ASUS ROG Phone 3 Review: Best gaming phone for 2020? By YugaTech

What's up guys, josh here figure, tech and last year we were able to get our hands on the ASUS ROG 2, which really set the benchmark for mobile gaming. Well, today, we're going to be taking a look at their latest hardware, beast the ASUS ROG phone 3. So without further ado, let's check it out at just first glance. The signature, ROG aesthetic is pretty evident and, as you can see from this year's iteration, we have an even sleeker look while maintaining that robust construction. It also seems like a lot of elements here are inspired by the ROG phone too, when it comes to both design and performance. With some bumped up specs, we get a massive 6.59-inch screen. The latest flagship, snapdragon processor, 8, to 16 gigabytes of ram, a generous 6000 William hour battery and is covered in glass.

It's definitely on the chunky side of things, but still comes in at just 9.8 millimeters thin and has a weight of 240 grams, not too thick, but boasts a good amount of heft at the back again shares a similar design language as its predecessor. But with a few upgrades, we have the horizontally aligned, rear, shooters microphone, led flash module and a RGB light for the lightning armor case, but this time instead of two, we have a triple rear camera configuration. You can also see there's a window here as well that showcases your heat sink underneath, which is actually made out of metal, unlike the previous kg phones, where they were mostly just there for cosmetic purposes. Next to the heat sink, is the air vent covered with some waterproof mesh to avoid any unwanted material getting into the phone while still being able to dissipate the heat and finally right in the middle? Is your signature ROG logo completely configurable with all that, RGB goodness at the front, we have your secondary camera in the top right corner, a notification light on the left and your front firing stereo speakers on each side of the device. We do get identical bezels at the top and bottom for that extra immersion when positioning the phone in landscape mode, nothing at the top, except for two antennae: bands on each corner and noise, cancelling mic, which follows consistently at the bottom, where you can also find the primary mic and the off-center USB-C port.

Another signature, ROG design, no 3.5, millimeter audio jack, but we'll show you why that isn't much of a problem. Later on the left, we have your dual sim card tray with a cool good luck, have fun labeling, followed by a side mounted type c port which serves as either a secondary charging slot, as well as for connecting to other kg phone accessories like the aero active cooler which comes with the box on the right. Are the volume rocker buttons, the power button with red accents, another noise, cancelling mic and, of course, one of the main highlights of this phone, the air triggers which are located on each of the two corners. As for display, the ROG phone 3 gets a 6.59-inch AMOLED screen with a maximum refresh rate of 144 hertz and a touch latency of 25 milliseconds. It's also protected by the latest.

Corning gorilla glass 6, just like the rear panel, has hdr10 a pixel density of 399 pixels per inch and boasts a maximum screen brightness of 650 nits, which is plenty bright. Now, when you think of purchasing a phone like this, the main reason is probably not, so you can use it as a superb on-the-go shooter, but with a 64-megapixel Sony imx686 sensor as your primary lens, along with the 13 megapixel ultra-wide and 5 megapixel macro picture quality is nonetheless still very great, with nice, color, reproduction and detail, and for video. The ROG phone 3 is capable of recording up to a crazy 8k resolution at 30 frames per second 4k up to 60 frames per second and even features hyper steady for those smooth shots. We also get multiple camera features and just for a quick run down in order. We have pro video time-lapse.

Slo-mo motion tracking video photo portrait panoramic night mode pro mode and macro mode, so there's definitely a lot of options here, all of which are really handy to have, if you're into some mobile photography. Overall, we get really nice vivid shots, especially under daylight, on a dimmer setting such as indoor or overcast shots you'll find detail to be still very clear, with slightly washed out colors, which can easily be fixed by turning HDR mode on and when it comes too low light shots, some can be hit or miss depending on what you're shooting like when it comes to cityscapes, we get some apparent noise while, for the most part, things look pretty well as long as there's some ample lighting for selfies the 24 megapixel front camera does a superb job as well and doesn't fail getting all those hairs and blemishes in the frame. Portrait mode can also be hit or miss, though, and sometimes has issues with getting that. Subject: background separation on point but as a whole package, they're pretty great. As far as software goes, we've got android 10 running out of the box, skinned with ROG UI, which has always complemented the whole gaming aesthetic of the phone.

We also get armory crate console that gives this device full customization capabilities from changing the colors of the RGB lighting setting profiles to overclocking the CPU for maximum performance when turning x mode on which even comes with some sweet. Looking animations swiping to the right in game will show you the game genie window, which are basically a bunch of shortcuts to the current status of the phone and even has some quick buttons for things like setting your refresh rate streaming, your game on the fly and so much more now. It is common for phones nowadays to have game, optimization features, but none of them come close to how customizable x mode is security wise. We have the in-display fingerprint scanner, which is responsive as expected, and, of course, we have faced unlock as well to top it all off for GUI. There isn't really any bloatware, apart from the essential tools which is great for saving extra space, but that shouldn't really matter right now, since our unit comes with gigabytes of internal memory, but we do also have a 256 gig variant.

So far, everything looks great, and I would love to show you guys each and every single feature of this phone, but let's dive into what this phone was actually meant to do. The ROG phone 3 is equipped with the snapdragon 865 CPU up to 3.1 gigahertz, with an arena 650 GPU, while the strip edition uses a lower snapdragon 865 up to 2.84 gigahertz, both of which are perfectly capable of running all the latest, most graphically demanding games that you can find on the play store. So far, we've tested a few number of games, namely PUBG Call of Duty, mobile legends and f1 mobile. Now it isn't required per se, but the active aero cooler 3 that comes along with the phone does help a lot when gaming, especially when maxing out the graphics settings which we're going to do for all of our games, just because we can, moreover, slapping this external fan, keeps the device cooler by up to 4 degrees and is mounted right in the middle, where that heat sink is located further helping dissipate all that unwanted heat apart from the RGB labeling. Another thing: that's pretty cool! Is this kickstand that you can pop out to prop the device on landscape mode below it? We have a type c port for easy charging, while playing your favorite game and a pass through 3.5 millimeter jack, which is a really nice touch for those who use wired headphones. Alternatively, ASUS conveniently included an USB c to 3.5 millimeter jack adapter in case you prefer that as well nice, as you would expect, everything runs flawlessly, smooth, no matter what title you throw at it with no hiccups at all. If you're used to playing games on a regular phone screen, this one might blow you away, as even I don't think my mobile experience has been amplified this much before it's almost as if I've taken my gaming computer and compressed it into a portable form factor.

What makes everything even more immersive are the air triggers which are fully tappable to do whatever you wanted to. Since I'm an avid fps player. I usually have these set to aim and fire, but you can map these to do almost whatever you like to do for your apps and games, you can control the sensitivity, vibration and even how the triggers should respond when pressed and honestly this alone is enough to keep you locked in your seat, gaming for unreasonable amounts of time, which personally is really hard to do on a normal phone and that's sort of your thing using steam link to play and control everything through your phone is actually something more doable as well. With the help of those air triggers, you do have the option to hook the kg phone up with its dedicated docks and accessories, if you're willing to pay that extra sum. But for now I'm pretty satisfied with this setup right here, the dual front firing stereo speakers help you stay immersed in your game as they have separate channels.

So you can tell if something is coming from the left or from the right they're quite loud as well, and when you're facing directly in front of them. It's as if your ears cup, around each side of the speaker, giving you a more surround, sound experience, which I think is one of the best features you can experience as an on-the-go multimedia device for benchmarks. We get an overall whopping score of 625 327 points on an tutu, while on geek bench we get a single core score of 983, which looks like it's currently the highest single core score. As of this video, we also get 3055 points for multi-core. So all in all, this is undoubtedly one of the most powerful phones out there today.

If you want to know more check out the rest of our benchmark scores right now, now, with all of that aside, how long does the 6 000 William hour battery actually last for? Well honestly, just like any other device, it depends on how you use it. Gaming for hours definitely won't be a problem, as I only experienced an average of thirty percent battery drain from playing two hours straight, even with the aero active cooler plugged in leaving me so much more room to accomplish other things without having to deal with charging it again which mind you takes about an hour and a half to fully charge from zero to a hundred percent, with its USB c to USB, cable and 30 watt, quick charging brick, but on regular use. The kg phone can last for about two whole days, which means it's really not just a good companion for gaming, but for everyday life as well. Overall, apart from the killer hardware specs, I really appreciate the design and detail ASUS put into this device, not just with the phone itself, but also with how they manage the ROG ecosystem as a whole. The ROG phone 3 comes in three variants.

We have the strip edition with an 8 plus 256 gigabyte configuration which comes in at 39, 995 pesos and the classic edition, which is priced at 49 995 pesos for the 12 plus 256 gigabyte variant and 54 995 pesos for 16 gigabytes of ram and 512 gigabytes of internal storage. So the ASUS ROG phone 3. , arguably the best phone you can get right now for gaming. What do you guys think? Is it a beast or is it a beast? Let us know in the comments section below what you guys think and if you enjoyed this video, don't forget to leave a like subscribe hit that bell icon and be sure to visit yougod. com for the latest tech user reviews.

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Source : YugaTech