Sorry to hear about ur stolen phone also. My A9 Pro also got stolen / pickpocket in crowded public transport in Bangkok recently. Also bought in Nov for 2k

Now looking for a replacement phone, thinking skip Sammy and try other brands.

Yes, the specs on paper is good, but need real use review of the camera.
Saw some comments that the battery life is not good even with 5000 mAh battery

Maybe not efficient software. The comments was the camera drain battery.
hmm... maybe that's why they fitted in the 5000 mAh batt, maybe Asus engineer realise the issue.

If I ever get the phone will compare with my old Sammy A9 pro with 5k batt, it had seriously good batt life

S7E got so many people using meh... maybe you know many rich people. haha... jk
I only know 2, one colleague and another friend which I sold my S7E to..

But no doubt Sammy phones are common, Meizu I only have one friend using, and the model sucks.
Of course he claims it's the greatest phone since the invention of sliced bread.
Hehe... so yes, it's personal preference

Girls... lol, choices based on casing availability

So far I'm quite happy with my Xiaomi RN4.

Love how responsive the fingerprint scanner is compared to the discontinued Samsung Note 7 and my lost A9 pro.
Camera of course not so good.

> a month usage, so far the OS is ok. Of course not perfect, still got few occasion hang a bit.

The UI got updated twice OTA since I got it.

Too bad, I was interested in the zoom, but the lack of review to me means it's probably lacking in the camera dept, the main selling point.

So pre-ordered the S8+ instead. Which has many positive reviews.

hmm... need compare with iPhone or S7E, see how's the noise level in comparison.

How's the camera compared to the Note 5 ?

Thank you for the comparison.

Yeah, the zenfone seems to take darker photo compared to the Note 5.
It doesn't live up to it's claim of being built for photography even against an older model like the Note 5

No update yet for my ZF3 Zoom

My less than 1 month old Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom developed a display problem, got horizontal line appeared, annoying.

Need to sent for warranty claim...
A bit disappointed in the quality control

On the positive side, at least the warranty was registered in Asus system even though I bought online from Lazada and had no receipt except the delivery note.

FYI for those considering purchasing.
Don't get those grey import, afraid later no warranty.

yeah... just got back by ZF 3 Zoom from the service centre after they replaced the defective display. Hope no more problem this time.

Feel lazy want to migrate data from my backup Xiaomi RN4 back to the ZF 3 Zoom.

got a horizontal line across the display at the bottom part... like a line of missing pixel color. i.e Red, green, blue.. like one of the color is missing... so you can see a line.

F@rk Asus lousy quality... my ZF3 horizontal line problem is back after 1st warranty claim... phone not even use for 3 months.

Now have to waste time again, transfer stuff to spare phone and sent for warranty claim again.

Wouldn't recommend Asus to others after this. Two friends previously also had mixed feeling about their phones.
I thought give them a chance since when in Taiwan I saw Asus is very popular... of course that's to be expected

Yes, Malaysia set.

I googled and seems display issue with Asus phones is not a new problem.

So far did not have any issue with their customer service.... just the quality of the products

Yup, the line flickering before it became permanent.
Mine lasted about 2 weeks maybe before the problem came back.

Where is your white line located ? ... mine was at the extreme bottom side. So not obvious.
All my friends didn't notice it. Of course we the owner sure realize the problem.

Yeah... it's unacceptable... can't expected to use defective product

I didn't pay flagship level money for defective product.

Camera is great, of course not 100% on par with say S7 or S8.
But I like the features in the manual (some will call it Pro mode) where you can control everything yourself.

For me my main criteria was excellent camera with excellent battery life (5000mAh) without unnecessary stuff which I normally don't use like IP68 rating, NFC, wireless charging..

Dunno what they did, the first time, after I got the phone back... the problem seems solved, of course it came back... and now waiting for the 2nd repair.

Just got it back from 2nd warranty claim ~2.5 weeks ago, and since last weekend using it daily.

So far screen problem seem to be solved (we see long term how), battery life seem improved after latest firmware update. Phone lasted ~4 days on a single charge (Sunday night to Thursday evening, with 15% still left), with ~9 hours screen on time, and normal usage of chats, social media, internet browsing, GPS, and even a 1 hour teleconference on speakers.... but no youtube or games.

But not all good, now playing videos there are lags (video and audio out of sync), need to restart the phone, then it's back to normal.

Gonna keep my spare phone as backup in case need to send this Asus ZF3 Zoom for 3rd warranty claim