- What's up guys Saf here on SuperSaf TV and we've got
the brand new ASUS ZenFone 7 Pro in the house
for an unboxing.
This has been announced alongside the ZenFone 7
but there are very minor differences,
we're going to go ahead and get this unboxed.
And we've also got the ZenFone 6 with us so we can do a bit
of a hands on comparison and see
what all of the differences are.
Big seven in the middle ZenFone 7 Pro.
So as well as a smartphone you get some paper work,
a SIM card tool, a USB Type-C to USB Type-C cable,
a 30 watt fast charger, and then you actually get two cases
there's one plastic hard clear case, as well as this one
that has a bit more of a texture.
Now let's get to the ZenFone 7 which
I can take out the plastic and you'll see it's got a very
similar design language to the ASUS ZenFone 6.
So there is this curved glass back with a metal frame
on the flip out camera module which really makes
the ZenFone unique.
Now quickly bringing in the ZenFone 6 for a comparison.
The first thing I do notice is that the ZenFone 7 Pro
is a lot heavier, this is around 230 grams,
versus the 190 grams on the ZenFone 6.
It's also larger all around so it's taller, wider
and it's thicker.
And you'll see that we do have a larger flip camera module
and that is because we now have three cameras instead of
the two on the ZenFone 6.
You will notice that the ZenFone 7 Pro does have more
of a two tone finish for this aurora black compared
to the flat color of the ZenFone 6.
The ZenFone 7 and 7 Pro are also available
in a pass to white color.
And as with the ZenFone 6 because of
the flip camera mechanism, we do not have any water
or dust resistance.
You'll also see that we have a fingerprint scanner
on the back of the ZenFone 6, on the ZenFone 7
and the 7 Pro it is now here on the side.
And this also doubles up as a power button
as well as a smart key, so you can assign it to do
a few different actions, if you double press it,
or if you press and hold, you can get it to open
a particular app or Google Assistant or something like that.
And now let's take a look at the front,
so they do look relatively similar, I would say that
the ZenFone 6 does have more of a chin
compared to the 7 and the 7 Pro.
And we also have an AMOLED display this year,
which is larger, it's 6.67 inches,
versus the 6.4 inch display
that we've got on the ZenFone 6.
Resolution is still full HD plus, so we do get
a slightly lower pixel density compared to the ZenFone 6,
but that's not really something that's going to matter.
And we now have 890 Hertz refresh rate compared
to the 60 Hertz that we had on the ZenFone 6.
This also has a one millisecond response time
with 200 Hertz touch sampling rate so
it does feel very smooth.
Now let's talk about what's very unique
about the ZenFone series and that is that flip up camera.
This is something that I've not really seen
on any other smartphone.
And this means that you can have
the same rear facing cameras for the front as well.
And you can see that it pops up here.
Now it's supposed to be faster compared to the ZenFone 6,
so let's just quickly test this out.
Yep, definitely does pop out faster.
Try that again.
Yep, ASUS are also saying that it can hold
up to 40% more weight.
So when it is flipped out, if you try to kind of pull it
towards the screen, it's going to be able to take pressure
up to around 35 kgs.
I'm not going to try this out here, I do not do durability,
I'll wait for Zack to test out the durability
of this camera module.
But one thing that we did have before that we also have now
is that it will automatically retract if you drop your phone
so that way it is going to protect it.
ASUS have also said that this is good for
over 200,000 flips, so that's an average of 100
flips a day for five years.
So this really shouldn't be a problem.
The ZenFone 6 has been fine for me over the years
so I'm confident that this is going to be absolutely
fine as well.
Now let's talk about these cameras.
So last year we just had a primary camera
and an ultra wide camera.
This year we have a primary, an ultra wide as well as
a telephoto camera.
The primary camera is a 64-megapixel camera
with an f/1.8 aperture.
Now on the ZenFone 7 Pro
this does have optical image stabilization.
On the ZenFone 7 regular there is no OIS
there is only EIS.
We then have an ultra wide camera which is 12-megapixels
and it has around a 113 degree angle of view.
This is not as wide as what we had on the ZenFone 6
which was around 125 degrees but we do have dual
face detection autofocus on the ultra wide camera.
As well as the ability to take macro shots
from the ultra wide camera at 12-megapixels or so.
You can get right up and close with this
same ultra wide camera.
And finally there is the eight-megapixel telephoto camera
which is going to give you up to three times optical zoom.
And this also has optical image stabilization
on the 7 Pro, not the 7.
Now for video we have up to 8K at 30 frames a second.
What's really interesting is that because we're using
the same cameras on the rear, as well as on the front,
that does mean that you can get 8K video recording
from the front facing cameras on the ZenFone 7 Pro.
And I believe this is the only smartphone where you can have
front facing video at 8K.
Not sure why you'd want to record 8K video for your face
and highlight all the imperfections.
But hey, there's also 4K adds up to 120 frames a second
1080p add up to 240 frames a second and 720p add up to 480
frames a second.
Once again these frame rates are all available
not only for the rear, but also for the front.
So I can definitely see situations where maybe
you want to mount the smartphone somewhere,
but you still want to see it for framing purposes.
And you'll still be able to get that high quality
for the front facing shots, whether that's images or video
as you would do for the rear.
And I think that's a big, big advantage
for the ZenFone 7 and 7 Pro.
Now let's talk about the internals.
So the ZenFone 7 Pro is powered by the latest
and greatest Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset,
up to 256 gigabytes of UFS 3.1 storage,
and eight gigabytes of LPDDR5 RAM.
The ZenFone 7 is going to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon
865 not the Plus.
So it's still going to be high up there
in terms of performance, but it's not going to be
as high as the 7 Pro.
Once again, you do get UFS 3.1 storage,
as well as LPDDR5 RAM, but you do get half the storage
so it's 128 gigabytes and the RAM also starts
at six gigabytes.
Now that's quite an upgrade compared to the ZenFone 6
which had the 855.
And also for the RAM and the storage, the ZenFone 6
has UFS 2.1 storage as well as LPDDR4 RAM,
so speed and performance, the ZenFone 7 Pro
and the ZenFone 7 right up there with the competition.
Now as with the ZenFone 6, the 7 and 7 Pro do have
a triple slot so you can have two SIM cards active
at the same time and also have a microSD card
so you can expand the storage.
Traditionally on many of the smartphones
you either have to choose with one SIM card and
one microSD card or two SIM cards, with the ZenFone 7
and 7 Pro, you can have all three which is really cool.
But one of the things that you don't get
on the ZenFone 7 and 7 Pro
is a 3.5 millimeter headphone jack.
This is something that you did of course have
on the ZenFone 6.
We do you have stereo speakers there is one on the earpiece
and there is one bottom firing.
And for the battery we do once again
have a massive 5000 milliamp battery, this is the same size
as the ZenFone 6 and if the ZenFone 6 is anything
to go by, this is going to last you all day long,
maybe even up to two days for some people
that is a big, big battery.
But on the ZenFone 7 and 7 Pro this time
you do get 30 watt charging, which is up from 18 watts
on the ZenFone 6, so that's about a 40% improvement.
You can get from 0% to 60% in around 34 minutes,
or from 0% to 100% in around 93 minutes.
However, unfortunately there is no wireless charging.
This is something that I wish the ZenFone 7 and 7 Pro
did have but I guess because this has such a large battery
we can let ASUS off a little bit.
And there are lots of battery care features.
We've got a custom charging limit so you can start charging
out round 90% or 80%.
The slow charging 2.0 which will limit the charge
to around 10 watts for less battery wear
and 34% lower temperature during charging.
And we've also got scheduled charging, so you can schedule
your charge to go all the way just before
you wake up, for instance.
And all of these things are going to help
with preserving the battery for a longer period of time.
So if you are planning on keeping this for a few years,
these battery care features are going to be very beneficial.
Now for the software we do have Android 10
with ZenUI 7 on top.
I actually really liked ZenUI and it's come quite
a long way compared to what it used to be.
ASUS has really taken feedback on board and made it really
clean and minimal.
And this time we also have Game Genie, which is something
that we find on the original phone, and this will display
information such as your frame rate, your temperature
when you are gaming.
And finally for pricing the only information
I've been given as yet is for the Taiwanese pricing
so the ZenFone 7 Pro is going to be coming in
at around NT$28,000.
And the ZenFone 7 is going to be coming in
at around NT$22,000.
I'll let you go ahead and do some conversions.
And as soon as I've got UK and European pricing,
I will drop that down in the description below.
And to summarize the differences between the ZenFone 7
and the ZenFone 7 Pro, you're getting the 865 Plus
you're getting more storage, more RAM.
And you're also getting optical image stabilization
on the primary and the telephoto camera,
or as you're getting electronic image stabilization
only on the ZenFone 7 so not a huge difference.
I think it's really going to come down to performance.
If you are somebody who is going to be gaming a lot
and you do want the best of the best,
then the ZenFone 7 Pro is probably going to be
the better option.
And looking at the pricing compared to what the ZenFone 6
came in at these are coming in quite a bit higher.
Will you be picking up the ASUS ZenFone 7 or 7 Pro?
Do let me know in the comments below and do let me know
what other coverage you'd like me to do
with the ZenFone 7 and 7 Pro.
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