Asus Zenfone 4 Selfie Pro: Does it Really Take 24MP Selfies?

Asus had a great time in the Indian market in its initial days, but the Taiwanese brand is off the radar nowadays. With increasing craze for selfie-centric smartphones, Asus also jumped on the bandwagon by launching three selfie centred smartphones a couple of months ago.

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The Asus Zenfone 4 Selfie (base model) priced at Rs 9,999, the Asus Zenfone 4 Selfie Dual Camera, priced at Rs 14,999, and lastly, the Asus Zenfone 4 Selfie Pro (first impressions) priced at Rs 23,999.

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The Zenfone 4 Selfie Pro offers decent hardware for the asking price. In fact, it matches with many of the budget smartphones in the same price range. However, the standout feature of the Zenfone 4 Selfie Pro is the dual camera setup on the front.

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The Zenfone 4 Selfie Pro comes with a primary 12MP Sony IMX362 sensor, along with a 120-degree wide-angle 5MP shooter. Asus is touting a 24MP DuoPixel mode in the smartphone. Wait what is that, does it produce 24MP selfies?

Yes, it indeed produces 24MP selfies, but with some software magic from Asus. The Sony IMX362 sensor has two photodiodes under each pixel, and the company used a software trick to separate the information from both the pixels and combine them when this 24MP selfie mode is enabled.

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That said, we get 24MP selfies for sure, but what’s the biggest letdown for this feature is that you need to ultra steady while capturing a photo. Otherwise, you will end up with shaky images. Also, we noticed that the images are larger in size compared to the ones shot with the standard 12MP shooter, and they lack details too, which is underwhelming.