Asus Zenfone 8 launched with Snapdragon 888, Android 11 and more

Asus has announced a compact flagship smartphone Zenfone 8, which is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC and runs the Android 11 operating system with the ZenUI 8 shell.

The smartphone received a 5.9-inch Samsung E4 AMOLED screen with a resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels, which occupies more than 90% of the front panel area and has an aspect ratio of 20: 9 at a density of 445 pixels per inch. Unlike the 90 Hz screen of the Zenfone 8 Flip, this smartphone has a display with a refresh rate of 120 Hz and a polling rate of the touch layer of 240 Hz.

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The screen covers 112% color space DCI-P3 and 151,9% sRGB color space, has an average brightness of 800 cd / m 2, and a peak brightness of 1100 cd / m 2. The display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass Victus, a fingerprint sensor is built under the screen surface.

The Asus Zenfone 8 is available in 6/128, 8/128, 8/256, and 16/256 GB LPDDR5 and UFS 3.1 memory versions, respectively. There is no support for memory cards in this case, but there is NTFS support for external drives.

The main camera uses a 64-megapixel Sony IMX686 image sensor, an f / 1.7 aperture lens, and an optical image stabilization system. This camera can record 8K videos. The second module received a 12-megapixel Sony IMX363 sensor with a wide-angle lens, which allows you to record 4K video at 60 fps.

The front-facing camera uses the industry’s first 12-megapixel Sony IMX663 sensor, which can record 4K video at 30 fps. The smartphone received two speakers with a Cirrus Logic CS35L45 sound amplifier, as well as three microphones with noise-canceling technology.

The smartphone complies with the IP68 degree of protection, it is equipped with a 4000 mAh battery and support for 30-watt charging. Dimensions are 148 x 68.5 x 8.9 mm and weigh 168 g, and the price starts at 599 euros.