Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra Review: I excelled in a sophisticated crowded market

Zenfone 12 Ultra is not officially available in the United States. However, after reviewing the ROG Phone 9 Pro Edition, we wanted to see how similar the two phones this year. This is why ASUS does not sell Zenfone in the United States. It is now like Roj after they shared a similar design (Zenfone’s small days appear to have ended). For this reason Zenfone is Ultra. It is big like the Rog phone, although Monike Ultra does not mean much because the smaller Zenfone design has disappeared with 10. This summarizes Zenfone 12 Ultra, a device that wants to be more than it is but it is not.

Zenfone is an interesting version, even if Asus stumbles without a clear vision of the brand. I spent the best part of the New Year test these two ASUS devices. Let’s publish in what separates Zenfone and why the settlement is not always good.

Price, availability, radio devices, and specifications

ASUS Zenfone 12 Ultra starts at 1099 euros and is available in Europe, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan. Since the ROG phone is available in the United States, Zenfone will not come here, unlike last year. The purchase of ASUS is given, although regional stores carrying the phone differ from one area to another.

This year, the United States did not get Zenfone, probably due to the lack of support for the United States radio. However, I slapped my SIM T-Mobile in the device and you can make calls and receive the data, but I got a warning of compatibility problems on the screen. If you are planning to use Zenfone 12 Ultra in the United States, you will not deserve to be covered by import troubles, even if things are almost working.

What is good in Zenfone 12 Ultra

It is almost good like a Roj phone

Zenfone 12 Ultra is a ROG phone without some bells and pleasures. This is not necessarily a bad thing, because building quality is excellent, as is the case every year. ASUS phones look strong and affection, and do not skimp on Zenfone 12 Ultra in this field. It is a large comfortable phone in the hand, thanks to its round frame and curved rear glass. The camera’s stumbling block is improved via the ROG phone, with a smaller fingerprint suitable for the theme of Zenfone and its minimum design.

The headphone socket is still present, and it is always a welcome feature. When you dive into the program, you receive a familiar preparation that allows you to choose the amount of permit you want in your skin. I usually go to the mixture, add some comfort that ASUS adds, such as the bright scroll bar under the notification shortcuts (instead of the top, such as pixels). However, it maintains things like unfamiliar symbols and planning the stock application drawer that abandons the bells and trains like the lower search bar. This is what I love in ASUS. I can customize the theme of the phone’s leather.

Although Zenfone may not be classified as a game phone, much courage in the ROG phone is present, including Snapdragon 8 ELITE and a minimum minimum of 12 GB RAM, which means that this phone enables the game, whether it is original addresses or classic simulations. Since the screen is only 1080 pixels, it contains some places, which is great if it provides support for high tire rates, especially with a maximum of 144 Hz Zenfone 12 Ultra.

When it comes to cameras, I find the quality good enough, especially when the outdoor shooting. Usually I get fun images, and the built -in compact fixation is a treatment if you record a video, ensuring that your photos remain concentrated and unknown regardless of the conditions in which they were recorded. There is no fragile camera here, although if you shook the phone, Gimbal is heard in the stumbling block of the phone’s camera, which is the result of the transfer of parts in the phone. I say it is worth it. Gimbal is a unique feature that it rarely sees integrated into smartphones.

What is bad in Zenfone 12 Ultra

It is nice and has no identity

As I like to feel and heaviness, the curved rear glass ensures that the phone feels like you carry a tape of soap. Although the batteries are divided into two parts (they are located on both ends of the phone even to distribute weight), the large camera stumbling it ensures that the phone is always heavy and out in the hand. Poison it with the back, and I was constantly shocked that I do not drop and break my review form every year. This phone excels in a state, which is a problem for me when this weight and the size is additional to what is already a large device.

My biggest problem with Zenfone 12 Ultra is that it does not feel unique enough to have a world where Rog Phone 9 is sold. This is why it is logical not to sell Zenfone in the United States. If you want one, you should get a ROG phone. Zenfone is better in the markets that the Rog phone is not sold, which is something for fans instead of a specialized phone around mobile games.

The ROG and Zenfone phone is worse in sharing a body over the past few years, and finally features. He promoted worse with a camera hole in his screen, which is common in popular phones such as Zenfone, and Zenfone USB offers outside the center where no other pioneer dares. Call them NitPicks, but the phone does not provide a unique identity.

Then there is support, or more, its absence. Although it has become a little better for two years, buying the ASUS smartphone in 2025 only gives you safety updates for five years, with two updates to the operating system. ASUS Zenfone 12 Ultra starts from 1099 euros (about $ 1250 at the time of this report). This is not cheap, it is like the main pricing, but we do not get a major support.

This was a long -term problem with ASUS, and the absence of any booting opening tool does not help this issue, ensuring that all ASUS devices are declining to the garbage box after five years. Because the hip, as it is for companies, is seen as green, the lack of support that limits the planned statute of limitations seems to be something that the advocates of protecting the environment must be angry.

Should you buy it?

Only if you do not mind medium support and lost radio devices

No one in the United States should buy Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra for daily use. Not all of our radio devices. However, we wanted to see how the device accumulates for those in a supported market. ASUS seems to be stuck between a rock and a difficult place, and the production of two devices under one design, and each model feels that it is suffering from it.

Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra is not bad for the phone. It seems boring, but it is likely to be the best aesthetic player for the ROG phone. When you compare Zenfone and its price with Samsung and Google, it is difficult not to notice what you give up to support a brand for non -series smartphones. The amount of support is not good enough, and sharing many features with the ROG phone line only helps to prevent costs while reducing what makes each version unique.

Although I am happy with the cameras this year, it is better to serve the competition. ASUS problem is not unique. We have seen smartphone manufacturers located on the side of the road where Google and Samsung dominated more and more. This is bad for the consumer, as we will soon lose interesting options. However, ASUS fails to compete in a market constantly, which is why it is more difficult and difficult to recommend his phones with every year that passes. Industry desperately needs to be smuggled, and ASUS Zenfone 12 Ultra is not.