Your quest for the best can really be result-oriented if you do a comparison between the top items available in an industry. Smartphone market is no different. As a matter of fact, a comparison between the smartphones becomes really important due to the fact that these devices are loaded with plenty of features and specs.
In this article, we are going to share a comparison between ASUS ZenFone 6 and Google Pixel 4. Both are the great handsets partly due to the fact that they are flagships by their respective companies. Since it is a comparison between two phones with a huge price difference, the cheaper phone’s possession of relatively low key specs may be justified. In the end, it’s your choice which phone you want to go with.
Since both of the phones are flagships from different companies, the design difference is understandable. But both are good in this department in their own ways. The considerably thinner bezels on ZenFone look great. And what may be even more interesting is its notch-free screen. The reason is that ZenFone 6 comes with the rear set of cameras that flips up to become a selfie cam. Due to this reason, ZenFone doesn’t need any space on the top of the screen.
On the other hand, Pixel 4 XL has a larger forehead above the screen, and for good reason. This is not just a spot for the selfie camera but it also houses several additional sensors including a radar sensor.
Both of the phones have two cameras on the backside. Alongside the cameras, there is a fingerprint scanner in the ZenFone 6. Despite the fact that both of the phones use metal and glass in their construction, ZenFone 6 is more slippery.
The ZenFone 6 comes with the curved back, while Pixel 4XL has a flat backside. Out of the three color variants of Pixel 4, two have matte finish. The metal rim running along the sides of Pixel 4 has a rubberized coating. The design of this phone is not only great to look at but it is fairly functional with a tendency to provide better grip.
ASUS ZenFone 6 is one the few flagship phones to have an LCD panel in the screen. It is a 6.4-inch fullHD+ (2340 x 1080) IPS LCD display.
Although the display of ZenFone 6 is certainly great, it is not comparable to the 6.3-inch QHD+ (3040 x 1440) P-OLED display of Pixel 4XL. The Pixel 4XL doesn’t only have higher screen resolution but it uses more advanced OLED panel, which is certainly better than an LCD screen. Moreover, this screen has 90Hz refresh rate. It means that you are going to enjoy scrolling up/down on the screen and playing games.
The earlier ASUS’ ZenUI are known for having ton of bloatware, leading their performance to be very sluggish. But this is not the case with ZenFone 6's ZenUI 6. ASUS seems to have decided to get rid of the bloatware to make the phone faster. The currently installed Android in ZenFone 6 seems pretty much like stock Android.
In terms of performance, both, Pixel 4XL and ZenFone 6 are great. But ZenFone 6 is noticed to stutter more than Pixel 4. However, this performance difference is minimal enough to be neglected.
It is worth mentioning here that both of the phones use Snapdragon 855, and 6GB of RAM. The storage type in both of the phones is UFS 2.1.
From the perspective battery performance, Pixel 4XL lags far behind ASUS ZenFone 6. The ZenFone 6 has a battery unit with a capacity of 5,000mAh, which is certainly higher and more capable as compared to 3,700mAh battery unit inside Pixel 4XL.
Low resolution display and lower display refresh rate make the ZenFone 6 using battery juice for a longer period of time over one charge.
On the other hand, Pixel 4XL has high resolution display and a screen refresh rate of 90Hz. These are the features that tend to make the relatively lower capacity 3,700mAh battery unit to drain even faster.
Pixel 4XL is rated as one of the best camera smartphones in the market. And ZenFone 6 falls quite short in this competition. But that doesn’t mean that the camera unit installed in the ZenFone 6 is not a good performer.
ZenFone 6 comes with a 48MP lens and a 13MP lens on the backside. The main camera is the standard wide-angle lens while the secondary camera is an ultra-wide angle shooter. This camera system shoots amazing photos in the daylight and performs well enough to take good photos in the low light.
On the other hand, Pixel 4XL offers fantastic camera performance. From the perspective of colors, contrast and details, the photos taken by Pixel 4XL are much better than the ones taken by majority of flagships in the market. The lowlight performance of Pixel 4XL’s cameras is incredibly great.