Hello and welcome to another blog of Annoyed Techie.
Yesterday Asus launched it's latest and greatest gaming centric Smartphone
ROG Phone 3 for ₹49,999 for 8/128GB variant and ₹57,999 for the higher 12/256
GB variant. Asus’s ROG series have always been spec-heavy and this time it is
no different. The ROG Phone 3 is the Spec King as it packs the best hardware available on any Smartphone. So, here we discuss how good the Spec
King is when we pitch it against its competition.
Disclaimer: This is just our initial impression and not the
final review.
For your ease, we have divided our overview into different
segments. So let’s get started.
Physical Overview
ROG Phone 3 looks very similar to its predecessor ROG Phone
2. It has a 6.59 inches display protected by 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 6. The
display has some bezels at the top as well as the bottom in the interest of
dual Stereo front-firing speakers. The back now is much more subtle than ROG
Phone 2 and the heat ventilation vent is now gone. The rear now has a Triple
camera setup and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3. The back retains the
flashy geometric lines lasered on it and an illuminated typical ROG logo with
several RGB colors that flow in a pattern when the X-mode is activated. The
frame is made of metal and the volume rockers and the power buttons are placed
on the right side of the phone. This phone comes with an additional USB Type- C
port that is placed on the left side and that can be used to connect the gaming
accessories that Asus offers. On the bottom, it has the charging port which is
USB Type-C. As it is a gaming Smartphone, it also has improved Air Triggers
which Asus calls Air Triggers 3, placed on the right side of the frame. Also, it
has 4 Microphones placed at different places for enhanced audio performance. It
supports two Nano-SIM, but the support for the MicroSD card is not there.
Sadly, the 3.55mm audio jack is missing. The phone weighs around 240gms which
on the heavier side.
Chipset
ROG Phone 3 is powered by Snapdragon’s flagship chipset
Snapdragon 865+ which is based on 7nm architecture and is clocked at 3.1GHz. It
is the first phone to come with this chipset. It comes with 5G capabilities.
The RAM is LPDDR5 which is around 50% faster than LPDDR4 and the storage is
also the latest UFS 3.1. This chipset is the most powerful Android chipset as
of today and has an astonishing Antutu score of more than 6 Lac.
Display and Speakers
The display on this phone is a 6.59 inches 144Hz Full HD+
super AMOLED panel with a touch sampling rate of 270Hz. Additionally; it has
25ms touch latency which is the benchmark today. All these should result in
next-level user experience. It has a great contrast, punchy colors and inky deep
blacks, and is quite bright even in direct sunlight. It also packs dual
front-firing stereo speakers which go extremely loud and are quite clear and
also provide great sound separation. We expect an excellent media and gaming
experience from the combination of the excellent display and the crisp
speakers.
Battery
ROG Phone 3 packs the industry-leading 6000mAh battery which
should be enough for a full working day even with intensive gaming, and should
last for around 2 days on light usage. It comes with a 30W ROG Hypercharge
charger which should juice it up quite fast. It has Qualcomm Quickcharge 4.0.
Although it misses out on wireless charging.
Camera
ROG Phone 3 has a Triple Rear camera setup. The primary lens
is a 64MP Sony IMX 686, the secondary is a 13MP ultra-wide sensor with a
125-degrees field view, and the third sensor is a 5MP macro lens. On the selfie
front, it packs a 24MP selfie shooter. Initially, the photos come out to be
crisp and detailed in both natural and artificial lightings. The rear camera
supports videos up to 8K@30fps and 4K@fps. The front camera can record up to
1080p@30fps. Asus claims that this time around, the camera performance will
be top-notch.
Software
ROG Phone 3 runs on stock Android 10 with Asus’s minor
gaming enhancing features. We expect it to provide a great user and gaming experience
as it has a combination of 144Hz display and Snapdragon 865+ chipset.
Especially the gaming experience should be extremely good because of the
enhanced X-mode and the additional gaming aids like Air Triggers.
Final Thoughts
Like the last year, Asus has come up with another Spec King
with a very reasonable price tag in 2020. It has the benchmark hardware along
with stock Android. We feel that this phone will be a dream phone for gamers
but it is also a great buy for non-gamers who seek to buy premium flagship
smartphones. As it has everything which a premium Smartphone buyer desires and also
more. Also, it comes at a very reasonable price which makes it a great value
for money product. Another plus is that, it is a non-Chinese smartphone. So, we
recommend this Smartphone not just to gamers but also to
non-gamers.
This phone will be available on Flipkart from 6th August
2020.
Thank you for reading our blog and we hope to see you in the
next blog. 😊
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