Asus ZB555KL Zenfone Max M1

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 7 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

2
Average:

2
Bad:

3

Pros:

Display quality is decent, UI is not overly cluttered, Decent battery life

Cons:

App loading times can be frustrating, Low-light camera performance is average, Competitors for Asus Zenfone Max M1, Asus Zenfone Max M1 vs Xiaomi Redmi 6A, Asus Zenfone Max M1 vs RealMe C1, Facebook Comments, ShareTweet

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Last revision on April 29, 2020

Reviewers Liked

Display quality is decent, UI is not overly cluttered, Decent battery life

Reviewers Didn't Like

App loading times can be frustrating, Low-light camera performance is average, Competitors for Asus Zenfone Max M1, Asus Zenfone Max M1 vs Xiaomi Redmi 6A, Asus Zenfone Max M1 vs RealMe C1, Facebook Comments, ShareTweet

Expert reviews and ratings

Overall, the Asus Zenfone Max M1 is a reasonably good smartphone at the price tag that it comes with. Only disappointments are the old processor and the average camera performance. But with a good battery life and a well functioning security feature, it...

By gadgetsnow.com on November 22, 2018

For what it's worth, ASUS would have been better off naming these two phones differently. The Zenfone Max Pro M1 was one of the best affordable phones to come out this year and these phones do not reflect the same quality. You still get decent overall...

By 91mobiles.com on November 14, 2018

ZenFone Max M1 has landed in the Indian market to take on the best-seller Xiaomi Redmi series and it's trying its level-best to take on the budget king. We found that a sturdy and well-built smartphone like ZenFone Max M1 boasts equivalent internal...

By beebom.com on October 24, 2018

Asus launched two really good phones this year in the form of the ZenFone Max Pro M1 (Review) and the ZenFone 5Z (Review), managing to shake the market up in both their segments. The new ZenFone Max M1 does not manage do the same thing. The ageing...

By Gadgets360 on October 23, 2018

The Asus ZenFone Max M1 comes loaded with a good design language and the display looks bright. The user interface is clean and the battery performance is on par with the rest of the competition. However, using a chipset of 2015 has its own share of hits...

By TheMobileIndian on October 22, 2018

ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M1 memenuhi kesemua aspek di dalam telefon pintar bajet, seperti paparan yang terang, prestasi yang pantas, dan ketahanan bateri yang cukup lama, cuma satu bahagian sahaja yang masih boleh diperbaiki: keupaayan kamera. Tetapi...

By amanz.my on June 14, 2018

if you're looking for something to compensate your heavy multitasking work-life, and battery life is of utmost importance, you couldn't go wrong with...

By PCMag IN on May 28, 2016

While Asus has made a decent attempt at reaching over the segment, there is tough competition with the likes of Redmi 6 and RealMe C1. There is also Infinix Smart 2 in the picture. What might work for Asus is the non-Chinese tag and also the branding...

By techraman.com on December 03, 2018

Both the ZenFone Max M1 and the ZenFone Lite L1 are solid budget offerings from Asus. We appreciated the design, the display and the performance that was on offer, especially at these cutthroat prices.What we didn't quite like was the camera quality....

By GSMArena on November 29, 2018

The Asus ZenFone Max M1 is an attempt by the Taiwanese brand to disrupt the budget segment and Xiaomi dominance. The Max M1 boasts on huge battery life and well equipped 430 SoC. The camera performances were as expected; good during daylight but...

By mymobileindia.com on November 05, 2018

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