ASUS Zenfone 3 Zoom or Huawei P10?

Hector Dañez asks, “Which is better: Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom or Huawei P10?“

In this match-up, we look at 2 great smartphones with some distinctive features.

The P10 is Huawei’s recent flagship. It sports a 5.1“ Full HD (1920 x 1080) Display with a pixel density of 431 protected by Gorilla Glass 5, 4GB RAM, a Kirin 960 Octa-core Processor, and its well-known 20MP + monochrome + 12MP color f/2.2 Leica co-engineered dual rear cameras. To power up the device, the P10 is equipped with a 3200mAH battery.

On the other hand, The Zenfone 3 Zoom has a 5.5” FHD (1920 x 1080) Super AMOLED display with a pixel density of 401 pixels, Gorilla Glass 5, 4GB RAM, a Snapdragon 625 processor, dual 12MP laser AF rear cameras (2.3x optical zoom), and a whopping 5000mAH battery.

If you have not had enough, let us take a look at their detailed specifications.

                 Huawei P10                                                 ASUS Zenfone 3 Zoom

Display	5.1-inch Full HD display @ 1920×1080 pixels, 431ppi Gorilla Glass 5	5.5-inch Super AMOLED display @ 1920 x 1080 pixels, 401ppi Gorilla Glass 5
Memory	32GB, 64GB, 128GB internal storage 4GB LPDDR4 RAM	32GB, 64GB, 128GB internal storage 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
CPU	HiSilicon Kirin 960 2.4GHz octa-core processor 4 x ARM Cortex-A73 2.4GHz + 4 x Cortex-A53 1.8GHz	2.0GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 octa-core CPU
GPU	Mali-G71MP8 GPU	Adreno 506 GPU
Camera	20MP monochrome + 12MP color f/2.2 dual rear cameras with dual-LED Flash, OIS 8MP f/1.9 front camera	Dual 12MP laser AF rear camera (2.3x optical zoom) w/ dual-LED flash, OIS 13-megapixel front-facing camera Battery
Battery	3,200mAh Li-Ion battery with Super Charge	5,000mAh Li-Ion battery w/ quick charging, reverse charging
OS	Android 7 (Nougat) with EMUI 5.1	Android 6.0 Marshmallow w/ Zen UI 3.0

Here are the advantages of each smartphone:

Huawei P10

+ Higher quality camera

+ Better performance

+ Android 7 (Nougat)

+ Bigger Screen ppi

+ More unit color options

ASUS Zenfone 3 Zoom

+ Longer battery life

+ Larger screen size

+ Super AMOLED Display

In the review of Yugatech on Huawei P10, we found out that its benchmark on Antutu is 141,425 while ASUS Zenfone 3 Zoom is only 62,677. This already gives us a clear idea on which smartphone performs better, although we have to take note of the Zenfone 3 Zoom’s Super AMOLED display. Color saturation and accuracy are better on a super AMOLED than normal displays. From a personal perspective, the P10 is more aesthetically pleasing and has a wide set of color variations to choose from.

In the match-up between Huawei P10 and ASUS Zenfone 3 Zoom, the Huawei P10 definitely wins based on over-all performance. Even though the P10 has a higher SRP of  Php28,990 than the ASUS Zenfone 3 Zoom at Php23,995, that price difference is very well justified.