Asus Zenfone 8 full review
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- The Asus Zenfone 8 is an amazing compact phone with hardly any compromises. It's a top-specced device with an affordable price tag so it's definitely one of the phones you should consider this season. Check out our full video review to learn more about the phone's top features, build and screen quality, battery life, performance, and camera image quality.
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Timestamps|Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:22 Design and build quality
1:29 5.9" Super AMOLED screen with 1080p resolution and 120Hz refresh rate
2:48 Stereo speakers, headphone jack
3:34 Always-on display and notification LED
3:45 Storage options
3:50 Android 11 and UI
4:25 Under-display fingerprint reader
4:46 Snapdragon 888 5G performance
5:28 Battery (4000mAh) endurance and charging (30W) test
5:50 Camera specs
6:05 Daylight photo quality
7:22 Low-light photo quality
8:20 Selfies
8:36 Video quality
9:22 Conclusion - Věda a technologie
Reuploaded new version to fix color issues!
Pls buy me a phone
I need something this good
My phone is broking
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@@subBGT Rich
I hope this phone gets praised enough and sold enough to draw attention of the other mainstream brands so they also undertake this kind of strategy of providing all useful features rather than providing gimmicky features to sell their phones
I want this Phone so bad. The only Thing is the update policy of asus...
@@sdsfghr what's that
@@shreyashchauhan8567 how fast or Even if they Rollout the newest Version of Android and the security patches
@@sdsfghr i have asus 6z. I think i am qualified to comment on this.
Security patches are always on time.
Android updates are delayed 2 months from other competitors
@@shreyashchauhan8567 thank you for the Information. Sounds pretty good. Im a samsung user but its to big for my purposes with 6.5 inch. This Phone seems perfekt 5.9 inch, 3.5 mm port, high end Hardware and a good camera. But i dont understand why a usb 2.0 port an no wireless charging...
Nowadays only Asus and Sony makes good phones with least gimmicks and truly care about their user's needs. There was LG, but we lost them...
Wdym, the few last phones LG has made is full of gimmicks too
Only the same speced Sony phone costs double as compared to Zenfone 8.
@@ispo09 1080p is not quad HD, 'probably better camera', better build quality (even though Zenfone 8 has tougher gorilla Glass victus), reliability (Sony was making loses till last year, and has left many markets).
See, we all know Sony likes to make more profits than any other brand, that's why only its fans buy the phone and it had been making loses for years, i.e. not adapting to Users' needs. Only recently it's been pushing decent phones, but those too come months after they are announced.
@@ispo09 Sony hasn't shown to do cameras better than Asus.
@@josephjoestar77 If you don't have to sacrifice anything for the gimmick its just a nice extra. The G8X for example gives up nothing, but can attach a second screen. A gimmick is only a problem when it adds too much cost or makes the phone worse. The RED Hydrogen's 3D Display for example looks shit and probably made the phone expensive af. Thats a bad gimmick.
Wow! Finally someone made a phone with great specs and reasonable size, I was afraid we won't see this anymore
Agreed
Only Xperia 5 line, is the only other option I know
@@marlowencna Yeah, sony is also great, but the price..
@@olpchk1115 sony is so far up their ass with their pricing
@@olpchk1115 true. The last compact phone I got is Xperia x compact.
Price went crazy after that
@Mark Anthony I remember being disappointed when they revealed the S20 line only for them to not have the S20e
It's so compact. I love it! I want more phones like the Zenfone 8.
I agree with that.. companies should also focus making phone b/w 5.9-6.1. many are shifting to >6.5 inch screen phones.
The Google Pixel 4a and 5 are ever a little smaller! ;-)
@@thaslimfarook28 That's the issue bro! So huge and unwieldy, it's like holding a tablet with no edges to hold comfortably!!
@@Aditya-tt1ws we need more brands to follow same like asus Zen 8 with price around 23k-30k .. lesser better.. screen size around 5.9-6.2 😂 better camera, mid chip..
@@thaslimfarook28 Yes!! A 5.2 or 5.8" is perfect for usage and battery life!
Asus needs to sort out their supply issues and announce 3 years of guaranteed software updates and this phone will be massively popular.
True. Their phones are really good, durable, and steady performers.
Yeah. I'd like this phone. But Rog 3 only had 1 year of support, that's garbage support.
@@brenlouissurio2404 is it true? So u just received 1 android update?
@@bintanghesa Rog 3 still on Android 10. Asus is trash on software support.
Ever heard of herd mentality? Unfortunately the masses won't be easily swayed.
Hope this sells well. Seems like a great device.
The best thing is it has 3.5 headphone jack 😌
To me it seems like an epic device
To me this the new LG nexus 5.. I hope it gets much Attention from xda developpers / lineage OS
@@momurda56 of course,its asus there's must be custom rom soon
Stock finish with polish of game settings this gonna blow
This is honestly what the Pixel 4a could have been.
_[SMASHES SHADE BUTTON]_ THIS TEA!!!!!!!
Exactly my opinion too
Bullshit. 4a is budget, not highend.
The 4a is as good as can be for its price.
@@g.g.4010 that's why we said 'could have been'. We ain't saying anything about pricing.
Isn't there a pixel 4a already.
OMG this is the perfect phone for me. It even has a notification LED!! I thought that was gone for good.
My current phone is a P30, got it for the headphone hack, but it lacks a notification led and proper water resistance.
Haha same kind.
I'm still rocking a samsung s8... has all the nifty perks and features which so many high end flagships lacks.. heartrate scanner, LED notification, (i remember one drunken night i chugged my phone into a chlorine filled pool) and it managed to survive and is working almost better than it did before 😂..and surprise, headphone jack and expandable memory..and a beautiful QHD+ screen... 1440p. Okay I'll stop praising my phone now. My point is just that so many flagships focus solely on cameras and gimmickry refresh rate nonsense when there is smaller aspects that should be included and adressed.. have a nice day everyone 😁
Sony's also keeping the notification LED
Also perfect for me!
I don't get it why these manufacturers doesn't make a led notification dot in amoled display itself?
Now THIS is the textbook definition of the perfect phone for me.
I'd LOVE to get my hands on this.
This is my 1st time visiting your channel and I gotta say it's the best review, no bullshit nothing else just the information I needed.
This is the kind of phones I'm always looking for far from all the hype but full of high tech.
I'm getting it.. Fuk Samsung Note Series!!
The camera results are really impressive👍😊✅
You're the only channel who has praised this camera so much.
Exactly...and this created confusion 😂
Other reviewers are off as they compare it to phones twice the price. If you take it in the context of the £539 UK price, the camera is on par with the competition. Thankfully there are some non-US creators that understand this, sadly the US market is fake with no competition and unless it has a Samsung logo you do not fit into US YT bandwagon!
@@andyH_England My brother got a midrange moto phone and It's actually good. Tech reviewers got the option of choosing whatever phone they want and for most part normal people are satisfied with even midrange camera don't focus on every detail. Lastly, Gcam is thr.
the thing is there are now plenty of good offers for the s21... in europe it can be found for 600€ new, or in the US almost nothing with trade ins... and that phone has a better camera, flagship in every respect, have smaller bezels and will get 4 years of updates... so it is not like this camera is shit, it's just that the s21 exists.. on the camera department, you also have the pixel 5, which has a similar price (some compromises on processor and display but the camera is superb)
@@markcasidsid5269 Makes sense here in India S21 is around £750 and Zenfone 8 will be priced around £450 and thus makes lot of difference.
I haven't heard this much praise for a device lately. Sounds like a great buy. Hope this does well in the market
I'm still using my Zenfone 5 and it still works great. Asus is really capable of making quality phone.
Does it still receive updates?
@@vyacheslavspitsin303 nope dude
@@vyacheslavspitsin303 last is android 10 on 5z but man it is stable like hell and battery after 3 years of buying is still great and not been degraded to replace .Its hard 4 hour sot with 80 percent brightness and its good .I mean heavy usage and it has only 3300 mah onluy unbeliveable Its still get me through whole day though only 5 to 10 percent left but its reliable It even get 30 mins in that 10 percent battery.I recoomeend asus high end phone to anyone .Only problem I have is still very bright in night that can hurt eye I thought it can be due to lcd These models dont have that problem
I've waited so long for OnePlus to create a real flagship device in a compact design. It seems Asus picked up the ball that OnePlus dropped. If I hadn't already switched to a Pixel 4a, I would be getting this phone.
I chose this phone over OnePlus 9rt 5g
I just bought it, it feels like an old Samsung and a new Iphone combined with a touch of Pixel. A jack of all trades!! This is a very very nice phone for the price, it would last a long long time too, and yes I'm promoting it now!
The Zenfone 5 was one of the best phones I've ever had. Nice to see Asus going in their own direction instead of following trends.
Using that asus 5z from over 3.5 years it's great phone even today it can get me screen on time of 4.5hrs after such long time so no big degradation and it runs smoothly though not getting updates after 10 but it is big free whole phone throughout my experience .They built robust phone I like the brand but only thing concerning is their services because they don't support their parts for repair at their service centre after 3 or 4 years of launch I have gone there to change battery and get new they have told that they don't have that anymore only displays for replaced and body part like back glass
Thanks for Asus for releasing this phone. This is gonna be my next phone in about 3 - 5 years from now, lol. I don't need top of the line specs, just a compact phone with reasonable prize, which going secondhand is the only way or if you're lucky, finding new old stock. For now, I'll see if my secondhand XZ1 will be in good condition when it arrives.
Reupload, but anyway. Notification LED in 2021!! Good job Asus!
Weree loving it
Tho
I know! Just yesterday I was looking for phones with notification led in 2021. Besides being useful for notifications they are really useful for knowing if the phone is charging in case it disconnects or something.
if you cant wait til their release for the 'retro' notification LED and 3.5 jack, I am a happy camper to poco f2 pro for almost a year now (it has IR blaster as well)
@@MrSigits I got a Samsung M21 last year. I am happy with it. Maybe in a few years if I'll get bored of Samsung ,I will switch to Asus. I would like to see a mid range Asus.
Wow! What a great compact flagship from asus! They totally nailed it especially on camera department
Thank you team GSMArena for your in depth all round review. I bought this phone after reading and watching the reviews.
Despite lacking microSD card support and only has USB-C 2.0, this can be a viable compact replacement to the LG V60 ThinQ 5G. FM Radio on a flagship-grade smartphone is hard to come by these days, so it is refreshing to see one. Also, this can be the closest rival to the Sony Xperia 5 Mk3.
It must have been years ago when I was exciting about a phone. Finally someone dares to do their own thing. I hope this will be a best seller, I know so many people complaining about the size of modern phone, me included, now there is an option! Great one too!
So did you buy one?
I went from P30 to P30 Pro, and now zenfone 8.
Zenfone 8 feels so refreshing!
I was planning for s10e next month but this came out
Thanks Asus
I've been using zenfone 5z since it release back then.. this will probably be my next phone.. even 6.2 on 5z is actually quite big for me.. so 5.9 is probably slightly comfortable for my hand.
Perfect combination: 5.9" + 888 + OIS. A great substitute for my S10e!
Wait for the pixel 6
No Ois
@@badkid1501 www.asus.com/Mobile/Phones/ZenFone/Zenfone-8/techspec/
Great Phone, but missing zoom lens
Lmao what kind of pictures do you take that you need all these lenses? Just give me one great camera.
I was devastated when the only compact option I have is S10e until I found this phone. Specs from 2021 yet the size is from 2017 😁, just what I nee d. Not putting a brick on my face sounds good
Thanks for the great informative vid. I think this is my next device!
Thank you for the detailed review !
I have one question. Does the Zenfone 8 have call recording feature inbuilt ?
Awesome review...✌🏻🤙🏻
compact phones are back!!!!!! Im so happy
I have an aging Pixel 3. Love me that compact flagships are still being made.
I like this simple yet powerful device. I will definitely consider a compact device like this in my next upgrade, I am done with large display and heavy phones.
3.5mm audio jack ! Man im down!!
Headphone jack
LED notification
Good camera
Good price 👏
What a great job with the camera! Something Samsung can learn from for their A series phones.
I just hope I'm able to buy this one. Last zenfone 7 didn't even launch in my country.
Still rocking my 3 year old Zenfone 5z. No reason to upgrade as of now. recently changed my battery once. Still a beast.
Still rockin my 7 year old zenfone 3. Only thing is that cam stopped focus, thats why im here.
@@TF-rl3kt i also had the zenfone 3. I also had to change the camera module because of the autofocus problem. Until now it works. Good battery still. Just my spare phone right now.
Watching this on my ZenFone 5Z and looking forward to buy ZenFone 8 😀
Whoa... Me too man...
I'm using 5z right now and it's performance still bad ass...
Last year I wanted upgrade my phone, but newer phone on the market is too heavy for me..
I think this zenfone 8 is perfect time to upgrade my zenfone 5z
Same here haha
@@okikdarmawan3117 Yes I also don't like heavy phone ! ZenFone phones have good sound from speaker i use to listen internet radio from tunein app 😀🔊
I am a zenfone 6 user should I upgrade ?!
Zenfone 5Z user here, bro 🖐️
Oh snap. I'm so glad they continued with this line. Will snap this up when it's available in my region
Was thinking this in a very long time.
That is why I could not let go my Mi 9 SE as this size is just ideal... at 5.99" screen ...
I wish other manufacturers will follow suit.
Hello, in the review article, you have the 8k video twice and the other videos are off by one, and this the low light ultrawide video is missing.
Edit: fixed!
This phone is just perfect
Apparently it has poor battery life and also bad calling quality..
good introduction, I wish more colors could be released this year
First time i heard many praised for asus smartphone, may looking for it as my daily drive phone
I'm in love with this device. 😍
Looks like a great compact device!
Expecting a camera comparison between Asus Zenfone 8 & OnePlus 9 / 9 Pro
BTW, how did Asus manage to optimise camera by a huge margin. If this review is true Asus gonna rock🔥
Lets wait a bit more.
I hope this phone is available in all regions across globe and hope Asus gets much more sales than expected and hope to continue making phones of this size
Bro i dead ass need this as a gatcha gamer this is a dream when does it actually release or is that information not available atm
This phone checked every list of the things I want on phone nowadays.
- Good specs (well, this is a flagship phone)
- AMOLED screen
- waterproof
- has an audio jack (kinda important for me)
- compact in size
- 5G (optional)
I hope the price in affordable enough for me
The blue tint of the screen is a dealbreaker. I don't know how people put up with such defective displays.
A few years back, asus released the asus zenfone max pro m1. That phone was wildly popular, to the point of selling out everywhere in store and they sold the phone with discounted peice for well over a year. I feel like if this is going to be released in the same region, it will receive the same Reception.
Good review. 👍🏻 how does the software perform in terms of fluidness, bugs, history of upgrades in the other Asus phone.
Good to see companies taking the path of Google pixel 4a. Man, I love that phone so much
I miss using asus phone my zen max plus m1 lasted for 3 years. Miss the brand hope they will release a midrange phone.
Me, still using my asus zenfone 4 max (almost 4-year old) phone..
i jave asus zenfone max pro m1 from last 3 years
We all need more compact phone like this in the future
This phone has won me over and I hope it gets more attention.
All reviews on this phone is positive, guess Asus did something's right.
Not guess! It is a stellar device!
The camera looks very promising, so much detail and sharpness.
Vivo have the great camera :p
Vivo X60
And big screen
Plus Vivo x60 has better cpu
Like the phone, this review is amazing. Thanks.
I can't believe how this phone is too good! Just perfect
Nice review, oh wait the video has only been released for a minute. hmh
My only complaint is that it doesn't have Micro SD expansion, would have been easy to make the Dual Sim bay an hybrid one so you could use the second slot as a Micro SD slot, if it was the case this would be my next phone, but it seems I'm out of luck
My thoughts too. So disappointed.
Wow Asus is all out with this. Love the small size.
this is the phone I've been looking for. simple and compact. large battery for it's screen size and fast processor. also the camera is descent.
The battery life is very poor on this phone
Hope this inspires other companies to make reasonably sized phones again
The Apple iPhone 12 mini made ASUS do it! ;-)
Seems like a quality product
I am not looking for a phone this year but if I was I would have bought it. I hope Asus design team gives a better design. I also like the fact that the small phones are coming back
Best phone with small size... I hope this becomes a superhit device so that other companies also focus on compact devices.
Very good device! I already want It!
I love this compact phone even when I can't afford it.😅
I replaced my Sony XZ1 with the Asus Zenfone 8... It's amazing and so well put together. For under £490 I recommend it highly. Only negatives is the average camera and no the SD slot.
Already listed on my wishlist...
✌️✌️❤️❤️
At last someone really understood us.
Compact & premium quality phone lover.
1:34 on the mobile screen temperature 91°F Delhi made me excited 😃.....though they are making it from Russia
The pictures from the camera preview are from Bulgaria I think
Great job Asus,one of them under 6" and minimalistic...just yes!!! 🥰👌👌
Might get this one. Flagship specs, small size and competitive price!
Hi what's gorilla victus you mentioned? What's the difference between the gorilla glass?
It's the next generation glass after Gorilla Glass 6.
It's 2 times stronger than the regular one.
@@de.grazia thanks
Perfect ✔️
I’ve been using my zenfone 2 for 7 years now and 3 times battery replaced but still in good condition
3yrs back asus was giving tough competition to mi, oppo & Samsung in India in the budget section & released 2 models, but suddenly they stopped & since then there has been no launches for budget section. Hope they launch phones in budget section soon.
Did you finally fix your channel moneytization issue?
Yes they did. That's why you see them uploading regularly now...
Small Flagship with 3.5 , with Radio and great speakers and almost pure Android and about 600 euros ? Time to change my honor 20 pro. We need phones like these. (And we do not need sh1_$# skins like MIUI)
This one's in my current favourites!
I tried one on hand today and it is a seriously good phone!. Will buy it next payday. 👍
Those are gr8 photos! I would say better than samsungs and bearly like pixel
Check out other reviewers, even Taiwanese reviewers have different photo outcome that produced by this channel. I am confused.
LOL NO. Anus has a lot to prove in camera department.
How FAST are the cameras? I have pretty shaky hands, so the main factor for me in any phone camera is how fast it takes pictures, meaning both shutter lag and shutter speed. How do these cameras fare in those regards?
Main camera has OIS, and combined with Snapdragon 888 camera ISP, it should be fine for you.
this is very nice feature packed phone. I might uprade to this phone coming from Mi8. I missed those headphone jacks
The size reminds me of Asus Zenfone 5 Max which is one of the best phones they make back then.
This is what oneplus used to be. Thanks to asus... I still have hope that we will have logical phones without gimmicky features and extremely high prices.
Pixel 5 vs Zenfone 8 camera comparison is all we want.
Whoaze! I never expected Asus to be the one serious phone manufacturer who actually listens to customers' whishes! When others play around with their multimedia mini tablets, Asus is bringing a phone to people who actually appreciate a phone, that is a phone.
Enough slander on the manufacturers though, I want to say that this for more reasons than the size is an immediate phone of the year, since no similar devices are on the horizon (as far as I know). The battery life is very acceptable given the size and chipset. Overall I prefer telephoto over ultrawide camera, but well done ultrawide is always a plus. Asus' Android variaton has those few nifty features too, like the 'smart ring volume', which again, is something those want who actually use phone as a phone these days. I have nothing against other usecases, and I myself admittedly watch videos via phone, but darn, sometimes I feel people don't hype anything else than displays and stuff that are ultimately not related to a perfect mobilephone experience.
Now the price is steep for anyone who is not a big spender. My absolute maximum for a phone today is 500 €, but likely 300-400 € in actuality, so this phone hopefully gets price cuts sooner or later. It is hard to say how price could have been brought down, but possible savings that wouldn't bother me would be a plastic back, a 90 Hz screen, reduction to splash resistance and a lesser chipset. I'm actually surprised they made such a powerful chip work well in this device, but unfortunately smaller phones usually are not bought by gamers, who would benefit from it. I would be completely satisfied by SD765 level of performance, and from new chipsets I would actually pick either the 768G or 750G for savings, though I don't know if these would offer better or worse battery life in the end, which is always more important than performance, if regular operation is already smooth. I bet Asus must have thought this out.
I'm happy that we finally have a smaller phone, but next we need a small budget phone, which I imagine would be easier to create. The market should offer small phones, at least one model, in price ranges 100-300 € and 350-500 € too, since people buying phones over 500 € are after all in the minority. It's hard to say if these particular people want a big display or a compact device though. Smaller iPhones have sold well, so I guess anything goes, the point being that this group will dictate if ZenFone 8 is a successful product or not, since the device itself truly is excellent.
Nice review! Asus rocks!
hope asus releases brand new budget phones like 3-4 yrs ago, my last phone was asus zenfone max 3 and it served me for about 3 yrs.
deym this is not a budget phone haha
My 3 year old Zenfone 5Z got its last security update a few months back.
The phone is fantastic, hasn't given any trouble to this date and runs heavy games without any issues.
This new variant looks great with its manageable screen size, but, the only issue here is the price.
Asus can replace OnePlus as a flagship killer if they price their products competitively.
I got Asus 5z only at 17700 1 year back.
Asus is cutting everyone off at the knees. Now I just hope that they keep doing the same with newer version, if they do we will see a forced change across the spectrum. Nokia is already pushing it but I don't think they have enough visibility in the market to force everyone else to change how they are doing things.
La mejor review que vi de este telefono.
I had to get a Samsung a50 because Asus didn't have a phone in my price range when I got it. Had the zenfone 3 which was a great phone. Would definitely consider this phone looks great.