Asus Zenfone 8 VS Samsung Galaxy S10e In 2021! Comparison (Speed Test, Speakers & PUBG Graphics) By Matthews Tech

What is up guys. We got the ASUS before 8 versus the Galaxy S10e uh. These are two compact smartphones. So, let's get started, we have a newer flagship versus an older flagship, so I'm going to go ahead and break it down for anybody. That's thinking about upgrading, or you don't have either of these phones. You want to get one, and you want to see which one do you actually need.

So let's go ahead and break it down here so um the ASUS before 8 uh. You can pick it up for around seven to eight hundred dollars, depending on which configuration you get and the SNE is in a completely different. You know class when it comes to price. Furthermore, you can actually pick these up use refurbished for 200 bucks now and brand new. I believe it'll cost you 400 bucks, so it's still much, much cheaper than the before 8 here, uh, so starting off with hardware since they're, both compact phones.

This is probably one of the most important. You know parts of this because if you have smaller hands, which phone is more comfortable here so um, let's just go over and see which one is bigger. The ASUS is definitely taller and is definitely a little thicker and definitely heavier as well. So I do want to mention that they're both premium designs, which means they're both glass and metal designs and they both actually have an ip68 dust and water resistant rating as well all right. So let's talk about the displays on both of these phones, because I think that's a really important part here.

So on the before 8, you do have a super AMOLED 120 hertz display it is HDR 10 plus it gets a peak brightness of 1100 nits, it's 5.9 inches 1080p 446 for the PPI on the SNE. You actually have a slightly smaller display at 5.8 inches the damage dynamic, AMOLED display hdr10, plus 1080p 438 for the PPI as well. So it is slightly smaller. So basically, I think that's pretty important because of reachability and the smaller the display uh. You know, obviously the better for somebody with smaller hands.

But again it could be too small, so did ASUS reach the uh the best spot at 5.9 inches um it is they're both comfortable to hold. I will say that, but I do think the s10e to me is definitely easier to like reach with one hand um for me like, like I said somebody with smaller hands you still kind of have to like um, I'm not gonna, say shimmy it as much but uh. You definitely could use this with one hand. It's just. I do find the see to be slightly um, more comfortable, at least for me at least.

So I think it's pretty much depends on the size of your hands. Honestly and ASUS does throw in this little gesture right here. Um see if I can do it, yeah that you can. You know swipe down like the iPhone kind of uh if it is too big for you, but as far as display quality uh, they both have really beautiful displays, but obviously I have to give it to ASUS here uh, definitely because it has the 120 hertz uh which the s10e is like, and so that is one of the things that I think is super uh important uh these days now you might not need 120 hertz. Basically, it just makes everything feel extremely smooth.

If you're into gaming, you can take advantage of games that support 120, hertz and stuff like that, but as far as display quality, they both get very bright um. They also, both you know, show very good colors as well. They both have a punch hole. So a lot of similarities here, uh just the SME, is slightly smaller, but you do overall have just a better panel with that just silky smooth, 120 hertz. It is really nice as well so uh definitely for display.

I give it to the before 8 here all right, so I do want to talk about software, so this is very important, so uh they pledged two years of updates for the before 8. Uh. So it's running android 11, the SNE is running android 11 with one UI uh. Basically uh ASUS UI here is pretty much stock android with a couple little tweaks here and there and uh you know with one UI, you have a ton of software and uh features and stuff like that you can get to, and I think for software you do have a know, a bit more stuff on the s10e, with one UI with your secure folders. You also have on here the reverse wireless power-sharing feature on here, so I can use charge up another device with the s10e wirelessly, and you also have um on here your Samsung desktop mode as well.

So I think for software features, I think the um. The SME definitely takes the cake there, but you also have this spotless, silky, smooth version of android 11 on here as well, and also you are going to get technically. You know more updates, I believe android 12 is going to be the last update for the s10e. I believe- and this will get 12 and 13. Um.

So you know you will technically get. You know more updates on the before 8. So that's something to consider as well all right. Let's discuss speed on both of these phones. So on the before 8 you have the latest and greatest snapdragon 888 chips in the arena 660.

You also do not have any micro SD support. So do note that 128 gigs of internal storage and eight gigs of ram on this model on the s10e you have the snapdragon, 855 and arena 640. You actually do have micro SD support, and you also have 128 gigs of internal storage and six gigs of ram. So the SME does beat the before 8 in storage. So you can, you know, obviously have more storage because you have the SD card support.

I'm not sure why they didn't include that with the before 8, but it's in the s10e. So that is something to consider. But as you can see, with these geek bench scores, you can see the um. You know obviously you're going to have much better scores. I don't think it shouldn't be a surprise to anybody, but here are the actual numbers, but you guys know I'm not into numbers I'm into how this stuff works in the real world.

So let's go ahead and see if we can get a speed test, see what kind of speed uh we're looking at here: before 4 SNE right behind it Instagram then phone and the SC is right behind it. The biggest thing you'll notice is again uh the scrolling, the smoothness with the scrolling with 120 hertz. It is like night and day like it's, not even close. It does feel extremely silky, smooth, okay, subway surf boom, and you can see. Look how close the s10e is in speed like you.

Can it's barely lagging behind, so I've always been impressed when this phone got the android 11 update it's really fast, but obviously it's not going to beat the uh. You know it's not going to beat it. I was super close, and I think we'll see more of a difference. Oh, the SME actually looked like you got it there. Yeah, it looked like, I actually beat it there um, let's try PUBG a heavier game, see how that works.

I mean it looks like we're in on the before s10e we're in now for all of my gamers um on pub g. You can see you have extreme fps on the s10e balance, and we can even go ahead and download ultra HD. You know we have extreme frame rates on both of these devices download ultra HD, so you pretty much have the exact same gaming experience. So there is no, you know actual difference when it comes to at least the fps in most games that you're going to play. The big difference, like I said um that you'll see, is you'll, see a difference when it comes to games that support 120, hertz and stuff, like that um, but yeah.

So you're, not gonna you're, just not going to see that uh graphics difference um, but they both play games really. Well, you know for compact phones and to me uh. You know, compact phones. Definitely aren't you know gaming phones like you, can play games really well uh, but the reason why I say I wouldn't go like really hard is because these phones have very small batteries um. So you know it's just not it's.

It wouldn't be an ideal. You know gaming choice for me, but if you do want to do gaming on a smaller device um, definitely you know both. These phones, like you, saw play games and really well, and they have excellent settings all right. Let's go ahead and hear these speakers, like I said they both have stereo speakers. Let's go ahead and max them out see which one sounds better.

Jeez man, these speakers are so crazy on this device yo, it's not even close they're, both loud they're, both about the same um, loudness right, but the bass difference is actually, actually hilarious. On the uh, the before 8, it's like extremely clear. It's like it's got a little subwoofer in it. That's no knock to the s10e because it does sound really great. You guys know um, but yeah.

It's its not it's! No competition! The before 8 100 takes speaker quality. There all right, let's go ahead and discuss getting into the phone here, so on the st e. You have two methods: you have your physical fingerprint scanner right here, which works extremely fast. You can see that, and then we also have the option to do uh face unlock as well with the ASUS. Furthermore, you have a more modern way of doing it, but is it better? It's really up to the person, so this really comes down to what you prefer.

The fingerprint scanner in display fingerprint scanner is definitely really, really fast, so I can't really knock it for that, and then you have faced unlock on here, which works really fast as well, so they both are extremely fast when getting into your device, it depends on which one you prefer. Some people really prefer a physical one. I really like this method, but also the in display. You know fingerprint scanner is way cooler. Let's just be honest, it's definitely cooler uh to have it in display fingerprint sensor.

So again it comes down to personal preference um here uh. Both of these phones have NFC as well for your mobile payments and stuff, and what's really cool about the power button on the before 8 is that it's actually remarkable. So if you see I hold, it, it'll bring up YouTube and I think if I double tap, yeah it'll bring up Google Chrome as well, which is really cool, so I've always loved that all right. I do want to talk about the camera, so you do have a 64 megapixel lens on the before 8, and then you have a 12 megapixel ultra-wide lens. It actually shoots in 8k 24 frames per second, which is crazy, and then you have a 12 megapixel, selfie camera that shoots in 4k on the s10e.

You do have a 12 megapixel standard on here, and then you have a 16 megapixel ultra-wide that shoots in 4k and a 10 megapixel selfie cam that shoots in 4k uh. Basically, you will get. You know just more detailed shots on the before 8 for short, and you do have the higher resolution video as well to take advantage of uh. But when I say that these two phones are pretty close in image quality uh, they definitely are especially if you, if you don't turn on the 64 megapixel, then they're super close, but when you do turn on you'll notice, but the before 8 takes beautiful photos uh. The main difference that I noticed with both of these cameras is that the before 8 takes more natural photos, while the s10e uh will tend to do the more over saturated sort of you know, Samsung image, processing thing that they do to make everything more lifelike, but I do like the more natural color science on the before 8 uh for sure here.

It takes great photos. I, like I said they both take, really, really great photos, but I think the overall image quality I would give to the before 8. But definitely you know, as you can see, from the shots with the s10e, it still takes excellent photos. I still think it takes really, really good photos, especially at this price point as well. So I don't think you'd be disappointed if you wanted to get the s10e and take photos with it.

It still takes excellent photos and I would highly recommend you guys check out uh the unboxing and videos that I did on both of these phones, because I talk about it a little more but yeah so definitely great cameras on both here all right. Let's go ahead and discuss the battery life situation because it is actually a pretty interesting situation here. So with the s10, you have a 3 100 William battery 15 watt charging, and then you have wireless charging with reverse wireless charging on the before 8. You do have a 4 000 William battery, so a bigger battery, and then you have 30 watt fast charging, so you have faster charging, but there is no wireless charging on the before 8. So there is zero wireless charging on this phone and there's no reverse wireless charging like the s10 e has.

That is something to take into consideration. Do you want wireless charging with the reverse wireless charging feature, or do you want a slightly bigger battery um, and you also want faster charging with you know with the cable um, so that comes down to personal preference me personally, I do like I prefer, like a faster charging device here, because this charging at 15 watts is kind of slow um but yeah, but also the reverse? Wireless charging is just really a cool feature to show off to people honestly, I'm not going to lie uh, but yeah. So, and you know having wireless charging is always convenient, so you sort of have to you, know, pick and choose which one uh matters most to you, I'm going to say for battery life. Both of these phones are actually kind of subpar and battery life. That's always been a compromise with um smaller devices.

Are you get kind of mediocre battery life, so they both kind of struggle to get through like a full day of, like kind of you know, medium use or medium heavy use. I would say you have to be like a really light user to get through a full day with these phones um. So yeah, that's pretty much it. That is the ASUS phone versus the SNE. What do you guys think? Which phone would you guys go with? Are you spending the more money or spending less be sure to let me know, and I'll catch you guys in the next one?.

Source : Matthews Tech