Asus ROG Phone 9/9 Pro review
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- Denshaotoko
- 15S
- 13 Feb 2025
Got non pro version pre-order discount for 899 off Asus official store. Only lacking less animex pixels and replace with one macro camera.
No bad product only bad price.
very good deal.
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- Gto
- Q{d
- 22 Jan 2025
My biggest gripe with ROG phones was the design, because otherwise they had pretty much everything I wanted: fast USB, headphone jack, flat screen, powerful cpu, battery management and such.
So last year I gave the ROG 8 pro a try, the lack of long-term software updates was a downer but I was willing to put up with it.
Well, I lasted 3 weeks before returning the phone to get a refund. The software was my main issue.
Admittedly this won't bother people in a day to day use but there are so many small inconsistencies that I could not take using the phone anymore. The way app folders open is incredibly outdated and covers the screen in such an awkward way. The settings menu is so badly organized and convoluted I relied on setting search way too much. The phone lacks any cohesive way to customize it aside form the "themes" asus offers, there is no reliable way to use icon packs, even more features like the material you colored icons is broken. Popular apps like amazon which are wildly used do not transform into the themed versions, something it does in every other phone I've tried. The menu thing continues as the option to have a scrolling wallpaper(somehting present in nearly every phone) is somehow hidden in the wallpaper menu. Then there's the optimizations. Despite the massive batteries, the phone didn't live up to the battery standard I expected so I monitored it's performance, and even in ultra durable mode the OS took nearly 40 -50% of the used battery, when in ither androids this would be at the lowest 10% to a max of around 25% meaning the software is not properly optimized. Stuff like this kept adding up to the point I had to return it and get a refund. It doesn't help that Asus took away the unlocking of the bootloader so even after not getting OS updates you can't use custom ROMs to modernize the phone. Adding the fact asus customer service is atrocious, I'm glad I went with the Nothing (2). I may not have the power or headphone jack but at least the phone feels usable in my day to day.
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- Architect
- d%C
- 20 Jan 2025
AlexPP, 07 Jan 2025How can Rog 9 be rated 4.5 when OnePlus 13 4.3 It's v... moreHahaha how is the oneplus 13 better option even for games; 😂 rogphone 9 pro is the strongest phone in raw power, even without x mode or even the aerocooler still outperformed everything out there. One plus 13 is a good daily phone for 800 bucks and that's all nothing more.
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- AlexPP
- 4IK
- 07 Jan 2025
How can Rog 9 be rated 4.5 when OnePlus 13 4.3
It's very clear that OnePlus 13 is much better option even for games
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- Eric Tsai
- Uen
- 01 Jan 2025
The speaker settings include an 'outdoor mode' option.
When this mode is activated, the volume definitely surpasses that of other "flagship" models.
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- Anonymous
- CbG
- 28 Dec 2024
It seems Asus is going to cheat it's users once again with it's ROG 9 series. Almost all 4&5 series users (Me too for my ROG5S) suffering from the problems of failure of Wi-fi and Hotspot connectivity and it happened just after system updation to Android 13. Asus casually declined those not as a manufacturing issue on their part . Moreover almost every sufferers had been advised for replacement of Mother Board on their own cost (around 40-45K). Why should one invest 2/3rd of
the face value once again for a so call
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- ggman
- X{0
- 28 Dec 2024
Customer, 23 Dec 2024Just bought Rog 9 pro edition and mobile legends lagging so... moreyes, i have the same problem 😢
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- Anonymous
- xjH
- 25 Dec 2024
These benchmark scores are cheating! Asus throttles the 8 Gen 3's clock speed when the fans are disabled. Check the GPU scores too. What a waste!
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- Customer
- mpw
- 23 Dec 2024
Just bought Rog 9 pro edition and mobile legends lagging so much even my old s23ultra can handle mlbb better waste of money...
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- Anonymous
- PxV
- 04 Dec 2024
zamroni1, 25 Nov 2024With only 2 major android upgrade, it's dead on arriva... moreand it's funny that iQOO 13 is way cheaper and have 4 major android updates and 5 years security updates.
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- Anonymous
- qb{
- 02 Dec 2024
David 040882, 29 Nov 2024That's one of the worst arguments I've heard arou... morewhy do phones even exist anyway, they ruin the enviorment with samsung fans and apple fans
- David 040882
- LaD
- 29 Nov 2024
bardacol, 26 Nov 2024Why do you need updates? Updates worsen battery and perform... moreThat's one of the worst arguments I've heard around here 😂
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- bardacol
- p@A
- 26 Nov 2024
zamroni1, 25 Nov 2024With only 2 major android upgrade, it's dead on arriva... moreWhy do you need updates? Updates worsen battery and performance anyway, so why bother?
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- Anonymous
- tDQ
- 24 Nov 2024
JA, 19 Nov 2024why didn't you guys include speaker testing results in... moreThis!
Dear GSMArena Team, please upload the speaker test result of Asus ROG Phone 9/9 Pro (with subwoofer)
Thank you! (:
- Rick137Earth
- NkK
- 24 Nov 2024
I've checked the camera images in GSMArena review.. actually i'm surprised! The results were just perfect! , The quality and sharpness are quite great!
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- dother144
- K0{
- 24 Nov 2024
Glad Asus is bringing back pre-ROG Phone 8 redesign, with this edition, they bought back the subwoofer in the external cooler, at least it's something, but i don't really know how they are gonna bring back the front facing speakers, which were this device main attraction... Nor the seamless, punch hole less screen without notoriously downgrading the selfie camera.
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- Anonymous
- 1Gi
- 24 Nov 2024
[deleted post]Why are you posting all these mindless AI-written summaries everywhere? What are you expecting to gain from all these posts?
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- Anonymous
- raQ
- 23 Nov 2024
Hello, 21 Nov 2024No rich gamer gets a ROG phone. Probably gets an iPhone or ... moreIphones also need external coolers when gaming. They are not what they're cracked up to be with the assistance of a cooler as they couldn't sustain their performance .