Asus slip up reveals Zenfone 10's price

26 May 2023
It's expected to come with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC at the helm.

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yuuto, 31 May 2023Sad to see flagship spec phone joining big screen (6 inch above) Well most smartphone companies increase their phone size in order to increase the capacity of their battery to 5000 mAh. It's almost impossible for smartphone companies to have 5000 mAh capacity while only having 5 inches screen

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    Release on 29 June

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      yuuto, 31 May 2023Sad to see flagship spec phone joining big screen (6 inch above) Ummm, what phone do u use

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        • 31 May 2023

        Sad to see flagship spec phone joining big screen (6 inch above)

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          • 28 May 2023

          Anonymous, 27 May 2023I have 5.99 inch screen phone that is 158.6mm tall And my ... morenot sure why phone needs to be so big and tall for a 5.99" phone.

          Decent 6" phone can be fit into 148mm X 68mm with weight 150-160grams. Thats real compact phone and feels nice in hand and pocket too.

            SuuperBaka, 27 May 2023"5-5.5 isn't small, that's tiny in 2023 and ... moreThe new processors might be efficient now, but chipmakers will keep more or the same power to give more performance. You won't want an efficient phone with performance of a 5yo chip, because with time, OS and App requirements increase.

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              • JHP
              • 28 May 2023

              I would like to see a new phone serie made for MUSIC (video clips).
              A combination of Rog and Zenfone.

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                • 28 May 2023

                They would better make it really compact with small bezels than this BS offering... Nobody needs just another big smartphone on the market. There are tons of them from different manufacturers.

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                  • 28 May 2023

                  Asus please please please include a card slot this time, this is so crucial to me now. I really need a new phone

                    mightyshipppp, 27 May 20235-5.5 isn't small, that's tiny in 2023 and how ar... more"5-5.5 isn't small, that's tiny in 2023 and how are you expecting to have decent battery life with that small of a footprint."

                    The battery is definitely gonna be smaller, but aren't the new processors more efficient now? You would probably have to make a sacrifice for the triple camera setup, but you can still probably put in a decent dual camera setup.

                    Sony made the XZ2 compact and it was almost the same specs as the other flagship phones except for the screen and battery for obvious reasons.

                    I don't think you need to have a small phone with low-end specs only, but a decent mid-range or flagship is still possible.

                      Anonymous, 27 May 2023Internal dac was exclusive to LG, just because it has a hea... moreOh dear, so many misconceptions in your comment...

                      > "𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘢𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘓𝘎"

                      There can be two meanings to this. Did you mean that having a dedicated DAC is an LG exclusive thing, or are you saying this specific one that LG used in their phones (e.g. V30) is exclusive to them? Because if you meant the latter, then that is not true. Many DAPs have used this same ES9218P DAC. If you meant the former, then ignore what I said.

                      > "𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘤"
                      I think you mean a 'dedicated DAC', because ALL phones technically have a dac built into the SoC. Otherwise, audio output wouldn't be possible.

                      > "𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 3.5 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦"
                      Well no. There are other reasons for wanting the 3.5mm jack besides audio quality, such as being able to charge your phone and listening to music.


                      > "𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘎 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘜𝘚𝘉𝘊 𝘥𝘢𝘤 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘓𝘎𝘴"
                      I'm sorry, what? Do you even know which DAC they used in their phones? They used the ESS Sabre ES9218P. That is a 𝘧𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 good as🇸​ DAC. It's still being used in $300 DAPs such as the Hiby R3 Pro, which I own and has even better audio quality than my LG V30, despite both having the same DAC. That is just how good this DAC is! An outdated dac would be the ES9018. Clearly you don't know a single thing about DACs.

                      Those higher quality "external USB dacs" that you mentioned also use the ES9218P/19P, such as my Shanling UA1 Pro. So your argument here is flawed.


                      "𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘻 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘋𝘈𝘗𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘴𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘎 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵"
                      Yeah I know, and can you guess which dac most of Hidisz' DAPs use? The ES9218P! FYI, my very first DAP was the Hidisz AP80. Both my AP80 and my LG V30 contain the 𝗘𝗫𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗘 dacs, and yet you are saying they cannot handle dsd? I think your brain is asleep 🤣


                      Mate I gotta ask, do you even own an LG phone? Because if you do, then clearly you have not tried those DAC-optimized music players, such as Fiio Music or Hiby Music. Only those apps will allow you to play DSD files on Android. Try them. You're welcome.

                        Anonymous, 27 May 2023I have 5.99 inch screen phone that is 158.6mm tall And my ... moreZenfone easily makes it to top 5 in blind camera tests, is the most popular phone in its segment (compact phones), and on paper, it beats the competition with great battery life, a headphone jack. The only thing is lacking is longer software support commitment, which will make sense when they can sell volumes, given that people buy them. There's already a huge fan following for Zenfone. Overall, it's pretty balanced phone to a large number of audience actually, only bummer is Asus refuses to sell it in most regions.

                        I hope the form factor would be the same, and the only thing changes bezel size.

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                          • 27 May 2023

                          mightyshipppp, 26 May 2023Its small in comparison. 5.5" used to be a big phone b... moreI have 5.99 inch screen phone that is 158.6mm tall
                          And my next phone will have 0.68 inch larger screen and it be 161.1mm tall
                          So it gets only 2.5mm taller so my phone size wont change much.
                          I would like something like Samsung S22/23 or standard iphone 12/13/14 size with that 6.1inch screen but there is nothing in the market for my pudget and i dont want to buy 1-3 years old models as in electronics these are already too old for me and makes no sense to buy them as new out of the box and well i dont want to spend money on used phones cause they are used and can have issues.
                          I was looking to buy Pixel 6a for 350 euro but it's just trash that isnt even compact for 6.1 inch screen with 151mm tall and then has 60hz screen and nothing special that makes it worth to buy. Zenfone plus is that they have 3.5mm jack on there compact size that now isnt much compact anymore too and there price on new is just crazy.

                          Yeah Asus is good on doing PC motherboards and graphics cards but phones is a different story. Even Gigabyte wanted to make phones but didnt get far with them that is also known as motherboards and graphics cards.

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                            • 27 May 2023

                            Anonymous, 26 May 2023More small phones are welcome Well they are going bigger now as they changed from 5.9 inch to 6.3

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                              • 27 May 2023

                              Zuzuz, 27 May 2023Just for a few. Majority prefers to have a bigger one. They are just late adopters. The world will go towards smaller phones again. It's a fashion thing, but people usually get late to the party.

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 27 May 2023

                                Kangal, 27 May 2023ASUS has a few series brands under it's wing; ROG, TUF... moreHaha, you think Asus can release phones under Vivo name? They can't even use the Zen brand in some regions, let alone Vivo.

                                It's funny that you are contradicting yourself. You say they should release less number of models but go on to list more models than they are doing now.

                                  ASUS has a few series brands under it's wing; ROG, TUF, Zen, and Vivo.
                                  I think they should do less variants of phones, and just sell three phones in a year, same in every geographical market.
                                  1 - Small, Sleek, Budget
                                  2 - Medium, Functional, Affordable
                                  3 - Large, Practical, Expensive

                                  Here's what I'm proposing:
                                  1) ASUS Vivofone
                                  147 x 67 x 7.7mm
                                  USD $500
                                  Miniature Flagship

                                  2) ASUS ZenFlip
                                  153 x 73 x 8.3mm
                                  USD $700
                                  Rotating Camera

                                  3) ASUS ROG Phone
                                  168 x 78 x 9.8mm
                                  USD $800
                                  Headphone Jack, microSD, Gaming JoyCons inside the box

                                    SuuperBaka, 26 May 2023I guess, but even with that 21:9 aspect ratio, it's st... moreExcept there is none of them on sale, lol

                                      SuuperBaka, 26 May 2023I guess, but even with that 21:9 aspect ratio, it's st... more5-5.5 isn't small, that's tiny in 2023 and how are you expecting to have decent battery life with that small of a footprint. It could only really work on a low end phone with Unisoc or helio or low dimensity processor but low end phones always seem to be bigger than the flagships as well.

                                        Bought a zenphone 9 from someone selling it for almost half-price at the Facebook marketplace. The Asus software is not the best, but the main problem is nobody wants to buy an asus phone 2nd hand unless it's dirt cheap.

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