Today ASUS Zenfone Blog volition review close ASUS ZenPad 8. Asus has been ane of the earliest Android tablets maker. They started amongst Transformer series, Nexus, Memopad serial together with FonePad series. And straightaway the Taiwanese companionship brought its "Zen" construct to their novel tablet range, ZenPad series. Will it convey success similar the ZenFone Series ?
On this postal service nosotros volition speak close ZenPad 8, Zenpad 8 launched at June 2015. Running on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC, the specs is quite same amongst ZenFone Selfie but accept bigger battery, together with then it's convey ZenFone sense amongst larger screen.
Look together with Design
The ZenPad 8 Z380KL has a sparse together with slim pattern which is fairly comfortable together with tardily to carry. The Zenpad 8 dimension is 209 x 123 x 8.5 mm together with 350g inward weight. The Zenpad 8 has an 8-inch concealment display amongst 1280x800-pixel concealment amongst 16:10 aspect ratio. ZenPad speaker is at the top which supported past times DTS sound.
ZenPad 8 comes amongst leather mode dorsum embrace which made past times plastic together with has a sparse metalic strip unopen to the concealment which gives luxury look. The ability push together with book buttons are on the correct side of the tablets, micro USB together with 3.5mm ports are on the top. The parent embrace is removable for accessing microSD together with SIM slot.
Under the dorsum embrace at that topographic point are micro-SIM slot which back upward 4G connector together with microSD slots, equally good equally a connector for Audio Cover which you lot tin give the sack purchase separately.
Example of ZenPad Audio Cover (From Zenpad Z370)
Specifications
| ASUS ZenPad 8 Z380KL Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Operating System | Android 5.0 (Lollipop) |
| Display | 8" LED Backlight WXGA (1280x800) Screen |
| IPS Panel | |
| 10 finger multi-touch support | |
| Corning® Gorilla® Glass1 | |
| Anti-fingerprint coating | |
| Full lamination | |
| ASUS Tru2Life Technology | |
| CPU | Qualcomm® MSM8929 Octa-Core, 64bit |
| Qualcomm® MSM8916 Octa-Core, 64bit | |
| Memory | 1GB/2GB/3GB |
| Storage | 8GB/16GB/32GB |
| 5GB Life Time ASUS Webstorage Space | |
| 100GB of Google Drive infinite for 2 years. | |
| Graphic | Adreno 306 (MSM8916)/405(MSM 8929) |
| Network Standard | 2G |
| EDGE/GSM | |
| 3G | |
| WCDMA | |
| 850MHz(5)/900MHz(8)/1900MHz(2) /2100MHz(1) | |
| LTE(CAT4) Mbps | |
| 4G | |
| LTE | |
| 800(20)/850(5)/900(8)/1800(3)/1900(2)/2100(1)/2600(7) | |
| Wireless Data Network | WLAN802.11 b/g/n |
| Bluetooth V4.0 | |
| Support Miracast | |
| Camera | 2 MP Front Camera |
| 5 MP Rear Camera amongst Auto focus*1 | |
| 8 MP Rear Camera amongst Auto-Focus*1 | |
| Audio | 1 x Front Speaker amongst DTS hard disk drive Premium Sound, Supports aptX® |
| Interface | 1 x Micro USB |
| 1 × 2-in-1 Audio Jack (Headphone / Mic-in) | |
| 1 x Micro SD Card Reader, upward to 64GB SDXC | |
| 1 x Micro SIM Slot | |
| Sensor | G-Sensor/ E-compass/ Hall sensor/ lite Sensor |
| Battery | 10 hours battery life; 15.2Wh Li-polymer Battery*3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS & AGPS |
| Color | Black, White, Aurora Metallic |
| Dimensions | 209 x 123 x 8.5 mm (LxWxH)*5 |
| Weight | 350 g |
Benchmarking
Benchmark score on ZenPad Z380KL is quite good, amongst arround 29.000 on Antutu benchmark.
On 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited ZenPad 8 Scores 7580
CPU Z Information
Camera
We don't await much from tablet camera, but ZenPad 8 equipped amongst 8MP photographic boob tube camera without flash. The number is proficient also for Tablet camera, ZenPad 8 also has photographic boob tube camera features similar Zenfone series.
User Interface
ASUS ZenPad 8 runs Android 5.0 amongst ZenUI overlay. The interface is same amongst some other ASUS Smartphones. The UI is comfortable to use, fast, together with lag free. Thanks to 3GB RAM which makes this Tablet tin give the sack practice a lot multitasking without lagging.
Gaming Test
We practice some gaming test, ZenPad 8 runs good amongst a fiddling chip lag on Asphalt 8 but nevertheless playable together with Mortal Combat X Runs really good without lag. You tin give the sack run into on video below :
Verdict
ZenPad 8 Z380KL is a decent tablets with luxurious style together with proficient performance. Even who role tablets without having smartphones volition happy amongst this device. Also you lot tin give the sack purchase the Audio embrace to construct this tablet to media device which you lot tin give the sack spotter painting exhibit or listening to music amongst it's DTS technology. ZenPad 8 role ZenUI interface which tardily to role together with really proficient inward response. Zenpad 8 also back upward USB OTG, MicroSD upward to 64GB.
