Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra: A Big, Powerful Transformation

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Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra
The Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra redesigns the phone line to feature a big 6.78-inch display.
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The Zenfone and ROG Phone 8 Pro side by side
The Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra shares a lot of specs with the company’s gaming-focused ROG Phone 8 Pro.
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Cameras
The Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra’s camera includes a 50-megapixel main lens, a 13-megapixel wide lens and a 32-megapixel telephoto lens.
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Zenfone, ROG collide
The phones feature the same camera, size size screen and a headphone jack.
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Zenfone, ROG differences
The Zenfone’s $900 starting price is $100 cheaper than the base ROG Phone 8, which costs $1,000.
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Zenfone, ROG differences
The ROG phone also includes a second USB-C port, LEDs on the back and gaming-specific AI features.
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Game Genie
The Game Genie overlay does make its way to the Zenfone.
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Speakers
The Zenfone has dual speakers along with equalizer settings for enhancing audio.
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Charging mode
The Zenfone also has passthrough charging, which if enabled, lets the phone run directly from a charger in order to preserve battery capacity.
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Front camera hiding
If you don’t want to see the front-facing camera on the screen, you can opt for a bar that hides it.
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Gestures
You can enable the phone to light up when you pick it up.
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Refresh rate
The Zenfone’s screen can run at an adaptive refresh rate from 1 to 120Hz or a consistent 120Hz. You can also bump it up to 144Hz within games.
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Zenfone 11 Ultra, Zenfone 10
With its 6.78-inch display, the Zenfone 11 Ultra is much bigger than last year’s Zenfone 10, which has a 5.9-inch screen.
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Zenfone 11, Zenfone 10 cameras
The camera modules on the Zenfone 11 and 10.
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Zenfone 11 and 10
Asus says the Zenfone 10 is remaining on sale but has not yet announced if a new, smaller Zenfone is in the works.
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Stacking Zenfones
For further comparison, here is the Zenfone 10 stacked on top of the Zenfone 11.