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Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra review: just another big phone

Bigger, but not better than the competition.

I doubt I pushed its gaming-phone DNA to the limit with my Pocket City 2 sessions — designating commercial zones and adjusting income tax sliders is probably not what the Republic of Gamers had in mind — but the 11 Ultra handled every task I threw at it with ease. I definitely wouldn’t recommend it for full-time use though, because you might see a worrying “No Service” notification pop up at the top of your screen every once in a while, and while texting and data work fine, placing phone calls seems to be a no-go. It works both ways, cleaning up the audio for the listener and speaker — Google’s version for the Pixel only cancels out noise on the other end of the call so you’ll have an easier time hearing if they’re in a noisy environment.

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