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Linus tech tips coverage of CES 2015 is brought to you by phantom glass visit store dot phantom dot glass for the best iron screen protectors out there as well as HyperX so a soos isn't exactly known for their you know phones they've done really well with tablets in the past but phones have somehow eluded them I mean we've checked out some stuff that we thought is pretty cool but nothing's really knocked our socks off this might be the one that changes all that and they are extremely proud of the zenfone 2 and I think for a good reason in terms of CPU you're looking at an Intel Moorefield Atom Z and I'm just gonna cheat here because their product naming scheme is indecipherable Z 2032 58 quad core processor running at a nominal 1.8 in boost of 2.3 gigahertz so that is a quad core it's got 2 gigs of ram it's got a 1080p display 16 gigs of on-board storage that's an IPS display by the way so viewing angles brightness and color vibrancy are outstanding it's got wireless AC it's got bluetooth 4.0 it has a 3000 milliamp hour battery which isn't quite you know the endurance master that something like a droid turbo would be but it's certainly better than we saw even in flagship phones from the last generation it supports quick charging so it'll get up to 60% battery in 39 minutes was it 39 minutes and what else can we really say about okay they've got their they've worked on their camera technology I'm not quite sold on it trying it out here in the suite necessarily but there are a couple of cool things that it does they've done a lot of work on backlit subjects with HDR as well as extremely low light so even compared to the iPhone 6 where we did a side-by-side test in their little complete darkness owl vision box thing here it actually managed to find a little bit of color in the butterfly inside whereas the iPhone 6 did not and I think that's pretty much it oh yeah it's a 5 and a half inch display now is the kicker so we started talking pricing and they said well this is the 2gig RAM model with a 1080p display and I kind of went ok so there's a four gig RAM model with the 1080p display that one will cost more and then there is a 720p display model that one will cost less this one available in five different colors red white as Miam black sheer gold Dena they got a name it something more interesting than just a gold red white black and gray or something along those lines and they kind of said okay so this one is $1.99 and I kind of went okay cool what carriers are you launching with and they go what do you mean carriers it's sinless it's unlocked it's $1.99 for this phone not only that but it supports dual SIM so you pop off the back you can throw a couple of SIM cards in and it has microSD expansion this is looking like one badass phone for $1.99 under $200 unfortunately they didn't try to do the whole under $200 it is $200 and it has blown my socks off so far I'm not sure how I feel about the non on screen buttons and you guys will have to decide which one is for you so the buttons are haptic feedback buttons below the screen but man it's light it's feels really snappy it's running lollipop with with a Seuss's own skin that doesn't look too intrusive it doesn't really look like they've changed a whole lot and I am really really impressed for the price so far speaking of really impressed with the for the price so far and this has another trick up their sleeves also a zenfone product this is called the zenfone zoom I'm not allowed to pick up the phone because it's like it was actually under glass I had to ask very nicely even to get them to take the glass off but what this is is they're saying it's the world's thinnest phone with a 3x optical zoom so for the folks you know what I'm just gonna pick it up what are they gonna do to me for the folks complaining about the camera bump on the iPhone 6 this thing's got a bit of a camera bump but if the idea is you want to be able to really zoom in and get much better pictures and take full advantage of all of them megapixels on the sensor if you're shooting something further away this looks like it might be in I'm not personally sold until I actually see it in action it's gonna be priced at 399 with no sim but because I'm assuming has not proven to me yet that it's up there with someone like Samsung or Apple but I'm very excited to see it once they've actually got 100% working prototypes and I will be glad to bring you guys a review of this one once it is ready other than that specs are pretty similar to the zenfone so what you'd be paying for is really the camera capabilities on this guy right here so thank you for watching this video on the zenfone and the Zen phone zoom guys remember our trip to the show this year was brought to you by phantom glass phantom glass makes screen protectors for your phone that are super clear super scratch resistant feel just like the glass that's already on your phone and are super easy to apply it's basically impossible to get a bubble stuck under it you can check them out at store dot phantom dog glass linked in the video description and I want to do a shout out for HyperX as well check out the YouTube channel it's youtube.com slash HyperX they've got a lot of great gaming content they're also linked in the video description huge thanks to those guys for allowing us to be here and huge thanks to you guys for watching we'll see you at the next crazy amazing product that's like friggin revolutionary ok maybe not this one but definitely the $1.99 zenfone holy cow