Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra is the rare high-end phone that still has a headphone connection

ASUS unveiled the Zenfone 12 Ultra on Thursday, which takes over various cool functions of the inheritance ASUS ROG Phone 9 Game telephones and re -chair for a more mainstream audience. Like last year Zenfone 11 UltraThis means that the telephone Has a 6.78-inch display, quickly 65-Watt Wired Charging and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite processor.

But in other ways, Asus has the Zenfone 12 ultra scaled from his gaming brother or sister by supporting a (still very smooth) 144Hz disposal speed (the ROG telephone 9s IS185Hz) and a smaller 5,500 mAh battery compared to the 5,800 Mah van de Rog. The phone comes in three colors: Ebony Black, Sakura White and Sage Green.

The Zenfone 12 Ultra has a number of new AI functions, a number of ASUS of which invases for the new telephone with the launch. These include updated editions of the AI ​​Call translator, a transcription app and portrait video. The updated Call translator adds support for chat apps from third parties such as WhatsApp, which should offer more flexibility than just standard telephone conversations.

There are also new AI article and document overview functions, along with photo editing functions for undefining a photo or deleting an unwanted object or person in the background. Many of these correspond to similar AI functions that we regularly see Google’s Pixel And Samsung Galaxy -Phonesand the Zenfone 12 Ultra will also receive Google’s circle to search.

The headphone connection of the Zenfone 12 Ultra continues to distinguish him as one of the few flagship telephones of each company to support wired headphones without an adapter. For video recording, ASUS also contributes his 6-axle hybrid gimbal stabilizer to smooth out shaky cam while taking video a function that comes in handy when I have tested earlier ASUS phones in bumpy vehicles.

Prices for the new Zenfone 12 Ultra was not immediately available, and this year ASUS leaves the US away from the international release of the phone. I was shocked about this, such as last year’s Zenfone offered many of the media-oriented benefits of the ROG gaming telephones. This includes the large screen, powerful processor, the gimbal stabilizer for video recording and the headphone connection – while a certain degree of restraint is offered by offering those functions for a slightly lower price than ASUS’s gaming telephones. But Asus has always had a tough fight when it comes to the American market, where the public is dominated by Samsung for Android phones, according to Counterpoint research.

This means a little less zenfone for Asus fans in the US this year, but at least the ASUS ROG telephone 9 gaming telephones that are available are in any case Cool LED screens on the back for playing games.