Asus ROG 2 Phone - Beast For Gaming In $534.52

ASUS ROG 2 SMARTPHONE - Asus ROG Phone 2 is a beast of a phone targeted at mobile gaming enthusiasts and tries to justify its appeal with top-of-the-line hardware and some extra tweaks such as a 3D vapor chamber and external cooling vent for better heat dissipation.

But it appears the metal vent on the ROG Phone 2's rear panel is more of an aesthetic element than an actual component for active thermal management.

ASUS ROG PHONE II REVIEW

Gaming smartphones are fast becoming a hot trend in India as Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) like Razor Phone, Xiaomi's sub-brand Black Shark and ZTE's subsidiary Nubia have started taking the segment seriously.

The Asus ROG Phone II - follows the footsteps of its predecessor and comes armed with powerful internals, the mighty Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ and impressive hardware.

IS IT LAUNCHED IN INDIA?

It has been launched in India at a starting price of Rs 37,999 for the 8GB RAM and 128GB RAM storage variant while the 12GB+512GB variant is available for Rs 59,999.

They used the 128GB storage variant for few days and here's how it fared in real life. This phone packs in an improved Adreno 640 graphics, a crisp and big 6.59-inch AMOLED display with a refresh rate of 120Hz for effortless gaming.

The huge AMOLED display also had a high contrast ratio and deep blacks, courtesy the OLED technology. The screen is a refreshing change from the notches,

water drop-styled displays, and punch-hole screens. Rounded corners and notch-less display meant no distraction for gamers.

The device gets almost all the gaming aesthetics right with RGB lighting, colored accents, and busy design.

ASUS ROG PHONE 2 - TEARDOWN

In the teardown video below, you will see that the glass lot of the phone's hindmost panel is unglued by a plastic band on the right side that also crowds the air vent with copper inflections From the surface, it appears that the air vent and the plastic strip

On the Asus ROG, Phone || are essential mechanisms of the mobile's conserving structure, however, that does not seem to be the case.

The whole metal opening, which is truly a black plastic band, has a reedy metal plate fond of it, that is hidden from opinion by a skinny film over it.

The phone packs in a hefty 6,000mah battery which isn't present in either Samsung's Galaxy Note 10+, OnePlus 7T Pro or any other flagship device. It also supports Quick Charge 4.0 (30W) technology.

WHAT ABOUT ASUS ROG 2 CAMERA?

One important aspect of the device is the camera which features sensors that we saw on the company's flagship 6Z, albeit for the autofocus lens.

There's a 48MP sensor that misses out on optical stabilization while the Another lens is a wide-angle one with a 13MP sensor.

The ROG Phone 2 houses a 24MP selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture that's capable of clicking pretty decent self-portraits. However, we felt the edges of the face could have been sharper.

The device packs one amongst the biggest copper chamber found on any smartphone. For those that don't recognize, copper is an excellent conductor of metal, therefore, heat dissipation on the device will be superb.

Hence, the hotness (temperature) on the device would stay well below the satisfactory range even when its Snapdragon 855+ is rendering multifaceted bits of data while playing PUBG on high settings or Executing similar resource-hungry tasks.

WHAT ELSE DID THE TEARDOWN REVEAL?

A huge half-dozen,000 mAh battery which by the way popped right off after the pull tab was effortlessly detached (unlike Apple), double shaking motors to provide an influential response And smartly enforced RGB diode emblem on the rear.