![]() ![]() On Jio, I was got cellular data speeds of 6Mbps, but that's more on the carrier than the phone.īoth SIM card slots work over 4G, and for those wondering, the phone does offer dual VoLTE. The maximum bandwidth I saw on the device was 60Mbps, and while it's significantly less than what the likes of the OnePlus 6 managed, the M1 costs a third of the cost of OnePlus' flagship. The one downside with Wi-Fi connectivity is that the M1 doesn't pair with 5GHz networks. No fast charging means the M1 takes well over two hours to fully charge. ![]() This isn't particularly annoying considering how great the phone is when it comes to battery life, but ASUS should have included fast charging. It takes close to an agonizing three hours to charge the device fully, so you need to plug it in throughout the night. Then there's the fact that the phone doesn't have fast charging. One of the few drawbacks is the fickle fingerprint sensor, and although an update fixed some of its issues, it's still slower than sensors on other budget phones I've used this year. There's very little that the M1 gets wrong. It looks like ASUS is committed to delivering timely updates, and I will cycle back to the device in a few months' time to see if that's still the case. The M1 comes with Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box, and in the testing period it picked up several single updates, the last of which bumped the security patch level to April 2018. There are a few third-party apps out of the box - Facebook, Instagram, and ASUS' Go2Pay digital wallet service - but these can be uninstalled. The UI doesn't have any added customization, and in general is a delight to use. It would've been a masterstroke had ASUS launched the phone under the purview of the Android One program, but for now I'm willing to give the manufacturer the benefit of the doubt. The vanilla Android build is the icing on the cake, and is the M1's differentiator. ![]() Both variants come with the Snapdragon 636, and as we've seen on the Redmi Note 5 Pro, it is the fastest chipset in this category. ![]() The ZenFone Max Pro M1 is available in two variants: one with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage that's available for ₹10,999 ($160), and a model with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage for ₹12,999 ($180). The single speaker located at the bottom is average - it gets loud, but details are muddled when you muddy when you try to crank up the volume. You can't ask for much more from a budget phone. There isn't much in the way of customization if you want to adjust the display's color temperature to your liking, though. The 5.99-inch FHD+ (2160 x 1080) panel has vibrant colors with excellent contrast levels, and it gets sufficiently bright that I didn't have any problems viewing the screen under sunlight. The 18:9 panel on the device is one of the better ones I've used in this category, and I have had zero issues with the M1 on that front. I easily got two days' worth of usage out of the 5000mAh battery with some room to spare. Xiaomi's Redmi Note 5 Pro has the same internal hardware, but even it doesn't quite come close to the battery figures posted by the M1. As outlined earlier, there are three areas where the M1 wins out over other devices in this category: software, Snapdragon 636, and battery. ![]()
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