Asus ROG Phone 9 FE is coming and it might be familiar

20 January 2025
Not just because of the naming.

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kevinmcmurtrie, 22 Jan 2025The LG Vevlet 5G for T-Mobile is nearly 5 years old and it&... moreI think the guy you replied to was being sarcastic, referring to bootloop issues that plagued the earlier G4 or G5 phones.

PS: I own the dual sceen LG G8x, I use it without the dual screen though, almost all the time. Weight, size and all being the reasons, the novelty wears off with time...

    Anonymous, 20 Jan 2025Inspired by the bootloop issues, LG will launch a phone sha... moreThe LG Vevlet 5G for T-Mobile is nearly 5 years old and it's still a fully functioning phone with standalone 5G, 6GB RAM, headphone jack, and it can take a 2TB microSD card. It's only downside is being a little slow by modern specifications.

      Anonymous, 21 Jan 2025Gaming phones should not have the camera bump.It is an acceptable opinion, but what if the phone wishes to excel at both photography and gaming? Then I think its a tolerable compromise.

      Anyhow, far bigger problems include:- no availability in a lot of countries including mine: India, overpriced, no competitive edge, after sales scare, etc.

        Asus Zenfone AR into Asus Zenfone Ares, is that you?

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          • Anonymous
          • 2@x
          • 21 Jan 2025

          Gaming phones should not have the camera bump.

            Also, RedMagic sales has been rising since their RM8PRo series, and the downfall of ROG Phones started when they release their ROGPHone 8Pro series which sucks as a gaming phone and are overpriced.

            Secondly, nubia's been expanding their global market presence as well. Hope they'll improved more on their existing 2-3 years of software support.

              potato4k, 21 Jan 2025If it's just ROG8, why not just simply selling both RO... moreI was thinking its their way to gain more sales by rebranding the same unsold ROG Phone 8s to 9 so people will thought they're buying an instead new product but its really not.
              BlackShark did this before on limited markets by rebranding the BlackShark 4 as the BlackShark 5RS.

              Meanwhile, RedMagic sells their ex-flagship/older devices at an even lower price now: their older RedMagic 9/9SPro only now retails around $540 and below, now that the RedMagic 10Pro is released, but you're still getting all the flagship hardware and features it has than getting an "FE" model with several downgrades but will still cost more than an ex-flagship.

                If it's just ROG8, why not just simply selling both ROG8 and 9 instead of wasting money on making a (presumably) new shell, packaging, and all marketing materials? Consumers can easily decipher "oh, 9 is the latest and more expensive, 8 is last year's but cheaper. If I want the latest, I pay more, if I want to save money, I'll get the 8." Seems very straightforward, adding on the lucky number 8 they can ride on with Chinese New Year on the corner.

                Renaming it into a 9 FE actually feels like Asus is trying to mislead consumers so people would think "oh, it's also new since it has the same 9 number," but it's not new.

                Oh well, it's the Taiwanese. They're just bad in marketing, with management as poor as the Japanese.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • j}r
                  • 21 Jan 2025

                  Copying the FE naming scheme is lame, but the concept is welcome. The ROG's niche features always interested me more than the raw performance, so I'll be considering either this or the Xcover 7 Pro for my next phone, assuming it comes to the US.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • PMT
                    • 21 Jan 2025

                    Any change they might use Snapdragon 8s Elite?

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                      • astolfo
                      • KsU
                      • 20 Jan 2025

                      Vasra, 20 Jan 20252 years of updates , no sources and locked bootloader. Who ... moreIt's even dead in the water in Taiwan. Even HTC has regained some market over there, while Asus is nowhere to be seen, since it seems they have pretty poor post-sale customer support.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • YUU
                        • 20 Jan 2025

                        I already mentioned about this few months ago 😏

                          nemesis8, 20 Jan 2025Prev sales so bad they didn't launch the Rog phone in ... moreand that was their best market!!

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                            • Anonymous
                            • raQ
                            • 20 Jan 2025

                            DarlingYext, 20 Jan 2025Asus has been very disapponting in the past couple of years... moreInspired by the bootloop issues, LG will launch a phone shaped like a cylinder. The screen looping in a perfect circle. It will provide true multitasking. Just rotate phone with switch apps. Finally you can wear on your arm or legs as and go running and count steps.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • fCE
                              • 20 Jan 2025

                              They've ruined the rog phone series with design downgrades and constant price rise

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                                • Anonymous
                                • vaS
                                • 20 Jan 2025

                                NPC-fication of your ROG line doesn't seem to be doing fine, eh?

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                                  • Alexander G
                                  • S3L
                                  • 20 Jan 2025

                                  It's not lost on their target demographic that (chipset aside) the ROG 9 is arguably a downgrade from the 6/7. They basically stripped out a load of stuff on the 8,then partially readded it to the 9 and called it an 'upgrade'. Speakers are still crap and the supposed 185hz is only accessible on an handful of games and not in the UI.

                                    Anonymous, 20 Jan 2025I hope it comes with 11 OS upgrades, because i believe this... moreThe only funny comment you've ever made, and rightfully so. What Asus is doing is sad.

                                      Prev sales so bad they didn't launch the Rog phone in india this year

                                        I think that Asus mobile division should only focus on desktop gaming products and leave phones behind! Nobody buys their expensive phones.

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