ASUS ROG Gaming Phone...

[Fry750]

with a binned Snapdragon 845!

Also a HEADPHONE JACK, no notch, no SD card slot and a 90hz/1ms screen.


Somewhat interested by this, I just want a phone that natively supports HDMI output - XZ Premium does not

ASUS ROG beast specs include:

Processor World’s fastest, speed-binned 2.96Ghz octa-core Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 845
Mobile Platform
GPU Qualcomm® Adreno™ 630
UI ROG Gaming UI
Display 6.0“ 18:9 (2160x1080) AMOLED
90Hz refresh rate with 1ms pixel response time
108.6% DCI-P3 color gamut
10000:1 contrast ratio
Capacitive touchscreen with 10-point multi-touch (supports Glove Touch)
Discrete image processing chip support HDR display – gaming, video & images
Dimensions 158.8 x 76.2 x 8.6mm
Weight 200g
Battery 4,000mAh
Memory LPDDR4 8GB RAM
Storage UFS 2.1, 128GB / 512GB
Sensors Accelerometer, e-compass, proximity sensor, Hall sensor, ambient-light sensor, fingerprint sensor, gyroscope, 2 x ultrasonic AirTrigger sensors
Wireless connectivity 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ad 2x2 MIMO; Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi Certified WiGig® 802.11ad wireless display support
Bluetooth® 5.0
GPS Supports GPS, aGPS, Glonass, BeiDou
I/O ports Side:
Custom USB-C™
Supports USB 3.1 Gen 1 / DP 1.4 (4K) / fast charging (QC 3.0 +QC 4.0/PD 3.0) (15W)
ASUS HyperCharge direct charging

Bottom:
USB-C™
Supports USB 2.0 / fast charging (QC3.0/PD3.0) (20W) / Direct Charge
3.5mm headphone jack
Front Camera 8MP
Main Camera 12MP + 8MP (120° wide-angle)
Voice Wakeup Yes
Speakers Dual front-facing stereo speakers with smart amplifier
24-bit/192KHz Hi-Res Audio
DTS Headphone:X™ 7.1 virtual surround-sound
Qualcomm® aptX™ High-definition Bluetooth® wireless audio
NFC Supported

I do like accessories but is a mobile phone cooler going a lil' too far?

https://www.anandtech.com/show/1285...nes-rog-phone-with-speedbinned-snapdragon-845

So OcUK...

Interested piqued?
Think it's a total waste of time?
Don't care?

That's the spirit.

 

[Ryan-3]

I don't understand why they keep packing more and more power into phones. The games on them are mediocre at best and the heat generated is usually far too much within minutes. Can we not just go for pure efficiency and battery life, something that people could actually use?

 

[Fry750]

To be honest I don't give a rats about mobile native games, emulators on the other hand...

That being said, I'm quite looking forward to the Surface phone if it ever comes out. Nokia 808 PureView with Windows = perfect!

 

[AETAaAS]

Good specs, but we know Asus can deliver on that. Where they fell flat with the previous Zen phones was QC and software updates. After years of falling flat on their face in those regards, I don't see how putting on a fancy case and slapping the word 'Gaming' on it will change anything.

 

[Tee Hee Johnson]

LOL at the fan and the RGB light on the back.

The UI is hideous and 8GB is overkill.

I do like that it has headphone out and nice big battery, but would never be a consideration for me... too big and looks a bit cheap being plasticy looking on the back.

 

[Kainz]

I was excited about the device, especially its specs...then I scrolled down and saw the fan

Edit: Oh, its a cooler accessory thank god.

https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/04/asus-rog-gaming-phone-hands-on/

3x USB-C ports

 

[Orcvader]

Seems a bit too gimmicky for an everyday-use phone. The internal specs are nice but no way will it be a cheap phone. Front looks nice but the back... RGB and air vents no thanks .

The custom Type-C port bugs me, feels like you need a cover to protect a port that wide.


Also interesting the side USB is the one that supports 3.1 speeds (mostly likely needed for the accessories) but the bottom one only supports 2.0. At least the bottom one offers faster charging, assuming Anandtech's spec sheet is correct.

I still feel Razer got the balance right, it's lacking in a few areas but at least it still feels like a phone you can use. The Asus looks more like a gaming device crammed into a phone.

Also why ZenUI

 

[Daaaavvveee]

It looks bloody terrible!

 

[chroniclard]

Looks awful and mobile games are 99.9% rubbish, PUBG included.

 

[CK61938]

Hard pass.

 

[ThestigGT999]

 

[Diddums]

Y'know all those gadgets you buy because "AMAGAD AMAZEBALLS!" only to have a fiddle with once or twice before they end up in your desk drawer? This is all of them rolled in to one.

 

[Shocky-FM]

Basically the aim is to make a phone that behaves like a Nintendo Switch or at least that should be the aim. Doesn't seem that complicated, you just need two things in addition to the phone, wireless controllers that can be used on their own or connected to the phone and a dock which outputs to a TV so it becomes a Shield TV, that would actually be pretty cool.

Not sure if it's possible to have device which switches from Android and Android TV though, anyway, this device fails at that miserably.

 

[MrRockliffe]

10000:1 contrast ratio

That's strange - AMOLEDs by definition have an infinite contrast. Why would they market it with just a high contrast?

 

[Shocky-FM]

That's strange - AMOLEDs by definition have an infinite contrast. Why would they market it with just a high contrast?

LG AMOLED?

 

[MrRockliffe]

LG AMOLED?

One part of me laughed. The other, detail freak part of me pointed out that AMOLED is a Samsung trademark, so it can't be an LG display

 

[Shocky-FM]

One part of me laughed. The other, detail freak part of me pointed out that AMOLED is a Samsung trademark, so it can't be an LG display

True that.

It's probably just a mistake, or maybe marketing felt putting in a big number sounded better than infinite.

 

[MrRockliffe]

True that.

It's probably just a mistake, or maybe marketing felt putting in a big number sounded better than infinite.

Most likely - average consumer probably doesn't know what it means. Then again, if that's the case, I'd have taken the opportunity to put

Contrast ratio: 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

 

[darkwildchild79]

Most likely - average consumer probably doesn't know what it means. Then again, if that's the case, I'd have taken the opportunity to put

Contrast ratio: 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

lol.. i wonder what network over here is going to attempt to have it on a contract, i am sure back in the days psp/vita was like on O2 or something and that was not even a phone more of a games device with data.

 

[Semple]

A lot of decent specs, but may as well stick to something like the Switch (+ other portable consoles).