Asusgaming smartphoneLast featured May 2021
Asus ROG Phone 5
I'd buy itI'd buy this.
An extraordinary gaming phone with top speakers, battery and performance, held back by an average camera, and good value at the base price if you know what you're buying.
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- Price when I covered it
- 799 euros
- Featured in
- 2 videos · 2021–2021
- Category
- Phones · Gaming phones
What I liked
- Highest performing phone he has used
- 6000mAh battery
- Punchy speakers
- Best-in-class speakers
- Huge 6000mAh battery with 65W charging
- Sustained performance well ahead of the S21 Ultra
What I didn't
- Huge size
- Dated bezels
- Weak camera system
- Camera is only average, weak in low light
- Plain design with configurable LEDs
- Big forehead and chin
In my words
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“there's no other device on the planet with this trifecta of speakers battery and performance”
“the pricing for the base model is actually very competitive and providing you know what you're getting yourself into it's phenomenal”
“it's almost easy to forget that it starts at just 799 euros”
Every time I covered it
Most recent first, so you can see if my view has changed.
4:07The BEST Smartphones of 2021! (Mid Year)A beast with huge battery and punchy speakers, but only for a specific kind of user.
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0:14ROG Phone 5 Ultimate Unboxing - So Fast it's Funny.An extraordinary gaming phone with top speakers, battery and performance, held back by an average camera, and good value at the base price if you know what you're buying.
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Why it's on these shelves
- Battery hero
“earning it the best battery phones so far in 2021”
▶ 4:14 - Battery hero
“literally every battery protection mechanism under the sun”
▶ 7:47 - Overengineered
“even if 95 of these features will go right over most people's heads”
▶ 6:33 - Camera nerd
“as soon as you step indoors or anywhere bordering on low light it really exposes how much progress competitors like samsung have made”
▶ 9:59
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