{"id":1272912,"date":"2023-08-29T09:02:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T03:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1272912"},"modified":"2023-08-29T09:02:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T03:32:57","slug":"asus-can-shutdown-zenfone-series-forever-zenfone-10-can-be-the-last-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/asus-can-shutdown-zenfone-series-forever-zenfone-10-can-be-the-last-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Asus Can Shutdown Zenfone Series Forever: Zenfone 10 Can Be The Last Model?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The ASUS Zenfone 10 seems to be the best compact flagship, delivering a powerful experience in a compact form factor without any of the usual downsides by many reviewers so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-2-2-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Asus Can Shutdown Zenfone Series Forever: Zenfone 10 Can Be The Last Model?\" class=\"wp-image-1272928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-2-2-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-2-2-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-2-2-1280x720-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Untitled-design-2-2-1280x720-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ASUS Shuts Zenfone Division(rumored)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this race, Zenfone 10 and even the Zenfone 9 have received critical acclaim.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The smartphone brand is praised by many for continuing with trends like including a 3.5mm headphone jack and maintaining a compact flagship with no real compromises.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, this could be the end of the lineup as new reports have emerged about ASUS shutting down the Zenfone division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ASUS appears to be carrying out internal restructuring, and as part of the process, certain departments have been cut down, as per media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/asus-reportedly-shuts-down-zenfone-division-3358431\/\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zenfone division seems to be one of the unfortunate victims of this internal restructuring as it is said to have been shut down.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming to employees who have been working in this division have been absorbed into the ROG Phone team and other parts of the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No More Compact Flagships&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering this development, the Zenfone 10 will be the last phone in the Zenfone series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also implies that there is unlikely to be a successor to this phone since the team no longer exists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other incidents around Zenfone are also supporting the theory as ASUS stopped allowing bootloader unlocks for Zenfone owners earlier in the month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the company, they are not stopping the possibility of unlocking, just that the tool is currently unavailable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides this, the community members a few weeks ago spotted that ASUS had removed older Zenfone firmwares from its website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its defense, the community moderators responded that ASUS no longer provides previous firmware versions or downgrade packages to ensure users remain on up-to-date firmware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is noteworthy here that both of these incidents do not directly point to the shutdown of the Zenfone division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nonetheless, they appear to add the value of hindsight to the report, and we can\u2019t help but wonder if the writing was on the wall all this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, ASUS has not released any statement in this regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If this rumor comes true, the loss of the Zenfone lineup will be a big blow to the smartphone ecosystem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In The meantime, we can still hope to see more ROG-branded phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zenfone lineup will be sorely missed for bringing the clean Android experience to small smartphone lovers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ASUS Zenfone 10 seems to be the best compact flagship, delivering a powerful experience in a compact form factor without any of the usual downsides by many reviewers so far. 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