I said 2 hours in the video, my bad, it ended with 3.5hours over a 36 hour period for the Pixel 8. The Zenfone had over 4.5 hrs SOT on the 3rd day with 29%. I've sold the Zenfone and keeping Pixel 8. Something about it I just love.
Thanks for clarifying, my pixel 8 is less than 2 months, I have set up all the settings that adaptive battery is setting in developer options and turned it off. Sometimes I modify a little bit after checking what app uses too much resources and my standby time is amazing now.
Hey Sam! I'm the guy that bought the Zenfone. Thanks for the nameless shoutout😅 Also, I can vouch for the Zenfone's battery review in this video. The battery life is mad! I've moved on to the S24 Ultra, and I cry myself to sleep every night.
I really like your videos it's not like the "I woke up at 5am...morning routine...do some work..be productive..i edit some videos..." types of videos it just feels different and I like it.
Buddy your channel is amazing. Your poor wife. I legit laughed out loud. I love your family and everything you do. I wish you all the best in life man!
Thats why i love your reviews, it not some stupid number comparisson. "Oh, this phone is 0.00034mm thiner and thats bla bla bla." This is some real world stuff. Thanks
Dude seriously, I really need this video. Confusion what to buy beetween zenfone 10 and pixel 8, your conclusion at the end of the video really helps. Good insight from the pixel. Thank you. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work brother.
Hey Man thanks for the video ... great job...I have to admit I ended up selling my Pixel 8 even though I really liked it but I'm a contractor so I'm always in unfished housing and I needed a phone that would for sure make it through a day .
@@thesamuelnam well right before the S 24 series drop I bought an S 21 ultra for 350 to trade in and Samsung gave me $550 And so I got the S 24+. I kind of planned r to get the regular S24 but the plus model seem to be a better value even if it was more expensive anyway the battery life great I never worry about if I’m gonna make it through the day the phone is super snappy. I do miss some of the pixel features, but maybe I’ll wait for the pixel 10 and switch back.
I have the Zenfone 10. Your video is a representation on my real world experience with the Zenfone 10 too! I usually charge the Zenfone 10 at 80% limit and easily smash one-day battery life!!! Amazing phone! ✨✨✨✨✨✨
@Realeatisaiy Google is cheap this is why they're a billion dollar company they would rather invest in software over good hardware. Until tech enthusiast vote with their wallets to boycott Google Pixel phones Google will continue to use Samsung Foundry.
Crazy difference, but it's nothing unexpected. Pixel uses (I think) Samsung modem, which is not nearly as good and power efficient as the Qualcomm one, and also they manufacture their processors on Samsungs fabs rather than TSMC ones. Zenfone also stops background processes more aggressively than the Pixel. Great video btw! Very useful!
@@swachchhaahmed4815 it really doesn't, the heating can be fixed in less then one minute with a simple trick cause it has software bug. Use it for more than a month now and it's solid no overheating or battery issues. Probably adaptive battery was learning in this video that is why short time.
This actually made a lot of sense. I was thinking you'd pick the Zenfone in the end because of the much better battery life. But it doesn't matter if the experience of using it doesn't come close. I'm also using a Pixel (6 Pro), and would love a smaller, longer-lasting Pixel again next. I hope the Pixel 9 Pro delivers. And talking about watches: I don't need another smartphone on my wrist, but I want maximum battery power and reliability, so I'm using a Garmin fenix.
This is an awesome video and I wouldn't expect much coverage of the Zenfone 10 still, so seeing this is really nice. I've noticed that the idle battery drain on the Pixel 8 is horrendous. I hope the Pixel 9's Tensor G4 which will assumingly be based on the Exynos 2400 will be much more efficient. I would be curious to see the Zenfone 10 vs the Galaxy S24, because I think that may be a more "fair" fight, although I would imagine Zenfone 10 would still win.
Yeah, the SD8 gen 3 is more efficient and powerful than the Exynos. We get Exynos here in Australia, so I'm planning to get s24 shipped from the US if I decide to ditch the Pixel for it.
@@thesamuelnam Right, I forgot that the rest of the world gets Exynos which is lame. I'll definitely be sticking around for that video if it ever comes around. Cheers for the reply
I’m a bit the same when it comes to experience over battery life… then again, I work from home so my 15 Pro Max never runs dry. I do like the Pixel’s AI features - if I ever had to switch from iPhone, it would be to a Pixel, hands down no questions asked. Another great video, Sam and fam!
I had a Pixel 7 but it was always empty after just 7-9 hours of barely using it and sold it for the Zenfone 9. No regret at all with all the issues it had
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Thanks for the great video. I have the Pixel 8 and get similar SoT to you. I'm really disappointed in the battery life. I wish I could return the phone but it's outside the return window.
Pixel 8 is a great phone, recently started messing with the Audio magic eraser feature and it's so great and simple to use. The Zenfone is also solid but the Pixel will only get better with time and the constant updates with new features being added.
Z10 is also significantly more expensive than P8 now. Combine that with much shorter software suppoert in the Zenfone 10 compared to P8 and it's really a no brainer. Z10 has barely 1 year software support. ASUS promises 2 OS updates but it launched with Android 13 and A14 came out just a couple months later. Now Z10 is only 1 year old and it's already fast approaching its final OS update. It's just sad that we have to choose between awesome design, great battery life and great performance but poor software/support vs. OK design, and great software and support, but bad battery and mediocre performance. Always seems like you have to pick your poison with compact phones. Like you say, it's just sadness that Pixel still using relatively bad chips, if they just went Snapdragon I think the devices would be way more popular, even if the price tag increased a bit. Hell even a snapdragon 7-series chip would probably do absolutely fine. E.g. a Pixel 5 refresh - about the only phone Google made in the last 4 years which is as compact - if not more compact - than the Zenfone 9/10.
I recently got a S24 (regular) after much internal debate over which phone I should get between it and the Zenfone 10. After owning a Zenfone 9, I was tempted to try a different OEM so I chose the S24 for a change, but man do I miss the Zenfone's battery life. My S24 needs to be charged 2-3 times a day.
Do you like the Ticwatch better than the Pixel Watch 2? The Quantified Scientist had rave reviews about the PW2! Subbed. Great videography and style of vlog!
@@thesamuelnamI don't really leverage the built in Google assistant on my watch/buds but you could get the pixel buds! but tbh the inability to note mute yourself on calls via earbuds on the Buds Pro is real unfortunate.
hey sam..just picked up a pixel 8. im on day 1 right now. so far not bad.....as long as i can get thru a day it's fine. i switched out from a motorola edge+ 2023 model. battery life was incredible on it (5100mah and snapdragon 8gen2)....but the buggy software was annoying me.
I really want this phone since the 11th version is no longer compact; just curious when you were conducting your battery test, did you have the phone mobile data on the whole time?
Not sure about clarity of the battery issue. I have pixel 8. So was the adaptive battery on and if so for how long since the phone was new? The same for asus, first weaks of usage adaptive battery is learning and it doesn't have long time battery life. I'm not using AB but know how it works so this could be the issue because the difference on battery shouldn't be that big and especially since I'm using the pixel 8 I know it can go way longer (pretty much the same as s23 unless You make a lot of calls than it will be noticeable worse cause all of the pixel's magic making the call quality great by removing the background noise)
Yes adaptive is on, I also don't charge my phones to 100 unless I'm doing tests like this to conserve battery health. Zenfone is about 4 months older than Pixel, I assume both are still at similar health. Used Zenfone fulltime for 5 months and Pixel fulltime 3 months. If you sit and use Pixel for 5 hours straight, it'll last. It sucks with standby. This test was done over 3 days and pixel lasted 1.5 days which is solid. In saying that, I'll keep pixel over Zenfone any day. WAY more fun to use.
Is adaptive battery a con? Why does your phone need to learn your usage pattern? Other phones do fine without it and get better battery life. I think it's a pixel thing to get barely acceptable battery life.
@@GK-qc5ry it was introduced in Android 11 I believe and it's not pixel exclusive. Samsung has it too, and probably all androids. It learns which apps to put in special use brackets based on your usage so they do less in the standby mode. Read about it. And the learning process takes time, I do it manually so I can have great battery time since day one
I feel like the display brightness has to play a role to play in the pixels battery drain, as its noticeably brighter, also tensor chips are notoriously not known for efficiency. But still the pixel feels way more polished.
The iPhone transfer is much better when you have new device near your old one (even an iPad) it automatically show on both devices whether you want to transfer or not, and it wireless but still insane fast as transfer from iPhone to Android using cable.
One of the reason about I switch from Android to IOS (besides wanting to try new things) is iddle battery life. No matter what phone I use, when I'm not using (doesn't matter wifi or data) android simply consumes more battery. Either you manually interrupt process or install custom rom. IOS after a couple of weeks it learns when you are working and it maintains good battery. MAYBE it's just me but older android version didn't have this problem.
I had Xperia Z1 compact, Xperia Z5, Pixel 1-3-4a. Xiaomi Mi 9 T. Samsung A54. Then I tried S9 plus and Note 10+ I would say early years of Xperia were great for non-heavy users, you could have those phones for 2 days and they were ok. Of course, if you test them, those phones had average SOT, but it was nice to have some juice when you didn’t use them. Pixel 1 was great on Android 7; I used that phone for work (phone calls) and it held up really great. With Android 10 it simply started depleting battery for no reason. Same thing happened with 3 and 4a with newer updates. Xiaomi 9T had a bigger battery but I saw how that phone consumed it for no reason. A54 is a beast phone for heavy user, videos, music, Bluetooth no problems, nice SOT (manage to pull 8 hours), but somedays the phone randomly consumed battery doing nothing, other days it was great. S9 and Note 10+ have great idle battery consumption if you use battery saving mode. I think is planned obsolescence with battery and newer SO. On IOS my first iPhone was 13 mini, with a smaller battery it lasted me over a day, perfect for some phone calls and checking email. I think it is a great phone for non-heavy user and for working. Still, it wasn’t great with data on or watching TH-cam (average SOT was 4 hours). After 16 months and 89% I switched to my current Iphone 15 (non pro). At 100% battery, I have some crazy days at work and I almost didn’t use it, at home just a little bit of Instagram and some TH-cam (less than 1 hour, wifi only) and went to sleep. This phone lasts me 2 days with one single charge (second day I had 8%). With heavy use I have 6 hours SOT (can push it to 7). Of course, you have the big boys (plus or pro max - S24 Ultra) with better SOT but it is worth mentioning how a phone can last that much just staying on
@@abeld94 i agree. Apple worked on this in terms of hardware and software but when Qualcomm is catching up now especially when exynos and tensor started competing.
Amazing video as always Nam, your videos are always a breath of fresh air. The ZenFone 9 still rocks too I just wanna say that i didn't like what you did at 0:33 , you should keep such moments off the internet, and protect your wife's privacy. I hope you don't take this the wrong way. What do you think of the s24 series tho? I personally don't care much about it, i think it'll just be a waste of money. But i hope to hear your take on it.
Apparently the Zenphone has a 2 year OS support only. Therefore, I picked up the Pixel 8 over the Zenphone because the camera is better and the OS updates are for a lot longer. Battery life on the Pixel for me is pretty much a full day, 6am to 10pm ending with 15% with above average usage.
The zenfone should have slimmer bezzles and at least 5 years of software updates, and it would be great, but no, they discontinued the small form factor
Well i still love my zenfone 10 despite the barebone software it has. Even my older Xiaomi phone had much more feature than this phone, but still i love it. The battery is that good, and had most of flagship feature. But My future phone will be samsung or Xiaomi again though since i dont like stock android that much
The issue with the pixel phone is that when you move around it always looking to WIFI, It might run longer if you deactivate it. I personally never use WIFI and my pixel old 5H30 screen time. I'm often on the gram and play Brawlstar on a daily basis (Its 11PM am currently at 3H27 of screen time, 65% battery left: screen time 49% TH-cam display always on, as I'm broke, with wireless buds 25% Snapchat today and I just realized WIFI is on and I'm connected through my box) I got the pixel 8 since 4 months now.
I got the Xperia 5 iv and got around 8 hour screen on time during whole day use on 60 hz. Xperia 5 v also seems to have even better battery life. Maybe better than the Zenfone 10 IMO .
Had the ZF10 a Telephoto lense or be 200€ cheaper it would have been my phone for sure. But it's a bit of a pricey niche phone, excellent in many ways but pricey.
@@thesamuelnam Certainly sir! I would like a compact phone with a great battery, tired of my pixel 6 dying 3 times a day. What is interesting is that the Zenfone 11 is rumoured to have an ultra variant, and if it's bigger I wouldn't be going with it. In addition the Xperia 5 V is small too (6.1inch), with a great battery like the Zenfone (as found in GSMArena's battery test, MrWhosTheBoss battery of the year, and other sources). Potentially, a great option for learning manual photography similar to a DSLR camera. Both are small and battery beasts, which is my need. I run my options down to these 2 and I'll see which of them I want to buy in the new release, this year! :D Edit: Plus I need the headphone jack for my IEMs!!! :)
iPhones are winning tho, most young people use it androids only really flourish due to budget market and in developing nations, but once that nation gets wealthier more people start buying iPhones
@@Hhhh22222-w hahaha bang on. I have apps that I rely on that aren't on Android or some copy paste job that it barely works. BUT it's also good to try out non-iphones for a bit. Apple watch keeps bringing me back.
It would be good if they just did pixel launcher too. The ZenFone near stock OS is so mid as well. Haptics aren't tight, camera meh, software support meh. Soooo close. I'm pumped for ZenFone 11 though.
Zenfone got me over to android because of the battery life. Incredible. I guess you can get more out of the iPhone Max phones. But this is smaller than regular iphone
Pixels should do better with the 10 since it will be tsmc just like samsungs snapdragon phones and iphones. But i will say when they did have snapdragon they werent that good even back then so hopefully the fully custom chip with tsmc will help.
@@thesamuelnam yeah should help alot and will be interesting. Have a s24 ultra and iphone 13 as well as a old google pixel xl but they were not too good back then.
Had the pixel 8 for a week and sold it due to horrible battery life. Averaged under 4 hours of SOT, always had to charge during the day or the phone dies.
I'm in the same camp. That's why I love the iPhone mini 5.4 inch. I think Zenfone would be a good upgrade from 6 for battery if you don't care about cameras and software.
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I said 2 hours in the video, my bad, it ended with 3.5hours over a 36 hour period for the Pixel 8. The Zenfone had over 4.5 hrs SOT on the 3rd day with 29%. I've sold the Zenfone and keeping Pixel 8. Something about it I just love.
Thanks for clarifying, my pixel 8 is less than 2 months, I have set up all the settings that adaptive battery is setting in developer options and turned it off. Sometimes I modify a little bit after checking what app uses too much resources and my standby time is amazing now.
For same reason I ditched s21 over Pixel 5A 5g.
Hey Sam! I'm the guy that bought the Zenfone. Thanks for the nameless shoutout😅
Also, I can vouch for the Zenfone's battery review in this video. The battery life is mad! I've moved on to the S24 Ultra, and I cry myself to sleep every night.
@@lakshtpd96 loool hey man! Good to see you in the comments. S24 ultra is a beastly sized phone. I'm using it now too.
@@lakshtpd96 s24 Has great battery
hell of a comparison, thanks for the vid! Kinda had a feeling the ZF10 would come out on top but i didn't think it would go that damn hard
Thanks you saved me 8 mins
I really like your videos it's not like the "I woke up at 5am...morning routine...do some work..be productive..i edit some videos..." types of videos it just feels different and I like it.
Buddy your channel is amazing. Your poor wife. I legit laughed out loud. I love your family and everything you do. I wish you all the best in life man!
Adorable family! I love this vibe!
Thats why i love your reviews, it not some stupid number comparisson. "Oh, this phone is 0.00034mm thiner and thats bla bla bla." This is some real world stuff. Thanks
your videos and lovely family are helping me deal with my severe depression, thank u man keep going
You are my new favorite TH-camr. Love these videos & you bigger purpose for doing it!
Oh come on I just bought a different case for my p8 yesterday! Amazing video as usual man, keep up the godly work!
The user experience really does sell the final product, thanks for sharing!
You have such a unique sense of humor and I love it! Looking forward to spam calls just so you can troll them with Call Screening is legendary
Finally a real world review. Keep doing this style of videos!! I ordered the zenfone 10 to try it out for myself
Update: returned it and got OnePlus 12 .. phone is big and takes getting used to, but great transition from Samsung.
Why though? @@novee23
Dlaczego oddałeś zenfone 10?
Why did you return it though? @@novee23
the commitment to the comparison, salute
Pixel 8 uses rebranded Exynos chipset ! That's why battery is horrible in Pixel 8 .
Dude seriously, I really need this video. Confusion what to buy beetween zenfone 10 and pixel 8, your conclusion at the end of the video really helps. Good insight from the pixel.
Thank you. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work brother.
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What a breath of fresh air 😂, your review is so fun to watch.
Hey Man thanks for the video ... great job...I have to admit I ended up selling my Pixel 8 even though I really liked it but I'm a contractor so I'm always in unfished housing and I needed a phone that would for sure make it through a day .
Yeah if you need something to last and don't have an office job. The pixel won't do it.
What did you end up getting?
@@thesamuelnam well right before the S 24 series drop I bought an S 21 ultra for 350 to trade in and Samsung gave me $550 And so I got the S 24+. I kind of planned r to get the regular S24 but the plus model seem to be a better value even if it was more expensive anyway the battery life great I never worry about if I’m gonna make it through the day the phone is super snappy. I do miss some of the pixel features, but maybe I’ll wait for the pixel 10 and switch back.
Solid choice. I'm daily-ing a S24 Ultra right now. It's really tempting to keep this over the Pixel.@@jejunamja
I have the Zenfone 10. Your video is a representation on my real world experience with the Zenfone 10 too! I usually charge the Zenfone 10 at 80% limit and easily smash one-day battery life!!! Amazing phone! ✨✨✨✨✨✨
It feels wrong to have so much battery in such a small phone. 😂
haha true
@@thesamuelnam
Have it to but the screen on sunny days is sooo bad.
why is it that pixels are so bad in everything other than software and cameras.. it's their 8th generation! Embarassing
Because Tensor is based on Exynos... Pixel 10's SoC will be fabricated by TSMC, that should have a big leap in efficiency.
@@nickwong2525 pixel 9 still samsung?
@@realeatisaiy Yes, still Samsung. The Tensor G4 will be based on Exynos 2400.
@Realeatisaiy
Google is cheap this is why they're a billion dollar company they would rather invest in software over good hardware. Until tech enthusiast vote with their wallets to boycott Google Pixel phones Google will continue to use Samsung Foundry.
@@jevonsims900 that sucks, guess that pixel wont be my next phone
Crazy difference, but it's nothing unexpected. Pixel uses (I think) Samsung modem, which is not nearly as good and power efficient as the Qualcomm one, and also they manufacture their processors on Samsungs fabs rather than TSMC ones. Zenfone also stops background processes more aggressively than the Pixel. Great video btw! Very useful!
You're correct, one of the reasons Pixel has connectivity, heating and battery issues
Tensor is literally based on Exynos, i think that pretty much speaks for itself.
@@nickwong2525 yes XD, I'm swapping my P6P next month, the battery and connectivity issues are becoming more and more frustrating
@@swachchhaahmed4815 it really doesn't, the heating can be fixed in less then one minute with a simple trick cause it has software bug. Use it for more than a month now and it's solid no overheating or battery issues. Probably adaptive battery was learning in this video that is why short time.
@@swachchhaahmed4815trillion dollar company but cheaps out on hardware, typical Google
Always a fun time with your videos
Great Video Samuel
This is how battery comparison should be done!
Yeah was worth my curiosity itch hahaha.
Yes.. i have pixel 6. battery and processer is the only reason i bought iphone 14 plus.
@@karankular2408 14 plus should had insane battery. I just can't handle big phones.
This actually made a lot of sense. I was thinking you'd pick the Zenfone in the end because of the much better battery life. But it doesn't matter if the experience of using it doesn't come close. I'm also using a Pixel (6 Pro), and would love a smaller, longer-lasting Pixel again next. I hope the Pixel 9 Pro delivers. And talking about watches: I don't need another smartphone on my wrist, but I want maximum battery power and reliability, so I'm using a Garmin fenix.
This is an awesome video and I wouldn't expect much coverage of the Zenfone 10 still, so seeing this is really nice. I've noticed that the idle battery drain on the Pixel 8 is horrendous. I hope the Pixel 9's Tensor G4 which will assumingly be based on the Exynos 2400 will be much more efficient. I would be curious to see the Zenfone 10 vs the Galaxy S24, because I think that may be a more "fair" fight, although I would imagine Zenfone 10 would still win.
Yeah, the SD8 gen 3 is more efficient and powerful than the Exynos. We get Exynos here in Australia, so I'm planning to get s24 shipped from the US if I decide to ditch the Pixel for it.
@@thesamuelnam Right, I forgot that the rest of the world gets Exynos which is lame. I'll definitely be sticking around for that video if it ever comes around. Cheers for the reply
It is fine in my pixel 8
I’m a bit the same when it comes to experience over battery life… then again, I work from home so my 15 Pro Max never runs dry. I do like the Pixel’s AI features - if I ever had to switch from iPhone, it would be to a Pixel, hands down no questions asked. Another great video, Sam and fam!
Google did not even cared about fixing basic issues like battery backup, heating and cpu throttling for the premium they are charging
I had a Pixel 7 but it was always empty after just 7-9 hours of barely using it and sold it for the Zenfone 9. No regret at all with all the issues it had
Fantastic work
He is one of the funniest guys on youtube, showed my wife when you call the kids "fat babies" and she fell out
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Thanks for the great video. I have the Pixel 8 and get similar SoT to you. I'm really disappointed in the battery life. I wish I could return the phone but it's outside the return window.
Fantastic video 😊😊😊
Pixel 8 is a great phone, recently started messing with the Audio magic eraser feature and it's so great and simple to use. The Zenfone is also solid but the Pixel will only get better with time and the constant updates with new features being added.
Love your videos❤️
that zf10 battery life is insane
Thanks for the comparison
How in the world are you doing this with two kids brother? Respect !!!
Z10 is also significantly more expensive than P8 now.
Combine that with much shorter software suppoert in the Zenfone 10 compared to P8 and it's really a no brainer.
Z10 has barely 1 year software support. ASUS promises 2 OS updates but it launched with Android 13 and A14 came out just a couple months later.
Now Z10 is only 1 year old and it's already fast approaching its final OS update.
It's just sad that we have to choose between awesome design, great battery life and great performance but poor software/support vs. OK design, and great software and support, but bad battery and mediocre performance. Always seems like you have to pick your poison with compact phones.
Like you say, it's just sadness that Pixel still using relatively bad chips, if they just went Snapdragon I think the devices would be way more popular, even if the price tag increased a bit.
Hell even a snapdragon 7-series chip would probably do absolutely fine. E.g. a Pixel 5 refresh - about the only phone Google made in the last 4 years which is as compact - if not more compact - than the Zenfone 9/10.
Solid content bro! Please keep it up 🙌🏽
adorable daughters hahaha!! So cute
Cute babies, the Zen phone battery is insane for the size.
I recently got a S24 (regular) after much internal debate over which phone I should get between it and the Zenfone 10.
After owning a Zenfone 9, I was tempted to try a different OEM so I chose the S24 for a change, but man do I miss the Zenfone's battery life. My S24 needs to be charged 2-3 times a day.
Actually living with two phone at once ... like AT ONCE 😂 commitment man!
love your contents, keep doin :)
Do you like the Ticwatch better than the Pixel Watch 2? The Quantified Scientist had rave reviews about the PW2!
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No, I think pixel watch is better. The only good thing about the ticwatch is the design and battery. No google assistant is a deal breaker for me.
@@thesamuelnamI don't really leverage the built in Google assistant on my watch/buds but you could get the pixel buds! but tbh the inability to note mute yourself on calls via earbuds on the Buds Pro is real unfortunate.
hey sam..just picked up a pixel 8. im on day 1 right now. so far not bad.....as long as i can get thru a day it's fine.
i switched out from a motorola edge+ 2023 model. battery life was incredible on it (5100mah and snapdragon 8gen2)....but the buggy software was annoying me.
How good is the pixel 8 though. Can't get over it.
I knew the Pixel had a bad battery, but I didn’t realise just how bad until I used a Zenfone and iPhone. Tensor chips need to be left behind.
Tensor chip just need to be fabricated by TSMC and not Samsung.
100% give it two years and TSMC will make chips for Pixel 10@@nickwong2525
@@thesamuelnam Can't wait to get my hands on Pixel.
I really want this phone since the 11th version is no longer compact; just curious when you were conducting your battery test, did you have the phone mobile data on the whole time?
Asus has done a great job on the Zenfone 10 hardware. Just disappointing that their software support is incomparable to the competition.
This is the reason i go for pixel 8. I really like the size of zenfone but i cant deal with limited OS support.
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Not sure about clarity of the battery issue. I have pixel 8. So was the adaptive battery on and if so for how long since the phone was new? The same for asus, first weaks of usage adaptive battery is learning and it doesn't have long time battery life. I'm not using AB but know how it works so this could be the issue because the difference on battery shouldn't be that big and especially since I'm using the pixel 8 I know it can go way longer (pretty much the same as s23 unless You make a lot of calls than it will be noticeable worse cause all of the pixel's magic making the call quality great by removing the background noise)
Yes adaptive is on, I also don't charge my phones to 100 unless I'm doing tests like this to conserve battery health. Zenfone is about 4 months older than Pixel, I assume both are still at similar health. Used Zenfone fulltime for 5 months and Pixel fulltime 3 months. If you sit and use Pixel for 5 hours straight, it'll last. It sucks with standby. This test was done over 3 days and pixel lasted 1.5 days which is solid. In saying that, I'll keep pixel over Zenfone any day. WAY more fun to use.
@@thesamuelnam If You modify manually adaptive battery and turn it off it will go long distance on standby
Is adaptive battery a con? Why does your phone need to learn your usage pattern? Other phones do fine without it and get better battery life. I think it's a pixel thing to get barely acceptable battery life.
@@GK-qc5ry it was introduced in Android 11 I believe and it's not pixel exclusive. Samsung has it too, and probably all androids. It learns which apps to put in special use brackets based on your usage so they do less in the standby mode. Read about it. And the learning process takes time, I do it manually so I can have great battery time since day one
I feel like the display brightness has to play a role to play in the pixels battery drain, as its noticeably brighter, also tensor chips are notoriously not known for efficiency. But still the pixel feels way more polished.
The iPhone transfer is much better when you have new device near your old one (even an iPad) it automatically show on both devices whether you want to transfer or not, and it wireless but still insane fast as transfer from iPhone to Android using cable.
One of the reason about I switch from Android to IOS (besides wanting to try new things) is iddle battery life. No matter what phone I use, when I'm not using (doesn't matter wifi or data) android simply consumes more battery. Either you manually interrupt process or install custom rom. IOS after a couple of weeks it learns when you are working and it maintains good battery. MAYBE it's just me but older android version didn't have this problem.
What phone did you have before the iphone
I had
Xperia Z1 compact, Xperia Z5, Pixel 1-3-4a. Xiaomi Mi 9 T. Samsung A54. Then I tried S9 plus and Note 10+
I would say early years of Xperia were great for non-heavy users, you could have those phones for 2 days and they were ok. Of course, if you test them, those phones had average SOT, but it was nice to have some juice when you didn’t use them.
Pixel 1 was great on Android 7; I used that phone for work (phone calls) and it held up really great. With Android 10 it simply started depleting battery for no reason. Same thing happened with 3 and 4a with newer updates.
Xiaomi 9T had a bigger battery but I saw how that phone consumed it for no reason.
A54 is a beast phone for heavy user, videos, music, Bluetooth no problems, nice SOT (manage to pull 8 hours), but somedays the phone randomly consumed battery doing nothing, other days it was great.
S9 and Note 10+ have great idle battery consumption if you use battery saving mode.
I think is planned obsolescence with battery and newer SO.
On IOS my first iPhone was 13 mini, with a smaller battery it lasted me over a day, perfect for some phone calls and checking email. I think it is a great phone for non-heavy user and for working. Still, it wasn’t great with data on or watching TH-cam (average SOT was 4 hours). After 16 months and 89% I switched to my current Iphone 15 (non pro). At 100% battery, I have some crazy days at work and I almost didn’t use it, at home just a little bit of Instagram and some TH-cam (less than 1 hour, wifi only) and went to sleep. This phone lasts me 2 days with one single charge (second day I had 8%). With heavy use I have 6 hours SOT (can push it to 7). Of course, you have the big boys (plus or pro max - S24 Ultra) with better SOT but it is worth mentioning how a phone can last that much just staying on
@@abeld94 i agree. Apple worked on this in terms of hardware and software but when Qualcomm is catching up now especially when exynos and tensor started competing.
Amazing video as always Nam, your videos are always a breath of fresh air. The ZenFone 9 still rocks too
I just wanna say that i didn't like what you did at 0:33 , you should keep such moments off the internet, and protect your wife's privacy.
I hope you don't take this the wrong way.
What do you think of the s24 series tho?
I personally don't care much about it, i think it'll just be a waste of money.
But i hope to hear your take on it.
hahaha thanks for the concern buddy.
You'll hear my thoughts on S24 soon. It'll drop some time in March.
@@thesamuelnam I'll anticipate it, thank you
Pixels never fail to disappoint.
Only 8 and 8 pro. Before that - awful battery in all 6-7 pixels
That's the tensor chip for ya😂
Apparently the Zenphone has a 2 year OS support only.
Therefore, I picked up the Pixel 8 over the Zenphone because the camera is better and the OS updates are for a lot longer.
Battery life on the Pixel for me is pretty much a full day, 6am to 10pm ending with 15% with above average usage.
It's Zenfone, not "zenphone"
@@mrgrumpyjinx 🤣
Yeah the pixel doesn't die on me during a normal day of use so I'm good. I don't need 3 days of battery life for a phone lol.
Why is TH-cam suddenly having two ads that you have to skip? TH-cam yet again choosing to further punish money-conscious people..
So zenfone is equivalent to 10k mah compare to p8
Thanks for the upload. 💜 Is there any particular reason why you chose the Pixel 8 over the 8 Pro version?
Size. I prefer smaller phones. I use iphone mini as a daily.
is there a chance to compare pixel 9 and zenfone 10😛😛
I like your vlog style, brother. Plus, cute fat babies. Subscribed.
I do agree pixel phones have much more useful features than Zenfone/Sony
The zenfone should have slimmer bezzles and at least 5 years of software updates, and it would be great, but no, they discontinued the small form factor
How is your IPhone 13mini holding up?. I've been looking at purchasing a used one. Have been using Galaxy S10e for a while.
It is awesome. Can't go to another iphone.
Well i still love my zenfone 10 despite the barebone software it has. Even my older Xiaomi phone had much more feature than this phone, but still i love it. The battery is that good, and had most of flagship feature. But My future phone will be samsung or Xiaomi again though since i dont like stock android that much
I'm using s24 ultra and it almost feels the same as Zenfone battery. But Samsung software is epic.
I have the Zenfone 10 and there are 3 MAJOR drawbacks: the screen brightness, the buttons placement and the fingerprint scanner.
O co dokładnie chodzi z tymi problemami?
@@vladimirkov318The screen is hard to read on a sunny day.
The buttons are way to high up and there is no on screen fingerreader
@@paulista9862 dzięki, czyli można kupować
The issue with the pixel phone is that when you move around it always looking to WIFI, It might run longer if you deactivate it. I personally never use WIFI and my pixel old 5H30 screen time. I'm often on the gram and play Brawlstar on a daily basis (Its 11PM am currently at 3H27 of screen time, 65% battery left: screen time 49% TH-cam display always on, as I'm broke, with wireless buds 25% Snapchat today and I just realized WIFI is on and I'm connected through my box) I got the pixel 8 since 4 months now.
“You’re gonna forget how to charge stuff” 😂
I hope they release a small zenfone 11, with a triple camerasetup (add a 3x zoomcamera). Tired of big phones, but need a little zoom.
Working 12hr shifts where you sometimes have a lot of downtime to sit on the phone, having a big battery is a big deal.
you made a real one.
I got the Xperia 5 iv and got around 8 hour screen on time during whole day use on 60 hz. Xperia 5 v also seems to have even better battery life. Maybe better than the Zenfone 10 IMO .
Did they still offer only 2 years of software support?
@@HumbleHuman-k7g I think 2 updates and 3 yr security patch
Had the ZF10 a Telephoto lense or be 200€ cheaper it would have been my phone for sure. But it's a bit of a pricey niche phone, excellent in many ways but pricey.
My next phone will either be a Zenfone or Xperia, as they have the best battery and I really, REALLY NEED the battery. C:
The question is do you want a compact phone or a big one? Zenfone has big phone battery in a small form factor.
@@thesamuelnam Certainly sir! I would like a compact phone with a great battery, tired of my pixel 6 dying 3 times a day. What is interesting is that the Zenfone 11 is rumoured to have an ultra variant, and if it's bigger I wouldn't be going with it. In addition the Xperia 5 V is small too (6.1inch), with a great battery like the Zenfone (as found in GSMArena's battery test, MrWhosTheBoss battery of the year, and other sources). Potentially, a great option for learning manual photography similar to a DSLR camera. Both are small and battery beasts, which is my need. I run my options down to these 2 and I'll see which of them I want to buy in the new release, this year! :D
Edit: Plus I need the headphone jack for my IEMs!!! :)
Just wait for the ultra, it should be better since it has bigger battery
Unrelated: This city looks beautiful. Is this in Indonesia/Malaysia?
Zenfone for the win!
Screen brightness (nits) difference?
My iPhone is on the brink of death and I was lookin to get an android so lovin the recent content! p.s. opinions on the pixel watch?
Do you use apple watch? Android watches aren't as good.
iPhones are winning tho, most young people use it androids only really flourish due to budget market and in developing nations, but once that nation gets wealthier more people start buying iPhones
@@Hhhh22222-w hahaha bang on. I have apps that I rely on that aren't on Android or some copy paste job that it barely works. BUT it's also good to try out non-iphones for a bit. Apple watch keeps bringing me back.
Could you review the iPhone 12 mini?
I did the 13 mini, check it out th-cam.com/video/esGB3eRyJn8/w-d-xo.html
If the Zenfone had longer software support and better cameras, it would be pretty close to being perfect.
It would be good if they just did pixel launcher too. The ZenFone near stock OS is so mid as well. Haptics aren't tight, camera meh, software support meh. Soooo close. I'm pumped for ZenFone 11 though.
@@thesamuelnam Same, looking forward to it.
Do you have video on Zenfone 10 vs iPhone 15?
This is the closest to that video. I do a short comparison. But it's the pro: th-cam.com/video/wl601kR2S8I/w-d-xo.html
I know Pixel battery is bad. I own one, and the battery is ONE thing I hate about it. But I didn't know Zenfone's battery was that good.
Zenfone got me over to android because of the battery life. Incredible. I guess you can get more out of the iPhone Max phones. But this is smaller than regular iphone
Pixels should do better with the 10 since it will be tsmc just like samsungs snapdragon phones and iphones. But i will say when they did have snapdragon they werent that good even back then so hopefully the fully custom chip with tsmc will help.
Yeah. Definitely keen to check out pixel 10 once they move onto TSMC.
@@thesamuelnam yeah should help alot and will be interesting. Have a s24 ultra and iphone 13 as well as a old google pixel xl but they were not too good back then.
what camera do you use for vloging
A7s3 and iPhone 13 Mini.
Had the pixel 8 for a week and sold it due to horrible battery life. Averaged under 4 hours of SOT, always had to charge during the day or the phone dies.
Can you compare Zenfone 10 vs Galaxy S24 (regular)?
Crap. I sold Zenfone
Parents need battery indicators on their kids.
i'm a big person for battery life would pixel 8 pro be better than the non pro? if not then that's a deal breaker for me
Yes it’s better since it has a larger battery, but not by much. Pixl 8: 4575, 8 Pro has 5050 only a 475 mah difference.
"We shoved food into the fat babies" 😂 bro..
2 major updates vs 7 major updates 😂
Thank you for reassuring me into buying a Zenfone 10 or the next iteration. As you said the Pixel is "a fun phone".
Sadly I heard, Zenfone 10 is going to be the last compact phone by Asus.
@@keysburntgucci9016Not confirmed. The ROG-sized Z11 Ultra is coming out next week, which suggests a more compact Z11 may follow in its footsteps.
zenfone updated to A14?
TSMC＋Nearly stock Android＝Amazing battery life
yeah but the question is, do they have the same battery health? mine is at 86% battery health
I've used ZenFone 3 months longer than pixel. If anything ZenFone will have less health.
I have a pixel 6 and I'm tempted to switch to Zenphone 10 because of its smaller size. I really wish Google would make a Pixel Mini thats 5.5 inches.
I'm in the same camp. That's why I love the iPhone mini 5.4 inch. I think Zenfone would be a good upgrade from 6 for battery if you don't care about cameras and software.
@@thesamuelnamdid you try to use Gcam on the Zenfone. I think it will make a big difference