I have a Zenfone 8 Flip because it's basically the only good phone without a punch-hole display or a notch (those really annoy me) except the Sony ones that are grey market only here. I suspect that Asus won't make a motorized camera version of this one, sadly (maybe behind-the-screen front cameras will solve the issue... I would just buy a phone without a front camera, I never use it).
Same boat as you - only buying notch-free, de-googlable phones.
I'm still happy with my POCO F2 Pro, but if I were to lose it right now I think I would import a Mi Mix 4. Under-display selfie camera is a little downgrade from the pop-up one, but the specs are better and I don't take that many selfies anyway.
The same guy who ported the CrDroid ROM to the F2 Pro also did it for the Mix 4, so I'd be pretty confident of successfully de-googling it.
On the same boat with oneplus 7 pro. Every phone I see with a hole on the screen looks like a downgrade to me. Battery life went very bad unfortunately after so many years.
thanks for the tip. I'll have it replaced cause other than battery life i have zero complaints with this phone. I was even worried originally because the front camera is a "moving part" but even that seems to have outlasted my expectations.
