A few weeks after presenting the new ROG Phone 6 and 6 Pro, phones aimed at the mobile gaming segment, Asus has just updated its Zenfone mobile family with the arrival of the new Zenfone 9, belonging to the high-end mobile , standing out for being compact in size in relation to the vast majority of Android mobile models, ideal for those who want to have mobiles with dimensions similar to those of the iPhone.
In fact, this is the main selling point, powerful compact mobiles capable of fitting in the palm of the hand, also helping the availability of the ZenTouch multifunction button on the side to use “thumb to slide up, slide down”. or double-click to access different functions, among others» functions.
There is no doubt that it is a very practical mobile family, whose power is provided by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 accompanied by 8GB/128GB, 8GB/256GB and 16GB/256GB of LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 internal storage.
Asus has opted to incorporate a 5.9-inch FullHD+ Samsung AMOLED screen, 20:9 ratio, with a 120Hz refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate, brightness of up to 1,100 nits, and with a contrast of 1,000,000: 1, with Gorilla Victus anti-shock and scratch protection.
In addition, they have used a new material with a textured surface, which, as he points out, is very resistant and very adherent. allowing users to choose their unit also from four striking colours.
In the photographic section, they have gone practical, including two rear cameras with Sony sensors, where the main camera has a 50MP SONY IMX766 sensor, with optical stabilization, and the secondary camera is an ultra wide-angle camera with 114º of vision , having a 12MP SONY IMX363 sensor.
For the front camera, integrated into the screen perforation, a 12MP Sony IMX663 sensor has been used.
For the rest, it has a 4,300 mAh battery with support for fast charging (by cable) of 30″, it has stereo speakers, a headphone jack, IP68 classification, as well as 5G connectivity, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC.
As for the operating system, it will arrive with Android 12 with the ASUS ZenUI 9 customization layer.
Prices start from 829 euros, although in the pre-sale phase they are somewhat cheaper.