Asus ZenFone 9 Officially Launched
In today’s launch conference, Asus officially launched Zenfone 9 as a 5.9-inch small screen Android flagship with the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen1 Chipset, starting from €800.
With a weight of 165 grams and a body size of 146.6 × 68.2 × 9.5mm, the Asus Zenfone 9 packs a 4300 mAh battery, which is far better than Galaxy S22’s 3700mAh battery with 167g body weight. For the refilling battery, it supports 30W fast charging.
In terms of heat dissipation, Zenfone 9 ditches previous heat pipes with a newly designed vapor chamber and a more rigorous heat spreader that uses copper, graphite sheets, and thermal paste.
Asus Zenfone 9 equipped with 5.9-inch 120Hz AMOLED display from Samsung with 1100 nits max brightness. The display is protected with Corning Gorilla Victus glass, the back is made of polycarbonate, aluminum alloy center frame, and IP68 dust and water resistance.
The camera system is also upgraded with 50 megapixels Sony IMX766 main camera with 6-Axis Hybrid Gimbal Stabilizer and Quad Bayer technology + 12 megapixels IMX363 ultra-wide angle at the rear and a 12 megapixels IMX663 front-facing camera.
Besides the display, camera, battery, and chipset, this Asus added powerful audio features to the Zenfone 9. It packs stereo dual speakers with Qualcomm Aqstic amplifier WSA8835. Audio features also include Snapdragon Sound, aptX HD, Adaptive, LDAC, and AAC. It also retained a 3.5mm headphone jack. The rest of the Asus Zenfone 9 full specifications are as below:
Asus Zenfone 9 Full Specifications
| Model | Asus ZenFone 9 |
|---|---|
| Colors | Midnight Black Moonlight White Sunset Red Starry Blue |
| Waterproof | IP65/IP68 |
| Size | 169g, 146.5 × 68.1 × 9.1 mm |
| OS | Android 12 |
| SoC | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 |
| RAM ROM | LPDDR5, 8GB/16GB UFS3.1, 128GB/256GB |
| Display | 5.9-inch 20:9 (2400 × 1080), 120Hz Samsung AMOLED display 1100 nits maximum brightness Color accuracy, Delta-E < 1 112% DCI-P3, 151.9% sRGB color gamut Corning Gorilla Glass Victus Supports Always-on display HDR 10 and HDR10+ certified |
| Camera | Main Camera: 50 MP Sony IMX766 flagship sensor – 1/1.56″ large sensor, 1.0µm pixel size Quad Bayer technology – 12.5 MP, 2.0 µm large effective pixel size 6-Axis Hybrid Gimbal Stabilizer F1.9 aperture 2×2 OCL PDAF Single LED flash 23.8 mm equivalent focal length in 35 mm film camera Ultrawide Camera: 12MP Sony IMX363 flagship sensor – 1/2.55″ sensor, 1.4 µm pixel size F2.2 aperture 113 ̊ field of view Supports 4 cm macro shot Dual PDAF Real-time distortion correction 14.4 mm equivalent focal length in 35 mm film camera Front Camera: 12 MP Sony IMX663 flagship sensor – 1/2.93″ sensor F2.45 aperture Dual PDAF 27.5 mm equivalent to 35 mm film camera |
| Audio | Speaker Dual stereo speakers with Dirac HD Sound Multi-magnet stereo speakers with Qualcomm WSA8835 smart amplifiers for louder, deeper and less distorted sound effect Audio Output Hi-Res Audio 192k Hz / 24-bit standard for 3.5mm output Qualcomm Audio CODEC (WCD9380) AudioWizard with multiple listening profiles Microphone Two microphones with OZO Audio Noise Reduction Technology |
| Video Recording | Rear Camera 8K UHD (7680 x 4320) video at 24 fps + EIS 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) video at 30 / 60 fps + EIS 1080p FHD video recording at 30 / 60 fps with HyperSteady 720p HD video recordingat at 30 / 60 fps Time Lapse (4K UHD video) Slow Motion video (4K UHD at 120 fps / 1080p FHD at 240 fps / 720p at 480 fps) Take still photo while recording video (do not support in 8K video recording) Front Camera 4K/30fps or FHD/60fps |
| Wireless | Integrated WiFi 6/6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, 2×2 MIMO) Supports Tri-band 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz/ 6 GHz WiFi Bluetooth 5.2 (BR/EDR + LE), supports LDAC, AAC, Qualcomm aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless WiFi Direct NFC |
| Navigation | GNSS support GPS (L1/L5), Glonass (L1), Galileo (E1/E5a), BeiDou(B1i/B1c/B2a), QZSS (L1/L5) and NavIC |
| Sensor | Accelerator E-Compass Proximity Ambient light sensor Fingerprint sensor Gyro (Support ARCore) Hall sensor |
| Battery | 4300mAh (typ) battery |
| Power Adapter | Output: +3.3-11.0 V 3.0 A, supports up to 30.0W, PD3.0 PPS / Direct Charge / QC4.0 adapter USB power adapter (30.0 W) |
| In the Box | Phone Documentation (user guide, warranty card) Ejector pin (SIM tray needle) USB power adapter (30.0 W) USB-C to USB-C cable Phone case |
