Asus Zenfone 9 review
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- Shadocx
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- 28 Jul 2022
YUKI93, 28 Jul 2022Samsung Galaxy S22+, Xiaomi 12/12 Pro/12S Ultra, Vivo X80 P... moreExcept the Xiaomi 12S Ultra none of the phones you've mentioned have the SD 8 Gen 1+, and MIUI have bad optimizations.
Is Asus restricting a lot of processes in the background that stop notifications from arriving in real time?
That's my question.
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- Anonymous
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- 28 Jul 2022
Finally found the perfect not too large Android phone for my partner.
Myself I went the iOS route after 10 year of Android, the S22 was just too bad for it's price (in my country, plus EU so we get the Exynos model)
My partner wants to stick to Android, so I nearly went the Sony route... well I guess Zenfone 9 it is.
The battery life looks great, it matches the 13 Pro (don't look at iPhone it's stand-by, that makes the number lower but it's about the daily active usage and on that regard the Zenfone 9 goes BEYOND that, because on paper S22 and iPhone 13 (Pro) should be mostly on par, but the iPhone gets doube the screen on time when using, that is how I compare a phone because if you do daily charging then that does matter the most)
Anyhow even I start to think to maybe go back to Android if Zenfone proves itself, based on this review I would get it any moment if I didn't already have a phone I am fine with.
My only concern is how reliable the hardware will be, I know a lot of people that got the Zenfone 8 and in more than half of the cases they got a bricked phone from one day to another.
It will depend on your luck and region you live in, but Asus over here has 2 support lines, one for their desktop stuff (that one is great) and one for smartphones (that one is beyond bad)
I know few people that are still waiting for their Zenfone 8 to be repaired after months....
So if Asus finally fixed that issue with this Zenfone 9, I would dare to say this is the best under 6.5" smartphone running Android this year.
(it does lack wireless charging, my partner doesn't use that, but it is great they went the physical FP sensor way because the one on Zenfone 8 was poor)
Also before someone starts to act like a keyboard knight based on my comment, read this again, or at least read the part of me saying this phone is a great buy if that one issue the Zenfone 8 had, is solved.
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- Rkm
- DkQ
- 28 Jul 2022
I really like how they are giving choices back to users on key areas of phone. Display mode, refresh rate etc are pretty normal, but being able to choose charging speed, charging limit (some others have that too, but still), phone performance mode and very customizable 'Smart Key' is very nice.
Give users the choice, we know what we are doing. No need to decide for us. That's how flagships should be.
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- Dexterd
- dVc
- 28 Jul 2022
Dot in screen, just another default phone
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- Lazerr
- 8u{
- 28 Jul 2022
Main camera shots look disappointing compared to ZF8. Both binned, full-res and 2x shots are just worse in detail and heavily processed.
- YUKI93
- K1F
- 28 Jul 2022
Shadocx, 28 Jul 2022I'm not impressed, it is only logical it will last lon... moreSamsung Galaxy S22+, Xiaomi 12/12 Pro/12S Ultra, Vivo X80 Pro, Vivo iQOO 9 Pro, and Honor Magic4 Pro all have a bigger battery than this ASUS and yet none of them can pass 100 hours of rating. If logic dictates, that shouldn't happen.
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- Anonymous
- 7k4
- 28 Jul 2022
Phones like these restore my faith in humanity ♥️
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- AnonD-546724
- JxW
- 28 Jul 2022
How on earth this fantastic & complete device only gets 4.3* ?? That's the same rating as Nothing Phone 1 which is not any near as great.
I don't know if ratings at GSMA are either biased, inherently wrong or both but I don't like that.
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- Anonymous
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- 28 Jul 2022
It's very interesting that they can achieve a higher resolution (though in some image areas the resolution isn't better or even worse.
) even though the sensor is a Quad Pixel sensor and only has 16 million microlenses. For example, 12 megapixel dual pixel sensors have actually 24 megapixels, but only 12 million microlenses.
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- moogoogaipan
- F4q
- 28 Jul 2022
It was such a nice device barring the ugly bezels infront. can the other OEMs copy this and make it bezeless...
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- Shadocx
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- 28 Jul 2022
MUIE USR, 28 Jul 2022SAMSUNG S22 is the same as compact but much better in every... moreSince the S22 series, most phones looks boring to me, the only appealing things on the Zenfone 9 are the SD 8 Gen 1+, bigger battery and stereo speakers.
But it is a thicker phone, without a telephoto lens and a smaller sensor behind it's ultra wide angle lens, so once again I'm not surprised it got room for the battery and speakers.
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- Anonymous
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- 28 Jul 2022
Vango, 28 Jul 2022Yup. 108h is absolutely incredible for a phone of this size... moreFull HD 8bit panel helps a lot.
This is why you do not see QHD 10bit on iphone.
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- Anonymous
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- 28 Jul 2022
YUKI93, 28 Jul 2022I'm glad that ASUS still keep the Autofocus for the ul... moreIt has 600mAh more than S22. It is expected to last more.
5iv exists, scheduled for september.
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- Shadocx
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- 28 Jul 2022
YUKI93, 28 Jul 2022I'm glad that ASUS still keep the Autofocus for the ul... moreI'm not impressed, it is only logical it will last longer than the S22.
You guys act like it pulled some magic trick by using a 3700 mAh battery and SD 8 Gen 1 and got 108h endurance rating.
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- Shadocx
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- 28 Jul 2022
Vango, 28 Jul 2022Yup. 108h is absolutely incredible for a phone of this size... moreIt has a bigger battery than the Zenfone 8 and a SD 8 Gen 1+ made by TSMC, what's impressive?
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- Little Penguin
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- 28 Jul 2022
No " telephoto" con for Asus, but not for Nothing .
Default mode zen9 ( delta 2.5) = " not the best, but not terrible"
Default mode s22 U ( delta 3.3) = " reasonably accurate"
Wildlife Stability 60% from other phones = poor
Wildlife Stability 53% zen9 = solid
Need to decide if something is good or bad , not based on brand
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- Z8user
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- 28 Jul 2022
MUIE USR, 28 Jul 2022SAMSUNG S22 is the same as compact but much better in every... moreEvery aspect, really? The last page of this review specifically indicated the advantages of S22 over Zenfone 9 AND vice versa.
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- Anonymous
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- 28 Jul 2022
MUIE USR, 28 Jul 2022SAMSUNG S22 is the same as compact but much better in every... morejust in display
Speakers+performance+battery life = zenfone 9
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- Anonymous
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- 28 Jul 2022
Is it just me or the fact that headphone jack is a pro , and lack of headphone jack isn't a con just frustrating to see how apple made the entire market ditch a super useful feature
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- K1A
- aue
- 28 Jul 2022
Hell yeah! Compact phones are the best. It remindes me of Z3 Compact - one of my top 3 favorite phone of all time - but with 2022 specs, even more! ( AF for UW camera and Selfie, IP68)