Asus Zenfone 8 review

12 May 2021


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Rather solid phone but I really wish they would have customized the skin and not followed stock. Android 11 is quite ugly and wastes a lot of space. You can see this in the positioning of the quick settings panel from the top of the phone when it could be higher up, the notifications and silent indicators, the spacing from the quick settings toggles to the volume bar, and on the top status bar.

Asus is following Google's lead and only allowing for four icons per side on the top, when there is clearly enough room to show more. Several other OEMs allow more and is one reason why I never liked side hole punches. A middle hole punch or notch maintains symmetry and most of the time, there isn't enough icons to meet that point, or they will follow Google's lead and limit the number of icons so that is always empty. It makes much more sense to put the front facing camera in an area that will most likely be unused instead of the corner.

    Asus Zenfone 8 definitely be next my wife phone!
    It's time to upgrade her old Huawei P10 :) She don't like Samsung, Apple is a little bit to expensive, Sony 5 is to long with 21:9 screen. At last perfect phone for her :)

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      • Anonymous
      • LkB
      • 12 May 2021

      Popop971, 12 May 2021Phone is gret overall. But 88h endurance, and punch hole di... more5ii scored over 100h using 120Hz mode.
      5iii has 500mAh more.

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        • Joona
        • t7C
        • 12 May 2021

        I'll buy this one.

          Dan2, 12 May 2021I agree. Gonna buy this one. same, this is going to be my next phone

            I do not understand. Only sellers and resellers must be here because they complain about everything. Others must change their cell phone as if they change their underwear ...

              IpsDisplay, 12 May 20214000mah IS NOT large for a 5.9 smartphone I swear our st... moreWhat are you talking about? Which phone of this size has 5000mAh? None! You need big phone to squeeze big battery it's technically simply impossible.

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                • Dan2
                • QGM
                • 12 May 2021

                beep bop boop, 12 May 2021this should be a candidate for phone of the year ASUS di... moreI agree. Gonna buy this one.

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                  • Dolle
                  • mrr
                  • 12 May 2021

                  Even if I have a perfectly good working Samsung Note20, Im gonna buy this only to support Asus for bringing out a high spec compact sized phone. I hope other brands follow!

                    IpsDisplay, 12 May 20214000mah IS NOT large for a 5.9 smartphone I swear our st... moredave2d sayd that the extra cooling for 888 took a little bit of that space for battery.
                    the capacity is good. people are going crazy over iphone 12 with 2815 mah, and the size is close to assus.

                      Finally, a major player brings a flagship with a 3.5mm jack!
                      I really really hope this phone does well because these guys did an amazing job jam packing everything into a very compact frame. If Asus can do it keeping the frame 5'9" I'm sure the competition flagships with their 6'5" frames could do so much better (like keeping a goddamn 3.5mm jack in it)

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                        • Popop971
                        • Ldh
                        • 12 May 2021

                        Phone is gret overall. But 88h endurance, and punch hole display ... Now waiting for Xperia 5 III review. If the Sony compact flagship has better battery life, it will be next phone.

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                          • Ankit 6z
                          • DkA
                          • 12 May 2021

                          IpsDisplay, 12 May 20214000mah IS NOT large for a 5.9 smartphone I swear our st... morePixel 5 noob battery

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                            • Ankit 6z
                            • DkA
                            • 12 May 2021

                            OMG! .
                            ANTUTU performance , s21 ultra lost it man.

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                              • An0n
                              • vgM
                              • 12 May 2021

                              GSMArena seems so happy about this petite phone, as well as almost everybody else. Indeed it's one of the longest waited flagship since Sony stopped the Xperia Z mini. And it brings anything that we love to have. Good work Asus.

                                Phone od the year

                                  Well done Asus. I hate the 20:9 aspect ratio but other than that, great work.

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                                    • Steve
                                    • gMJ
                                    • 12 May 2021

                                    Just looked at the Photos taken by this phone. These photos are better than those taken by 12 Pro Max!!!!
                                    The foliage rendering is out of this world on zenfone 8.

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                                      • Juri
                                      • 4MU
                                      • 12 May 2021

                                      Wow this really is like a Galaxy S9...2 except it doesn't have a curved display. Which is perfect for me. As someone who's had an S9 for 3 years I think it's finally time to upgrade.

                                      Still bummed about the lack of an SD card slot, since I'm a heavy music listener. I'll live though.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • LkB
                                        • 12 May 2021

                                        Melissakis, 12 May 2021I am speechless, the phone is even better than expected. If... more- rear panel goriila 3 instead of 6.
                                        - no sd slot
                                        - ddr4x variant (6GB)
                                        - ultra wide insted of 50-80mm camera
                                        - usb2.0
                                        - poor battery endurance

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