The Asus ROG Phone 5 is an absolute powerhouse of a phone. It’s got a big display with a 144Hz refresh rate and a huge battery to power it all.

I’ve been using the ROG Phone 5 for nearly a week. I’ll continue using it, and while I doubt my opinion will change overall, nuances will continue to be discovered, so this review will be ...

If the baseline ROG Phone 5 was $700 or even $800, it would be an excellent value. And if the Ultimate was $1,200, I'd have no problem recommending it to someone looking for a gaming phone.

After the initial ROG Phone, ASUS began steadily releasing a new ROG Phone every year since, which included the ROG Phone II and last year’s ROG Phone 3. Leading to 2021 with the ROG Phone 5 series.

More than just a pretty box Yes, the ROG Phone 5 Ultimate comes in a very pretty box, but we’ll get to that in a moment, because it’s so much more than that. Not content with using the top ...

This helps keep the ROG 5 cool when gaming at high settings, but it's still bulky. And frankly, it's a little ridiculous to plug an external fan into a phone to keep it from melting your fingers off.

Here the ROG Phone 5 shows about a 3 - 4% lead over the similarly-equipped Galaxy S21 and a 17 - 25% lead over the previous generation Snapdragon 865-powered handsets, depending on whether you're ...

The ROG Phone 5 Ultimate is the best example of this so far. Partly because it has less gaming-centric design features like the visible cooling vents the ROG Phone 3 and ROG Phone II had.

It’s reductive to refer to the Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate as just a phone, even if it is one. Sure, it runs Android 11, and it can take calls, snap pictures, and do all of the other stuff every ...

The ROG Phone 5 falls a bit behind the OnePlus in terms of color reproduction, managing 159.2% of the sRGB and 112.8% of the DCI-P3 gamuts. Compare that to the OnePlus 9 Pro’s 208.1% sRGB and ...

The ROG Phone 5 packs a lot more stuff including a special Game Genie to access a ton of controls during gameplay. But I won’t spill all the beans and will make you wait for our review on Plugged.

The ROG Phone 6 is also expected to pack a 6.78-inch display, up to 18GB of RAM, and a 5,850 mAh battery with 65W fast charging. It’s shaping up to be a killer gaming phone all around, as has ...