Zenfone-2 or ZUK-Z1 ??

Need to buy a decent Dual Sim phone asap - have narrowed it down to either the Zenfone or the new ZUK...

They are both quite similar in price and spec except:

ZUK has USB-C and a bigger battery (which is a major plus for me!) - however it has no Band 20 support...

Zenfone2 has more RAM, MicroSD, NFC, FM Radio - however 2nd Sim is only 2G and it seems to have crappy battery life...

What should I buy?

ASUS ZenFone2 ZE550KL. Reduce camera noise

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AUTO MODE:
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Is The Zenfone2 Still Worth Buying Now?

So new phones have come out like the ZUK Z1 and OnePlus2 etc

The Zenfone2 competes quite well with these, especially on price - however is it still worth buying considering how small the battery is and the draining issues?

Otherwise the Zenfone2 actually has some advantages over the newer releases like having MicroSD and NFC and FM Radio and even has a 128Gb model!

Fastboot doesn't recognize my Asus zenfone2 on my ubuntu14.04

On the normal boot mode, my Asus zenfone2(ZE551ML) running android 5.0 is listed when I type adb devices. Then, I put the phone to the fastboot mode by adb boot bootloader. When the phone is already entering the fastboot mode, fastboot devices returns no result. But, lsusb listed the device's details including vendorid, productid, and device name.

I have tried to modified the 51-android.rule, run fastboot as root, change owner of the /dev/bus/usb/, re-install and update the android-tools. But my ubuntu still can not detect the zenfone2 on fastboot mode.

Moreover, I connect my other phone(Redmi2) which also on fastboot mode and it can be detected seamlessly. Also,when I tried to connect the zenfone2 to other ubuntu PC, it can be detected.

Has anyone ever encountered and solved the similar problem? Or perhaps have an idea what is the potential cause?

Any help will be appreciated! Thanks.