Zenfone 9 issues - consolidated list of all issues

[SVB]

Hi Everyone, I have been using Zenfone 9 for quite a while. These issues are listed after using software version WW/EU_33.0804.2060.189. I request all of Zenfone 9 fans and users to keep putting your valid issues here so that Asus will take a note of it. As zenfone 9 is a niche phone, if we won't raise a voice here, then Asus might not pay attention to it.

1. GPS: GPS taken 5-6 seconds every time to fetch my location and this is across all the apps. On google maps too, it takes time to detect location after I turn on GPS. Also, during using navigation when I am walking on foot, the direction of the arrow is incorrect. It is incorrect by 30 degrees or so. I hope Asus fixes this perfectly with a software update. 

2. Voice after making a call: On incoming or outgoing normal call, for the 1st 2-3 seconds, the other person can't hear our voice at all. We have to wait 2-3 seconds and then speak 90-95% of times. This is the most annoying and critical bug.

3. Wi-Fi icon on status bar: When Wi-Fi is already on and you swipe down notification panel only once, the Wi-Fi icon is not filled with the color of the notification menu. If my notification color is blue then the icon should be in white with the circle colored in blue.

4. Notifications delay: How can a phone with snapdragon 8+ gen 1 and 8 gb of RAM cannot send notifications as soon as they come? For many apps, the notifications are delayed, viz WhatsApp, Instagram, SMSes and so more. Asus, please fix this or just remove notification option completely because what's the use of delayed notifications?

5. Camera: Turn on HDR and you are a tomato coloured different person altogether. Overprocessing in zenfone 9 camera is so aggressive and inconsistent that the app feels useless sometimes. Selfie camera is good though. @asus, you sell this phone with gimbal as the main feature and can't even make sure Camera is the best thing that this phone must have? Please fix it.

I request moderators and Asus developers, if any, on this website to take a note of these and fix those on priority before software support for this phone expires.

@all Zenfone 9ers: Please copy and paste your issues here even if you have posted them before or mention the new ones here. So that all these issues get highlighted at one single place.

#Zenfone9 #Asus #Android

[SVB]

Do we have to keep replying to keep the forum active? Otherwise, if it get closed, is it seen by the mods/admins?

[Khoros]

Hi all,

Any chance that at least some of the issues has been sorted out? I'm looking for a new phone and Zenfone 9 seams perfect on paper,  but there is not way I would by it with all those issues.  So any chance there was another update recently that sort out some of the issues?

[SVB]

My 3 main reasons to buy/import this phone was compact nature/small size, side mounted fingerprint and headphone jack. So I can live with these bugs because I dont have any other option with above 3 features. None of the bugs are show stoppers, its just that they are annoying but you get used to it and doesn't impact day to day use critically.

[max80hc]

Same for me. In addition to the battery life and its sw management. The only other competitor in my list was Samsung S23 (just comparable for its "compact" size, but I've read on many forums that it has a worst reception than Z9).

I've been using this phone for less than one month, I can confirm bugs n. 2 and n.3, but the n. 2 is crucial for me... Almost every call I make, the other person complains that at certain point of the conversation my voice sounds crappy and intermittent; for that reason, I've opened an RMA hoping that this problem it's hw related and could by fixed.

I'm coming from a BB KEY2 and I cannot tolerare a phone that is not realible making calls.

Another issue I've discovered too late is the poor support from carriers in my country (Italy).. especially VOLTE, that nowadays is really important cause in my country 3G has been switched off and I'm making call throu 2G network.

I'm very frustrated because I love the above mentioned features of this device, and I decided to buy one despite other things I totally hate (the hole in the display and the giant back cameras).

[SVB]

Its been more than 2 months and not a single revert from an admin...wow...I think the future is dark for zenfone series users.