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Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by fomine3 »

CorpOverreach wrote: post #102
geenat wrote: post #51

No flip = no buy. Otherwise looks good.

There's gotta be a bunch of shills out there trying to drive up the "acceptance" of the new flip phones out there. There were lots of nearly identical comments made on a few Reddit threads about this phone. I'm with the other guy in this thread - the whole bendable screen/flip concept is a total gimmick in its current state. Phones are already fragile enough with most phone makers providing hardly any warranty suppor…

I agree that Flip is meaningless, but having a foldable tablet in my pocket is game changer for me even if it's fragile. (I have Fold3)

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by fomine3 »

imglorp wrote: post #97
gtirloni wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It has NFC but it doesn't seem to have wireless charging (Qi/PMA). https://www.asus.com/Mobile/Phones/ZenFone/Zenfone-9/techspe...

What's stopping everyone from adding wireless charging? Google and Moto had it and dropped it. Apple added it recently. Etc?

Qi adds weight for coil and shield, and limits what material can be used for back surface that's also tend to add weight. For example, iPhone 8 added Qi and switched back surface material from aluminum to glass. 7 Plus is 188g then 8 Plus is 202g. It's not easy decision to have Qi for lightweight oriented device.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by q7xvh97o2pDhNrh »

nazgulnarsil wrote: post #90

I fear there may soon be zero phones on the market under 70mm wide

Back in the day, I dreamed of ditching my phone entirely and just carrying an Apple Watch, without the band, in my pocket.

If they would squeeze a faster processor and a few more apps in there, I think it could be totally doable. We're so close!

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by simonmales »

kartoshechka wrote: post #104

I've never had an Asus phone but i like their direction in nerd-ish niche (maybe not so niche after all?). Having an under 150mm phone with 120hz screen AND a 3.5mm audio jack? If I hadn't bought Xperia 5 iii not so long ago, I'd definetely consider Zenfone 9. I have asus (rog) pc headphones and mouse and they're both well thought out and functional devices. Same with Asus Zypherus laptop I was looking at recently -…

I have the Asus Zenfone 8 and the sub 150mm form factor, 3.5mm jack and already supported by LineageOS were the selling factors to me.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by kyriakos »

colordrops wrote: post #43
frostburg wrote: post #14

I have a Zenfone 8 Flip because it's basically the only good phone without a punch-hole display or a notch (those really annoy me) except the Sony ones that are grey market only here. I suspect that Asus won't make a motorized camera version of this one, sadly (maybe behind-the-screen front cameras will solve the issue... I would just buy a phone without a front camera, I never use it).

I'm staying on my OnePlus 7 Pro until another true full screen phone comes out. Oh, and whatever it is also has to support loading a google-free OS, such as with MicroG or Graphene.

On the same boat with oneplus 7 pro. Every phone I see with a hole on the screen looks like a downgrade to me. Battery life went very bad unfortunately after so many years.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by slimsag »

weird-eye-issue wrote: post #114
codegladiator wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I want to ignore them also. I know the people who want to snoop in can snoop in irrespective. Its just a matter of how easy it is. Every update is just more trackers and ads.

It's not just about snooping. It's also other things like being part of a botnet that's scanning for vulnerabilities or actively hacking or DDOSing or being used in a proxy network

When users are used to updates screwing them over generally, it's not a surprise that we start to find people who don't want to update and disregard the security entirely.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by simonmales »

leeoniya wrote: post #76
chc4 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

also on a Zenfone 8 currently. main complaint is probably that the buttons are too easy to press. every time i pick it up i inevitably press something to wake it. hoping the 9 is better.

Same problem. Partly resolved by removing tap to wake on the screen. In fact all touch and motion gestures are off for me.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by judge2020 »

slimsag wrote: post #128
weird-eye-issue wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not just about snooping. It's also other things like being part of a botnet that's scanning for vulnerabilities or actively hacking or DDOSing or being used in a proxy network

When users are used to updates screwing them over generally, it's not a surprise that we start to find people who don't want to update and disregard the security entirely.

iOS doesn't seem to have this problem, reaching "89% of all devices introduced in the last four years use iOS 15"[0].

iOS generally is less at-risk for these botnet issues since any botnet needs to be actively embedded within a popular app-store-installed app, especially if it wants to run expensive background tasks hitting HTTP endpoints. To add, since apps can't JIT, the apps can't RCE a jailbreak that would allow full system compromise, besides if the exploit chain is possible via a WebKit exploit (which is exceedingly rare[1]).

0: https://developer.apple.com/support/app-store/

1: https://www.theiphonewiki.com/wiki/TotallyNotSpyware

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