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it's hard not to see parallels between the zenfone 2 and the oneplus 2 they both come at a time when we're just entering the age of the affordable value smartphone one might even suggest that oneplus was actually one of the heralds of this era so let's see how each of these forerunners stack up when they're pitted against one another I'm our first signer let's get ready to throw down because this is the zenfone 2 vs. the oneplus 2 I use the zenfone 2 for 8 days during the review period and I've been using the oneplus 2 as my daily driver for 7 days at the time of this shoot in terms of the build quality I think it really just kind of comes down to preference at these two I don't think one device has a serious leg up over the other in terms of the build quality but I do prefer the feel the one the zenfone 2 in the hand over the kind of colder feel of the oneplus 2 the oneplus choose metal frame really kind of gives it that heft and makes it feel premium but the sharper corners really don't sit very nicely in the hand and the rounded back of the zenfone 2 really knocks that out of the park so I think in terms of build quality in terms of how the device is fuel in the hand I got to give it to the zenfone 2 as the silicon battle rages on Intel is still struggling to make it into the mobile market that's what we've got inside this zenfone 2 in this pairing it's going up against the latest and greatest from Qualcomm this Snapdragon 810 while the benchmarks are a clear win for the 810 there are quite a few other factors to consider for one I experienced a ton more lag on the oneplus 2 than I did on the zenfone 2 not close I actually just ran it by a couple of my colleagues here at TechnoBuffalo and they said the same exact thing you can even turn on GPU rendering and you can see where the lag is all happening when it's happening especially when you're typing it stuttered on me a lot and lots of animations did as well the a-10s heat issue on the oneplus was negligible though it got hot sure but no more than most of their high-end phones and it cooled down really really quickly despite having had a better experience with the zenfone of this department on paper the winner is pretty clear it's the snapdragon 810 in the oneplus 2 in terms of the overall hardware features there are lots and lots of trade-offs between these two devices as an active Google Wallet user and avail forgetful human I use NFC on my mobile device more often than not it's a huge deal for me that that's not present in the oneplus 2 what the oneplus 2 has that the zenfone 2 doesn't is a fingerprint reader while it is a great fingerprint reader I don't know that it was the right move Android 5.0 plus doesn't have the standardized biometrics API is that marshmallow will have which means that some apps aren't going to work with the reader / set up your OEM went with for example LastPass does not work on the oneplus with the fingerprint reader but on the galaxy s6 it works perfectly fine and for me I'm sorry that's a deal-breaker if I'm going to buy a device that has a fingerprint reader and forgo NFC in order to do that it better work with everything that I want to use it with and not just be a convenient little nicety to unlock the screen not to mention the hardware home button on this device is the same button as a fingerprint reader and for some reason if missus taps all the time and that's frequently enough for me to notice it and certainly frequently enough for me to be frustrated with it the same kind of thinking goes for USBC as great as it is to have a reversible plug I don't know that it's worth the trade-off of not having fast charging which is something that the zenfone 2 does incredibly well and the battery life on the oneplus 2 you could kind of use when you combine all of that with the stronger vibration motor dual SIM slots and SD expandable storage on the zenfone gotta give it two aces here these screens are really difficult to pit against one or another similar sizes and resolutions mean that the pixel density is about the same it's actually only off by two PPI in favor of the zenfone the color and the contrast are strong on both displays as are the viewing angles though the oneplus 2 is just a little bit brighter I think here it comes down to the options and Asus provides an app to tweak the hue saturation and color temperature and I think I've got to give this one to the zenfone 2 the camera module on the zenfone 2 is fine it's great for the price but when you put it against the camera on the oneplus 2 it's not even close the results really do speak for themselves the laser focus on the oneplus 2 is fast and the software is close to stock without quite so many options but those aren't really free that I missed you too much despite the nicer wide-angle front-facing camera on the zenfone 2 this one's got to go to the 1 plus battery life on both devices was alright neither was particularly impressive but for different reasons the zenfone 2 struggles from being built on Android 5.0 which plagues it with bugs from that era the Android OS chews through anywhere from 30% to 40% of the device's battery when it goes haywire that said the one plusses battery wasn't phenomenal either it was better than the Zen phones when the juice is being guzzled by that OS but it wasn't as good as the Zen phones when its operating at full capacity when the OS isn't going haywire I think that the fact that Asus is working on an update combined with the fact that this thing supports fast charging what this does not means that the zenfone gets the win here all right software if this one's pretty easy Asus throws the entire kitchen sink at you this this one is not remotely close at all oneplus as oxygen OS is the right kind of spin on Android that's what you want to see add things improve things keep it light update frequently though some of the features like shelf or whatever it doesn't suffer from the amount of blood that the zenfone exhibits and it's got to go to the oneplus on this one in terms of price the zenfone 2 is going to cost you $300 for the 4 gigs of ram model that's going to get you 64 gigs of storage and that's going to be the higher clocked processor granted that used to be closer to $400 from the device first came out but we're comparing those right now now that the oneplus 2 is out and to see if it's worth a your upgrade and B if you're buying a new phone to see if the zenfone 2 still stands up so today it's selling for $300 for that same high-end model while the oneplus 2 is selling for 389 dollars for a 4 gig model that isn't expandable via SD storage to me it's a pretty clear win here for the zenfone 2 just want to take a quick second here and thank our friends over at Harry's listen man cheating isn't cheap but if you're a dude there's a really good chance that you've got to do it you know like on your face but you know what man it doesn't have to break the bank if you're looking to 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pretty clear that neither of these two phones is perfect but between the two my choice has got to go to the zenfone 2 the biggest compromise is that it makes are really difficult to swallow software and that's really largely mitigated by the fact that you can take advantage of many of the customization options that Android has to offer it was pretty close but the one plus just doesn't feel like it offers this much bang for your buck as the zenfone does but what do you guys think have you used both of these devices if so let us know which one you prefer and also let us know in the comments if you have any more questions about comparing these two devices and I will do my best to try and keep up with them over the next few days thank you guys so much for watching you can hit that like button if you enjoyed the video and if you want to get videos directly to your inbox you can go ahead and click on that subscribe button again thank you guys for watching be kind to one another and I will 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