ZenFone 11 ultra megathread

independantiste , 3 months ago

I didn’t watch or read anything yet, but there’s one thing I know about Asus phones: they look great on paper, they kind of suck ass in the real world. Heres why:

Shit software support with updates that break stuff every single time, and after the first year it’s even more of an afterthought for them

They promised over a year ago they would bring back bootloader unlocking, we still have nothing

Hardware can brick itself overnight (look for Zenfone 8 Ramdump issues, this is due to a bad soldering of ram chips iirc, they did nothing to address this publicly)

They are sold in like 2.5 countries

Lots of people complaining about their customer service

They are very expensive for what they offer

Would not recommend. My Zenfone 8 lasted a year and a half before I could not use it anymore because of the worn out battery, and I kept it between 20 and 80% as much as I could. You may tell me that’s normal for batteries to wear and that this phone was not the best on battery, but my point is more that there is virtually no way to get replacement parts outside of shady sellers on AliExpress, and I am NOT putting an AliExpress battery in my pocket.

Welp_im_damned OP , 3 months ago

Yeah I heard horror stories of Asus qc. But they have locked the bootloader tool for more than 2 years at this point. It’s god damn ridiculous.

fubbernuckin , 3 months ago

I don’t trust any phone this company makes after what they did to bootloader unlocking.

kokesh , 3 months ago

Shit of a company with what they did with bootloader unlocking. Never.

Bondrewd , 3 months ago

FYI: Zenfone 8 got 2 years of software support and they forcefully closed down the ability to root it almost right after support ended, even lying they will turn it back on to no avail.

I do not recommend anyone to choose an Asus as their next phone. Im ashamed I bought so much Asus PC parts since.

Blaze , 3 months ago

Thank you for the thread, I was about to post Tech Spurt review

Welp_im_damned OP , 3 months ago

Np. If you find any more let me know and I’ll post it.

ByteMe , 3 months ago

How many updates?

Welp_im_damned OP , 3 months ago

2 os and 4 security

ByteMe , 3 months ago

Subpar

fisco , 3 months ago

Is this the death of their compact flagship ??..Shame if is…

Welp_im_damned OP , 3 months ago

I mean there is the base s23, and sony xperia 5 series still.

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

does Samsung still try to keep people from flashing custom ROMs? Reason im on a Pixel 5 is the size and because I can run LineageOS.

Welp_im_damned OP , 3 months ago

yes they still do.

Sony will at least give you the ability to flash your own rom. (Not in the u.s. because of our carrier bs)

independantiste , 3 months ago

Pixel 8 is about the same size as the pixel 5 and S23/24 if flashing custom ROMs is important to you

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

did not realize they made it taller but not wider, it would still be a problem for my tiny Trump hands to reach the top left when holding in my right hand, but it at least offers me a modern option.

independantiste , 3 months ago

Android has an option where you swipe down on the navigation bar, and it brings the display down to the bottom half, idk if it’s enabled by default though, but it’s very useful. iPhones have the same thing as well

infinitevalence , 3 months ago

https://discuss.online/pictrs/image/eebbe10a-c295-4db5-8638-cd1fd78f9fc0.png

These are the issues because I one handed swipe and navigate. But yes that is helpful.

fisco , 3 months ago

Yes the base S23/24, are still considered compact by today’s standards, but the Xperia 5 series is pushing that a bit…🤷🏻‍♂️

Blaze , 3 months ago

Indeed, Relevant list: notebookcheck.net/The-Best-Compact-Smartphones.16…

I got a 30 Fusion recently, quite happy with it.

Welp_im_damned OP , 3 months ago

Thats nice.

Ilandar , 3 months ago

Neither of those phones are actually flagships. Like I get that some people just use that word to mean any phone with an 8 series Snapdragon but that’s not actually what it means. The Galaxy Ultra and the Xperia 1 are the flagship phones for those manufacturers.

Xylight , 3 months ago

this is the “ultra”, hopefully not

machinaeZER0 , 3 months ago

I’m hoping that too, but seems strange they’d choose to stagger the launches if so :(

Ilandar , 3 months ago

But that potentially implies that the regular Zenfone will no longer be a flagship, in the same way the regular Galaxy or Pixel phones are not the flagships for their respective manufacturers.