Comparative Review: Asus ZenFone Selfie vs Obi worldphone SF1

Asus and Obi have launched their devices in the recent past targeting the youth. While Asus aims at impressing the selfie generation with its device named ZenFone Selfie, Obi promises to help youth step ahead in life with their Worldphone SF1 in hand. In this brief review, we compare the two devices to see which one has better chances with the selfie-loving youth.

It is evident from the data slide that ZenFone Selfie is relatively bigger and heavier device than Obi’s SF1. While ZenFone is available in three-color options (i.e. white, pink and aqua blue), SF1 comes in the all time standard black only. However, Obi SF1 stands out for sleek unibody with metallic accents and floating glass that give it a premium look.

On the display front, given its larger overall dimensions, ZenFone offers bigger display screen size. While the resolution of the two devices is same, Obi takes a lead in terms of higher pixel density, which means relatively sharper images. Also, while both the devices offer the protection of Corning Gorilla Glass (CGG) 4 protection, Obi SF1 has an edge due to its Oleophobic coating that does not allow fingerprints.

On the performance front, Obi Worldphone SF1 runs on Android 5.0.2, which is slightly ahead of ZenFone Selfie. While both the devices are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 Octa-Core processors, ZenFone takes slight (0.2GHz) lead in the processing strength.

ZenFone Selfie and Obi SF1 come in two variants: 2GB/3GB RAM. Moreover, the 3GB RAM devices of both Asus and Obi have same internal memory (32GB), ZenFone takes a lead in expandable memory front by offering 128GB as opposed to Obi’s 64GB.

On the Camera front, while the primary cameras of both Obi Worldphone SF1 and ZenFone Selfie are 13MP, the key difference lies in the secondary camera, where Selfie takes a huge lead over SF1 by offering 13MP front camera too. However, Obi SF1’s camera offers features such as UBI Focus, OptiZoom and Chroma Flash that allow users to be more creative than in the case of Asus ZenFone. SF1 camera certainly takes a lead due to its Sony Exmor sensor.

Both the devices have same battery capacity, however, Obi SF1’s Quick Charge 1.0 allows for charging the device 40% faster. Moreover, SF1 also offers the advantage of Dolby Audio Surround Sound, something that is missing in ZenFone. All other features such as Wi-Fi, GPS, Blue Tooth, number of SIMs, proximity sensor, accelerometer, ambient light sensor and gyroscope etc. are available in both the devices.

Overall, we think, while Asus ZenFone Selfie does live up to its name by offering a whopping 13MP front camera and larger expandable memory, Obi Worldphone SF1 seems lot more balanced device with attention to details in terms of design, viewing experience, sound quality, quick charging etc. Moreover, in terms of price, Obi SF1 costs about USD30 lesser than ZenFone Selfie.

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With Moto X Style, you’ll probably have to carry the Turbo Charger all the time

Motorola once pioneered the smartphone industry with its great devices. The new players have started posing serious challenges, but Motorola post its association with Google is innovating. Its most recently launched device is Moto X Style (Pure Edition), which is out and out impressive. The slide below indicates the key specifications.

While the Motorola has kept the design more or less same as its older devices, it has brought in some high-end specifications. In spite of being big Moto X Style easily fits in the palm because of its curved back. It performs flawlessly with its smartly channelized processors; one can play games, music, videos or browse without any lag.

With latest version of Android on board and big storage area, Moto X Style allows its user to stay updated as running apps, and switching between pages is hassle free and instant. X Style also delivers great, sharp and clear visuals due to its powerful GPU, more pixels per inch and high resolution.

The best thing is that the Moto X Style allows for taking photos by tapping anywhere on the screen, which makes life lot easier. Also, sound quality is great as the device successfully gives rich and clear sound. However, while the battery capacity is large enough, it tends to deplete rather fast, but Moto compensates this with its Turbo Charger that charges much faster than normal. 

Moto X Style is available in two variants that are available on e-commerce sites such as Flipkart and Amazon. Motorola also gives a 64GB variant which as of now is not available on any website mentioned above. The best feature that we liked is the IR sensor of the device that triggers display without a touch.

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Lenovo S60 vs Obi Worldphone SF1

With increasingly commoditizing market, the smartphone makers are finding it hard to get customers’ attention by counting their device strengths. Obi Worldphone and Lenovo with their recently launched devices, specifically Obi Worldphone SF1 and Lenovo S60, have gone beyond the usual spec war. While Obi is stressing on its model’s capacity to add to its user’ style statement, Lenovo is emphasizing on its device’s ability to enhance individual’s social life. Since the price of the two devices is about the same, lets see if there is anything that really distinguishes the two.

While Obi SF1 takes a lead on account of OS, processor, resolution, GPU, pixel density, storage and battery, Lenovo S60 is relatively thinner and lighter. Moreover, Obi offers Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection with Oleophobic coating that will keep the device new and scratch free. Although cameras of both the devices are same, Obi SF1 seems to have an edge on this front too, as its camera features include UBI Focus, Opti Zoom and Chroma Flash. Furthermore, Obi’s Dolby Audio surround sound feature makes the device stand out with sharp and clear sound.

Overall, even if we discount the design aspects, Obi SF1 simply out shines Lenovo S60 with its great specifications. Looking at the price, if Obi SF1 costs $199 and Lenovo S60 costs $184, which is about the same. So, with little extra, one can have a lot more stylish and powerful device.

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