Your smartphones are not more left in a shell of calling, cameras and music player now. You can go for extraordinary features too by paying some extra grand or bucks for that. Just like that, gaming smartphones are the ones who have caught the attention of smartphone users last year. Along with the better camera, sleek looks and high-end features, these devices are particularly designed for gamers. So, these devices offer high-end processor pair with 6-8 gigs of RAM and a powerful GPU too.
Asus just like that has launched its ROG Phone which is specifically inclined towards gaming experience. Not only Asus, but many companies’ products like Razor Phone, Xiaomi Black Shark, and Nubia Red Magic have already entered in this niche of smartphones.
Asus ROG Phone has now entered the gaming niche of smartphone devices with features like 90Hz display, design tweaks at the price tag of Rs. 69,999. But at this high range, do you really need this device? You can check out the availability with Amazon Coupons to get best rates.
Design
Asus ROG Phone packs a 6-inch display with an 18:9 aspect ratio. The screen is full-HD AMOLED with Gorilla Glass ) protection for scratch resistance. Above the screen, it bears a selfie cam with some sensors and a notification light. Also, it gets a stereo firing speakers which are very powerful.
Particularly designed for games, Asus ROG comes from the company’s gaming series laptops. Asus sets the phones with a dual cam setup, an LED Flash, and a polygon-shaped fingerprint sensor. It sounds weirder but Asus ROG gets an irregular design. Why would a company use that?
Also, the fingerprint sensor is not in the perfect position but when you get used to it, it will seem fine. Like Razor device, this device also gets a ROG logo with RGB lighting. The rear gets a Gorilla Glass 5 back for smudge proofing and scratch resistance. Coming to the overall design, the device gets a unique look which some users might love.
ROG Phone also packs three ultrasonic sensors on its frame known as “AirTriggers”. While two of them are on the right side, the other one is on the lower left. The right ones are touch-sensitive buttons which can be used while gaming in landscape mode. On the other hand, the left one can be triggered when you are playing in portrait mode.
Performance and Software
Under the hood sits a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor with clocking at 2.96GHz. The device bears carbon pads, cooling chamber and heat spreaders for heat dissipation which will cool and help the device in heavy loads.
The chipset is paired with 8GB RAM and 128GB onboard non-expandable storage. Though a 512GB version is also available, Asus has still launched the 128GB one in India.
The device supports HDR and has 90Hz refresh rate to produce a great color gamut. Also, you can control the refresh rate between 60Hz to 90Hz- a selectable tweaking of display output.
The device runs Android Oreo 8.1 out of the box with ROG UI on top. Coming to the phone connectivity, the device has a Bluetooth 5, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11ac, WiGig, Wi-Fi direct, NFC, and five satellite location systems. This Asus has also brought its own Game Center app where you can have access to the CPU and GPU temperature as well as current amounts of RAM and storage being used on the smartphone. You can also tryout this one with Paytm Mall Coupons to get best prices.
Camera and Battery Life
Coming to the camera, ROG Phone gets a dual rear camera setup with 12MP primary camera and a secondary 8MP camera with f/1.7 and f/2.2 aperture respectively. With AI technology, the camera is far from good and gets a pretty amazing picture. You will get different modes like Beauty, Pro, Super Resolution, Panorama, and Slow Motion modes. Moreover, Auto HDR and Night HDR is also packed.
The front camera is of 8MP with f/2.0 aperture and captures pretty fine selfies with detailed aesthetics.
Coming to the battery life, Asus ROG Phone delivers quite fine battery which can last up to one and a half typical day. With its 30W charger, you can charge the phone up to 85 percent in an hour pretty fast.
Verdict
Asus ROG Phone is quite a great gaming phone if you are looking for this niche phone. At the price of 70 grand, the device offers everything which a perfect gaming device must offer. So for me, it is a thumbs up
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