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Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by jshzglr »

tintedfireglass wrote: post #111
jakear wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iPhone 12 Mini is 5.4” and a touch larger than I want. Everyone who sees it says they love the size and wish they had one. The ZenTouch button on this looks great - main complaint with my Mini is not being able access Notification Center easily one handed. Unfortunately it looks to be right hand operable only…

The battery in the mini iPhone is just 2200mah. that's like half the size of the Asus battery. Do you want to charge your phone twice a day just because you want a small one? A Powerbank is not small but you need that if you want to spend a day with such a small phone.

I have an iPhone 12 mini. Battery is no issue for someone whose use case doesn’t involve gaming or loads of video. And if you’re doing significant amounts of either of those I pity you, especially on a 5.4 inch screen.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by vrotaru »

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…

Sony is pretty much stock as well. Mine came with FB and LinkedIn pre-installed though.

The updates are decent and I had no problems with them.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by googlryas »

cercatrova wrote: post #73

The only problem with Asus phones in general, which is also apparent in their ROG phones, is the lack of updates. Their hardware is top-notch, literally; I've never seen faster phones. But, they don't update them consistently enough, unlike Google and Samsung which have pledged multiple years of software support through Android releases.

What's stopping people from just running the, say, Google build of Android on this phone? If there is custom device drivers or whatever, can't they just be copied from the custom ASUS android over to the standard android build, while avoiding all the crapware and lack of updates?

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by Ekaros »

ur-whale wrote: post #10

Looks like a decent android phone, but ... what makes this special and HN front-page worthy?

And what makes anything Apple makes worth posting? Usually in many articles?

Why shouldn't all consumer electronics releases get on front-page?

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by bjoli »

chrismarlow9 wrote: post #45

I will probably get this purely for the fact that it has a 3.5 mm audio jack

A friend and I compared my $30 wired headphones to a pair of airpods. They of course has a lot of extra features, but my both of us agreed that my headphones had better audio quality.

Now, I didn't buy them for the audio but for the fact that I lose things constantly. I can't have $100 headphones despite any quality of life improvements that they bring.

I will never buy a phone without a 3.5mm jack.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by pjmlp »

cercatrova wrote: post #73

The only problem with Asus phones in general, which is also apparent in their ROG phones, is the lack of updates. Their hardware is top-notch, literally; I've never seen faster phones. But, they don't update them consistently enough, unlike Google and Samsung which have pledged multiple years of software support through Android releases.

Yeah, apparently the marketing material is big on everything, except updates.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by happymellon »

worthless-trash wrote: post #144
wvenable wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have Samsung device and it's just not true at all that updates add more trackers and ads.

I've only had improvements for my note 10, wish i knew what OP was talking about.

My S10 still gets updates.

I've never actually noticed any difference after almost all of the updates since I purchased it. I'm assuming they either have all been security, "stability" or features that Samsung already had provided in their fork.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by yewenjie »

googlryas wrote: post #153
cercatrova wrote: post #73

The only problem with Asus phones in general, which is also apparent in their ROG phones, is the lack of updates. Their hardware is top-notch, literally; I've never seen faster phones. But, they don't update them consistently enough, unlike Google and Samsung which have pledged multiple years of software support through Android releases.

What's stopping people from just running the, say, Google build of Android on this phone? If there is custom device drivers or whatever, can't they just be copied from the custom ASUS android over to the standard android build, while avoiding all the crapware and lack of updates?

Nothing. People do that all the time - there is a huge community for aftermarket custom ROMs at places like xda-developers. However, I would guess that is like less than 1% of users since custom ROMs a) are not popular b) require some courage and technical knowledge c) often void the official warranty.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by mPReDiToR »

zeagle wrote: post #101
joenathanone wrote: post #8

Can't tell does this have wireless charging and NFC? Those would be the only show stoppers for me, otherwise this looks like my next phone.

I'm curious what your use case for NFC is.

Many, many people in UK use GOOG pay (wallet now) to pay for goods and services. A few contort their wrists to show off their Apple watch, but phones are more than commonplace.

Re: Asus Zenfone 9

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Post by mrweasel »

langfo wrote: post #103

I'm right handed but I hold my phone with my left hand. Am I in the minority here?

Well… I do hold my phone in my left hand, but I’m also left handed. The one handed feature would be useless.

The issue is that when companies produce product like this, which ignore left haneded users, I get suspicious: What other details did they overlook?

It’s most certainly just a cost issue, ignoring 10-15% of potential users is cheaper than building two versions.

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