On July 28, 2022, ASUS announced its latest smartphone - the Zenfone 9. It has some big shoes to fill, after the popularity of Zenfone 8.

The Zenfone 9 does do macro, but I wouldn’t promote that if I were ASUS. Macro mode isn’t a dedicated mode. Basically, if you get close enough to a subject, macro mode will kick in.

The Zenfone 9 is a great option for someone looking for a small phone that has higher-end features like a Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chip and a 120Hz high-refresh rate screen. The phone runs on 5G ...

Thankfully, the ASUS ROG Phone 9 series bridges the mainstream gap better than most, and while I definitely missed a few familiar Pixel features during my time with the ROG, I wouldn’t say that ...

The Zenfone 9 comes with a proprietary layer of ZenUI in a version to match the phone's model name. Underneath, there's Android 12 and Asus promises 2 major OS updates, plus two more years of ...

ASUS data shows that most Zenfone 9 users still prefer the old quick settings menu. Almost one in five Zenfone 9 owners also speed up system animations. Google introduced the Material You design ...

Asus previously made many of the same changes when updating the Zenfone 9 to Android 13 late last year. Asus has also promised that Android 13 will roll out to the ROG Phone 6, 6D, and 6 Pro in Q1 ...

Asus Zenfone 9 review: Price and availability. The Zenfone 9 starts at $699/€799 for the model with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. There are also 8GB/256GB and 16GB/256GB variants, with the ...

Asus Zenfone 9. Rating: 7/10. $599 at Amazon. $650 at Asus. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or ...

Updates. The Zenfone 9 got two software updates while we were using it for this long-term review, and the first one brought Android 13, back in early December.