Should I buy Zenfone 8 series smartphone or not(Request reply from people who have bought Zenfone 8)

[abhineet150]

Hello everyone
I have zenfone 5z but I am planning to buy new smartphone.
So would like to know and request reply from all people in this forum who have experienced or bought zenfone 8 or 8 flip
My expectation is:-
smooth performance and clean OS without any ads.
good Amoled display with good refresh rate
headphone jack most likely
good audio quality
Good camera with decent night photography capabilities.
a full day battery life
lastly, durable build
So, does it stand in all those departments or should I buy some other smartphone like Rog 5 or samsung, oneplus etc
Kindly reply and suggest

[barrettgoat]

abhineet150

Hello everyone

I have zenfone 5z but I am planning to buy new smartphone.

So would like to know and request reply from all people in this forum who have experienced or bought zenfone 8 or 8 flip

My expectation is:-

• smooth performance and clean OS without any ads.
• good Amoled display with good refresh rate
• headphone jack most likely
• good audio quality
• Good camera with decent night photography capabilities.
• a full day battery life
• lastly, durable build

So, does it stand in all those departments or should I buy some other smartphone like Rog 5 or samsung, oneplus etc

Kindly reply and suggest

Should I buy Zenfone 8 series smartphone or not(Request reply from people who have bought Zenfone 😎

1. Asus' Android takes the first place in my book dethroning the previous king, OxygenOS. It's blazing fast, smooth, has fully stock appearance, and a bunch of additional settings, most of them actually highly useful.
2. The display isn't better or worse than that on a Galaxy A5 2017 and Pixel 3 that I owned previously, but it also gets really bright if you need it.
3. Headphone jack is there.
4. Nice audio quality out of the loudspeakers, and it's stereo thanks to the amplified earpiece, also extremely loud with maxed out volume, but unfortunately the headphone jack quality is noticeably inferior to my Hidizs AP80 hi-fi player when compared using KOSS KSC75 earphones and a mix of hi-fi and master quality tracks from Tidal.
5. The camera isn't worse than that on the Pixel 3 when it comes to still images, but the video mode absolutely blew my mind with its incredible quality.
6. I charge it every two days with a charge limit set to 90%, but I'm not a power user - I just use it for texting, emails, Twitter, occasional browsing and AI Dungeon.
7. The build rivals the best players in the market, it's a solid monolithic brick, the aluminium frame feels like it's made of 7000 series aluminium, side buttons are nice and have a distinct crisp click to them.
Bonus points for a notification LED and a programmable power button.
It's a solid device made to satisfy a picky enthusiast, and it's very easy to recommend in good conscience.

[abhineet150]

ma.van.drunen

I prefer the Zenfone camera over the Samsung S10e camera (photos look more natural), but I am not a very critical photographer. Most reviewers are quite favourable on the cam quality as well.

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Thankyou for replying
That helps a lot in making decision

[abhineet150]

divinesecret

First Asus phone (i bought zenfone 8). I like the form factor a lot (i don't like big phones). Everything works good for me. But i am light user: some chatting, facebook and mostly browsing. So it is enough for full 2 days for me. Photo Camera is good.

• smooth performance and clean OS without any ads. - Definitely yes. Almost stock android experience.
• good Amoled display with good refresh rate. - It can go upto 120 refresh rate. Though it has lots of color deformity (just by tilting a phone a little bit the white color changes a lot). But i don't mind it much. Though i come from IPS, so it was surprise for me that it had almost no white color accuracy. Every other color of course is way better and crisp.
• headphone jack most likely - Yes.
• good audio quality - Perfect.
• Good camera with decent night photography capabilities. - Yes. The camera is very capable.
• a full day battery life - For me 2 full days.
• lastly, durable build - I believe yes. But the back is glass and glass breaks 😁, though this phone comes with nice back case, so no worries. Also IP68 rating.

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That's really good 2 days of battery life.
That's what I am looking for.

Any ideas if it has any Audio DAC?

Thankyou for replying
This helps me a lot

[abhineet150]

barrettgoat

https://zentalk.asus.com/en/discussion/49179/should-i-buy-zenfone-8-series-smartphone-or-not-request...

1. Asus' Android takes the first place in my book dethroning the previous king, OxygenOS. It's blazing fast, smooth, has fully stock appearance, and a bunch of additional settings, most of them actually highly useful.

2. The display isn't better or worse than that on a Galaxy A5 2017 and Pixel 3 that I owned previously, but it also gets really bright if you need it.

3. Headphone jack is there.

4. Nice audio quality out of the loudspeakers, and it's stereo thanks to the amplified earpiece, also extremely loud with maxed out volume, but unfortunately the headphone jack quality is noticeably inferior to my Hidizs AP80 hi-fi player when compared using KOSS KSC75 earphones and a mix of hi-fi and master quality tracks from Tidal.

5. The camera isn't worse than that on the Pixel 3 when it comes to still images, but the video mode absolutely blew my mind with its incredible quality.

6. I charge it every two days with a charge limit set to 90%, but I'm not a power user - I just use it for texting, emails, Twitter, occasional browsing and AI Dungeon.

7. The build rivals the best players in the market, it's a solid monolithic brick, the aluminium frame feels like it's made of 7000 series aluminium, side buttons are nice and have a distinct crisp click to them.

Bonus points for a notification LED and a programmable power button.

It's a solid device made to satisfy a picky enthusiast, and it's very easy to recommend in good conscience.

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Great
So apart from the audio 3.5 mm jack.
Rest all got a good green ticks.
I am really considering all the suggestions given here and it helps me to make a buying decision.

Mostly what I could see are all good feedback.

In case if there are a thing which is negative,kindly let me know.

I have heard the device heats up a lot?Is it heating during normal usage like browsing web, listening to songs,taking some shots or video recording from camera etc.

[Timo_Vos]

I cannot make it 2 days with battery. One day is hard (between 2 / 3 hours sot). Screen 60hz. Mostly wifi.
I really hope this improves with future updates.