The compact Asus Zenfone 9 powerhouse is up for US pre-orders with a nice little deal sweetener

By Nick Heyman On Sep 6, 2022

Just as Apple is preparing to kill off the smallest (and least successful) member of its iPhone family, the closest thing to a “perfect” compact Android handset in quite some time is finally going up for pre-order.

Formally unveiled back in July as a successor to the May 2021-released Asus Zenfone 8, the 5.9-inch Zenfone 9 squeezes a lot of goodies into a diminutive (by 2022 standards, at least) body at a fairly reasonable price of $699 and up.

Even better, the pint-sized phone’s manufacturer promises to hook up all early US-based buyers with a complimentary pair of Asus ROG Cetra True Wireless earbuds, which are normally available for $99 by themselves. Those bad boys come with state-of-the-art active noise cancellation technology, IPX4 water resistance, wireless charging support, and up to a combined 27-hour battery life (taking into consideration said wireless charging case), mind you, making them a pretty sweet launch gift (only valid until September 30).

The Asus Zenfone 9 itself will be delivered by Mobile Advance (via Amazon) no earlier than October 20 if you order it today, which is definitely a little inconvenient. But the aforementioned 5.9-inch Super AMOLED 120Hz screen may well be worth the wait, especially when you also consider the state-of-the-art Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor and reasonably hefty 4,300mAh battery under the hood of this compact beast.

Your seven Benjamins will buy you a relatively modest (by today’s ultra-high-end standards) combination of 8 gigs of RAM and 128GB internal storage space, but for just 50 extra bucks, you can double the latter number. Finally, a top-of-the-line 256GB storage configuration with a whopping 16GB RAM count also on deck can be yours at $799, which doesn’t look like a bad quality/price ratio either.

Unfortunately, the Zenfone 9 takes its cues from many of today’s jumbo-sized Android powerhouses in the expandable memory department, lacking a microSD card slot, although on the decidedly bright side of things, the handset does include a good old fashioned 3.5mm headphone jack… in addition to a surprisingly fast 30W charger in the box.

Bottom line, you’re looking at an absolute and undeniable value champion here that happens to be a lot easier to maneuver with one hand than most other premium smartphones on the market right now.

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