A beautiful LED lighting that gamers like so much, a large and clear screen, "a gizmo" for cooling, an infinite battery and a 120Hz refresh rate and steam cooling.
No, I'm not talking about your little cousin's new Desktop PC who plays Minecraft but a smartphone. Indeed, of a beast.
Brief overview
Asus launches its second gaming phone, the Rog Phone 2, with fixed amazement at the very nice packaging and I turn on the phone that would have accompanied me in the months of October, November and December in everyday life.
From the first switch on, the experience that has arisen in front of me is that of an Android heavily customized by Asus, five minutes for cloud synchronization with my gmail account and I'm ready.
The specifications speak for themselves
| OS | Android 9 ROG Ui PIE |
| Dimensions: | 170.99 x 77.6 x 9.78 mm |
| Weight | 240g |
| Processor | 1x 2.96GHz Kryo 485 + 3x 2.42GHz Kryo 485 + 4x 1.8GHz Kryo 485 |
| chipset | Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm SDM855 (64 BIT) |
| But by the full GPU acceleration tech | Adreno 640 |
| Ram | 12 GB |
| Memory | 512 GB |
| Resolution | 1080 2340 pixels x |
| Screen | Amoled from 6.59 |
| Camera | 48 Mp + 13 Megapixel |
| Sensor | 1/2 ″ with F1.8 and F2.4 aperture |
| Stabilized | digitally |
| Wi-fi | 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac / ad |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 |
| USB | Type C 3.1 |
| Battery | 6000 mAh LiPo |
The system is particularly optimized, the battery (I'm not kidding) can reach two and a half days of soft use and a day and a half with massive use (with battery-sucking applications), the screen is a feast for the eyes with a monstrous refresh rate. of 120Hz, the software is optimized and does not contain bloatware of any kind.
How is the design?
For my tacky but beautiful taste, it has everything a good device designed for gamer users who have an eye accustomed to a centric Led aesthetic must have.
It does not have a Notch but a bar (like old smartphones) to house the front camera, the Design is unique and certainly no company has dared so much - in a landscape of mobile phones that all look alike - with its side flaps that allow you to better propagate the sound and avoid accidental touches while playing, several rear vents for heat dissipation.
The screen is a very solid Gorilla Glass 6 with an excellent oleophobic treatment, on both sides and at the bottom we will have access to several USB-C ports to be able to leave the device charging while playing in the position that is most comfortable (brilliant).
There is also the 3.5 Jack for headphones to be able to use your gaming headphones in long gaming sessions.
How are the games going?
All right.
Through the dedicated interface we will have a Launcher with the overview on temperatures, battery, free memory, clock trend, free ram and dissipation management.
In the same Launcher we will be able to launch games in comfort in game mode, thus deactivating calls and notifications for a totally immersive gaming experience.
Playing on the Rog Phone 2 is a pleasure, mainly I tried the various fortnite and pubg (which are still locked at 60 fps) and the difference with the touch and feel and the triggers of the supplied joystick are all heard.
The various games under emulation run perfectly, there isn't a title that has jerked even loading, racing games like the latest Asphalt or NFS seem to be played on a PC as smooth as they are.
Also stunning on DR. Mario, yes, maybe you will laugh but I am the second Italian and fifty-first in the world, reactivity (in a game populated by idiot cheaters playing on Bluestack) is the master, I literally climbed the rankings thanks to the latency to zero, I was always one step ahead.
In addition, the 3D GameCool II cooling system will always leave your mobile phone at more than acceptable temperatures even in prolonged gaming sessions, if that were not enough there is a handy accessory that will add fan dissipation in the back where there is the Adreno and the Snapdragon.
How's the camera doing?
Well she too.
And it is not to be taken for granted, from a gaming phone you do not expect a similar image quality.
Frankly, the rear camera is average and ranks among mid-range mobile phones, good both day and night but not as excellent as that of camera phones, a different matter for the front camera which has two viewing angles and is crystal clear.
The reason is simple, the interface also allows for smooth streaming of the face while playing and the result seems to be absolutely up to par.
Conclusions
Well, costicchia, I just updated the article after the November publication and now you will find it at € 699 (certainly better than the 999 of the launch), at this price you might as well do it a little thought.
It is a top of the range even if it now has 9 months behind it, reliable for everyday use and will never let you down, simply at the top of the world for the gaming side and with a camera that will not make you. regret the compromise.
It's up to you, if you have a decent budget, go for it, in its segment it is a must buy, but I realize that it is not for everyone. It's up to you.
Buy it on Amazon: 699 €
