Asus 8z (aka Zenfone 8) finally launches in India, sales start on March 7

28 February 2022
It's unclear why it took this long to bring this phone to India, or why it got renamed in the process.

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Kiwi, 01 Mar 2022Which phone you bought? GT Master

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    • Anonymous
    • 7k9
    • 01 Mar 2022

    The pricing @42k+ is a farce.
    Should have been under 30k.

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      • 01 Mar 2022

      aknsreddy, 01 Mar 2022Should have been less than 35kYou actually want it for free. But that can't happen

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        • 01 Mar 2022

        Kiwi, 01 Mar 2022Which phone you bought? on India 42,000 - start

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          • 01 Mar 2022

          it still have the motherboard issue

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            • 01 Mar 2022

            right always, 01 Mar 2022i waited so long for this Phone then i bought some otherWhich phone you bought?

              Should have been less than 35k

                KnK, 01 Mar 2022Makes sense that India is not a priority, their older devic... moreyou won't/rarely meet someone use a phone like asus, sony, nokia etc nowdays, since they are only made highend phones and high end phone we know apple and samsung are dominated so yeah. my last time seeing asus phone is from my friend Zenfone 5 that was in 2015-17.

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                  • 01 Mar 2022

                  Makes sense that India is not a priority, their older devices were not successful either. I haven't met an ASUS phone owner here in 5+ years. And the few who bought zenfones back then all complained of major software problems.

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                    • 01 Mar 2022

                    I think the delay was to justify the price of the device, as launching if after 10 months with a comparatively less price will still not make it a hero product when you have many other options with same chipset or even better ones in Lower price.

                      i waited so long for this Phone then i bought some other

                        Will it support mSD&3.5?
                        Did they fix the issue with the motherboard?
                        I was hopping the SD 870 instead of 888 cooler cpu and lower price
                        I may think of replacing LG G8 if battery didn't keep up

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                          • 01 Mar 2022

                          It used to launch as Zenfone but some small and hardly known company called Zen mobiles went to court to prevent ASUS to use the the word "Zen" since the company has existed before Asus started selling phones in the country. So the verdict was in their favour and Asus had to stop calling it Zenfone.

                          So since Zenfone 5 or so, they dropped the word Zenfone and call it 5z, 6z and so on

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 01 Mar 2022

                            Asus cannot use the Zenfone moniker in India. GSMArena had reported this a couple of years back.
                            https://www.gsmarena.com/indian_court_bans_the_use_of_the_zenfone_name-news-37414.php

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                              • 01 Mar 2022

                              vakulv2techy, 01 Mar 2022As an Asus user utterly disappointed by lack of interest in... moreThe pricing is spot on, but the delay can't be forgiven.

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                                • 01 Mar 2022

                                well 43k INR for an early 2021 smartphone is pointless. If it launched at say 30k ish price, I would've gone for one. Asus also isn't launching budget phones idk what's up with that.

                                  ZenUI is amazing and the phone is great too. If only it was 2021 though...

                                    I hope future compact phones (including Asus) will have a telephoto/periscope. Currently I am stuck with a S21U because I love having the zoom cameras, but I'm not a fan of the big size.

                                      As an Asus user utterly disappointed by lack of interest in indian market buy the brand and who will buy this very late launched small battery and slow charging phone at 43000₹ ( almost 570 dollars), come on Asus you can do better.

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                                        • 01 Mar 2022

                                        Official channels here in the Philippines put that phone on huge sale last holiday season ($500 from ~$750) was tempted to buy one but found out the ramdump issue and prevented me, I thought they were pulling the plug on the production. Very weird.