Asus ROG Phone 9/9 Pro review
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- AnonF-1006353
- JBi
- 21 Nov 2024
Just a detail but, USB 3.1 gen 2 is a bit faster than 10Mbps, luckily
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- Nu6
- 21 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 20 Nov 2024It is an intelligent review. It makes one realise that thi... moreNo rich gamer gets a ROG phone. Probably gets an iPhone or a Tablet. I only know one rich gamer with a Red magic and that's it.
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- Nu6
- 21 Nov 2024
jiyen235, 20 Nov 2024Oh and your analogy is stupid. You don't understand ca... moreYou bringing Vivo's cameraphonefullness to an argument about charging speed is irrelevant
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- 21 Nov 2024
jiyen235, 20 Nov 2024Oh and your analogy is stupid. You don't understand ca... moreAll your comments are avoiding the vital point I countered in my former post.
Vivo claimed 90W. They didn't deliver expected 90W.
Fast or slow?
Asus claimed 65W. They delivered expected 65W.
Fast or slow?
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- Nu6
- 21 Nov 2024
jiyen235, 20 Nov 2024Oh and your analogy is stupid. You don't understand ca... moreAll this is useless compensation.
Vivo claimed they have 90W charging. That must be fast, right? But, their speed is matched with that of phones like Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra and RM 9 Pro.
How can you list that 90W charging as a pro when it's slower than other 90W charging? Think about this long and hard.
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- Anonymous
- PTF
- 21 Nov 2024
185Hz without LTPO is just a gimmick.
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- xIj
- 21 Nov 2024
Anonymous, 20 Nov 2024Asus needs to do some collab with steam or get some PC game... moreTrue, but considering Steam has Deck...i don't think they are willing to boost sales of other vendors...Asus is by no means insignificant to steam and gaming industry, that's obvious, but... I don't think steam can swallow and promote other mobile gaming platforms
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- Anonymous
- mW4
- 21 Nov 2024
Rolly Ghiz, 20 Nov 2024True, but you're not seeing the bigger picture here. A... moreLiterally any phone with the same CPU can match up but with 10x better cameras wtf are you even talking about 😂
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- Anonymous
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- 21 Nov 2024
Can't compete with red magic
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- xIj
- 21 Nov 2024
Tragic, 20 Nov 2024No new ESS Dac, leaks failed usLol, ESS is not so good as you imagine... Better go for Wolfson or, in worst case akm...
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- Ibx
- 20 Nov 2024
No new ESS Dac, leaks failed us
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Nov 2024
2012-2015 it seemed like the sky was the limit. The ongoing improvements send Neverending..... but really and corporate greed set in.
Advancements halted significantly to a more apple like minor bump. Everything became super restricted. And with ever advancement came something being taken away constantly. Yet prices soar higher and higher
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- Anonymous
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- 20 Nov 2024
MDX , 20 Nov 2024Yeah yeah but they still can't fix ROG phone 6 camera.... moreDont say that or get berated by the knights cause it's a GaMinG phone hur dur. Nobody cares about the camera....
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- Anonymous
- raQ
- 20 Nov 2024
It is an intelligent review.
It makes one realise that this device will be bought by a few (those who can afford it financially) and those few will have several 'headaches' to deal with both on the hardware side (with an additional financial outlay for external accessories) and on the overall technical side (a downgrade in some key areas, compared to the previous generation)
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- Anonymous
- BP8
- 20 Nov 2024
Rolly Ghiz, 20 Nov 2024True, but you're not seeing the bigger picture here. A... more"Asus is LEADING in the gaming industry (for mobile phones)"
The meaning of this personal and subjective opinion of yours escapes me (concretely).
I knew that Asus was just LEADING in the production of motherboards. (Has anything changed in the meantime?)
To me this, it seems like the usual staging to get a product (and related accessories) sold at a price that is "out of scale" (thus deliberately increased price) compared to the average market cost.
I don't think that "three letters" (ROG), can mean synonymous with quality in a (mobile) device.
Personally, the wording ROG, I juxtapose it with well-made motherboards from Asus. (Not to those of an ordinary smartphone for calling and chatting)
- jiyen235
- XQQ
- 20 Nov 2024
Hello, 19 Nov 2024I claim I can run 2000mph
*Actually runs 10mph*
Am I fa... moreOh and your analogy is stupid. You don't understand cars nor phones it seems. The charging speed is more akin to horsepower than top speed.
The Koenigsegg Agera RS has 1,341 hp and can reach 278 mph, the Rimac Nevera has 1,888 hp and can reach 258 mph. See how more horsepower doesn't equal more speed? If you say that the weight difference is too big, which is fair enough, compare the McLaren Speedtail and the Bugatti Veyron The Bugatti is lighter and has lower horsepower yet can reach around the same top speed as the Speedtail.
The 200 MPH to 10 MPH analogy was hilarious to me considering the fact that Asus is selling the phone equivalent of a hypercar that has the same speed in terms of charging as a cameraphone... which is i'd say a phone equivalent of a super SUV I'd say. So yeah, I understand you had hyperbole in that sentence but still, it was too big of a stretch.
While I do agree that Vivo is a tad slow, but context matters. That one is a cameraphone that still managed to have a 6k mah battery, this is a gaming phone with a 5800 mah battery and still charges at the same speed essentially.
The ZTE Z60 Ultra charged slower than the X200 Pro yet didn't have charging speed as a con back then. Whereas the Red Magic 9 Pro rightfully gets the fast charging as a pro due to it having a large 6500 mah battery that charges reasonably quick. The Red Magic 9 Pro and the GT7 Pro deserve to have it as a pro, not the ROG Phone 9 Pro.
The X200 Pro's charging speed could be considered mediocre but my question is what other phone with a similarly competent camera setup has a battery that big/performs in terms of battery just as well has better charging speeds? Context matters, other phones might charge faster but either don't have the same battery capacity, don't have the same level of battery performance or don't have a similar level of camera setup.
- jiyen235
- XQQ
- 20 Nov 2024
Rolly Ghiz, 20 Nov 2024True, but you're not seeing the bigger picture here. A... morehow exactly is gaming better on the asus?
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- Anonymous
- j}r
- 20 Nov 2024
Nice to hear they brought some niche air-trigger features back. Hope they find a way to bring back other trimmed features too in the future.
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- Anonymous
- rK8
- 20 Nov 2024
Asus needs to do some collab with steam or get some PC games released for android, like cyberpunk etc. They have all been shown to run on 30-60fps on snap elite. No point in having such heavy hardware just to play zenless zero or genshin, even snapdragon 4 can run those
- jiyen235
- XQQ
- 20 Nov 2024
Hello, 19 Nov 2024I claim I can run 2000mph
*Actually runs 10mph*
Am I fa... moreIf you were smart you'd know that a watt rating by itself doesn't mean anything. The optimization/utilization is what matters the most.
Still, it's considered fast on this phone yet average on the other phone. It's listed in the pros section as fast charging and "average speed" on the X200 Pro as a con. Why don't you explain that? This is a gaming phone, that's a cameraphone. This phone is supposed to have fast charging yet it's "average" by GSMArena's own words.
Let's just say that the X200 Pro is bad for not having super fast charging, my question is, why is it a pro here? shouldn't this charging speed be considered but cus this is a gaming phone and gaming phones tended to push battery/thermal/performance tech?