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asus zenfone 7 pro price
you’re looking at the zenfone 7 pro asus new flagship
phone but just like its predecessor this phone’s claim
to fame is its flip camera flipping camera aside this
phone has got a lot going for it it’s got 5g a large 5000
milliamp hour battery a super powerful snapdragon 865
plus chipset and an uninterrupted display but along with
this upgrading features asus also upgraded the price
to levels that are tough to justify 2019 zenfone 6 started
for just 499 but the zenfone 7 pro starts at around 940
after converting from euros and the base zenfone 7
costs roughly 830 dollars if the zenfone 6 was a flagship
killer this is a full-fledged flagship there is no official
us dollar price because unfortunately asus has no
plans to release the phone there and let’s also take
into consideration some of its drawbacks for instance
there is no water resistance on this phone i mean
it does have a flip camera after all and there is no
support for wireless charging the camera unit is
composed of three lenses that smoothly flip over
the top of the phone with a click on the touchscreen
this allows you to use its higher resolution cameras
which are normally reserved for the back of the
phone as front-facing shooters because of this
asus eliminated the front camera altogether
delivering on a completely uninterrupted display
on the zenfone pro many of you might remember
the flipping camera from the zenfone 6 when it
was first introduced for the zenfone 7 series asus
upgraded the flip camera’s motor to one that it
says is smoother more durable and more versatile
due to the addition of a new angle sensor the flip
Perfecting the flip camera
cam is quoted to endure 200 000 flips lasting you
about 5 years or twice as long as the zenfone 6.
of course i can’t speak to the durability of the
phone but it has a good track record in the week or
so that i’ve spent using it i’ve had fun with the flip
camera and i think it’s a cool and clever solution
that’s well thought out and integrated with useful
features it allowed me to get creative and shoot
pictures from different angles that i probably would
have never shot apart from the avant-garde
flip camera setup the sheer size and weight of
the zenfone 7 pro was the next thing i noticed
about it it’s one of the heaviest phones i’ve used
and i often find myself navigating it with two
hands the zenfone 7 pro features a 6.67 inch
amoled display with 90 hertz refresh rates
this is higher than most phones which have 60
hertz displays meaning the screen refreshes 60
times a second the phone runs on android 10 out
of the box and has a customized skin known as
zen ui it reminds me of stock android but overall i
found it clean simple and easy to navigate on
the right side of the handset there’s two buttons
which include volume control and a fingerprint
reader that doubles up as a power button and it
can also be customized the side fingerprint works
seamlessly and was easy to get used to at the
bottom you’ll find the usb type c port and microphone
and a notification led but unfortunately for wired
headphone fans this time around the zen phone
does not have a headphone jack back to the camera
the zenfone 7 pro has three cameras a 64 megapixel
sensor that uses sony’s imx 686 flagship sensor a
zenfone 7
12 megapixel ultra wide lens with a 113 degree field
of view and an 8 megapixel telephoto lens the
telephoto lens is new to the zenfone 7 pro and it can
zoom up to 12 times but at that level photos
looked grainy in general however this camera
took sharp and vibrant pictures in standard sunlight
conditions indoors and even in overcast weather low
light imaging was pretty good too and it did well
brightening up dark environments portrait mode
though wasn’t great and often blurred out detail
and texture as for video the zenfone 7 pro supports
up to 8k video at 30 frames per second with eis a
feature that can also be used from the front thanks
to the flip camera now asus prides itself on the
unbeatable endurance of its battery so i was
looking forward to experiencing the zenfone
seemingly endless battery life and it did not
disappoint though the battery capacity didn’t
increase with the gen phone asus added more
battery care features and a faster 30 watt
charger one new feature is the option to enable
always slow charging which the company says
helps preserve battery capacity in the long run
when the battery did finally run out i managed to
fully charge it within 100 minutes or so which
is more than the quoted 93 minutes using
the bundle charger so those are my thoughts
on the asus zenfone 7 pro will you be buying
this phone or was the price bump too steep
let me know in the comments section below
