Will the ZenFone 8 and ZenFone 8 Flip work in the US? (5G included) By RandoTechInfo

Hello and welcome to nanotech info, so today we're talking about the ASUS before 8 and the 8 flip now of the two phones. Asus is definitely marketing the base before 8 as the flagship phone, even though it's smaller and cheaper, but it's definitely the better spec phone, whereas the flip is bigger and more expensive. Its specs are not as good, and it's really being marketed as more of a niche device. Further complicating things is, the flip is really what the before 7 was. Last year. There was really no base model, all the phones were flips, but they weren't called flips.

Tons of people have talked about this on YouTube already and in different reviews across the internet feel free to go check those out to get more information about both of these phones. The purpose of this video is just to talk about whether these phones will work here in the US and remember in order for a phone to work reliably here in the US, it must meet two criteria, one. It must be certified to work on the network. You want to use it on, otherwise it may not be able to be activated, and it may not be able to utilize the antennas built into the hardware of the phone and two. It has to have the right hardware to utilize the frequency bands that your carrier uses.

So first, let's get the bad news out of the way. Let's talk about the flip, the flip is not going to be sold here in the US. Therefore, it's not going to be certified by any of the carriers to work on their networks. This is because, in order for a phone to work on a carrier's network, they have to pay that network carrier to have the phone certified and obviously, if ASUS has no plans on selling the phone here, they're not going to pay T-Mobile, 18 or Verizon money to ensure that the phone works on their networks. As far as hardware goes on Verizon, the phone is not compatible to work on Verizon's network ASUS has said this about the base before 8, that it will not work on Verizon, so the flip is not going to work either.

As far as ATT is concerned, it does use five out of seven of the frequency bands ATT uses on their 4g network, and it does utilize all of ATT's major 4g frequency bands. So if you get a TNT to activate this phone on their network, you might get some pretty decent 4g coverage. You will probably not get any 5g coverage, however, because the way ATT certification process works is phones that are not certified on at t can't utilize their 5g network. So you might get some 4g if you can activate it, but the 5g is probably a no-go. As far as T-Mobile is concerned, it utilizes 4 out of 6 of their 4g bands and their major bands.

So you might get some decent 4g coverage, but it does not utilize any of their 5g band, so you definitely will not get any 5g with T-Mobile. Fortunately, the news about the base- before 8- is much better, at least if you're, not on Verizon, so the phone will be sold here in the US. You will be able to purchase it and for some reason, if the phone doesn't work well here in the US, because you're able to purchase it directly from ASUS, you should be able to return it now, if you're on Verizon the phone's, probably not going to work, it's not certified to work on Verizon ASUS says, as I said before, it's not compatible to be used on their network, so probably a no-go there. So before I get in the weeds about ATN t and T-Mobile with this phone, I do want to talk about the fact that on ASUS's website there's an version of this phone and a b version of this phone. This is not entirely unique.

We've seen this with different phones before if ASUS asks you when you're checking out which version of the phone you want, you definitely want the b version, whether you're on a t or T-Mobile. It utilizes a lot more of the frequency bands that those carriers use now it's possible sometimes that that process is automated. Asus will automatically send you the better phone once they know what network you're on. They may not even ask you which version of the phone you want, but if they ask you want version b now getting back to the frequency bands on a t you're in perfect shape. It utilizes seven out of seven of the 4g bands that ATT currently uses, so you're good to go there.

It utilizes ATT, sub six 5g, so you're definitely good to go there. The phone does not utilize any millimeter wave 5g. So that's a no-go, but I don't really think that's a big deal. Millimeter wave does not have a big enough footprint in this country right now to matter, so you're in good shape. As far as coverage goes on a t, and it's the same news for T-Mobile, it utilizes all six of T-Mobile's 4g frequency bands and once again it utilizes their sub 6 5g frequency bands.

It does not utilize their mid-band 5g, which is a little of a bummer, but you do get some 5g functionality with this phone. So, overall, if you're on a TRT mobile, the news with the base, before 8, is pretty good and last but not least, while we're speaking about good news, what would be excellent news for me would be if you subbed to this channel. Well, that's all the information I have today about the before 8 and the before 8 flip. If you do wind up picking one of these phones, please come back. Let us know down in the comments what carrier you're on and how well that phone works for you, so we can all learn from each other and make smarter buying decisions.

As always. I hope you found this video useful thanks for watching and until next time this is randotechinfo signing out.

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