves well stocked.

5.5-inch IPS capacity touchscreen with 1080p resolution and 403ppi density; Gorilla Glass 3 protection; Intel Atom Z3560 chipset with a 1.8GHz quad-core processor; PowerVR G6430 GPU; 2GB of RAM; 16GB of storage and a microSD slot for further expansion; Dual-SIM; Dual Standby capability; LTE Cat.4,...

No 2160p video recording; Non-removable battery despite the removable back cover; Rather large and hefty; Zenfone 2 has a confusing naming convention - not only are there several of them; but ZE551ML comes in two hardware versions

As far as design goes, there's really not much to say about the Asus ZenFone 2 ZE500CL (or any of the other handsets under the ZenFone 2 lineup for that matter) that hasn't been said on other ZenFones that we're featured here in the past.

Respectable display quality and decent viewing angles; Clean and customizable Zen UI; Android Lollipop; Laudable rear camera performance; especially in low-light; Native camera app offers tons of filters and customizations; LTE support

Thicker and heavier compared to some of its contemporaries; Outdated and power-hungry processor; Average battery life; Non-removable battery

With the ZenFone 2, Asus improves on most aspects of the Zenfone 5 except for the camera. The 4GB of RAM could come in handy if you often have multiple browser tabs open at the same time. Also, the PowerVR graphics chip is a solid performer and that is a boon for Android gamers.

While we've already had some hands-on time with the ASUS ZenFone 2 ZE550ML , this time around we managed to try out the red ZenFone 2 ZE551ML along with some gaming and even VR (Virtual Reality).

We unbox the highly anticipated Zenfone 2 ZE551ML! To say that people are interested in ASUS' upcoming Zenfone 2 is the understatement of the century. Any time any kind of bang for the buck or mid-range phone is mentioned here on the site, it's almost always compared to the Zenfone 2.