ASUS Launches the ZenFone 6: 6.4-Inch Flagship Phone With Motorized Flip-Up Module Camera

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• GreenMeters - Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - link

  The GSMArena hands-on review stated (in both spec overview and in body of review) that there is a headphone jack. Who's correct?

• Anton Shilov - Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - link

  Thanks for sharp eyes. Corrected.

• porcupineLTD - Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - link

  The lack of jack is so common that it's in the spec template which Anton didn't bother to modify.

• Lahsni - Friday, May 24, 2019 - link

  Yes there is a 3.5 mm headphone jack (standard)

• 3DoubleD - Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - link

  That looks like an incredibly competent high end phone for only $560 USD, practically half the price of the big brand competitors. What's the catch?!?
  
  The motorized selfie module works fine for me, I'd almost never use it anyway. The finger print sensor on the back looks like it would be a bit of a pain, but my S8+ has the same deal and I've gotten use to it.
  
  Huge battery, great screen, top SoC, plenty of RAM and NAND, stereo speakers, headphone jack. Perhaps it is a few grams heavy and a mm thicker than the competition. My one worry is software support and whether ZenUI 6 is any good.
  
  Will Anandtech review this unit?

• Quantumz0d - Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - link

  Agreed. I would love to see the review. Also ASUS cameras are really great, my old Zenfone 2 takes stunning pictures.

• MaxdeWinter - Wednesday, May 22, 2019 - link

  What are you talking about? It's a Sony Camera. Nothing like your older phones.

• bubblyboo - Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - link

  IPS vs OLED
  No QI
  No in-display fingerprint
  No OIS on cameras
  If none of that matters to you then it's a fantastic phone, and one of the few to have dedicated dual SIM + microSD (not SIM + combo SIM/microSD where you have to pick one in the slot)

• olafgarten - Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - link

  It's an IPS but still support ls HDR10 and has 100% D3-PCI so is most likely a pretty good display anyway.

• 3DoubleD - Tuesday, May 21, 2019 - link

  IPS vs OLED: It is clear high end phone manufacturers are preferring OLED these days, but a 100% D3-PCI HRD10 display isn't a bad display by any stretch. I'd personally miss the always on display that my S8+ has, but otherwise it is probably a wash for the average user.
  
  No QI: For a 5000 mAh phone, frequently charging it won't be as necessary. It is also a more expensive charging option, so excluding it on a lower-cost high-end phone makes some sense.
  
  No in-display fingerprint: Agreed, this is annoying. However, having lived with my S8+ for 2 years, my personal experience is that the rear fingerprint reader wasn't a big problem in actual use when you got used to it (a few days at most).
  
  No OIS on cameras: Fair point, its too bad this has been omitted. Picture quality is definitely something I'd like to see evaluated in the review, but lack of OIS will be a problem in low light unless they have some crazy computational photography tricks to allow a higher shutter speed in low light scenarios.
  
  But like you said, it depends what matters to each user. I'm interested to see the in-depth review here.