Asus Confirms It Won't Launch Phones in 2026, May Leave Android Altogether (pcmag.com)
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- Source link: https://www.pcmag.com/news/asus-confirms-it-wont-launch-phones-in-2026-may-leave-android-altogether
> Asus Chairman Jonney Shih confirmed the news at an event in Taiwan on Jan. 16. According to a machine-translated version of quotes reported by Inside, Shih said, "Asus will no longer add new mobile phone models in the future."
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> Shih said Asus will continue to support existing smartphone users with software updates and warranty assistance. This matches a previous report from DigiTimes earlier this month that said Asus wouldn't introduce new models in 2026. The big question is whether that means stepping back altogether or a temporary pause. In his speech, Shih alluded to the possibility that Asus may return to smartphones, but did not confirm it.
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Asus made phones? (Score:3)
I didn't know that. Did you?
But I can make a guess as to why they're stopping.
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Yes, and the Zen phone lineup was fairly popular. ROG phones had great features even for non-gamers, and once upon a time had the best speakers in the business (they got rid of those a few gens ago). ROG phones had tons of storage and RAM options which were nice for people that wanted that sort of thing.
Re: Asus made phones? (Score:2)
I know they whitebox some phones, but I've never actually met anybody with an Asus branded phone.
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Yeah they made gamer focused phones. A bit too expensive for me. Even when I was looking for something with a Qualcomm chipset so that I could get the better modem I settled on a OnePlus because that was the cheapest phone with the newer Qualcomm chipset.
There were some cheaper Motorolas but they had the older modem. So I spent the 500 bucks to get the OnePlus 13r. It did make a difference on the T-Mobile network I'm on. Not that I don't still have some problems with calling because T-Mobile kind of suc
Asus phone? (Score:3)
No thanks. Asus has had shit thermal design on their mainboards for ages. That means they either do not care or are incompetent. Hence I will not buy Asus as long as there are alternatives.
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The only phone I had that overheated was a Sony Xperia XZ - and it was so bad, that "flagship" piece of crap was slower than a 3 year old budget Samsung. Never had any issues with my Zenfone, even while charging, the phone never had to throttle the CPU/GPU.
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tbh my Samsung S21 Ultra overheats worse than my old ROG Phone 2 ever did. Different product divisions produce different results. Asus ROG phones were always pretty nice, even if they (ironically) lost gaming benchmarks to Samsung phones in a lot of cases.
The worst part of owning an ROG phone was wondering if American carriers would support them properly:
[1]https://zentalk.asus.com/t5/ro... [asus.com]
[1] https://zentalk.asus.com/t5/rog-phone-9/at-amp-t-support-for-rog-phone-9-pro-edition/td-p/462485
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The zenfone also had widespread issues with just randomly bricking itself.
Coincidentally (Score:2)
I will not be making a phone this year either. Maybe never.
I don't need a full slashdot story, though.
their Zenfones are the best (Score:2)
I had an ASUS Zenfone M and now a Zenfone 10. They last forever and feature great performance and great battery life. I would buy another. I had to buy a Taiwanese model as I couldn't get a Canadian model before they sold out, if they even existed. ASUS doesn't care about the Canada market much. Great phones tho. The ROG phones are in a class of their own. Crazy to abandon all of that.
Brings back sad memories... (Score:2)
... but I'm not even certain the ASUS was the worst smartphone I ever owned. I'm sure it was a contender for worst, but a lot of competition.
So should I go for funny instead? I think the best smartphones I've owned were probably from Huawei, but the secret ingredient in the high value proposition was probably secret government subsidies. More bang for the buck in exchange for trusting the Chinese government more than the American government? But at this late date I don't even know if Huawei was forced compl
Re: Gamers aren't game. (Score:2)
But the N-Gage was such a huge success! [1]https://imgur.com/a/remember-n... [imgur.com]
[1] https://imgur.com/a/remember-nokia-n-gage-original-model-required-you-to-talk-into-side-of-here-is-album-of-197-pics-that-spread-across-internet-2003-2004-making-fun-of-sidetalking-E2VDO