Asus may have made its last phone

January 19, 2026 Dominic Preston

The Zenfone 12 Ultra is Asus’s latest — and perhaps final — flagship phone.

Asus chairman Jonney Shih told Taiwan's Inside that the company is done making phones for now, marking the end of its Zenfone and ROG Phone lines.

"Asus will no longer add new mobile phone models in the future," Shih reportedly said (translated with Google Translate). He didn't entirely rule out a return though, instead saying the company is entering a state of "indefinite observation" of the market, and that it will "continue to take care of the brand's mobile phone users."

Asus's own-brand phones haven't been particularly exciting since the teeny-tiny Zenfone 10 in 2023, though its ROG Phone line has more or less been the gold standard …

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