Mid-range · 2021

Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders

Name: Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders
Brand: Asus

Our Take CPU benches near recent mid-range phones like the Samsung Galaxy A55

A solid mid-ranger with 65W fast charging and an AMOLED screen — but a smaller battery shows its age.

Best for Streaming · reading · social

Strength 65W fast charging, AMOLED screen

Watch out Smaller battery (4000mAh)

6.78″ Super AMOLED · 144Hz

Snapdragon 888 5G 16 / 512 GB

4000 mAh 65W charging

64 MP 3 rear · 24 MP selfie

5G NFC

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What stands out

Pro camera extras: 8K video, RAW

480 fps slow motion for action clips

Cooling hardware helps with sustained gaming performance

Display

6.78″ · Super AMOLED · 1080 × 2400 · 144 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.78"

Panel type

Super AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2400 px

Refresh rate

144 Hz

Smooth

Brightness

1200 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

Performance

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm) · 8-core 2.84 GHz · Adreno 660

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm)

Current CPU tier

Mid-range

Launch class

Flagship

AnTuTu

745,787

CPU

8-core, 2.84 GHz

GPU

Adreno 660

Process

5 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x Cortex X1 2.84GHz + 3x Cortex A78 2.42GHz + 4x Cortex A55 1.8GHz

Camera

64 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 24 MP selfie

Stabilised

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

64 MP f/1.8

OIS

Telephoto

8 MP f/2.4

Ultrawide

12 MP f/2.2

Front camera

24 MP f/2.5

Main sensor

Sony IMX686 Exmor RS, 1/1.7", 0.8µm

Slow motion

Yes, 480 fps

Camera extras

8K video, RAW

Video

8K @ 30 fps

Battery

4000 mAh · 65 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4000 mAh

Wired charging

65 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Stereo

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Memory

16 GB RAM · 512 GB

Roomy

RAM

16 GB

Storage

512 GB

Storage type

UFS 3.1

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

210 g · 9.6 mm

Height

173.2 mm

Width

77.3 mm

Thickness

9.6 mm

Weight

210 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (rear-mounted, ultrasonic) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (rear-mounted, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Specifications sourced from GSMArena

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

Apple iPhone 13

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

Super AMOLED vs OLED panel · 144 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 6.78″ vs 6.1″ screen

Better video capture

8K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video · 64 MP vs 12 MP main · 24 MP vs 12 MP selfie

23% larger battery capacity

65 W vs 15 W charging · 4,000 mAh vs 3,240 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

746k vs 1.3M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs High-end tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 210 g vs 174 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S21 5G

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Higher-res main camera

64 MP vs 12 MP main · 24 MP vs 10 MP selfie

Faster charging

65 W vs 25 W charging

Weaker display tech

Super AMOLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.78″ vs 6.2″ screen

Lower benchmark score

746k vs 899k AnTuTu · Mid-range vs Upper mid-range tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 210 g vs 169 g

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