Friends+Design
- Good looking design
- Has a 5.45-inch display at the front with an 18:9 aspect ratio - the size makes it easy to use in one hand, and all corners of the display are easy to reach
- Lightweight - the phone weighs only 140g
- The ZenFone Lite L1 lets you set up face recognition to unlock the smartphone - though it's on the slow side - takes about two seconds to unlock the phone
- It is made primarily out of plastic and has average build quality
Display
- The tall, IPS display has an HD+ resolution and decent viewing angles, and is acceptable for the price
Software
- Asus ships the ZenFone Lite L1 with Android Oreo and ZenUI on top - which is now a fairly light skin - there are a few customisations and Asus apps like Weather, Sound Recorder, Mobile Manager, and File Manager - there is also a PowerMaster feature that lets you choose between different battery modes and power saving options
Performance
- Performance is not a strong suit for the phone with a relatively old Snapdragon 430 as well as a limited 2GB of RAM - you will observer slow downs when 5-6 apps are running in the background - gaming is laggy too - this device is meant for simpler, day-to-day use
- Even in this budget price bracket, the likes of Redmi 6A with a more recent Mediatek Helio A22 processor, do better in terms of performance
Camera
- Decent selfie camera - pictures are good enough to be shared on social media apps - the phone also has a selfie flash which comes in handy in dark environments
- Average rear camera - there is noise in landscape shots, it's difficult to focus on a subject when you try to shoot macros, and low light performance is mediocre
- Although portrait mode is available for both the primary and the selfie cameras, but the edge detection isn't great - the background blur is also very aggressive, causing it to look artificial
- Average video recording quality
Battery
- Good battery life - will last the day comfortably with moderate use
More
- Limited 16GB of storage - there seems to be no option to format a microSD card and use it as fixed storage for apps either - which means with time as the app cache/data sizes balloon, you will have to uninstall a few apps to make way for others - which is going to be a pain
- On the whole, with the hardware on the phone holding it back from delivering a fluid experience, you will be better off looking at the Redmi 6A or Realme C1 instead
