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Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by alfiedotwtf »

igor47 wrote: post #28
alfiedotwtf wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

LineageOS support is my only criteria for selecting a phone these days... this new Zenphone looks interesting

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

Very nice! Ok done... I think I've found my next upgrade

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by LAC-Tech »

I'm a big Asus fan. Have an Asus Laptop, Asus monitor, an Asus mechanical keyboard, and Asus mini PC running linux.

Maybe I'll grab the phone as well, particularly if it's stock android as one commenter indicated.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by jijji »

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…

With Samsung phones, even if you try to disable the Messages app and install, for example, the stock android Messages app, it will pop a very annoying nag screen on your home screen warning you that the Samsung messages app is not the default, and the only way to remove that is to Force Stop the Samsung Messages app, which then restarts... The best thing to do is give the phone to someone who doesn't have a phone with the warning that it is full of crapware.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by VTimofeenko »

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…

Nokia had a few decent phones in Android One, but I think they dropped from the program

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by sergiotapia »

The scrolling with the side-thumb is game changing. I just tried it on my pixel six w/case and it feels more natural and less stress on my hands in general. Woah!

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by cmroanirgo »

muxator wrote: post #3

A product marketing page that feels detailed and _honest_: this is something rarely seen in advertising material from big corporations. Kudos to Asus, not only for the phone, which, by the way, seems interesting. If only the various hardware subsystems were supported natively in mainline kernel (and open source apps), we'd live in a hacker's dream world.

... but it's so frustrating to click on some element of the page and then click/swipe back only to find suddenly you're back here on HN. Then, 2nd time around on the page you notice they've redesigned a simple web interface: Not a close button, but a 'minimise' but in a very light font. It seems they think throwing out tried and true user experience is a good thing. SPA has a lot to answer for.

Also, while I'm on my soapbox... Having a fingerprint reader as the power button just makes sure that my phone is unlocked just as I put it in my pocket, just after I've locked it (by clicking the power button). Just today I've spammed a couple of voice messages to people just because of that. I'll not be buying another phone with one of those again!

:rant off:

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by kadoban »

nitinreddy88 wrote: post #46
kadoban wrote: post #34

Been looking for phones recently. The Asus ones looked actually quite good, the only reason I ruled them out (other than price) is they guarantee a pretty low number of updates. I can't find how many they say for this one, but I'd watch out for that.

They ship stock Android. It depends on Android update support by Google

No, it doesn't.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by chc4 »

VectorLock wrote: post #18

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

I got an Asus Zenfone 8 mostly because it was one of the smaller Android phones available. It's mostly stock with a few UI changes, and I don't think it had any bloatware apps preinstalled that I can remember.
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