2022 Winners and Losers: Asus

01 January 2023
Asus is sending off a strong year with its Zenfone 9 and the ROG Phone 6 series.

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Hamad1993, 01 Jan 2023I own zenfone 9 and i can confirm that its a beast! Using i... moreLarger cameras have obligation to be better.
Otherwise all would still be using 1/2.6" ..

    I own zenfone 9 and i can confirm that its a beast! Using it for 4 months with 0 issues. The only disadvantage is that the camera is mediocre tbh. I think that iPhone and pixel phones have much better cameras.

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      Anonymous, 01 Jan 2023Majority? Sorry maybe in some countries but recently my ... moreDo you any idea how many apps exist? Be sure more than 50% of them easily run on phones with android 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 .. Many are just now losing support to 4.0

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        salarx, 01 Jan 2023OIS is required for photos, since your Smartphone Camera ta... moreOIS on phones does not turn off like you can do on cameras.
        EIS is one sometimes absent on many phones at higher video modes like 8K@24 or 4K@60.

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          PhoneFreak45, 01 Jan 2023Humans are imperfect. We drop things. Phones are not indest... moreFully agree with that

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            dbjungle, 01 Jan 2023A lot of people use cases, but there are still a lot of peo... moreBack in the days when phones where much smaller I did never use a case.

            Nowdays I do for 2 simple reasons, one is that I use my phone a lot with one hand, phones got way too big and I don’t have tiny hands, you just have less grip with them nowdays.

            Second one is price, dropping my €400 iphone 4 (work phone) or S1 (private) was cheaper to replace, nowdays midrange phones are more expensive than that…

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              dbjungle, 01 Jan 2023There was a recent iOS update that was rendering iPad Mini ... moreBut same applies to Google Pixel and Samsung, all 3 push out too many updates at once and mess up.

              And sure all 3 also quickly fix the issues, but I rather have slightly leas updates that are more stable.

              But it could be worse… (glares at Windows 11)

              As a windows user myself, Windows is much worse.

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                Anonymous, 01 Jan 2023Not everyone has, but I am sure I am not the only one. If... moreMajority?

                Sorry maybe in some countries but recently my uncle had to replace his LG running Android 6.0 because over 3/4th of apps he is using started to require Android 7, 8 and in one case even 10.

                And sure nothing to complain about that, absolutely nothing… but claiming “majority” of still existing and up to date apps runs on older versions is not true.

                  dbjungle, 01 Jan 2023A lot of people use cases, but there are still a lot of peo... moreHumans are imperfect. We drop things. Phones are not indestructible. If you want to take that risk, it's 100% your choice, but for most people it would be foolish not to use a case on a 1000$+ device.

                    PhoneFreak45, 01 Jan 2023I think the word you're looking for is luxury. Glass i... moreA lot of people use cases, but there are still a lot of people that don't. I have never and will never use cases on my phones. These companies make the phones small and sleek then someone throws a case on that just adds bulk for no reason. Use a screen protector and just don't be a butterfingers. They're not hard to take care of.

                      Anonymous, 01 Jan 2023The iOS is so stable that Apple has minor updates almost ev... moreThere was a recent iOS update that was rendering iPad Mini 6s unable to charge. XD

                      Apple does provide long term updates to their devices, but they are far from perfect.

                        Anonymous, 01 Jan 2023Nerve heard about peeling off, but only a case is needed en... moreThe fact that you have to use a case means they used shoddy materials.

                          Hemedans, 01 Jan 2023But google did simplify update process, if startup like Not... moreThe only reason companies don't provide timely updates is because they don't want to. Having the newest phone or newest version of Android is an upsale tactic for these companies. Motorola used to push updates lightning fast before their leadership was folded into Google. Many of the companies using Android One were pushing updates within a month. Samsung's sales are so good they don't have to use this as a sales tactic anymore and now they use it for customer retention. Hopefully the other OEMs will follow suit.

                            Narazumono, 01 Jan 2023A phone doesn't have to use glass to be premium. It ca... moreI think the word you're looking for is luxury. Glass is a nice to have. It does not effect phone performance. A premium phone can be made of plastic, if you care that much about the back material that you're gonna cover in a case anyways, I believe the word you're looking for is luxury:
                            2 A something adding to pleasure or comfort but not absolutely necessary
                            //one of life's luxuries

                              UltraHD, 01 Jan 2023That doesn't have anything to do with my comment, the ... moreI'm pretty sure this is one of the phones that got throttled with iOS 10.

                                PhoneFreak45, 01 Jan 2023Have you ever handled a polyester stuffed animal? That'... moreA phone doesn't have to use glass to be premium. It can use aluminum like the good ol iPhone 6 and 7 or htc m9
                                But plastic? Plastic phones will never be premium

                                  Asus isn't making a large screen flagship because that segment is over saturated.

                                    OIS is required for photos, since your Smartphone Camera takes multiple shots of varying exposures, and does some post processing to give the perfect photo. Be it night or day, OIS will help you get a sharper image. On the contrary, videos can look good with EIS too. In tests, Zenfone 6 EIS actually beat Oneplus 7 OIS. This isn't a surprise since OIS might just help getting a less blurry frame when the exposure is long. But since we have videos at 60-240fps, there's not enough time to capture long exposures. Also note that Videos are being recorded at higher bit-depths and resolutions too. If your phone camera started taking multiple exposures, it will run of memory, For those reasons, OIS is turned off at high fps / hight resolution video recordings, because it's not gonna help in single shorter exposures. All you need is more light.

                                      Anonymous, 01 Jan 2023I hope you understand it was an example. Phone made of ... moreWho cares though. If you're buying a phone for the social status I think you've got bigger fish to fry than the material the back is made of.

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                                        PhoneFreak45, 01 Jan 2023Good thing we're all grown ups here and can understand... moreI hope you understand it was an example.

                                        Phone made of glass will always looks more expensive than same phone with plastic back.
                                        S5 and S6 are best example.
                                        You look at s6, you are sure it was a $700 phone, while S5 looks like a $90.

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