ASUS has as soon as once more launched a brand new compact Android which follows within the footsteps of final 12 months’s Zenfone 9, which we reviewed and located it was an important compact Android system that simply wanted some enhancements and updates. You can learn that full overview of the Asus Zenfone 9 right here.
So ASUS has now launched its successor, the Zenfone 10, which follows an identical compact design as its sibling final 12 months, and we wished to see what enhancements and adjustments ASUS have made and delivered to the brand new Zenfone 10, particularly the cameras.
So, can the ASUS Zenfone 10 be a real successor to the Zenfone 9. Over the final a full couple of weeks, I’ve been placing the system by its paces and I’d prefer to share that have with you.
What’s within the field
Inside the field you get the precise system, 30W wall charger, 1 meter USB-C to USB-C charging port, ejector pin (SIM tray needle), plastic telephone case alongside the standard guarantee and consumer information documentation.
It is vital to notice that ASUS has given us a world Zenfone 10, and this did embody a world wall charger.
The design
Taking the system out of the field, you’ll discover how compact and lightweight the system feels in your hand.
The Zenfone 10´s show is a 5.92-inch tremendous AMOLED show 1080 x 2400 @ 445 ppi density, which is gorgeous to view and luxuriate in. Colours are nice, sharp and vivid, nonetheless there are some small bezels across the edges, about 1-3 millimetres with the highest and backside having just a little bit extra of a chin than the precise sides. Whilst I’d have favored to have seen ASUS make this an edgeless show it doesn’t hinder the expertise or utilization of the system.
The show on the entrance on the left-hand aspect homes a punch maintain, which homes the entrance-going through 32MP selfie digicam. It jogs my memory of some Android gadgets from just a few years in the past that had comparable punch holes for the selfie digicam. Personally, my desire can be for the punch gap to be within the high center of the show. I can see why ASUS have carried out this so it doesn’t distract from the viewing expertise however it’s a small desire on my half.
The sides are fabricated from aluminium and the appropriate hand aspect homes the standby/energy button which additionally doubles because the system’s fingerprint sensor which works completely quick and simple is positioned within the center left hand aspect of the system. Above the standby/fingerprint button is the quantity rocker.
At the highest of the Zenfone 10, you ́ll discover the three.5mm audio jack, and for a excessive-finish system just like the Zenfone to nonetheless include a 3.5mm audio jack is extraordinarily uncommon, and I can see that almost all or not less than some folks can be completely happy about this.
The left-hand aspect of the Zenfone 10 doesn’t home something, with the underside of the Zenfone 10 having the USB-C port, which is positioned within the centre. To the appropriate of the USB-C charging port and to the left of this you’ll discover the SIM card tray port and the proper of the charger is the speaker grill.
The rear of the Zenfone 10 is fabricated from a matte plastic end that has just a little little bit of a tough floor in order to not let it slip out of hand. Personally, I’d have most well-liked a glass backing to assist in giving it a extra premium feeling, which this system is aimed for, however beggars can’t be choosers.
The rear additionally homes the twin rear cameras on the left hand aspect (nicely really the appropriate hand aspect) which you’ll be able to miss. The twin rear cameras are made up of a 50MP huge angle lens (f/1.9, 24mm) which protrudes out greater than the second lens by about 3 millimetres, and the second lens being a 13MP ultrawide angle lens which protrudes out of the again of the Zenfone 10 by about half a millimetre.
Under the hood, the Zenfone 10 is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm SM8550-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen, 16GB RAM, 512GB of onboard storage which sadly can’t be expanded so you will want to make sure you have sufficient cloud storage to add your information and footage. I shall be going into this half additional down within the overview
ASUS have said that the Zenfone 10 does help 15W wi-fi charging, so if you would like and want a telephone with wi-fi charging, then this system will tick that field off.
Lights, digicam, motion
The Zenfone 10 comes with a twin rear digicam setup which is made up of 50MP huge angle lens (f/1.9, 24mm) and a 13MP ultrawide angle lens.
Some of the options within the digicam app embody slo-mo, timelapse, video, photograph, portrait, pano, gentle path, professional, professional video and evening. ASUS has additionally included, like final 12 months’s, Zenfone, a six-axis gimbal stabilisation system, which is able to assist make your movies a lot smoother.
Taking photographs on the Zenfone 10 throughout the day are fairly good, albeit the colors appear not as clear or popping and just a little uninteresting than in actual life. Night photographs are okay however in case you can take a photograph or video with out transferring then you can see the photographs are very blurry.
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White rose
Taylors Square
Pride crossing
Oxford Hotel
Birthday Cake Anyone?
The entrance going through digicam is a 13MP lens which does once more present some good selfies however I did discover that the standard carried between the brightness of the day with some oversaturated to uninteresting however once more this varies relying on the daylight and brightness of a room or when outdoors, the brightness of the solar throughout the day.
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Performance and software program
The Zenfone 10 as said within the design part, is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm SM8550-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen, 16GB RAM, 512GB of onboard storage which sadly can’t be expanded so you will want to make sure you have sufficient cloud storage to add your information and footage.
The octa-core Qualcomm SM8550-AB Snapdragon 8 Gen processor is ready to deal with multitasking between varied apps like Gmail, social media apps akin to Facebook, X (previously twitter), Instagram and extra. Even taking part in video games while on a small display screen it is ready to deal with graphic intensive video games to non-graphic intensive video games like Mini Metro or pocket planes.
In phrases of software program, the Zenfone 10 does run Android 13 proper out of the field and throughout the overview interval there have been two safety updates which have been downloaded and put in. We additional requested ASUS if the ZenFone 10 shall be getting an improve to Android 14, which the corporate has confirmed it will likely be receiving this firmware replace however by way of timeframe, could possibly be by the top of the 12 months or early subsequent 12 months at this stage give or take the testing phases.
Battery life
The Zenfone 10 comes with a 4300mAh non-detachable battery that may definitely pack a punch regardless of the system being a lot smaller than say a Samsung Galaxy Ultra 23.
However, the battery is ready to get by a full day’s work by taking it off cost at about 6am and by the point I obtained dwelling nonetheless having anyplace between 50% to 60% relying on the utilization. With medium utilization I nonetheless had about 50-60%, with some increased utilization this did drop down just a little however ASUS do provide battery saving setting which may see you get extra out of the battery in case you want the system to final just a little bit longer.
Should you contemplate shopping for one?
I’ve to say there have been some enhancements over final 12 months’s Zenfone 9 with the brand new Zenfone 10 and actually I’m nonetheless just a little baffled by the system given it’s nonetheless a a lot smaller system in comparison with different excessive finish gadgets which then Zenfone is technically marketed for.
That being mentioned, in case you do choose a small system that also presents excessive-finish options and capabilities, alongside having a 3.5mm audio jack and presents a great digicam and consumer expertise, then the Zenfone 10 could possibly be the system you’re in search of.
In all honesty, it’s a system that would persuade me to rethink larger is healthier, not that I’m a measurement queen!
The Zenfone 10 is out there by the JB Hi-Fi in both inexperienced, purple, white, midnight black or starry blue for $1,299.