The ASUS ZenFone Zoom offers 3x optical zoom and optical image stabilization on its 13-megapixel rear camera (5-megapixel front camera) for crisper photo details. There’s also a super-resolution mode for up to 52x resolution photos. The phone consists of a 5-mm-thick metallic unibody with a burnished leather backing. It features a 5.5-inch display, and it operates on the Android 5.0 (Lollipop) platform. The ZenFone uses an Intel Atom Quad Core Z3580 (2.3 GHz) processor and MicroSD card (for up to 64 GB of storage). www.asus.com
The HP Envy notebook is 12.9 mm thick, has a 13.3-inch display and weighs 2.8 pounds. It operates with up to 10 hours of battery life on an Intel Core processor, and contains a 512 GB solid state drive, and Bang and Olufsen audio. The laptop includes a fingerprint reader, three USB ports, HDMI and an SD card reader. It uses 8 GB of RAM, and users can charge their other devices through the notebook’s USB Sleep and Charge while the notebook is on, off, sleeping or hibernating. www.hp.com