ISSUE 88 • ANDROID ADVISOR 77BATTERY LIFE
The Asus ZenFone 8 Flip is a bulky
smartphone, there’s no doubt about
it, and that’s partly down to the huge
5,000mAh battery found at its core. The
available battery power will comfortably
get you through an average day’s use
without scrambling for the charger when
in the phone’s Dynamic power mode, but
it won’t quite stretch to a second day – at
least it didn’t in my experience.
If you do need to squeeze a little
more life from each charge, you’ve got
the option of toggling on the ultra-
battery saving mode, disabling all non-
essential functions to extend the battery
as much as possible. You could also drop
the refresh rate from 90- to 60Hz, but
where’s the fun in that?
Battery Life
Asus ZenFone 8 Flip: 9 hours, 57 minutes
OnePlus 9: 9 hours, 6 minutes
Oppo Find X3 Pro: 10 hours, 20 minutes
Charge in 30 minutes
Asus ZenFone 8 Flip: 44%
OnePlus 9: 95%
Xiaomi Mi 11: 79%
Oppo Find X3 Pro: 96%
When it does eventually need a
top-up, 30-watt HyperCharge provides
a speedy – but by no means industry-
leading – charging experience. In testing,
the ZenFone 8 Flip regained 25 per
cent charge in 15 minutes and 44 per
cent in 30 minutes, trailing behind the
claimed ‘60 per cent in 25 minutes’ on
offer from the standard ZenFone 8. That
may not be as impressive as the 65-watt
fast charging from the Oppo Find X3
Pro delivering 93 per cent charge in 30
minutes, but at least the ZenFone 8 Flip
supports QuickCharge 4.0 and USB-C
PD, meaning you’re not tied to a specific
30-watt HyperCharge charger – although
you do get one in the box, which is a
nice surprise given many manufacturers
are opting to ditch charging bricks with
recent flagship phones.
The only real disappointment
in the charging department is the
lackofwirelesschargingsupport–
it’spracticallya given on high-end
smartphones in 2021, especially at the
£699 starting price.SOFTWARE
The ZenFone 8 Flip comes running
Android 11 out of the box with Asus’
ZenUI-flavoured spin applied on top.
While you may shudder at the thought
of anything other than the stock Android
experience, ZenUI is pretty close, only
introducing a handful of features specific
to the ZenFone 8 Flip – and unlike most
skins, these are more of a help than a