ROG Phone 3 Announced

[zeusthemoose]

Summary

 Today, ASUS announced the ROG Phone 3. Its improvements from the ROG Phone 2 include a newer processor (Snapdragon 865 Plus), 5g support, up to 16gb of lpddr5 ram, up to 512gb of storage, improvements to the airtriggers, and a new feature that allows you to map in-game commands to a shake of the phone. Some nice features it shares with its predecessor are a 6,000mah battery and a charging port on the side. No offical price has been give, but it is estimated to be between $900-1,000.

 

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Asus’ new ROG Phone 3 aims to be the pinnacle of smartphones if you’re serious about gaming and having the fastest specs. The device features a 6.59-inch OLED HDR color-calibrated screen that has a fast 144Hz refresh rate with a 1ms response time. It’s powered by the Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset with 5G support, and it can be configured with up to 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 512GB of UFS 3.1 ROM storage. Both of those specs push the boundaries of what we’ve seen so far in a phone. Lastly, the ROG Phone 3 features a big 6,000mAh battery, as did last year’s model.

The ROG Phone 3 will almost certainly be great at normal phone stuff, like browsing the web, texting, and calls. But where it really stands out, aside from specs, is with its gaming-specific design features, which I’m happy to report are still a little weird but very cool. There’s still a side-mounted USB-C port, so the charging cable can stay out of the way while you game in landscape mode. It’ll even be compatible with Google Stadia when it launches.

(The Verge)

 

My thoughts

 I do not follow gaming phones, so I do not have much experience with this section of phones. However, I think this is the expected next step for the ROG Phone. Unless there is something I missed about it, I do not see this being a device that much more popular than its predecessors.

 

Sources

The Verge

Digital Trends

ASUS Product Page

[Cat101]

It's cool but there isn't really a point in separate "gaming phones."

[KingCobra484]

Eh, it's the natural progression, bigger battery, faster screen, marginally faster processing power and a mediocre-at-best camera setup. Is the performance difference in games even perceptible compared to ROG phone II?

[williamcll]

You've forgot the most important link of all:

 

[zeusthemoose]

4 minutes ago, williamcll said:

You've forgot the most important link of all

Please forgive. I didn’t see until after I made the post

[Xaiux]

I would have gotten it for the battery life alone if it had water resistance. I think I'm gonna look for a used 4 XL then

[Drama Lama]

I’d say an interesting thing to buy if most mobile games weren’t trash ( loot boxes , aggressive pay to win , advertisements and more )

 

the problem for me would not be the device but the games

 

theoretically it has the potential to be a somewhat own small product class : phone and mobile game console hybrid: has the mobility of a switch and can still do everything a normal smartphone can do 

Edited July 22, 2020 by Drama Lama

[dfsgsfa]

headphone jacks?

anyway, whats really worth playing o. a phone? any good 3d graphics?

[HenrySalayne]

No IP rating then?

[zeusthemoose]

37 minutes ago, dfsgsfa said:

headphone jacks?

Unfortunately not

 

34 minutes ago, HenrySalayne said:

No IP rating then?

Yeah, no IP rating on this one. I dont think any of the ROG Phones have had it though

[Belgarathian]

1 hour ago, Drama Lama said:

I’d say an interesting thing to buy if most mobile games weren’t trash ( loot boxes , aggressive pay to win , advertisements and more )

 

the problem for me would not be the device but the games

 

theoretically it has the potential to be a somewhat own small product class : phone and mobile game console hybrid: has the mobility of a switch and can still do everything a normal smartphone can do 

Totally agree, I really enjoy a good RTS and I'd love to find one on my phone that isn't feature poor, P2W, a micro-transaction farm, etc.

 

Someone please just give me Red Alert or Sim City for $89.99.

[dizmo]

This phone's an absolute beast. The best of the best, and the price they're asking for the hardware is actually pretty reasonable all things considered.

That said, I'd never buy it as the footprint is bigger than I'd want.

I have high hopes for the Note20, but we'll see.

I also can't wait to see what they've done with the Zenphone 7, and if they'll finally give it an AMOLED panel.

 

6 hours ago, Cat101 said:

It's cool but there isn't really a point in separate "gaming phones."

To you maybe. There's millions upon millions of people that play mobile games. They'd disagree.

6 hours ago, KingCobra484 said:

Eh, it's the natural progression, bigger battery, faster screen, marginally faster processing power and a mediocre-at-best camera setup. Is the performance difference in games even perceptible compared to ROG phone II?

It gets significantly better battery life with the same sized battery. There's also loads of other improvements, including thermal handling.

The camera actually isn't terrible. Most reviewers said it was more than serviceable. But really, you're probably not buying it for it's camera performance.

2 hours ago, Xaiux said:

I would have gotten it for the battery life alone if it had water resistance. I think I'm gonna look for a used 4 XL then

You're worried about battery life....and you're going to get a Pixel, which is known for having some of the worst?

2 hours ago, Escanor said:

I would not trust asus ever with updates they cant even fix armoury crate issue rgb breaks out of no where after broken updates 1 after another gets rolled out with many users reporting same problems, where even a clone of old install that worked for a month suddenly has same issues after updating, how they gonna manage to even keep phone updated that relies heavily on updates for security etc

Asus phones are actually really good with updates. Not only do they come frequently, but they also add features the community requests over time.

Updates was one of the better things I experienced when I had an Asus phone.

2 hours ago, HenrySalayne said:

No IP rating then?

They can't because of the design.

46 minutes ago, Belgarathian said:

Totally agree, I really enjoy a good RTS and I'd love to find one on my phone that isn't feature poor, P2W, a micro-transaction farm, etc.

 

Someone please just give me Red Alert or Sim City for $89.99.

RTS and city building games would be absolutely horrible on a phone...

[Xaiux]

1 hour ago, dizmo said:

This phone's an absolute beast. The best of the best, and the price they're asking for the hardware is actually pretty reasonable all things considered.

That said, I'd never buy it as the footprint is bigger than I'd want.

I have high hopes for the Note20, but we'll see.

I also can't wait to see what they've done with the Zenphone 7, and if they'll finally give it an AMOLED panel.

 

To you maybe. There's millions upon millions of people that play mobile games. They'd disagree.

It gets significantly better battery life with the same sized battery. There's also loads of other improvements, including thermal handling.

The camera actually isn't terrible. Most reviewers said it was more than serviceable. But really, you're probably not buying it for it's camera performance.

You're worried about battery life....and you're going to get a Pixel, which is known for having some of the worst?

Asus phones are actually really good with updates. Not only do they come frequently, but they also add features the community requests over time.

Updates was one of the better things I experienced when I had an Asus phone.

They can't because of the design.

RTS and city building games would be absolutely horrible on a phone...

I can't bear to leave the Pixel software for anything else unless it's got some killer hardware. By that I mean something like the Fold or the Rog phone with a massive battery. I'm not sure where Pixel phones get a bad battery rap from

[PhantomJaguarr]

And my coworker just bought the ROG Phone 2 lol. At least that one has a headphone jack?

[dizmo]

51 minutes ago, Xaiux said:

I can't bear to leave the Pixel software for anything else unless it's got some killer hardware. By that I mean something like the Fold or the Rog phone with a massive battery. I'm not sure where Pixel phones get a bad battery rap from

From pretty much every review, ever.

[Doobeedoo]

Beast of a phone, really specs are great, huge battery, it looks very good and not in your face, really to me lools better that most other phones that look all alike and have disgusting notch/hole in their displays. That alone is an instant no. Even if I wouldn't game on it it's a great option. 

[williamcll]

12 hours ago, Drama Lama said:

I’d say an interesting thing to buy if most mobile games weren’t trash ( loot boxes , aggressive pay to win , advertisements and more )

 

the problem for me would not be the device but the games

 

theoretically it has the potential to be a somewhat own small product class : phone and mobile game console hybrid: has the mobility of a switch and can still do everything a normal smartphone can do 

It would be great for emulation however.

[dfsgsfa]

1 less option to choose from.

No sd card, no headphone jack

8 hours ago, williamcll said:

would be great for emulation however.

most demanding stuff is psp that runs exellent already, other citra / ps2 are just programing issue

[vortextech77]

What's the point of "gaming phones", who buys phones for gaming, that's so stupid.

[Quinnell]

23 minutes ago, vortextech77 said:

What's the point of "gaming phones", who buys phones for gaming, that's so stupid.

Filthy casuals