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yeah, if it was 5.5" i would have ordered one immediately! that's my ideal size for a phone
You'll found that iPhone 8 Plus (5.5 inch) is not for you. Screen diagonal inch is bad metrics. Let's check real outer dimensions.
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.
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.
Android 12 has me swearing off updating my phone honestly. It's backwards in every single way. I don't use my phone for anything critical so I am more than willing to trade security for usability.
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Yeah, apparently the marketing material is big on everything, except updates.
No, battery life is very notably absent. And that is a painpoint in the zenphone 8 already.
I just gave up a few weeks ago and bought a pixel 6, but this phone might make me rethink that decision. It's smallish and has a 3,5mm jack? That's as close to my ideal phone as it's going to get in 2022!
My condolences! I hate this phone so much that I am taking evey chance to shit on it and warn people. I never realized how perfect the pixle 5 and A11 were until I "upgraded".
One thing that's really cool but that isn't clear from the copy (or maybe I just missed it) is that the image stabilization is actually moving the entire camera assembly rather than just the optics or just the sensor. I'm excited to see if this results in better low-light and video performance than previous techniques. https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/28/23280728/asus-zenfone-9-s...
Sounds like that kind of moving part could be quite fragile no?
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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.
> iPhone 8 added Qi Are you sure? My wife has an iPhone 8 and it doesn't charge in our car which has wireless charging in the phone tray.
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.
Instead of that, like any other Android manufacturer in the market, they ship great hardware with shitty or soon-to-be shitty software that will make your premium phone worse than the next Chinese phone.
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Android 12 has me swearing off updating my phone honestly. It's backwards in every single way. I don't use my phone for anything critical so I am more than willing to trade security for usability.
Do you check your email on that phone? If so, and I pop your phone, I'll have your email credentials, and with that I can probably reset the password of any other account you have. Email is critical.