60 ANDROID ADVISOR • ISSUE 67
REVIEW
battery comes in. It’s one of the biggest we’ve
ever seen in anything close to a mainstream phone,
and when you factor in the Asus’s 30-watt fast
charging (Quick Charge 4.0), this is undoubtedly
one of the best phones on the market – gaming or
otherwise – from a power perspective.
If you don’t play any games, it has the potential to
last three or maybe even four days. If you do, then
you’ll have more then enough power to last a long
session. In our Geekbench 4 battery test, it lasted a
massive 12 hours and 56 minutes – the longest we’ve
seen to date. Just as impressive is the fact that it
charged a whopping 44 percent in 30 minutes from
dead despite the size of the battery.
The ROG Phone II can also reverse charge if you
have another handset that needs topping up. The
only feature missing here is wireless charging.Cameras
Photography is usually one of the weakest points of
gaming phones. Here, though, Asus has included a
48Mp primary lens (f/1.8 lens at 26mm), backed up
by a 13Mp ultra-wide angle shooter (f/2.4 and 125
degrees), and powered by Sony’s IMX586 sensor.
The main camera offers what Asus calls ‘Quad
Bayer’ technology, which is says allows you to
“capture the best photos, day or night”. In our tests,
we found it took some excellent shots, with lots of
detail and next to no noise. The wide-angle lens was
also able to fit a lot into the frame without too much
distortion. There’s a 2x button in the camera app, but
it’s just a cropped image, not an actual telephoto lens.