0:43 Please don't sound so disappointed with the headphone jack. This is pretty much the last standing flagship with an actual headphones jack. Praise it. Award it!

Wireless charging. The charging method where you CAN'T use your phone while on charge.

I'm a member of the compact phone group too. Just ordered this one (arrives tomorrow). I always hated large phones, and unfortunately, most phones (flagship, midrange or budget) tend to go big instead of compact. There are very few compact options out there. I am not ever touching an Apple product, the new S22 is way to expensive, the Pixel 6a has not yet been announced (and it will still be too expensive) so this Asus is probably gonna be my savior.

Well, here in India I'm still waiting for this phone to release. There's no other phone in the market with these specs and compact form factor.

So glad I found this phone. I'm definitely a compact phone guy. LOVE my Samsung S7 and will hate to see it go but I think Mint is going to kick her to the curb next month. Gonna miss that beautiful 5.1" 577ppi screen :(

Awesome content!! Best part, you are replying in the comments section, and not in just line or two.. but in proper.. funny and useful way ❤️

Went out and bought it yesterday. Love it so much. Way better than my S21 Exynos

I don't understand why LED notification light fell out of favour. It was a nifty feature.

Cool video mate. Thinking about buying it and from how you described it, feels like it's just what I need without extra features.

I just wish you upload more often, my bro. I love ur content and sense of humor

Most important feature for me is 3.5mm jack

Fan of this Channel !!! Damn!! I think this should be standard when anyone want to do "xx days review" It hits the point of what we [User] want to find when we watch a "Review" Got this on my hand by tomorrow, no kidding, this gonna be great !!!

This phone seems like a very worthy contender for my next device. Love your content. Seriously underrated channel.

Thanks for the video! My S7 Exynos has been great, but its about ready to kick the bucket. I only had three qualifications, modern Android, headphone jack (I like analog sound), and screen size under 6 inches. I thought I would have some pretty decent options, but this is literally it. I usually go for a mid-range rather than a flagship phone, but I think this is what I'll get

Love the video style, damn man keep it up!

It is true when in outdoor mode, it does get louder but distorted. I previously owned a Zenfone 5 and it had that feature.

Damn that's a great video👏👏👏 I saw your channel yesterday when I was looking for razer blade 17 review and I subscribed right away. Great great high quality video👏 Will you make review of x17 with 3080 from alienware or any high end gaming laptop? Or even monitors and mouse and keyboard? Big fan from iran🇮🇷

I think you went through the most important aspects. Saving the necessary money and looking for the best way to get it shipped to Mozambique. I love small devices, especially with this kind of performance.

switched to zenfone 8 from an iphone 11 and i can say that its a big frickin difference from screen to cameras and i love it,thanks man

Thanks for this video. I have a ZF7 Pro. I can't make a decision about this phone. It has almost everything that I need but the using temperature is annoying me( I am not a gamer).

Just got and I am super excited abput this new phone. I still got Asus Zen3 ,which I still use (and I will use it),but now have to learn all the tips and tricks for this model...:)

Great review!

Well played sir please keep doing honest review like this.

After many long and fabulous years together with my Xiaomi Mi9 se 5.99inch, it looks like Asus has stolen my heart to share the next few years with!!!!! Thanks Jared

The thing that got my attention was the small size. I have pretty big hands but I still can't hold onto newer phones without feeling like it's going to fall out of my hand. The headphone jack was really the thing that sold me. I don't really like wireless headphones because it's hard to find any with good audio quality so being able to use headphones and earbuds is an amazing plus.

Good review! Thanks

Nice tunes. Especially from the halfway point to the end.

Excellent video! I’ve had this phone for almost a month now and completely agree with your thoughts. I think this phone is very underrated and should be getting more attention!

Finally The Video I am waiting for

i'm a fan of mini phone too and still using my S10e 😁👍 it still great since i just a regular user, only lack of battery issue 🤣

CPC member here and in glad we still have options other than. Iphone , wish pixel wouldn't of made such big phones this year I'll be rocking the pixel 5 as long as I can

This is the first of your reviews that I've watched. Great content, man! I wonder if you've seen Sony Xperia 5 II or the upcoming 5 III. Pretty compact and capable too.

Nicely summarized the phone! Thanks for the 90 days review! Much Helpful! A quick query: How's the screen-on-time when locked into 90Hz refresh rate! Thanks again! Cheers!

Bravo for the best review, yeah this thing really drain too fast on gps usage. Its not only this , mostly asus unit drain fast too.

I've been rocking my Motorola Moto X4 since early 2018 (released 2017). Third Motorola in a row. I haven't kept an eye on the market much since. Now with Black Friday I started to look for phones at similar sizes. Cell phone pockets in several of my cloths is on the limit so 5 mm extra height would be too much (148 for X4). Normal hands but I don't like giant phones (more pleased with Moto X4 than Moto G4, the one I had before). I was stunned that first I couldn't find any Motorola small enough, then not shocked not finding nearly anything else (Android 11+)! I've been eyeing the Pixel 4a the last days which is about 80% higher price more than what I've normally put on phones. But there are only a few left in some shops. And I'm now looking at a Zenfone 8. Wow would be a lot more money than usual (I'm just cheap, I have money). I'm now researching the Zenfone 8 and found this video (thanks!) - great with "I've used it a while" reviews. Edit: I ordered it. 8+256 variant 😀

I was waiting for a 90 days review. I was struggling to decide between this and pixel 5. But i think i will go for Asus.

I've had the phone for 2 weeks. My cons are: battery life is short. I'd charge it using powerbank in the middle of the day and i wish it charges faster (my powerbank support more than 30w changing). The live view for the camera isn't so great unlike the iphone. The exposure level would deviate wildly quite fast. And the processing speed to take a pic is slow, it'll take 3 secs after taking the photo for the image to show up in gallery And in normal use the 888 chip gets slightly warm. I'd prefer prefer it to be cool like my previous phone with 732G. And sometimes, the refresh rate on Google Chrome isn't 120hz. More like 60hz. Do note my refresh rate is 120hz permanent, and i have a 16gb ram model and I don't have much apps on the background, so idk why chrome tends to appear laggy

Love compact phones and wanted to switch from my Sony Xperia compact to a new one... maybe this will be the one.

Rocking an S10e with a broken screen, only thing keeping me from getting this right now is the lack of an SD card slot, but I might get over that soon...

Great video except you didn't cover cell coverage. What cell company are you using and how well does that work? My big hesitation is that it doesn't have all tmobile bands in US so afraid wont get good coverage? Thanks.

Entertaining, fun and very cool Ur videos reviews as always! 👍🏻📱💯🍻

Just bought this phone, love it. Awesome beard

There are still nice phones, but lack of availability turning potential enthusiastic crowd end up on Samsung/ Apple/ Chinese offerings...BTW nice review and quality production as always 👍👍👍👍

Don’t get the deal with wireless charging to be honest. It’s slower to charge, heats more (thus obliterates your battery health faster), and you can’t even use your phone for gaming for example while charging like you could with a wired charging. So can someone please enlighten me on this?

Hi great review there, What updates are we guaranteed and security patches, will it see 3 years?

Need a Compact Phone Crew t-shirt. AT&T's about to cut service to my XZ2 Compact next year because Sony doesn't feel like doing the arbitrary certification process for VoLTE and WiFi Calling. Does the ZF8 get these features in the USA? ATT says "HD Voice" but other some folks are talking about WiFi Call and possible 5G support.

great review! wish it the adaptive 120hz refresh rate

2 months and this baby Asus ROCKS! Always have been a compact phone fan and this time around, Asus hits a homerun. I do hope in years to come and when it's time to change, there'll be another flagship baby Asus I can change to. Just 1 gripe, have more colour options. Black and silver, too safe.

Appreciate you SO much.

Thanks for making this video that i need to watch now 2021 - compact phone - not ios - big win I must buy that one

Asus has done a solid phone with this Zenfone 8, after almost an year of daily use, i noticed that the size isnt appropiate for the 888 SoC, making long gaming sessions pretty hot, but for a small ,,dude" he rocks 😋

I don't know why but you are a vibe, and I want to work for & with you even though I don't know of what use can I be to you. Just love the content.

Hi can you confirm that is has usb C powerdelivery 3.0 ?

Awesome video. I'm still rocking the Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact as no other Android phone even comes close in terms of size. Unfortunately, I'm getting the itch to upgrade my phone and I think this is the best option out there for now. Still waiting for Sony to officially release the Xperia Ace 3 before I make any decision.

Tbh the battery seems a bit small & I don't much care about wireless charging but I do need the headphone jack, cameras & waterproofing, the compactness is a plus. Does it also have microSD card slot for external storage expansion?

Id like to know how the 5g is and how well it works on AT&T in US...

Really like your content bro, congrants!!! where can I buy this phone? blessings!

Watching this on the same phone, and the sound is loud and clear.

Great phone, does issues like overheat or ramdump problems on you?

One of the few phones designed keeping user in mind in present day 😊

Is there any other compact phone (Sub 6 Inch) out there as an option? For the price of this phone, im not too happy switching off the 120 refresh and not great front facing camera.

Does the Asus Zenfone 8 have Scheduled Power On or Scheduled Power Off ? Does the alarm ring even while we switch phone off? This is a very useful feature in case it has!

The volume button on my ASUS Zenfone 8 broke after just 4 months. I expected better quality given that the included cover does not protect the buttons.

Do a review with almost full memory ... at 90% full storage it has lag on everything it does. I bought it for the screen size, camera and came as replacement for a huawei p20(which still does what it supose to)... overall it's excellent if you don't fill its memory.

The production quality 🔥

Hey Jared thanks for all the useful tips, tricks and details on this phone. People like me in India have been waiting for this phone since a long time ! We're getting it finally on 28th Feb

I know I'm late to this, but thanks for the long term review. I've grown incresingly tired of my big Pixel 6 and found out about this phone. I'll prob wait for the Zenfone 9 at this point though. Do you have any comment on how it's performed after a year? Or how software updates have been?

I wonder if you installed the Google Camera app on this phone, will it get the same result as Pixel 5? Or even better?

Man, your voice could be casting for any characters for a game’s series

Hope the device is launched in India this month. Having used the zenfone 5z by Asus, I am looking forward to try this one. I've been waiting since May. However I'd still like to know if this one is alright for content consumption (for example how does it feel to watch OTT platforms like netflix/amazon prime on this one?) Does smaller display cause issues? Heating has been reported by many reviewers.

I couldn't find this one from our local store and my brother got me this full in retail box from My World Phone.

How is the screen on time for this phone when you lock the refresh rate to 60hz? Just use for web browsing and youtube.

Does the battery last for one day without gaming ? ( For daily activity like whatsapp, facebook, chrome, watching youtube, music , maps etc..)

Good content man been s subscriber since you were called the rootjunkie i think lol

Hi, Can you please help me choose my next phone? I am trying to choose between the Samsung S20Fe 5g and the Asus zenfone 8. In Australia we are getting 128gb 6gb ram version of s20fe and 128gb 8gb ram version of zenfone 8 at similar price. I presently own a midranger/budget of asus(maxpro 2). Its good because of the clean OS, but not many after sales updates, and very few bug fixes, and expecting better from Samsung. Asus is great because of the latest chipset, and size, but not sure about the camera and the battery, which counts the most for me. Samsung has an older chipset, but a bigger battery and a bigger screen at the same time, so not sure how much difference in battery life it will make, and also has 2gb less ram in my region. So, for the next 2.5 - 3 years should 6gb ram be good enough? Also in terms of battery and camera which is better? I am not too much of a game player, but I do watch a lot of videos on youtube, and like to take pictures and videos. I am hoping to have a phone that lasts the whole day, and takes good pictures. Your comments will be highly appreciated.

finally a great fon from asus but are they gonna launch in India?

Which icon pack u used in this video?

Just bought one of these because ATT decided to not allow my OnePlus 6 to make calls anymore since sunsetting 3G. The headphone jack is the #1 reason I bought this phone. The rest is just bonus.

Thanks for the review! I'm really having a hard time choosing between this and the Samsung Galaxy S22 for a new compact phone for myself. Hopefully you'll do a comparison of the two when it comes out. I was wondering if you could tell me if the zenfone has video stabilization?

Can u please make a video on what's on my phone video on zenfone 8

What's the wallpaper?? Could You send me the link plz??

Just got one for 50 quid cos it had a chip at the top of the screen and im over the moon with it, its SO SO quick. Games load EVEN QUICKER. Brilliant

Any ramdump issue ever occured ? I am considering this phone but read it suffers from some kind of ramdump issue that would require a board replacement.

Can you still fry an egg on this when it wildly overheats at random times and during charging or have some improvements been made that ? The overheating isssue is holding me back from buying.

im happy i bought the xperia 5ii

I'm clearly in the team of compact phones, sadly low to none are produced :(

goddamn!! after these many months...its finally launchin in India on 28th feb...now lets see how much they price this for after this long

How about the heating issue, is it still as worse as some reviewer say?

Compact smartphone is bigger,smartter & greater than big tanker size smartphone like oppo vivo redmi etc.

Does it support Dolby Atmos?

What about ear piece volume (sound quality)

What about audio quality? I use my phone to listen to music more than anything else and sonen browsing.

This is a BadAss Phone 🔥🔥🔥

What is the definition of a compact phone? Is it that you can easily reach the whole horizontal screen space or vertical as well? Or just the dimensions of the phone? Like I wouldn't really consider my Nord as compact phone even though I can easily reach the whole width of it and I would call my old Oneplus 2 a compact phone. However, I started comparing them side by side and they're both practically the same dimensions, but Nord has way more screen real estate going for it.

was that 2nd led notification led by the selfie cam? I thought the zenfone 8 have optical image stabilization on all sensors? For me the only feature missing is an ir blaster and a cpu that you can't fry an egg off

Blessings ❤️🇯🇲👍🏾

so great for multitasking @12 gb of ram, good battery, weaker than xperia 5 III but better than s22 5G , all compact phones. on paper, spec wise sits right in the middle but wins in the RAM section.

I just bought a Pixel 5a and coming from a compact phone I don't know if I can get used to the size. I've been hating using it to be honest. I'm strongly considering returning it and getting one of these. Kind of sucks that it's almost $200 more but I understand why.

I ordered it yesterday. It sounds like the perfect phone for me since the only good headphones I have are wired and I don't care about battery life too much.

I really like the compact form factor. But as you said the phone can get really hot while gaming. I was hitting 52 degrees during a gaming session while charging at the same time. It was quite unpleasant to hold during that time