Design and build very often when you see a flagship it comes with a large screen and body to boot Asus zenfones are different though packing a pint-sized yet premium punch Asus isn't breaking the mold with their newest generation looking at the Zenfone 9 and 10 side by side you can hardly tell a difference they have the same size and shape the grippy polycarbonate backing and a metal frame there are again plenty of color options to choose from to fit your style and you get ip68 protection against water and dust as befitting a flagship Screen specs and features the display is similar too you again have a 5.9 inch OLED with a 1080p resolution and victus protection but this time there's a 144hz refresh rate that's meant to be a little bit smoother than the 120 hertz of last year unfortunately when swiping around you're actually still limited to 120 so what's the difference the highest refresh rate setting is actually meant for games and high refresh rate gaming is encouraged here to turn on the 144 Hertz you have to switch a toggle in the gaming overlay the screen itself looks good it has great contrast and support for HDR 10 plus video the color accuracy can be very good too depending on your color settings and when it comes to brightness there isn't a huge difference from last year we measured around 440 mids maximum with the manual slider and this can boost to around 800 nits in auto mode when in bright Sun Stereo speakers, headphone jack for audio Asus has brought back the headphone jack as well as stereo speakers tuned by the rack the speakers have good loudness but we felt that the bass was a bit better on the previous model to hear for yourself and compare you can check out the provided link Software and UI the interface of the Zenfone 10 is asus's Zen UI on top of Android 13. it brings some custom features such as shortcuts you can access through an edge panel you can also launch shortcuts through the fingerprint reader power button you can map functions or apps to a press double press long press or even a slide gesture and the fingerprint reader itself is blazing fast and reliable like last year Asus promises software support for two years of OS updates and four years of security patches and there are plenty of gaming related options you can access through an in-game overlay similar to a gaming phone and there are further options beyond that if you dive into the menus the gaming performance is even better than on last year's model thanks to the new flagship chipset the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 performance Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and on top of the better performance compared to the previous generation you get support for new memory attack ufs 4.0 and lpddr5x RAM as expected in benchmarks the Zenfone 10 does a great job on par with this year's other top Android phones the day-to-day performance is super smooth and gaming and multitasking are a breeze when it comes to Thermal management the Zenfone 10 does an okay job about the same as last year when in the default Dynamic performance mode we saw the phone quickly undergo heavy throttling but from that point on it maintained that level for the rest of the stress test in contrast in the high performance mode the phone maintained a higher performance level but periodically would Throttle Down considerably which could introduce some stutters in game Storage options the Zenfone 10 can come with 128 256 or 512 gigs of storage on board and that's not expandable through microSD Battery endurance and charging tests and like last year the Zenfone 10 has a 4300 milliamp hour battery its screen on results were better but standby times were worse so all together we got a similar overall endurance rating of 109 hours the charging speed is nearly the same too as expected the 30 watt wired charger was able to top up the Zenfone 10 from 0 to 60 percent in half an hour but now there's support for a wireless charging which was missing on the previous model Camera specs now let's talk cameras the Zenfone 10 brings a dual camera setup consisting of a gimbal stabilized 50 megapixel main Cam and a 13 megapixel Ultra wide cam Main camera: photo and video quality during the day photos from the main cam are solid there's plenty of detail with a nice natural looking rendition the dynamic range is very good too and we got well exposed shots with nicely developed tunnel extremes one of the most notable differences from the Zenfone 9's photos is the color rendition at least when Outdoors where the Zenfone 9 is more neutral this Zenfone 10 brings more saturated popping colors especially in the greenery and the skies portrait mode shots look good the separation between the subject and the background is well done even in complex scenes like this one with the wooden wall paneling there is a two times digital Zoom available and the images are very usable though there is plenty of sharpening applied if it's dark enough the Zenfone 10 will automatically apply night mode processing to its photos and they're the same as those you'd get if you toggle night mode on manually these sorts of shots from the main cam look good there's plenty of detail as well as nicely developed shadows and highlightslow noise and saturated colors there is plenty of sharpening too which can lend some details a slightly over processed look the difference in quality compared to the Zenfone 9 isn't big but we'd still give the nod to the new model especially in very dark scenes let's talk about the video capture you can shoot it up to 8K at 24fps with the main cam but will focus on 4K quality here these videos from the main cam are very good with a lot of detail plenty of contrast and wide dynamic range the color rendition is quite pleasant too thanks to the gimbal the video stabilization on the Zenfone 10 is awesome in the regular adaptive mode walking Shake is ironed out proficiently pans are smooth and if you're just pointing the camera in One Direction it looks like it's on a tripod it can even handle movement like running but it isn't perfect in that regard now let's have a look at 4K video quality in low light conditions it's a bit on the noisy side but it's also sharp and detailed Shadows are well developed and highlights are decently contained Ultrawide camera: photo and video quality now let's talk about the ultrawide cam during the day you get good sharpness wide enough dynamic range and again vibrant colors in the foliage and skies for whatever reason though unlike last year there's no autofocus on the ultra wide cam so you can't take close-up shots with it in low light conditions you get automatic night mode processing like on the main cam these photos have bright exposures wide dynamic range and good color saturation however there is an orange color cast to The Lighting in some scenes the ultrawide's 4K video quality is good there's plenty of detail for this sort of camera loss of contrast and wide dynamic range the colors are quite vibrant even a bit over the top and here's a look at the ultra wide's video stabilization it's quite good even without the gimbal New 32MP selfie camera + selfies now on to selfies taken with the Zenfone 10's new 32 megapixel front-facing cam which doesn't have autofocus like the Zenfone 9s did because of pixel binning the Selfies come out at 8 megapixels they have very good detail and wide dynamic range while colors and outdoor scenes look pleasant we did find the white balance in indoor scenes was a bit too cold Conclusion so there you have it the Asus Zenfone 10. it follows quite closely in the footsteps of the Zenfone 9. maybe a bit too closely the only major upgrades over the previous models seem to be the chipset and wireless charging the rest isn't really better the higher refresh rate is only usable in games and while the cameras are still good you actually lose the autofocus on the ultra-wide and selfie cams that's not to say that the Zenfone 10 is a dud is still a great phone one of the best compact flagships on the market but if you already have last year's model you can probably skip on this one
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