The Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra Is Skipping The Us

The Zenfone 12 Ultra officially launches today, but dissimilar erstwhile generations, this 1 won’t beryllium sold successful nan US.

As expected, nan 12 Ultra is simply a de-gamer-ified ROG Phone 9 Pro pinch a ample screen, a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, and a unsocial gimbal-like stabilizer successful nan main camera. It’s nan aforesaid look Asus followed pinch nan Zenfone 11 Ultra, which was a bully instrumentality but grounded to guidelines retired successful a oversea of different ample Android phones. Now, this type isn’t moreover making landfall connected our shores.

As you’d expect of a telephone pinch gaming DNA, nan 12 Ultra offers a ample 5,500mAh battery. It supports 65W wired charging and up to 15W wireless charging via nan Qi 1.3 modular — nary Qi2 here. The 6.78-inch aboveground is an LTPO expanse pinch adaptable refresh rates from 1 to 120Hz, and its 1080p solution is simply a mini debased for a expanse of this size.

The 12 Ultra, naturally, comes pinch a load of AI features. There’s AI inheritance sound removal for video recording, AI-powered semantic hunt successful nan photograph gallery, AI sound memo transcription, and AI archive summarization. AI, AI, AI. These are each very acquainted and seemingly a pre-requisite for immoderate telephone successful 2025.

The 12 Ultra’s small acquainted characteristic is its gimbal-like image stabilization, which is successful its 4th iteration. Like erstwhile versions, it offers hardware-based shingle correction, mixed pinch an updated physics stabilization algorithm. In erstwhile models, it’s been a genuinely cool characteristic and very effective astatine smoothing retired bumpy camera footage.

Outside of nan stabilization upgrade, nan 12 Ultra’s camera hardware is unchanged from nan 11 Ultra pinch a 50-megapixel main camera, 32-megapixel 3x telephoto, and a 13-megapixel ultrawide connected nan rear panel. On nan package side, there’s a group of iPhone Photographic Styles-like colour grading adjustments to group your preferred preset for colour somesthesia and saturation successful your shots.

Asus spokesperson Anthony Spence says that nan determination to not bring nan Zenfone 12 Ultra to North America “does not norm retired nan anticipation of early Zenfone models being made disposable successful nan US,” truthful perchance this isn’t nan extremity of nan Zenfone connection successful nan states. But it does look to beryllium further confirmation that nan mini Zenfone is dead. Long unrecorded nan mini phone.

The Zenfone 12 Ultra will commencement astatine €1,099 (about $1,145).