What I wanted from the phone before I bought it was: to be compact in the hand, to take excellent photos, to be waterproof, to have a fast processor without choppiness, to charge quickly, to have a decent sound, to last as long as possible on the battery. The Asus Zenfone 8 was a hot candidate along with the Iphone 13 mini or Iphone 12 mini. I felt I was leaning towards the Asus Zenfone 8, also ultimately decided by the better price and the fact that I am more inclined to Android systems. Asus Zenfone 8 runs on a fast Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor, which is great, nothing crashes, excellent is with this phone just taking pictures, photos are just great, videos also, you can see the image stabilization, settings, really good. Charging the battery is fast - 30w charger included, by the watch the phone is charged. At first I was worried about the battery life - it is 4000 mAh - but it lasted about a day, I was still wondering how to set it up better, and it is possible, it takes a bit of work to turn off services that you don't need or want, today (I'm not demanding to consume internet content and games) for work the phone lasts me up to 7 days (wifi always on, disabled automatic access of apps to the internet (I can read messages though), occasional photography, minimal music and video playback, normal strict communication with clients, etc. ), but if I start using the phone more, the battery life goes down, the two to three days are fine. For the phone's battery life, the Asus option to set the battery to ultra durable is also good, it helps a lot.