46 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 65BUYING GUIDE- Asus ROG Phone
Price: £799 inc VAT from fave.co/2RqtwOk
In many ways, smartphone design has become
stagnant and boring, but that’s not the case here.
The ROG Phone is, as you might expect, eccentric
and unconventional. ROG does stand for ‘Republic
of Gamers’ after all. Indeed, the phone has so many
striking elements that it’s hard to know where to look
first. There are unusual shapes everywhere, from
the glass around the camera to the rear-mounted
fingerprint scanner. Then there’s the large lump on
the side, complete with exposed copper, which is
matched on the front for the stereo
speakers. And yes, the iconic ROG
logo on the back lights up with
customizable Aura RBG lights.
Overall, the device looks great,
but you’ve got to be into this kind
of style much like you do with
Razer’s Phone 2 – they’re just
very different approaches. Which
you prefer is down to personal
taste. Opinions at Android Advisor
towers are split.
What you can’t see here is the
GameCool 3D vapour-chamber,
which helps cool the device. This,The iconic ROG logo on
the back lights up with
customizable Aura RGB lights46 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 65BUYING GUIDE
- Asus ROG Phone
Price: £799 inc VAT from fave.co/2RqtwOk
In many ways, smartphone design has become
stagnant and boring, but that’s not the case here.
The ROG Phone is, as you might expect, eccentric
and unconventional. ROG does stand for ‘Republic
of Gamers’ after all. Indeed, the phone has so many
striking elements that it’s hard to know where to look
first. There are unusual shapes everywhere, from
the glass around the camera to the rear-mounted
fingerprint scanner. Then there’s the large lump on
the side, complete with exposed copper, which is
matched on the front for the stereo
speakers. And yes, the iconic ROG
logo on the back lights up with
customizable Aura RBG lights.
Overall, the device looks great,
but you’ve got to be into this kind
of style much like you do with
Razer’s Phone 2 – they’re just
very different approaches. Which
you prefer is down to personal
taste. Opinions at Android Advisor
towers are split.
What you can’t see here is the
GameCool 3D vapour-chamber,
which helps cool the device. This,The iconic ROG logo on
the back lights up with
customizable Aura RGB lights