The Asus Zenfone 9 is very close to being a world-class, compact flagship smartphone, but its camera falls short of excellence and it misses out on wireless charging. Despite those drawbacks, it’s still an incredibly powerful, stable, compact Android phone with long-lasting battery life, a great...

Seriously powerful, Smart Key is useful, Has a headphone jack, Great selfie camera

Fabric-style back could stain, Pretty thick for a small phone, Main camera is seldom great, No zoom camera

Since flagship smartphones must squeeze in more cameras, bigger screens, and even styli to appeal these days, the overall size of the devices has increased too. Thus, there have been calls for brands to also do the opposite — make small phones with flagship processors. Asus has listened to your calls and made the Zenfone 9, and it has a whole lot going for it. The Zenfone 9’s size follows Asus’s own directive of making a smartphone that’s less than 70mm wide and under 150mm tall to make it perfect for one-handed use, which began with the anonymous and rather overlooked Zenfone 8. This time, the company has used a squared-off shape and right-angle corners to ensure it can pack as much inside the phone as possible, and turned to aluminum for the frame and a polymer material rather than glass on the rear panel to reduce weight. The result is the Zenfone 9 weighs 169 grams, it’s 68mm wide, and 146mm tall. This makes it a few millimeters less wide than the iPhone 13 and the Galaxy S22, and ...

Compact and easy to handle; Powerful processor; Neat, lightweight design; Strong audio features; Main cameras take good photos;

Gimbal disappoints; Screen doesn’t get bright enough; No wireless charging;

Since flagship smartphones must squeeze in more cameras, bigger screens, and even styli to appeal these days, the overall size of the devices has increased too. Thus, there have been calls for brands to also do the opposite — make small phones with flagship processors. Asus has listened to your calls and made the Zenfone 9, and it has a whole lot going for it. The Zenfone 9’s size follows Asus’s own directive of making a smartphone that’s less than 70mm wide and under 150mm tall to make it perfect for one-handed use, which began with the anonymous and rather overlooked Zenfone 8. This time, the company has used a squared-off shape and right-angle corners to ensure it can pack as much inside the phone as possible, and turned to aluminum for the frame and a polymer material rather than glass on the rear panel to reduce weight. The result is the Zenfone 9 weighs 169 grams, it’s 68mm wide, and 146mm tall. This makes it a few millimeters less wide than the iPhone 13 and the Galaxy S22, and ...

Compact and easy to handle; Powerful processor; Neat, lightweight design; Strong audio features; Main cameras take good photos;

Gimbal disappoints; Screen doesn’t get bright enough; No wireless charging;

Since flagship smartphones must squeeze in more cameras, bigger screens, and even styli to appeal these days, the overall size of the devices has increased too. Thus, there have been calls for brands to also do the opposite — make small phones with flagship processors. Asus has listened to your calls and made the Zenfone 9, and it has a whole lot going for it. The Zenfone 9’s size follows Asus’s own directive of making a smartphone that’s less than 70mm wide and under 150mm tall to make it perfect for one-handed use, which began with the anonymous and rather overlooked Zenfone 8. This time, the company has used a squared-off shape and right-angle corners to ensure it can pack as much inside the phone as possible, and turned to aluminum for the frame and a polymer material rather than glass on the rear panel to reduce weight. The result is the Zenfone 9 weighs 169 grams, it’s 68mm wide, and 146mm tall. This makes it a few millimeters less wide than the iPhone 13 and the Galaxy S22, and ...

Compact and easy to handle; Powerful processor; Neat, lightweight design; Strong audio features; Main cameras take good photos;

Gimbal disappoints; Screen doesn’t get bright enough; No wireless charging;

Hannah Stryker / Review Geek The iPhone 14 is the latest iteration of Apple’s flagship device. Since its launch, the iPhone has set the standard of what a smartphone is, what it does, and how it looks. Fifteen years later, it’s still doing that.

Top-notch cameras, Amazing display, Snappy performance, Great battery life

It's just "this year's iPhone"

Amazing top end phone with a small screen. This is the only phone that I know of that has top end specs and a smaller screen. This is easily used with one hand. The only problem I have with it, is the scarcity of cases available. No OtterBox out there for this phone.

Yeah dude, I just bought this phone to play Genshin, and boi this phone can play Genshin max settings at 60 FPS. 100% recommend for gaming For those wondering about the camera, the app kinda sucks But gaming performance is awesome!

Small footprint; Top-tier processor; Very high quality camera hardware; Has a headphone jack;

The finish does not seem hard-wearing ; Charging is a little slow; Camera image processing lags behind the best;

The iPhone 14 isn’t much of an upgrade over the iPhone 13, but it’s still a great device and an upgrade for anyone coming from the iPhone 11 or older.

Great camera, Good battery, Emergency features are cool, Still excellent performance

Display could use some upgrades