Is this the death of their compact flagship ??..Shame if is..
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this is the "ultra", hopefully not
I'm hoping that too, but seems strange they'd choose to stagger the launches if so :(
But that potentially implies that the regular Zenfone will no longer be a flagship, in the same way the regular Galaxy or Pixel phones are not the flagships for their respective manufacturers.
I mean there is the base s23, and sony xperia 5 series still.
does Samsung still try to keep people from flashing custom ROMs? Reason im on a Pixel 5 is the size and because I can run LineageOS.
Pixel 8 is about the same size as the pixel 5 and S23/24 if flashing custom ROMs is important to you
did not realize they made it taller but not wider, it would still be a problem for my tiny Trump hands to reach the top left when holding in my right hand, but it at least offers me a modern option.
Android has an option where you swipe down on the navigation bar, and it brings the display down to the bottom half, idk if it's enabled by default though, but it's very useful. iPhones have the same thing as well
These are the issues because I one handed swipe and navigate. But yes that is helpful.
yes they still do.
Sony will at least give you the ability to flash your own rom. (Not in the u.s. because of our carrier bs)
Yes the base S23/24, are still considered compact by today's standards, but the Xperia 5 series is pushing that a bit..π€·π»ββοΈ
Indeed, Relevant list: https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Best-Compact-Smartphones.161694.0.html
I got a 30 Fusion recently, quite happy with it.
Thats nice.
Neither of those phones are actually flagships. Like I get that some people just use that word to mean any phone with an 8 series Snapdragon but that's not actually what it means. The Galaxy Ultra and the Xperia 1 are the flagship phones for those manufacturers.
FYI: Zenfone 8 got 2 years of software support and they forcefully closed down the ability to root it almost right after support ended, even lying they will turn it back on to no avail.
I do not recommend anyone to choose an Asus as their next phone. Im ashamed I bought so much Asus PC parts since.
I didn't watch or read anything yet, but there's one thing I know about Asus phones: they look great on paper, they kind of suck ass in the real world. Heres why:
Shit software support with updates that break stuff every single time, and after the first year it's even more of an afterthought for them
They promised over a year ago they would bring back bootloader unlocking, we still have nothing
Hardware can brick itself overnight (look for Zenfone 8 Ramdump issues, this is due to a bad soldering of ram chips iirc, they did nothing to address this publicly)
They are sold in like 2.5 countries
Lots of people complaining about their customer service
They are very expensive for what they offer
Would not recommend. My Zenfone 8 lasted a year and a half before I could not use it anymore because of the worn out battery, and I kept it between 20 and 80% as much as I could. You may tell me that's normal for batteries to wear and that this phone was not the best on battery, but my point is more that there is virtually no way to get replacement parts outside of shady sellers on AliExpress, and I am NOT putting an AliExpress battery in my pocket.
Yeah I heard horror stories of Asus qc. But they have locked the bootloader tool for more than 2 years at this point. It's god damn ridiculous.
Shit of a company with what they did with bootloader unlocking. Never.
Thank you for the thread, I was about to post Tech Spurt review
Np. If you find any more let me know and I'll post it.
I don't trust any phone this company makes after what they did to bootloader unlocking.
How many updates?
2 os and 4 security
Subpar