"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enasus's flip camera smartphone is back this time around the company has decided to split the Zen phone into two separate devices I spent the past 7 days with the Zen Phone 7 Pro and here is Android Authority's review right at the start we have to address the elephant in the room which is the flip camera we've seen motorized cameras before but what makes this one particularly interesting is not the fact that it gives you an uninterrupted display but it it lets you use the main cameras usually the higher quality ones as the selfie Shooters yes you can shoot 8K video but probably more interestingly is because the main and the telephoto cameras are optically stabilized on this thing this could be a vlogger dream smartphone I took over 200 photos with the Zen Phone 7 Pro during my review period and going back through them I really noticed just how much the colors and contrast shifted between all three cameras the telephoto lights to wash things out and the main camera is comparatively oversaturated the ultra wide's look is closer to the main than the telephoto though colors in general look okay they're pretty vibrant and the overall look of the xan phone 7 PR images are bright with plenty of contrast when you give the phone plenty of light and a colorful subject it shines it takes some pretty good images even when switching to night mode which automatically kicks in below a certain light level the phone takes decent photos I recently visited the beach at 1:00 a.m. and I got some rather usable photos now these were taken with the main camera the ultra wide doesn't do such a good job which makes sense given the smaller sensor and smaller aperture overall though the night mode is actually pretty good one big combined issue with the zenphone 7 PR camera is noise reduction SL skin smoothing what you'll probably notice quite quickly actually is that when the light drops just below daylight artifacts begin to appear in a couple of the shots taken at Sunset the camera takes a grassy more and turns it into a Mossy Hill and it's even worse with the telephoto it did the same with this Lake turning it into a bit of an ice rink in this photo it does a lot of smoothing that it really doesn't need to and it continues when you flip the camera around to the front my skin really doesn't look this smooth in person and yes this is with all the beauty mode stuff turned off well we're here portrait mode is okay the camera app allows you to adjust the virtual aperture with a slider which is cool however the phone struggles a bit with detection and there's pretty much no Focus rolloff which means that in most photos it looks like the subject is just photoshopped in this goes for both humans and energy drink bottles the zenphone 7 Pro does have a couple of cool party tricks though motion tracking will use the camera's Motors to keep a locked subject in frame it only really works in One Direction due to the orientation of the motor but there we are and also thanks to that motor the camera can do automatic panoramas which means that you don't have to move when you're taking the Panorama which is pretty neat it will also shoot Ultra HD video 4K at 120 FPS continuous which is definitely fun to play with and probably more practical than the other party tricks the overall camera experience however isn't quite there it's not as polished as it should be competing in this price bracket there's Good Foundations there and the night mode is great and given enough light the camera can take good photos as decent Hardware there it just needs to build on that foundation and really nail the bits that are important moving back to the rest of the phone it feels like a Next Generation Zen phone 6 which makes sense because it is unfortunately the flip camera means no IP rating on this one but it feels solidly made and since Asus provides two different cases in the Box there's not really an excuse for you to break it it's not the prettiest phone out there though it's definitely thick with two C's maybe even three C's and unfortunately the haptics feel hollow and weak haptics are important Aces I expect more next year and the being 230 g means that it's going to take a real presence in your pocket the heft isn't for nothing though on top of that flip camera mechanism there's a massive 5,000 mAh battery inside a Snapdragon 865 Plus 8 GB of RAM 256 GB of storage and on the outside of course that 6.67 in 90hz full HD AMOLED panel I have to admit I played a lot of project Off-Road 2 on this thing and even after some 30 minute stints the phone didn't get that hot of course the performance was never going to be an issue with this phone why should it have been it's got a top shelf chip with plenty of ram combine that with a large battery the zenphone 7 Pro is a competent gaming phone just like its Rog 3 cousin that big uninterrupted 90 HZ AMOLED plays into this too I found that I got really immersed in Project Offroad 2 thanks to not having any cutouts or distractions on the screen of course this carries over when watching content on YouTube and Netflix especially when you pinch the fill unfortunately the speaker on this thing really aren't that great the earpiece is Amplified to give you a stereo effect which works quite well and actually the system does get quite loud but there's not a lot of depth to it there's not a lot of Base whatsoever and so it's hard to get immersed in the sound and since Asus removed the headphone port for this generation you're either relying on Bluetooth audio or an adapter someone asked in the comments in the last video if this thing sports HDMI unfortunately with my adapters I was not able to get USBC to HDMI working this could be an ad the thing but I wanted to test it for you guys anyway that bottom USBC Port is flanked by the bottom speaker and notification LED love to see this thank you Aces there's support for dual SIM and micro SD simultaneously as well as the 2020 standard 5G in both millimeter wave and sub six as well as Wi-Fi 6 built in zenu i7 based on Android 10 is very smooth and very clean it feels very light in terms of a skin but it does have a few extra features and tweaks that make it awesome by the way this background is called rainbow road on the backdrops app if you swipe in from the left hand side when you're playing a game you bring up Game Genie a game tool that Asus has ported over from its gaming phone it allows you to disable alerts lock the screen brightness adjust refresh rate and set macros from here you can also live stream and record footage it's not going to be for everyone but you can really see asus's gaming expertise coming through here in a feature that's hidden if you don't need it and comes up when you want it the previous PR Generations smart Keys been brought back but built into the power button this time around you can change it for a double press and a hold I left hold for powering off the device but I also changed the double press to open the camera app quickly this is all customizable within asus's settings though I've mentioned the 5,000 mAh battery in this video once already it's a big battery what that translates to is some pretty impressive battery life I've been getting a day a day and a half maybe two days of usage with absolutely no problems whatsoever granted I am by no means a power user and when I was really testing the phone it would last me just about a full day however that means that whether you're a mobile gamer or you're like me and you use your phone a little bit lighter you're going to get fantastic battery life out of this thing asus's bundled in 30 W charging brick isn't the fastest in the world it's definitely not going to get you that 100% in less than half an hour however charging the 5,000 mAh battery in about an hour and a half is pretty useful unfortunately though there isn't any wireless charging in this device which is a shame given the price point so a phone that's good in most areas and particularly great at selfie video battery life and performance the price of all this 799 which puts it right around in between the OnePlus 8 and the OnePlus 8 Pro it also roughly sits where the Galaxy s20 plus is this is some pretty stiff competition at this price point however at this point we have to consider the zenphone 7 Pro has the latest chipset and the biggest battery and has that flip camera mechanism but it does put it in a very Niche section of the market see in this price range if you want a great camera you're probably going to wait for the pixel 5 or you're going to buy a Galaxy s20 plus so buying an Asus doesn't make sense for that but if you really particularly want a good front-facing camera in terms of video and a really longlasting battery this is quite a good smartphone but I'm going to Pivot this a bit I think that this would be a brilliant vloggers smartphone because you have as standard 256 GB of storage plenty of space you have Wi-Fi 6 for easy uploading you have a 5,000 mAh battery which lasts you a long time and you have those three cameras on the front you can shoot 8K 4K whatever you want and because it's a smartphone you have over a 6.5 5 in viewfinder right on the front there let us know in the comments if you'd use this thing for vlogging the zenphone 7 Pro as a whole is a solid smartphone but it's for a niche set of users at the end of the day the flip camera mechanism is the only real thing you're going to buy the smartphone 4 and props to Asus for sticking their necks out and doing something different it certainly defies ordinary anyway guys that just about covers our review of the Zen Phone 7 Pro please do leave uh your comment in the comment section ask us about the phone let us know what you think about this thing do you think it's a vlogger dream smartphone or do you think it's intended for completely different users let us know please do hit like And subscribe to never miss a video like this one I've been Ryan Thomas with Android authority and I'll catch you laterasus's flip camera smartphone is back this time around the company has decided to split the Zen phone into two separate devices I spent the past 7 days with the Zen Phone 7 Pro and here is Android Authority's review right at the start we have to address the elephant in the room which is the flip camera we've seen motorized cameras before but what makes this one particularly interesting is not the fact that it gives you an uninterrupted display but it it lets you use the main cameras usually the higher quality ones as the selfie Shooters yes you can shoot 8K video but probably more interestingly is because the main and the telephoto cameras are optically stabilized on this thing this could be a vlogger dream smartphone I took over 200 photos with the Zen Phone 7 Pro during my review period and going back through them I really noticed just how much the colors and contrast shifted between all three cameras the telephoto lights to wash things out and the main camera is comparatively oversaturated the ultra wide's look is closer to the main than the telephoto though colors in general look okay they're pretty vibrant and the overall look of the xan phone 7 PR images are bright with plenty of contrast when you give the phone plenty of light and a colorful subject it shines it takes some pretty good images even when switching to night mode which automatically kicks in below a certain light level the phone takes decent photos I recently visited the beach at 1:00 a.m. and I got some rather usable photos now these were taken with the main camera the ultra wide doesn't do such a good job which makes sense given the smaller sensor and smaller aperture overall though the night mode is actually pretty good one big combined issue with the zenphone 7 PR camera is noise reduction SL skin smoothing what you'll probably notice quite quickly actually is that when the light drops just below daylight artifacts begin to appear in a couple of the shots taken at Sunset the camera takes a grassy more and turns it into a Mossy Hill and it's even worse with the telephoto it did the same with this Lake turning it into a bit of an ice rink in this photo it does a lot of smoothing that it really doesn't need to and it continues when you flip the camera around to the front my skin really doesn't look this smooth in person and yes this is with all the beauty mode stuff turned off well we're here portrait mode is okay the camera app allows you to adjust the virtual aperture with a slider which is cool however the phone struggles a bit with detection and there's pretty much no Focus rolloff which means that in most photos it looks like the subject is just photoshopped in this goes for both humans and energy drink bottles the zenphone 7 Pro does have a couple of cool party tricks though motion tracking will use the camera's Motors to keep a locked subject in frame it only really works in One Direction due to the orientation of the motor but there we are and also thanks to that motor the camera can do automatic panoramas which means that you don't have to move when you're taking the Panorama which is pretty neat it will also shoot Ultra HD video 4K at 120 FPS continuous which is definitely fun to play with and probably more practical than the other party tricks the overall camera experience however isn't quite there it's not as polished as it should be competing in this price bracket there's Good Foundations there and the night mode is great and given enough light the camera can take good photos as decent Hardware there it just needs to build on that foundation and really nail the bits that are important moving back to the rest of the phone it feels like a Next Generation Zen phone 6 which makes sense because it is unfortunately the flip camera means no IP rating on this one but it feels solidly made and since Asus provides two different cases in the Box there's not really an excuse for you to break it it's not the prettiest phone out there though it's definitely thick with two C's maybe even three C's and unfortunately the haptics feel hollow and weak haptics are important Aces I expect more next year and the being 230 g means that it's going to take a real presence in your pocket the heft isn't for nothing though on top of that flip camera mechanism there's a massive 5,000 mAh battery inside a Snapdragon 865 Plus 8 GB of RAM 256 GB of storage and on the outside of course that 6.67 in 90hz full HD AMOLED panel I have to admit I played a lot of project Off-Road 2 on this thing and even after some 30 minute stints the phone didn't get that hot of course the performance was never going to be an issue with this phone why should it have been it's got a top shelf chip with plenty of ram combine that with a large battery the zenphone 7 Pro is a competent gaming phone just like its Rog 3 cousin that big uninterrupted 90 HZ AMOLED plays into this too I found that I got really immersed in Project Offroad 2 thanks to not having any cutouts or distractions on the screen of course this carries over when watching content on YouTube and Netflix especially when you pinch the fill unfortunately the speaker on this thing really aren't that great the earpiece is Amplified to give you a stereo effect which works quite well and actually the system does get quite loud but there's not a lot of depth to it there's not a lot of Base whatsoever and so it's hard to get immersed in the sound and since Asus removed the headphone port for this generation you're either relying on Bluetooth audio or an adapter someone asked in the comments in the last video if this thing sports HDMI unfortunately with my adapters I was not able to get USBC to HDMI working this could be an ad the thing but I wanted to test it for you guys anyway that bottom USBC Port is flanked by the bottom speaker and notification LED love to see this thank you Aces there's support for dual SIM and micro SD simultaneously as well as the 2020 standard 5G in both millimeter wave and sub six as well as Wi-Fi 6 built in zenu i7 based on Android 10 is very smooth and very clean it feels very light in terms of a skin but it does have a few extra features and tweaks that make it awesome by the way this background is called rainbow road on the backdrops app if you swipe in from the left hand side when you're playing a game you bring up Game Genie a game tool that Asus has ported over from its gaming phone it allows you to disable alerts lock the screen brightness adjust refresh rate and set macros from here you can also live stream and record footage it's not going to be for everyone but you can really see asus's gaming expertise coming through here in a feature that's hidden if you don't need it and comes up when you want it the previous PR Generations smart Keys been brought back but built into the power button this time around you can change it for a double press and a hold I left hold for powering off the device but I also changed the double press to open the camera app quickly this is all customizable within asus's settings though I've mentioned the 5,000 mAh battery in this video once already it's a big battery what that translates to is some pretty impressive battery life I've been getting a day a day and a half maybe two days of usage with absolutely no problems whatsoever granted I am by no means a power user and when I was really testing the phone it would last me just about a full day however that means that whether you're a mobile gamer or you're like me and you use your phone a little bit lighter you're going to get fantastic battery life out of this thing asus's bundled in 30 W charging brick isn't the fastest in the world it's definitely not going to get you that 100% in less than half an hour however charging the 5,000 mAh battery in about an hour and a half is pretty useful unfortunately though there isn't any wireless charging in this device which is a shame given the price point so a phone that's good in most areas and particularly great at selfie video battery life and performance the price of all this 799 which puts it right around in between the OnePlus 8 and the OnePlus 8 Pro it also roughly sits where the Galaxy s20 plus is this is some pretty stiff competition at this price point however at this point we have to consider the zenphone 7 Pro has the latest chipset and the biggest battery and has that flip camera mechanism but it does put it in a very Niche section of the market see in this price range if you want a great camera you're probably going to wait for the pixel 5 or you're going to buy a Galaxy s20 plus so buying an Asus doesn't make sense for that but if you really particularly want a good front-facing camera in terms of video and a really longlasting battery this is quite a good smartphone but I'm going to Pivot this a bit I think that this would be a brilliant vloggers smartphone because you have as standard 256 GB of storage plenty of space you have Wi-Fi 6 for easy uploading you have a 5,000 mAh battery which lasts you a long time and you have those three cameras on the front you can shoot 8K 4K whatever you want and because it's a smartphone you have over a 6.5 5 in viewfinder right on the front there let us know in the comments if you'd use this thing for vlogging the zenphone 7 Pro as a whole is a solid smartphone but it's for a niche set of users at the end of the day the flip camera mechanism is the only real thing you're going to buy the smartphone 4 and props to Asus for sticking their necks out and doing something different it certainly defies ordinary anyway guys that just about covers our review of the Zen Phone 7 Pro please do leave uh your comment in the comment section ask us about the phone let us know what you think about this thing do you think it's a vlogger dream smartphone or do you think it's intended for completely different users let us know please do hit like And subscribe to never miss a video like this one I've been Ryan Thomas with Android authority and I'll catch you later\n"