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Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by graderjs »

donkarma wrote: post #5

why is there no small android phone

Yeah, I want like a 4 inch 'playing-card' sized smartphone (maybe a flip-phone with double touch screens). Just would love the small "palm sized" format. I'm tired of my fingers muscles and nerves getting strained from holding and using massive phones for hours.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by Pasorrijer »

jdright wrote: post #36
igor47 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Writing this on a Zenfone 8 running lineage, it works pretty well!

This thing looks hard to get up here in Canada

Most Asus phones are carried at Staples here in Canada.... Another place to look is potentially Swiftronics.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by RosanaAnaDana »

zamalek wrote: post #41
paisawalla wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who is on which end of that crapware spectrum? And what is the crapware? Asking as someone who's only had a Pixel, or iPhone before that.

Google is no crapware, Samsung is as much crapware as possible. Samsung has their own version of every built-in app. Text messages for example, they have a much shittier version of "Messages" (no RCS support at least a few months ago). Their apps get set back to default randomly. Photos/Gallery, email, web browser, you name it. They then have other junk installed. Their own app store, their own voice assistant, and o…

Not to mention bixbie, a toxic bane.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by ehsankia »

ARandomerDude wrote: post #11

No MSRP and a a quick web search didn't turn up anything solid looking. Anybody know?

799, that's a huge bump in price, likely due to having the highest end qualcomm. I think this phone would've been perfectly fine with a lower tier CPU, and cheaper price.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by lkois »

smoldesu wrote: post #22
VectorLock wrote: post #18

On a scale of Samsung to Google, how bad does Asus load up their Android with crapware?

Not sure, but earlier I looked it up and apparently Zenphones get really good LineageOS support.

Ooh neat. Definitely interested in this phone, with the short support life being one of the only apparent downsides.

Am I right in thinking that lineageos support doesn't really have an "end of life"?

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by wryun »

graderjs wrote: post #52
donkarma wrote: post #5

why is there no small android phone

Yeah, I want like a 4 inch 'playing-card' sized smartphone (maybe a flip-phone with double touch screens). Just would love the small "palm sized" format. I'm tired of my fingers muscles and nerves getting strained from holding and using massive phones for hours.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Cubot-Pocket-Smartphone-Review...

or https://www.unihertz.com/collections/smartphones/products/je... if you can deal with something a bit older.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by ehsankia »

londgine wrote: post #39
tintedfireglass wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a small android phone

6" is not small to a large portion of smartphone users

It's almost exactly the same size as an iPhone 6:

https://www.phonearena.com/phones/size/Apple-iPhone-6,Asus-Z...

A little bit taller, but still very one hand usable. Screensize is misleading given that bezels have shrunk.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by ehsankia »

encryptluks2 wrote: post #30

After owning a previous Zenfone I cannot in good conscience recommend anyone ever purchase a Zenfone. Their support was terrible. If you don't mind spending a lot of money on a phone that you know you won't be able to resolve issues with the manufacturer, then maybe it is a good choice. However, if you have any issues and expect their support to be helpful then steer clear.

The other kind of support isn't good either, they promise 2 year of updates. Pixel 6a and Samsung both are at 5 years now.
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