Weekly poll: will you buy an Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra?
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- Anonymous
- j}r
- 11 Feb 2025
It's too close to the ROG 9's starting price. I'd rather pay the extra hundred and get the base ROG's niche features.
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- Anonymous
- j}r
- 11 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 10 Feb 2025I'm not buying any chinese spyware. And murica with it... moreAsus is Taiwanese.
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- Techgg
- 84G
- 11 Feb 2025
"OnePlus is a bit stingy with OS updates "
When did 4 whole years of os updates become stingy
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- Anonymous
- Sr6
- 10 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 10 Feb 2025I'm not buying any chinese spyware. And murica with it... moreI don't buy anything made bby Asus ever since they sold me a faulty motherboard. I learned my lesson.
Now I only buy xiaomi, Motorola, infinix, ulefone and maybe Sony. If you know any other good phone manufacturers let me know in the comments below.
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- Thomas
- 6rA
- 10 Feb 2025
It's a 850€ phone. Not a 1100€ one.
I struggle to find any advantages against a 750€ OnePlus 13R or even a Nothing Phone 2a plus for that matter.
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- Anonymous
- Sc8
- 10 Feb 2025
I'm not buying any chinese spyware. And murica with its behavior now... Only Samsung, Sony, and Nothing are left.
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- Anonymous
- Mrj
- 10 Feb 2025
Definitely not. Other than having the 3.5mm port it's a forgettable phone with insufficient software support. All the name brands have QHD+ displays and way more updates at a similar price.
Only potential upside I see is if you're one of the 6 people who care about charging speed it gets 65W without a proprietary charger (it's just PPS despite what Asus pretends). That's important in a world where the EU has made including a proprietary charger impractical.
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- vik457
- LfV
- 10 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 10 Feb 2025If screen is from boe, china star or tiamna , then is worse... moreSure thing, keep telling yourself, when samsung display had mura issues recently and it was samsung panel steam deck that had mura issues, not boe ones.
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- Anonymous
- ib6
- 10 Feb 2025
I guess some phone users don't mind when the phone has only 2 years of OS support, but when ASUS withdraws the bootloader unlock, this definitely stops us from getting it.
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- The Impaler
- 4{B
- 10 Feb 2025
I would if Asus (and others) started talking to Graphene OS and having their phone compatible with it.
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 10 Feb 2025
DarlingYext, 09 Feb 2025I get your point, but there are better phones for the same ... moreIf screen is from boe, china star or tiamna , then is worse no matter specs.
I say because motorola has chinese screen. Quality is far behind compared to Sharp, LG and Samsung panels ..
Boe does not even pass quality demanded by Apple.
It has been trying in vain for years
- DarlingYext
- 6mM
- 09 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 09 Feb 2025How can they make it cheaper when low volume of components ... moreI get your point, but there are better phones for the same price with better display and better cameras and still longer update support, so this one is just kinda sitting in no-man's land.
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 09 Feb 2025
DarlingYext, 09 Feb 2025Not entirely related, but Asus is just digging their own gr... moreHow can they make it cheaper when low volume of components acquired does not allow Asus to bargain lower prices like samsung, apple, oppo , vivo and xiaomi do?
Guess why realme and oneplus get components throught oppo instead of their own.
Whoever can pay €1000 on cellphone , surely not going to keep even 3 years.
And look at galaxy and iphones. Get slower after updates. Trash performance after 3 years.
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- Sujoy Bera
- X@T
- 09 Feb 2025
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- Anonymous
- Bps
- 09 Feb 2025
I'd love to buy a high-spec phone like this (or a ROG) but high spec to me also includes storage like now available 2TB micro SDs.
Since Sony won't release the Xperia 1 VI in North America I'm stuck with the XCover6 Pro. I'd give up the removable battery in that for an ASUS phone (even though there's no excuse for omitting that feature either) & maybe even the reduced software support but not without a micro SD slot.
ASUS phones should be a natural fit for PC gamers & longtime ASUS customers like me but needlessly reducing capabilities to Apple-ify your product & try to profit off storage upgrade rip off pricing like Apple is leaving my money on the table (that I'm dying to give you) ASUS.
2TB micro SD is easy to fill between 20 years of music, podcasts, some videos & extra space for phone camera pics & video, 1TB of phone storage is a joke for a power user & no a 1.5 TB storage upgrade won't pacify me. Give me storage upgradability!
- DarlingYext
- 6mM
- 09 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 09 Feb 2025Since when costs any company can afford is related to price... moreNot entirely related, but Asus is just digging their own grave with their $1000 phone that has 2 years of OS updates, either give it at least 4 OS updates or make it cheaper. No way they couldn't, when they are releasing so many pointless phones like the ROG Phone 9 FE, which just shouldn't exist.
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- Anonymous
- 099
- 09 Feb 2025
runt-granny-tiger, 09 Feb 2025As a buyer of not one, but two zenfones, I too ponder this ... moreMaybe someone who has several asus devices and wants to match everything with each other. As a user of galaxy watch 6 classic and galaxy s24+ I wanted to buy galaxy book 4 ultra laptop but bought rog zephyrus g16 gaming laptop instead. Don't know if its the best decision as I don't play games but good laptop overall.
- DarlingYext
- 6mM
- 09 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 09 Feb 2025Also, it is February already.
Where is android 15 on sam... more"Also, it is February already.
Where is android 15 on samsung phones?"
Exactly, even 3 year old chinese phones have it already.
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 09 Feb 2025
DarlingYext, 09 Feb 2025If they can't afford the software support that can mat... moreSince when costs any company can afford is related to price of products?
1400 euros S24 Ultra is still on android 14. Unacceptable for its price.
There are midranges from 2023 on android 15.