Asus is ready to debut a brand new Zenfone-branded flagship smartphone within the Zenfone 10, if patterns maintain. Now, in keeping with a report from Value Baba (opens in new tab) – citing leaker Paras Guglani – the upcoming Zenfone 10 is ready to supersede final yr’s Zenfone 9 in a single vital manner. The report says that the model is ready to interchange the compact 5.9-inch telephone with a 6.3-inch mannequin, abandoning its pursuit of the mockingly small compact telephone market.

Asus’s Zenfone eight and Zenfone 9 had damaged floor as highly effective compact smartphones which boasted clear Android software program, up-to-date {hardware}, and small frames. The Zenfone 9 was 5.9-inches, as we talked about, as was the Zenfone eight earlier than it. The Zenfone 10, for its half, is rumored to sport a 6.3-inch show; the identical measurement because the Google Pixel 7. It’s additionally to return with a 120Hz AMOLED show, although there aren’t any decision particulars shared on this newest report. 

Apart from the scale, the Zenfone 10 is ready to be a robust telephone, on observe to sport Qualcomm’s Snapdragon eight Gen 2, which powers the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S23 and the OnePlus 11. Patrons can count on glorious efficiency and battery life, based mostly on that alone, although Asus is not content material to coast on its laurels. A rumored 16GB of RAM implies that all of your apps and video games ought to launch in moments and keep in reminiscence. Equally, a 5,000mAh battery, paired with 67W quick charging implies that your telephone ought to final a very long time whereas charging up quickly.

As well as, the digital camera is rumored to leverage a 200-megapixel sensor, whereas internally between 256GB and 512GB of storage is predicted to be on board, built-in liquid cooling ought to preserve the telephone cool when gaming, there’s promised quick charging, and IP68 resistance ought to preserve it protected from mud and rain.

 Smaller telephones do the dodo 

All these specs – spectacular as they’re – are more and more desk stakes for Android telephones. What’s notable right here is the rise in measurement. Compact telephone followers have had it tough lately. Apple’s iPhone 12 Mini and iPhone 13 Mini gave the impression to be the savior of smaller telephones,  however the firm moved away from them and adopted the iPhone 14 Plus as an alternative. Not that the iPhone 14 Plus offered gangbusters as an alternative, however it’s possible a change that had little to do with its measurement.

On the identical time, the Asus Zenfone 9 was touted as a wonderful small Android telephone as properly. And now it is being changed by a bigger smartphone. Large telephones supply house for bigger batteries, higher cameras, and larger screens. Definitely, measurement and weight are a consideration, however the business repudiation of sub-six-inch telephones has been certain to ship a message to smartphone producers – and it isn’t one smaller telephone followers want to hear.