Overpriced, quick software program help window, giant dimension – final week’s ballot reveals that there are a lot of causes to not purchase the Asus Zenfone 12 Extremely, however you solely actually need one.
The cellphone is on the market in only some areas proper now, however that proved to not be an enormous problem – although that’s in all probability a mirrored image of simply how few individuals need to purchase the Zenfone 12 Extremely (4% is the bottom we’ve seen in a protracted whereas).
Asus stopped making small Zenfone fashions a few generations again, probably as a result of poor gross sales. Even so, many citizens wish to see Asus give it one other go – there are only a few small smartphones today. However there is no such thing as a scarcity of enormous ones and the Extremely doesn’t have many stand-out options.
The improved gimbal-like stabilization characteristic was fairly good as we notice in our overview and the brand new AI options that permeate the software program are adequate to problem Samsung. Nevertheless, Asus is properly behind Samsung (and plenty of different manufacturers) when it comes to software program help.
Perhaps players usually tend to improve extra ceaselessly than different customers, so the ROG fashions could also be much less affected by this, however the Zenfone doesn’t have that excuse. And it’s fairly expensive too, which makes frequent upgrades much less probably.
Individuals had quite a lot of different points with the Asus Zenfone 12 Extremely – some didn’t just like the design, others questioned the 1080p+ decision on the big 6.78” show. However the high problem for many commenters was solely getting 2 OS updates and Asus actually must rethink its technique if it desires to draw extra patrons.