A few days ago, Asus unveiled the ROG phone 9 Fe, but today, it is time to focus on its other product line. Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra, like its predecessor, comes slightly before normal with an early launch of February instead of July.
The major change of this generation is Snapdragon 8 Elite Chipset, up to 16GB with LPDDR5X RAM and up to 512GB of UFS 4.0 storage. The new chip promises to promote 40% in 45% more CPU performance, 40% faster GPU and NPU performance.
Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra
This is the last one important because ad-on features from Asus add too much AI. It comes in two forms: on-device and cloud AI. A Lama from the Zenfone 12 Ultra Meta comes with a 38B model, which runs on the device and is used for high quality text summings.
AI Call Translator 2.0 also runs on-device and does that he says on tin-Real-Time Voice Translation for Default Phone App, but also third-party messaging apps that support VOIP calls. The recorder app has AI Transcript 2.0 feature with multi-spicker identity, summary and translation. You can also summarize articles and documents. Well, this is enough about AI.
The new main camera uses a Sony Litia -700 sensor instead of IMX890. Important upgradation is 6-Axis Hybrid Gimble Stabilizer, which is now in version 4. It can correct ± 5 ° movement, 66% improvement on Zenfone 11 Ultra Gimble Stabilizer (which was version 3).
The 32MP telephoto camera also has optical stabilization (no word on its performance) and provides 3x optical and 10–30x hyper circle zoom. Above it is 120 ° Ultra-Wide camera. On the front, the selfie camera is based on 32MP RGBW sensor and 90 ° lens.
Here are some official camera samples from all four cameras:
Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra Official Camera Samples: Main
Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra Official Camera Sample: Telephoto
Asus zenfone 12 ultra official camera samples: ultra-wide
Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra Official Camera Sample: Selfie
The Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra has a 6.78 “OLED display (Samsung E6) in the last year’s performance. It is a LTPO panel with a 1–120Hz refresh rate and 144Hz options available for supported games. It peaks 2,500 NITS shine and is preserved by Gorilla Glass Victus 2.
The phone is equipped with 5,500mAh dual-cell battery. It supports 65W wired and 15W wireless charging (QI 1.3). Wired option takes the battery from 0% to 100% in 39 minutes. Once completed, the battery promises to use for 26 hours.
Zenfone is one of the last refuge of the 3.5 mm headphone jack. Even the phone has a Dirac Virtuo for headphone technology, which works with both wired and wireless headphones. Alternatively, the phone has multi-magnet stereo speakers to hear without headphones.
Asus used 100% recycled aluminum for the frame and 22% recycled glass for screen. At the time of launch, there are three colors to choose: Rishi Green, Aboni Black and Sakura White. As before, the phone has been rated for dust and water resistance.
Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra Colorway: SEZ Green • Aboni Black • Sakura White
On the connectivity side, it is a dual-SIM 5G phone with a tray that holds two nano-sims. However, there is also an ESIM this year, which is more convenient while traveling.
Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra launched in Europe, Taiwan and Hong Kong today. The mainland is set to MSRP € 1,100 in Europe (it is not yet available in the UK). However, between 6 and 28 February, a buying early bird buyer will receive it at a special price of € 1,000. Asus will also launch a new model in Japan, more details will be declared soon.
Asus zenfone 12 ultra at a glance
