The ASUS ROG Phone 5 has redesigned innards for better heat dissipation, weight distribution and audio performance. There's also a Pro model plus a limited edition ROG Phone 5 Ultimate, with the ...

If the baseline ROG Phone 5 was $700 or even $800, it would be an excellent value. And if the Ultimate was $1,200, I'd have no problem recommending it to someone looking for a gaming phone.

Design Yes, the ROG Phone 5 is big and heavy. It’s a whopping 238 grams, even heavier than the 227-gram Galaxy S21 Ultra, and 10.2mm thick. You’re going to have to accept that if you want a ...

More than just a pretty box Yes, the ROG Phone 5 Ultimate comes in a very pretty box, but we’ll get to that in a moment, because it’s so much more than that. Not content with using the top ...

In Geekbench 5, the ROG Phone 5 (with X-Mode disabled) scored 3,672 on multicore. That trounces the Galaxy S21 Plus’ 3,300 result, even if it comes up shy against the iPhone 12 Pro’s 3,880.

Here the ROG Phone 5 shows about a 3 - 4% lead over the similarly-equipped Galaxy S21 and a 17 - 25% lead over the previous generation Snapdragon 865-powered handsets, depending on whether you're ...

Adam Patrick Murray/IDG The ROG Phone 5 Ultimate a tiny screen on the back. I put a picture of my cat on it. I could cover every crazy spec in this hardcore lineup, but instead I want talk about ...

Asus ROG Phone 5 Ultimate Edition – Camera When it comes to cameras, there’s nothing new compared to the ROG Phone 3. Spec for spec, you’re looking at the same exact camera setup as last ...

The ROG Phone 5 Ultimate is sporting a 144 Hz, 6.78-inch, 2448×1080 OLED display; a Snapdragon 888 SoC; 18GB of RAM; 512GB of UFS 3.1 storage; and a 6000 mAh battery.

With its chunky 238g chassis and typically outlandish design, the ROG Phone 5 is unmistakably a gaming smartphone. In case you were still unsure, the customisable AURA RGB logo slapped on the arse is ...