 Hey, I'm Vlad with a verge and this is the iPhone X's notch. So this right here is the Zenfone 5, the brand new flagship smartphone that Asus has just announced and as I say it has the iPhone X's notch. Asus will tell you that it's 26% smaller but it is the iPhone's notch. With the iPhone if you swipe down from the left edge you get one set of notifications and functions. If you swipe down from the right you get the full set of quick settings but otherwise this doesn't have anything comparable to Face ID on the iPhone. All you really have here is a front facing camera, a few sensors as usual that you usually get on a bezel and you do get Face Unlock but it's not as sophisticated as Face ID on the iPhone. Aside from the notch at the top you do also get a bit of a bezel at the bottom unlike the iPhone. With that being said this is still a phone with a very minimal bezel wherever you look. It's got a 90% screen to body ratio. It does actually have an LCD display rather than OLED which is the more popular and high quality display at the moment but I do like it. You know as LCD's go it's a very good one but if you take a look at the back of it, it comes in blue and silver options and it is a fingerprint magnet like most modern smartphones nowadays. This is why you will need as an essential accessory a cuff as I always keep with myself. You can tidy it up nice and clean and then I can show you the new dual camera on the back. Now Asus is doing something with this where they bundled a whole bunch of so called AI features. I don't know how much it really lives up to the quote of an AI and being intelligent but the highlight with this camera for me is that it has 1.4 micron pixels on the inside, 12 megapixel sensor. It also has a wide angle camera which it uses for depth detection for portrait mode. You get 1.4 micron pixels on the ACU 11 which takes awesome photos. Slightly larger than the Google Pixel which again takes awesome photos. So this is promising just in terms of pure image quality and then the AI stuff I guess you can take it or leave it. It's worth pointing out in terms of the display upgrade that Asus has made, this is the Zenfone 4 which is a 5.5 inch screen and the new Zenfone 5 is a 6.2 inch screen and a smaller footprint. So just in terms of Asus devices this is a massive upgrade. This is a full HD plus display, it's got a 19 by 9 ratio which means it's 2000 something times 1080 pixels in terms of resolution. So in terms of the basic specs what you get here is Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 so it's not the flagship tier processor. But that being said there's also Zenfone 5Z which has a Snapdragon 845 and that's going to price at $499 which is quite affordable and going back to the iPhone comparison it's half the price of an iPhone X. That does mean that the Zenfone 5 will be more affordable and Asus is also introducing a Zenfone 5 Lite as well which is going to be even cheaper although that is almost entirely divorced from the Zenfone 5. It has an entirely different design. Still with thin bezels though. It has dual cameras front and back. The final highlight, something that I've tested for myself here at MWC is the speaker on this thing. It has a really loud speaker. It doesn't have that much in the way of bass or high end so it isn't like any sort of audiophile quality but with phone speakers you're really looking for volume rather than anything else and clarity at high volumes and that's what this phone achieves. Also worth mentioning it does still have a headphone jack so congrats to Asus for that. The Zenfone 5 and it's iPhone 18 notch will be available from April but Asus hasn't yet specified a price for it. As I say though the 5Z the high grade model which will be available quite a bit later in June is priced at $499 US dollars. So you can expect the 5 to be a little bit cheaper and the 5 Lite to be a little bit cheaper more. We have a bigger bezel at the bottom than the iPhone. So that's it. Please stay and enjoy the after party.
 Hey, I'm Vlad with a verge and this is the iPhone X's notch.
 So this right here is the Zenfone 5, the brand new flagship smartphone that Asus has just
 announced and as I say it has the iPhone X's notch.
 Asus will tell you that it's 26% smaller but it is the iPhone's notch.
 With the iPhone if you swipe down from the left edge you get one set of notifications
 and functions.
 If you swipe down from the right you get the full set of quick settings but otherwise this
 doesn't have anything comparable to Face ID on the iPhone.
 All you really have here is a front facing camera, a few sensors as usual that you usually
 get on a bezel and you do get Face Unlock but it's not as sophisticated as Face ID
 on the iPhone.
 Aside from the notch at the top you do also get a bit of a bezel at the bottom unlike
 the iPhone.
 With that being said this is still a phone with a very minimal bezel wherever you look.
 It's got a 90% screen to body ratio.
 It does actually have an LCD display rather than OLED which is the more popular and high
 quality display at the moment but I do like it.
 You know as LCD's go it's a very good one but if you take a look at the back of it,
 it comes in blue and silver options and it is a fingerprint magnet like most modern smartphones
 nowadays.
 This is why you will need as an essential accessory a cuff as I always keep with myself.
 You can tidy it up nice and clean and then I can show you the new dual camera on the
 back.
 Now Asus is doing something with this where they bundled a whole bunch of so called AI
 features.
 I don't know how much it really lives up to the quote of an AI and being intelligent but
 the highlight with this camera for me is that it has 1.4 micron pixels on the inside, 12
 megapixel sensor.
 It also has a wide angle camera which it uses for depth detection for portrait mode.
 You get 1.4 micron pixels on the ACU 11 which takes awesome photos.
 Slightly larger than the Google Pixel which again takes awesome photos.
 So this is promising just in terms of pure image quality and then the AI stuff I guess
 you can take it or leave it.
 It's worth pointing out in terms of the display upgrade that Asus has made, this is the Zenfone
 4 which is a 5.5 inch screen and the new Zenfone 5 is a 6.2 inch screen and a smaller footprint.
 So just in terms of Asus devices this is a massive upgrade.
 This is a full HD plus display, it's got a 19 by 9 ratio which means it's 2000 something
 times 1080 pixels in terms of resolution.
 So in terms of the basic specs what you get here is Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 so it's not
 the flagship tier processor.
 But that being said there's also Zenfone 5Z which has a Snapdragon 845 and that's going
 to price at $499 which is quite affordable and going back to the iPhone comparison it's
 half the price of an iPhone X.
 That does mean that the Zenfone 5 will be more affordable and Asus is also introducing
 a Zenfone 5 Lite as well which is going to be even cheaper although that is almost entirely
 divorced from the Zenfone 5.
 It has an entirely different design.
 Still with thin bezels though.
 It has dual cameras front and back.
 The final highlight, something that I've tested for myself here at MWC is the speaker on this
 thing.
 It has a really loud speaker.
 It doesn't have that much in the way of bass or high end so it isn't like any sort of audiophile
 quality but with phone speakers you're really looking for volume rather than anything else
 and clarity at high volumes and that's what this phone achieves.
 Also worth mentioning it does still have a headphone jack so congrats to Asus for that.
 The Zenfone 5 and it's iPhone 18 notch will be available from April but Asus hasn't yet
 specified a price for it.
 As I say though the 5Z the high grade model which will be available quite a bit later
 in June is priced at $499 US dollars.
 So you can expect the 5 to be a little bit cheaper and the 5 Lite to be a little bit
 cheaper more.
 We have a bigger bezel at the bottom than the iPhone.
 So that's it.
 Please stay and enjoy the after party.