Asus as a brand might be well known for its consumer PCs and laptop business but the company is also a formidable player in the smartphone market.
Of course, it won’t rival the industry titans like Apple and Samsung but its devices also pack a mean punch, often at a pretty attractive price.
The ZenFone 6, sold in India as Asus 6z, remains a solid option for anyone in the market for a decent smartphone experience. It’s got the Snapdragon 855, 6-8GB of RAM and 128-256GB of storage, all kept running by a generous 5000mAh battery cell.
For what this device packs in specs, its software has been a bit of a letdown. See, users of the ZenFone 6 have been facing issues with the device’s VoLTE support, although that’s being looked into.
Users of the ZenFone 6 on T-Mobile recently received an update that, among other things, was set to finally bring support for VoLTE to their devices.
As it turns out, the update wasn’t exactly fruitful. This, because users of the ZenFone 6 on T-Mobile are still unable to take advantage of this feature on their devices.
It appears as though T-Mobile users of this ZenFone 6 have struck out once again as a company rep was reportedly quoted saying that their devices would only get support for VoLTE with the update to Android 11.
This is a problem as many U.S. carriers are looking to phase out legacy cellular standards such as 3G in 2021, standards that these devices rely on to make and receive calls and SMS.
Should VoLTE support not have been added properly to this device at the time of switching (January 1), users of the ZenFone 6 risk getting kicked out of the network altogether.
We shall continue to keep an eye on this story and update as and when we get more info so stay tuned.
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