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Massive ASUS Zenfone 11 Ultra leak confirms the end of compact Zenfone flagship smartphones

The Zenfone 11 Ultra in one of its five rumoured colour options. (Image source: u/Td3v1l)
The Zenfone 11 Ultra in one of its five rumoured colour options. (Image source: u/Td3v1l)
A new leak has revealed the design and various specifications of the Zenfone 11 Ultra. While ASUS' next smartphone features high-end hardware like a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 flash storage, the Zenfone 11 Ultra could also mark the end of compact flagships within the Zenfone series.

Images and hardware details of ASUS' next Zenfone-branded smartphone have surfaced online, about a week after the Zenfone 11 appeared on the Google Play Console. Prior to that, there were suggestions that ASUS was preparing the Zenfone 11 Ultra, which is the subject of the latest Zenfone-related leak.

According to Redditor u/Td3v1l, the images embedded below were found within the latest firmware of the ROG Phone 8. While unusual, it would not be the first time that a manufacturer has erroneously shipped firmware of one device that contains information about another unreleased model. At any rate, the Zenfone 11 Ultra features the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset as the ROG Phone 8 (curr. $999 on Amazon), albeit in tweaked packaging.

(Image source: u/Td3v1l)
(Image source: u/Td3v1l)

On the one hand, ASUS has designed the Zenfone 11 Ultra in five colour options compared to the Phantom Black and Rebel finishes in which the company sells the ROG Phone 8 series. On the other hand, the Zenfone 11 Ultra lacks the RGB lighting or AniMe Vision LEDs that adorn the ROG Phone 8 and ROG Phone 8 Pro, respectively. Ultimately, all other Zenfone 11 Ultra specifications mirror the ROG Phone 8 series, such as the former's display, battery capacity and cameras.

In short, the Zenfone 11 Ultra will be the first Zenfone flagship to surpass a 6-inch display threshold in three years. For context, the Zenfone 8 Flip was the last to do so with its 6.67-inch panel, which it carried over from the Zenfone 7 series. Unfortunately, it remains to be seen whether the standard Zenfone 11 will maintain the sub-6-inch displays of the Zenfone 8Zenfone 9 and Zenfone 10. Likewise, there is no indication yet when ASUS will unveil the Zenfone 11 series, although MWC 2024 at the end of February seems like a viable candidate.

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Alex Alderson, 2024-02- 5 (Update: 2024-02- 6)