Following the cellphone’s preliminary announcement mid-May, this week ASUS has formally launched their new ZenFone Eight within the US beginning at a worth of $599. The ZenFone Eight is a bit uncommon out there as it’s attempting to suit itself within the area of interest of a small flagship system – no less than when it comes to efficiency.
| ASUS ZenFone 8 Series | |||||
| ZenFone 8 Flip |
ZenFone 8
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| SoC | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 1x Cortex-X1 @ 2.84GHz 3x Cortex-A78 @ 2.42GHz 4x Cortex-A55 @ 1.80GHz Adreno 660 @ 840MHz |
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| DRAM | 6 GB LPDDR5 | 6/8/16 GB LPDDR5 | |||
| Storage | 128GB UFS 3.1 + microSD |
128/256GB UFS 3.1 | |||
| Display | 6.67″ AMOLED 2400 x 1080 (20:9) 90Hz 200Hz Touch |
5.9″ AMOLED 2400 x 1080 (20:9) 120Hz 240Hz Touch |
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| Size | Height | 165.08 mm | 148.Zero mm | ||
| Width | 77.28 mm | 68.5 mm | |||
| Depth | 9.6 mm | 8.9 mm | |||
| Weight | 230 grams | 169 grams | |||
| Battery Capacity | 5000mAh
30W charging (PD3.0) |
4000mAh
30W charging (PD3.0) |
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| Wireless Charging | – | ||||
| Rear Cameras | |||||
| Main | 64MP IMX686 0.8µm pixels (1.6µm 4:1 16MP) f/1.7 |
64MP IMX686 0.8µm pixels (1.6µm 4:1 16MP) f/1.7 w/OIS |
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| Telephoto | 8MP 3x optical zoom f/2.4 |
n/a | |||
| Wide | 12MP IMX363 1.4µm pixels Dual PDAF 113° FoV ultra-wide |
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| Extra | – | ||||
| Front Camera | Flip-camera Design Front cameras = Rear cameras |
12MP IMX663 1.22µm |
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| I/O | USB-C | USB-C 3.5mm headphone |
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| Wireless (native) | 802.11ax WiFi-6 Bluetooth 5.1 LE + NFC |
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| Other Features | Triple-function Power Button w/ Capacitive Fingerprint Sensor | IP68 Dual Speakers Under-screen fingerprint sensor |
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| Dual-SIM | Dual nanoSIM | ||||
| Launch Price | 21,999 TWD (USD~748, EUR~626) |
beginning $/€599 | |||
Today’s US launch now additionally confirms the pricing of $599 for the 128GB variant, and $699 for the 256GB variant, lining up with the European costs (tax normalised) that had been disclosed a couple of weeks again. ASUS’ launch window and availability appears to have improved in comparison with previous technology ZenFones, which normally had taken a number of months to see wider unfold availability.
We had briefly reviewed the ZenFone Eight again in May, and seek advice from the article for extra in-depth protection:
We discovered the ZenFone Eight to be an fascinating system which strengths in addition to drawbacks. The efficiency of the cellphone is nice given the Snapdragon 888 chipset in addition to the 120Hz refresh charge display, each packing a punch for a tool of this smaller form-factor. Possible deal-breakers for customers are the lacklustre digicam high quality which hasn’t seen a lot enhancements versus its predecessor. While the ZenFone Eight is a step-up for ASUS’s cellular portfolio, it nonetheless has troubles when it comes to representing itself as an excellent worth different to units such because the $699 Galaxy S21, even at a $100 lower cost level.
The official US variant ZenFone 8 will be ordered off ASUS’s personal on-line retailer.
