Asus Zenfone 9 review

28 July 2022


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  • J1x
  • 29 Jul 2022

"Will receive 2 OS updates plus two more years of security updates"
Does that mean 2 or 4 years of security updates?

    Pumpino, 28 Jul 2022I see the move to a side FP sensor and flat design as negat... moreside FP sensor and flat design (nothing phone 1, realme gt2 explorer master, asus zenphone 9 etc) as negatives are big deal breakers for me. All these iphonny looking designs are shameful & an insult to the Android community.

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      • gyi
      • 29 Jul 2022

      customer, 28 Jul 2022I'm looking for a compact and dual front facing speake... more"Why Asus couldn't make the speakers like in ROG phones."
      Because Asus make the speakers in ROG phones like that. This is a compact phone. So the aim is to make it as small as possible, what is incompatible with front speakers. If you need frontal speakers, Asus made the ROG phones to you.

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        • Anonymous
        • tDF
        • 29 Jul 2022

        customer, 28 Jul 2022I'm looking for a compact and dual front facing speake... moreI just bought Zenfone 8 that basically have the same speaker set up. But I can tell you that it has one of the most balanced stereo sound (I also owned Pixel 4a, I think its speakers were better balanced). I don't think you'll regret it if what you care is the sound.

          30W charger sh#t 1 hour+ charging

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            • Zuzuz
            • mA{
            • 29 Jul 2022

            Anonymous, 29 Jul 2022It is not compact. It is even larger than phones like S7 th... moreYa. And these phones are for those under 140cm in height.

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              • Russel
              • sSM
              • 29 Jul 2022

              zodiacfml, 29 Jul 2022too much compromise on a small phone, losing half the perfo... moreThey're still providing a decent battery while still offering 3.5mm headphone jack. I'd say that's a great thing.

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                • Russel
                • sSM
                • 29 Jul 2022

                Anders, 28 Jul 2022I am thinking. You're not. What you're doing is a... moreThis is not Asus's only phone.
                And I am just happy that there is at least some manufacturer who cares about smaller phones and provide more options rather than aping Apple by ditching features that people find useful.
                If Asus can give a compact phone while providing great battery life and a 3.5 mm headphone jack, why can't other do it even in bigger phones.
                You sound more like a marketing advisor rather than a tech enthusiast.
                Smaller phones have their target audience. They don't need to make a whole lot of them.
                Stop being childish.

                And Nokia's decision to support Windows Phone and HTC's lack of presence in smartphone space has nothing to do with this.
                There's also LG.

                Anyway, they have nothing to do with Asus is doing by giving us an option to have a compact flagship phone that still hasn't ditched features that at least some people care about.

                  too much compromise on a small phone, losing half the performance in game.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • KZK
                    • 29 Jul 2022

                    blue, 28 Jul 2022And all of them also have bigger displays, you forgot to me... more*laughs in Samsung Galaxy S22*

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                      • Anonymous
                      • KZK
                      • 29 Jul 2022

                      Anonymous, 28 Jul 2022Most of them have much larger screens. Larger screen = mo... moreI don't know about other brands, but I do know that Samsung allows you to jump down the resolution to FHD. Not sure how much of an impact the battery life in FHD resolution will be like, so I won't comment much on it.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • tZj
                        • 29 Jul 2022

                        For that price, Asus could have at least give 1st gen LTPO display. The packaging doesn't seem that impressive either, with that thick body only holding 4300mah battery.

                        Positive points: SD8+gen1 looking like a big improvement over the SD8gen1 and the design a lot better than the dowdy Zenfone 8.

                          Anonymous, 29 Jul 2022Please, keeping making lame excuses. We know that when ph... moreThat's not how it works. iPhone's throttling became a problem because Apple never communicated to their users about it and kept it a total secret until it was discovered. The older A-series SoCs could draw a lot of power to achieve excellent burst performance, more than what degraded batteries could possibly provide, so decreasing the peak performance was a necessary measure to prevent potential shutdowns caused by a sudden spike in the power draw.

                          This is why if you disable the throttling in the settings app and continue using your 4-5 year old iPhones for highly demanding tasks, they may shut down without any warning. Nobody would buy a new phone just because the battery is aging and slowing down the phone - they would try to replace the battery (which is much cheaper) first instead, especially if they are already invested in Apple's ecosystem.

                            I have asus 8 and this 9 seems to have worse-r main camera, 8's is lot better seeing the review and samples
                            I didnt like huge camera circles... Just campre it with 8...

                            I m ok woth plastic back and even side fp sensor
                            They should have gone faster with charging also... 8 and 9, both so slow

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                              • wr0
                              • 29 Jul 2022

                              Lovely Zenfone 9

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                                • tDG
                                • 29 Jul 2022

                                YUKI93, 28 Jul 2022Samsung Galaxy S22+, Xiaomi 12/12 Pro/12S Ultra, Vivo X80 P... moreXiaomi 12x has 100+ rating. It's all to do with processor efficiency.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • XW2
                                  • 29 Jul 2022

                                  Anonymous, 29 Jul 2022It is not compact. It is even larger than phones like S7 th... moreLol. S7 had huge bezels. Zenfone 9 shrinks down bezels to as low as possible. So, it's expected that Zenfone would have had slightly larger screen.

                                    Anonymous, 29 Jul 2022It is not compact. It is even larger than phones like S7 th... morethat's 6 year old phone, very old in terms of technology progress, since 2016, changed by phone twice (about to change third time next month), both TVs changed, changed from desktop to 2 laptops, even changed from ps3, to ps4 pro (2017) and now to ps5. pointless comparing 2016 tech with 2022 or 2021, kinda irrelavent, only my car and home cinema amp has not changed

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                                      • ui$
                                      • 29 Jul 2022

                                      SShock, 28 Jul 2022It's a great feature and that paired with 100+ hour ba... moreIts cause its 8Gen1+ , the 8Gen1 is a power hog.

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                                        • ui$
                                        • 29 Jul 2022

                                        Why did they put the fingerprint reader on the side ?? !! Would have bought if it was underscreen Finger print reader. *sigh*