the screen is bright, pretty fast, wifi connects well in spotty places. Super good 4g connectivity from AT&T. Cameras are brilliant.

I think this phone is great but one glitch with the camera not working and have to restart to fix & that the description says it’s Android Oreo make it lose a star.

I will start this review by saying that I can understand the few reviewers confusion because this phone is listed with Android 8.0 but it's still on 7.1. Asus did verify that 8.0 will be coming in a few weeks so that's not a reason to rate it low. To give you a brief history I have owned/used the Moto G4, Moto G5 Plus, Moto G5S Plus, Galaxy S8, Honor 7x and Mate SE as my personal devices so I will provide highlights of this Zenfone 5Q below PROS: - EASILY the best looking phone (IMO) between any device under $600 - Device is lightweight and feels great in hand - FRONT FLASH for the selfie cameras - The wide angled lenses add a nice touch and have become my goto mode - Picture quality is GREAT! I was shocked to see how crisp the pictures are. Photos look fairly good in low light and the camera outperforms ANY of the Moto G devices without a doubt - The phone is fast, I have experienced no lag at all through, emails, snapchat, fb, browsing, etc. - This has NFC, yes at this price point..it has NFC and works very well - Face unlock and fingerprint sensor work quick, no issues - Battery can last you a day and a half, gaming is FAST and you can play PUBG on the medium setting without issues - NO NOTCH! Room for Improvement? - Not really "slow" charging but they could have added some kind of quick charge technology. C'mon mannn - I have so many micro usb chargers that I don't care for USB-C but I know some of you would like to see that feature - The Asus Launcher....not terrible but it's not the best. My wife doesn't mind it at all but I prefer to install Nova or Action Launcher anyways so that's an easy fix. Overall you cannot go wrong with this device! Screen looks great, camera works great, etc. If you are torn between the other mid range selections, this Zenfone slightly out performs the Moto g6, Honor 7X and can hang with the Galaxy s9. I'm no longer going to buy expensive flagship devices because these mid range devices perform virtually the same, it's the NAME, the fancy designer cameras and newest processors you are paying for.

I purchased this phone in June and so far, I really like it. The only negative is that it comes with Android 7.1.1 Nougat, not Oreo 8.0 as advertised. That is surprising for a midrange 2018 phone. The phone has a great display, decent cameras, NFC, 64gb of storage and a fast processor. No lag when using multiple apps. Battery lasts all day with over 50% left most of the time. This is a really good phone, but will be better if it gets the Oreo update. I will post a few images from the camera.

Pros: - Fast processor with zero interface lag - Plenty of RAM for multitasking (I tend to leave more apps than desired open at once, and this phone has NO problem tasking the threads appropriately, and making sure that foreground applications retain the most resources. - Quad Camera design allows for your choice of wide angle, or regular FOV shots on the front, or rear of phone. - Has "Pro Mode" on the cameras that allows you to finetune focus, ISO (100-3200) Shutter Speed 1/1000 - 32s) Exposure value (which disables ISO if you use it instead) AND FEATURES AN ON-SCREEN HISTOGRAM so those that TRULY understand the VALUE of the histogram, and want to take great quality photos can DEFINITELY do so with this phone. - Features "Super Resolution" mode where basically the camera takes your standard image, and cuts it into the rule of thirds, and turns it into a SIXTY-FIVE MEGAPIXEL BEAST! (Can select lower if you want.) - Another unmentioned feature is that you can record 120FPS Slow-Motion on 720p - sadly it isn't 240FPS @720p when it could be since the 5Q and 5z have the same camera's but meh, not bad. - The camera quality, contrast, color reproduction, sensor, image grain, focal length, and depth of field for potential bokeh are all honestly REALLY amazing for a phone with a stationary sensor. I'm not entirely sure if the phone has optical image stabilization, but it does a really good job of making sure that even as fast as 1/64 shutter speed the images don't blur all that much at all. This is a welcome addition to someone such as myself who is seasoned with DSLR camera photography and knows that one of the most basic rules is "stay below 1/250s for handheld photography - which obviously comes with a few caveats making SOME potential handheld shots difficult. - Build design is nice, and it comes with a silicone case (which is nice since there aren't many cases on the market for this phone.) - Sturdy design. my Toddler got ahold of this phone the other day, and chunked it across the floor directly into the corner of a wall, and although it did take some paint off the wall (and put it on my case) the phone held up JUST fine with the impact point being nearly directly on the bottom-left corner. No cracks, dents, spider-craking, or performance issues since then. Not even a dropped call, or wifi signal interruption. This is TRULY a sturdy phone to not be gorilla glass or IP Rated. - The speaker is a dual stereo speaker configuration at the bottom of the phone and is probably 3x louder than my old Stylo 4's speakers were. It also features an "outdoor mode" where lower frequencies are muted, and the higher frequencies are normalized (this means adjusted to be louder.) - Fairly easy to root although there are no custom ROMs floating around out there for it, so you'd have to do all the overclocking and editing yourself for the most part if you wanted performance differences. - The included headphones have a slight "off-kilter" design to them where they seem to be less "straight-forward, and more profiled to fit your ear naturally, which allows for larger driver surface area and also makes them slightly more comfortable to sleep in if you have a significant other that snores like mine does, and they're PLENTY loud (I'll never go above 50% on this phone wheras on most other phones, and third party headsets like the JBL marshmallows I'd nearly always be at, or directly below 100%. - The equalizer is astonishing, and the 3.5mm appears to reproduce frequencies as low as 40hz and possibly lower (I haven't hooked it up up to my spectrometer to analyze it, but it has a really good tonal response on bass frequencies. Cons: - The dual-sim slot is a bit confusing, and nearly looks as if it's a single larger sim style caddy (they go in sideways- one after the other, which is kind of weird.) - The Front facing camera is 20MP, whereas the rear is only 16MP - To me, this was kind of a "What were they thinking?" I'm sure there's a reason for it, but I couldn't possibly think of a viable one. - Not having an option for 240FPS Slow motion when the Asus Zenphone 5z has the same exact sensors is kind of depressing, but the phone's easy enough to root so I'm sure I could get the 5z's camera apps loaded onto the phone, or edit the buildprop to get it working if I wanted to bad enough (Which I really don't.) - Comes with Android 7 out of the box, which is a MASSIVE disappointment in terms of future proofing, but is easily capable of handling 8, and 9 so hopefully ASUS will update it like they're SLATED to. Overall thoughts - For the price, this is PROBABLY the best phone you're going to get your hands on. $300 for a phone with 4GB RAM, 64GB ROM, Expandable storage, Dual simn, FOUR CAMERAS with front,a nd rear flash, and some of the best overall specifications and durability I've seen in a phone - It's a steal. Period. The included picture was taken with the zenphone 5q's camera in "Super Resolution Mode" and then uploaded to google photos, and redownloaded, so there's a bit of compression, and it still looks amazing.