Review ASUS ROG Phone 5

In terms of appearance, the ASUS ROG Phone 5 possesses a number of changes to mention such as the longer machine but the thinner bezel while ensuring the user has a comfortable holding position.

The standard version will be available in Storm or Phantom colors with integrated Dot-Matrix LEDs from the ROG Zephyrus G14 gaming laptop line, displaying 2 color schemes and 8 different lighting modes.

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Equally outstanding ROG Phone 5 Pro, instead of the glowing ROG logo, this version has an extra display on the back called ROG Vision. This screen is used to display information such as in-game warnings and some other notifications. Finally there is a limited edition of ROG Phone 5 Pro called Ultimate that comes in white and has a monochrome PMOLED display. ROG Phone 5 Pro and Ultimate are also different from the normal version with the addition of an AirTrigger sensor on the back.

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It has a 6.78-inch OLED screen, Full-HD + resolution, HDR10 + support, Samsung-customized AMOLED panel, 144Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch speed. Color deviation is less than 1 and covers up to 111% of the DCI-P3 color range. Along with custom Android Framework, this screen has a touch lag of only 24.3ms, the lowest on the market today. This monitor is overclocked for sharper details, more movement, sometimes a few milliseconds difference also makes you a winner.

This screen is 23% brighter than the previous generation ROG Phone with the lowest brightness up to 5 nits and also has blue light filter technology and DC Dimming 2.0. The screen protector is the latest Gorilla Victus tempered glass, drop-resistant at 2m, twice as scratch-resistant as Gorilla Glass 6.

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Powering the machine is a 6,000 mAh battery that supports 65W fast charging, 70% charge in just 30 minutes and full takes only 52 minutes and temperatures 7 degrees cooler than the ROG Phone. But the good thing is that the company has separated into 2 3,000mAh batteries from which to help reduce the temperature significantly when charging as well as when used. This design also helps the motherboard layout in the middle, thereby creating a balance of the machine's weight, which is very important for gamers when holding the device for a long time and needing a really good feeling.

The camera system includes a 64MP main sensor, a 13MP wide-angle camera and 5MP macro, while the selfie camera is 24MP. Thanks to the overclocked Snapdragon 888 and Adreno 660 processors that deliver 35% more power than the previous generation, every action on ROG Phone 5 is superb, with no lag.

The RAM of the device is 16GB. ASUS also equipped with a new cooling system called GameCool 5 that can reduce the CPU by up to 10 degrees and surface temperature reduced by 15 degrees, allowing users to control performance, enhance frames during extreme gaming and Limiting performance to prolong use. The new AirTrigger 5 technology offers better sensitivity, better positioning for people with small hands, and many new motion gestures.

Users can customize 18 touch points on the screen to bring advantage. In addition, AirTrigger 5 can also be set up outside the game to activate actions or quickly open commonly used applications.

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Mode X is the most powerful mode on ROG Phone 5.

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Customizing the AirTrigger offers a lot of advantages for gamers.

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There are many ways to control AirTrigger, not just one click.

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Armory Crate application allows you to customize many parameters such as switching performance modes, customizing fan speed, game management, .

In addition, ROG Phone 5 also has very quality loudspeakers through dual 12x16 super-linear speakers with Cirrus Logic CS35L45 mono amplifier. Along with that is the best digital signal processing from Sweden, Dirac Research AB. In fact, the experience shows that the sound of the machine is the best today in terms of both volume and sound quality, bass is good, probably with quite detailed mid range.

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However, mentioning the ROG Phone without mentioning the accessories in the latest product ecosystem is significantly flawed. Along with the launch of ROG Phone 5, ASUS also introduced a few new accessories, which is the ROG Kunai 3 Gamepad, which has been updated for ROG Phone 5. If you already have a PS4 controller, Xbox Controller 3 or Stadia, then ROG The Gaming Clip is an accessory that lets you attach ROG Phone 5 to that controller and battle your game your way. The new ROG Lighting Armor Case 3 will connect to the machine and display in sync with the look you are choosing, especially with the ROG Phone 5 Pro and Ultimate versions, which also reveal a more special extra screen.

With so many changes and additions, the ASUS ROG Phone 5 is really different, but one thing that remains unchanged is that this is exactly the leading gaming smartphone today with the power and features to support gamers. no equipment can match.

Micah Soto

Update 10 March 2021