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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 ...
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.
The ROG Phone 5, 5 Pro, and then there’s the 5 Ultimate, which we reviewed and you can read here. There are also multiple variations of the ROG Phone 5 with varying amounts of RAM.
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 ...
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 Ultimate is the peak of gaming phones, packed with 18GB of RAM, extra touch sensors, and a special edition colorway. But it’s available in limited numbers.
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 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.
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.
Inside, the ROG Phone 5 packs similar specs to the previous model, including a 2448 x 1080 6.78-inch AMOLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate (just a bit lower than the 165Hz screen used in the ...
The Asus ROG Phone 5 and the Black Shark 4 Pro are equipped with midrange-class camera setups. The main camera is the same 64 MP f/1.8 sensor, but the Asus ROG Phone 5 has a better ultrawide ...
The ROG Phone 5 Ultimate is sporting a 144 Hz, 6.78-inch, 2448×1080 OLED display; a Snapdragon 888 SoC; 18GB of RAM; 512GB of UFS 3.1 storage; and a 6000 mAh battery.