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Change of hardware?

Evolution101
Star III
Hi,

My Zenfone 8 that I purchased in may last year broke due to dropping it on the ground.
Consequently I bought a new one since I'm very pleased with this model, specifically due to it's absence of PWM. However I noted something peculiar with the new one I got which disturbs me.
Firstly it's made in Indonesia which if I recall correctly my original one wasn't . Secondly the backside of the phone now has a different text. Instead of "Asus Zenfone" it now just says "mobile phone designed by ASUS". What happened here?
Additionally I now suspect more changes have been made on this very same model. For example I experience the screen to be brighter than my original one was when it was new. Also the build quality and screen touch responsivness feels different (feels slightly ticker). Anyone? Is this normal? Do you know why the production seems to have changed? Are there still batches of the original stock to be found in stores? Would also be interesting if a new PWM test is made with what appears to be the new production line.
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prasendecade
Star I
Evolution101

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/comment/203084#Comment_203084

Mine doesn't have the same amount of info on it. I can just see that it's made in Indonesia.


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That's too bad. So no detailed info about where the phone was produced?

janarosta
Star III
Your batch might be a newer version after Asus launch in India. I heard there is a dispute on the name "Zenfone". So probably Asus just removed the name on the new batch. Good thing is, yours might be more resilient from the ram dump issue..just my speculation 🙂

mickey10021
Rising Star II
janarosta

Your batch might be a newer version after Asus launch in India. I heard there is a dispute on the name "Zenfone". So probably Asus just removed the name on the new batch. Good thing is, yours might be more resilient from the ram dump issue..just my speculation 🙂


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It's very similar to Zenfone 6 in terms of back panel layout. So this could be an India version

Evolution101
Star III
Ok, fair enough. Although I wonder why I would get an India version in Sweden? It's a European edition.