Asus Zenfone 8
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- Anonymous
- vaS
- 18 Jun 2022
kimchi989, 16 Jun 2022I bought the phone when it was released a little over a yea... moreI did a factory reset right after upgrading to Android 12 and so far, I haven't experienced any of these issues. Front camera isn't very good but that's a hardware issue.
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- kimchi989
- Su2
- 16 Jun 2022
I bought the phone when it was released a little over a year ago. I loved it, until android 12.
Hardware speaking, it's a good phone for the price paid (I mean, headphone jack... The lack of SD slot was a little of a bummer, but I could live with that, I only have used 32% of 128 Go). The battery is OK. I charge it until 80%, and at the end of a workday, where I use my phone only to open the door at work, the battery is between 10 to 20% (the door app is seen as a battery draining app, but I need it to work, so I didn't optimize it).
The camera is average. Not the best, but it does its job. For more or less the same price, I find my sister's iPhone SE 2020 takes better pictures. The selfie camera looks like you've a face filter on all the time (and you can make it worse by using the beauty filter).
But, software speaking... It's another story.
Everything was fine until android 12. My auto-brightness started acting weird (for example, putting brightness to the minimum in the sun, making the screen impossible to read), so I had to deactivate it. It sometimes acts like the auto-brightness is still on, while it's not, by changing the brightness without me touching anything.
Call quality dropped, all my notifications were disabled (had to manually enable them again. It explained why I didn't get the notification for an important text I was waiting to receive, which I saw one day later by going through the text app), many tweaks I'd done (like what apps are authorized to run in the background and what apps aren't, had been put back to their default value), my screen started flickering randomly when I open my phone.
They already tried to update and correct some software bugs, but I find they correct one and bring two or three more.
Very sad, because on paper it was a good phone, and it was until recently, but I'm thinking about changing my phone, less than two years after buying it.
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- MizoxSK
- rph
- 14 Jun 2022
New update , i've bought the phone , it was getting hot only by adding some apps and accounts ! with my thermal laser it was about 36C° , just few minutes after i've got a new firmware , i've installed it and magically the phone is colder know thanks god 350€ wont go trash :D the phone is AMAZING i'm just complaining about something , WTF and WTF and WTF is android 12 staff doing !!! why changing the notification pannel and obligate people to use it without putting the possibility to get the old one , seriously WTF !!!! so if anyone know how to get rid of that without flashing , tell me !
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- MizoxSK
- rph
- 13 Jun 2022
Hi guys ,i'm from Algeria and i really want this phone , a brand new one will cost me 600€ , an used one ( very good shape ) will cost me about 350€ , i'm very afraid to buy this phone because i've read that there is heating issues even with small tasks :s , i've also read about lineage OS , i really want this phone because it's compact and very powerful , i will just do regular tasks like viber, wtsapp , messenger, some light games ( not pubg or fortnite ) , i need this phone because of it 120hz and sd 888 ! and amoled , 3.5mm jack and of course the COMPACT :D , so please guys advise me what should i do ? also , the one of 350€ is without the original case and without the charging , the guy is using samsung 25w charge , does oppo or oneplus dart charge 30w will work too or not ?? so please guys answer me , im using xiaomi mi A3 with lcd screen ( amoled broke :s ) and i hate lcd too much ... i wanna a better phone , that's all, don't know if i should wait for the pixel 6a or go for this phone... , thanks for reading ! ( i don't like apple phone )
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- AJx
- 12 Jun 2022
This phone looks amazing for such a small device, very rare to see such good specs in a tiny phone!
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- Anonymous
- puj
- 07 Jun 2022
Milko Georgiev, 06 Jun 2022This phone software is a crap. At least Android 12, which I... moreTrue! Good thing there's official LineageOS image and that works like a charm. About 30% better battery life too. I strongly recommend it.
Good thing ASUS seems to be relatively easy to flash (unlike certain Exynos phones).
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- SonOfErric
- StU
- 07 Jun 2022
Has the latest update throttling setting fixed the overheating issue?
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- Emiliani
- Mxb
- 07 Jun 2022
Please note that this phone is not as thin as producent describes it. It has bevel shape, and it actually has 10,65mm. Quite a lot, it doesn't look/feel as light as pixel5 nor Samsung Galaxy S22, but I still like this phone.
- Milko Georgiev
- g8V
- 06 Jun 2022
This phone software is a crap. At least Android 12, which I'm using. So many bugs and malfunctions. And this phone is kind of expensive one. Never Asus again!
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- RandyRiffin
- tAV
- 03 Jun 2022
Dexus, 24 May 2022Doesn't stand against s20 .The missing SD card slot ma... moreS10e won't last forever. Anyways, why would you need micro sd card when you could get 256gb model
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- fuhcg
- MZx
- 26 May 2022
best thing on this phone, i know is everything, JACK !!!
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- Dexus
- Tid
- 24 May 2022
Doesn't stand against s20 .The missing SD card slot makes this promising phone not interesting...The same mistake Samsung did with s21 and s22...Even s10e Snapdragon (8gb/256gb) can be a bette choice.
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- nav
- 24 May 2022
Anonymous, 23 May 2022Not really, there's also the problem with the lens for... moreThanks for your input. Sad to hear. Otherwise this seems to be a really nice one. The size + the specs looks really good :)
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- Anonymous
- GLJ
- 23 May 2022
W, 21 May 2022Is camera as fast as Pixel (4a)? I find P4a be very fast re... moreNot really, there's also the problem with the lens for the cameras on the back to be prone to glares so some pictures of things emitting light might not look good. The front cam also has very close focal length.
If you can look over those things then it's a very good phone. Mine is already 6 months old and I love it very much. If only phone makers made more small phones and even smaller phones like the 13 mini.
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- nav
- 21 May 2022
Is camera as fast as Pixel (4a)? I find P4a be very fast regarding shutter lag. An important feature for me.
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- Truther
- k0R
- 17 May 2022
The best phone in its segment honestly. No Pixel, Galaxy, Xiaomi, Huawei, Iphone, One Plus stands a chance.....
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- t000
- 2Iq
- 17 May 2022
salarx, 15 Apr 2022I wonder why companies are putting so much effort in improv... moreI mean, you can plainly see the difference between a DSLR and an average cell phone's camera. Can you plainly hear the difference between 24-bit audio at 384kHZ and 'average' 16-bit audio at 44.1kHz?
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- t000
- 2Iq
- 17 May 2022
Definitely one of the best Android phones in this market. Sony should really take notes - this phone has great value at USD650
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- Anonymous
- YUf
- 15 May 2022
Still the best phone
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- oio
- tu2
- 13 May 2022
you have to suffer, 11 May 2022that camera placement is in the middle. not on mid top. ima... morethen just flip the phone sideways