At a very affordable $119.99, the price point is definitely the best aspect of the ASUS Zenfone 2E, making this one of the easiest entry points into the world of Android. Not a lot of smartphones feature such a low price tag, and even those that are commonly considered budget-friendly, including the...

-Design is spartan; easy to handle -Replacement back cover (black/white) included -Expandable storage -Battery has potential; but needs power saving modes -Very low price for a smartphone

-Performance can't handle intensive tasks consistently; is pretty uneven overall -Internal storage only 8GB -Only 1GB RAM -Camera is very low quality all around -Software is full of features that doesn't fit amount of RAM -Zen UI feels bloated and cartoonish

There was much noise made over the past couple of months over ASUS' latest smartphone device, the ASUS Zenfone 2. It is the Taiwanese tech company's latest foray into the smartphone business, and boasts a variety of features that are great to have.

Performance; Features; Camera

Battery

Asus is a name that nearly everyone knows, although very few know for sure how to pronounce it . For years they have made laptops that have been popular with the general population.

Minimal skin; small deviation from stock AOSP; Good looking device; Additions see to be decoupled from the ROM and are updated through the Play Store; Amazing value for money; Fast charging

Can slow/lag at times; Average battery life; Inclusion of third party software

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Thicker and heavier compared to some of its contemporaries; Outdated and power-hungry processor; Average battery life; Non-removable battery

This is one of the best phones in the mid-range at the moment especially since it offers top of the line storage and memory options.

The overall performance of the phone is very good; I did not feel any lag and multi-tasking was effortless; Yes, the phone does heat up at times, especially when it is doing something online; But that does not affect performance at any point.

Designing a phone for the middle of the market is tough. A flagship device gets all the bells and whistles, while a low-end device gets the bare minimum to hit its target price. In the middle, however, the OEM needs to find just the right balance between design, features, performance, and price.

Price ? Performance ? Audio quality ? ZenUI; microSD support ? Dual Active SIM

Ergonomics ? Display brightness

Asus has launched its three aces in mid-range smartphone segment in Zen festival 2015 – Asus ZenFone 2 Deluxe, ZenFone Selfie, and the ZenFone 2 Laser. We got the chance to review Asus ZenFone 2 Deluxe.

Good battery back up; fast processor; beautiful designed

Front camera produces noise when zoom-in

Asus really did gathered a lot of attention when they've announced the very first smartphone with 4GB of RAM, the Asus Zenfone 2. That declaration really did excite a lot people, which made the device easily one of the most highly anticipated smartphone even months before its release.

It's time to get a handle on ASUS' best effort in the affordable smartphone space yet. This is the ASUS ZenFone 2, and it's more than ready to take on the rest of the unlocked, low-cost, high value smartphone space. This device isn't mean to take on the $600 phone market.

Earlier this year, ASUS brought to market a great device at a great price. This was the ASUS ZenFone 2 which brought with it a ton of great specs at a price which firmly cemented itself in the mid-range price spectrum.