48 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 65BUYING GUIDEmake the most of them with what matter most to you.
For some games, such as PUBG, they’re a godsend,
while others see less impact. They’re not perfect
though, as you need a compatible game, and they
also don’t work well with games that require lots of
tapping in a short space of time.
To add an extra dimension to your gaming
experience, the ROG Phone also comes with what
Asus calls “advanced vibration haptics”, so you can
feel, for example, whether shots being fired are
coming from the left or right.
The handset measures 158.8x76.2x8.3mm, which
is roughly the same size as the Razer Phone 2. This
is pretty big, plus it weighs 200g. That’s more than
most smartphones, but understandable considering
everything that’s going on and we didn’t find the
weight too much of an issue during our time.
That USB-C port we touched upon earlier can be
used to connect the phone to a range of accessories,
including a Mobile Desktop Dock, so you can connect
to a monitor, keyboard and mouse. There’s also a
Gamevice controller that lets you stream the phone
to your TV via the Asus WiGig dock. This utilizes 11ad
Wi-Fi and a TwinView Dock, which works a bit like a
Nintendo DS to give you two screens.Display
A large 6in screen makes sense here, to give you
as much gaming real estate as possible. Asus has,
however, gone for a different approach to Razer.
Instead of a 120Hz LCD panel, the ROG Phone has
a 90Hz AMOLED display with a 1ms response time.48 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 65BUYING GUIDE
make the most of them with what matter most to you.
For some games, such as PUBG, they’re a godsend,
while others see less impact. They’re not perfect
though, as you need a compatible game, and they
also don’t work well with games that require lots of
tapping in a short space of time.
To add an extra dimension to your gaming
experience, the ROG Phone also comes with what
Asus calls “advanced vibration haptics”, so you can
feel, for example, whether shots being fired are
coming from the left or right.
The handset measures 158.8x76.2x8.3mm, which
is roughly the same size as the Razer Phone 2. This
is pretty big, plus it weighs 200g. That’s more than
most smartphones, but understandable considering
everything that’s going on and we didn’t find the
weight too much of an issue during our time.
That USB-C port we touched upon earlier can be
used to connect the phone to a range of accessories,
including a Mobile Desktop Dock, so you can connect
to a monitor, keyboard and mouse. There’s also a
Gamevice controller that lets you stream the phone
to your TV via the Asus WiGig dock. This utilizes 11ad
Wi-Fi and a TwinView Dock, which works a bit like a
Nintendo DS to give you two screens.Display
A large 6in screen makes sense here, to give you
as much gaming real estate as possible. Asus has,
however, gone for a different approach to Razer.
Instead of a 120Hz LCD panel, the ROG Phone has
a 90Hz AMOLED display with a 1ms response time.