Asus introduced two new gadgets in its gaming-focused Republic of Players telephone lineup, the ROG Cellphone 6 and the ROG Cellphone 6 Professional. They’re gamer telephones for avid gamers who prefer to recreation, and the upgraded shows look fairly spectacular.
Each fashions run Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor, and include as much as 512GB of storage. They’ve 6.78-inch OLED screens, the identical measurement because the earlier ROG Cellphone 5S, however their 165Hz refresh charges and 720Hz touch-sampling charges are each substantial enhancements over the past mannequin. They’ve 6,000mAh batteries, identical as earlier fashions, and an upgraded three-camera setup. The Cellphone 6 will begin at €999 and the 6 Professional at €1,299 — they’re set to launch within the UK and Europe first, and Asus says they’ll come to the US, India and elsewhere later.
The ROG Cellphone 6 is available in black and white, and the 6 Professional solely in white. The most important distinction between the 2 fashions is the second OLED display screen on the again of the 6 Professional, which is form of cool trying however not usually very sensible. You too can get a bit extra RAM on the Professional mannequin — the Cellphone 6 tops out at 16GB of reminiscence, however the Professional will go as much as 18GB. Suffice to say the common Cellphone 6 mannequin will in all probability be sufficient for most individuals.
Asus is clearly making an attempt to construct a telephone you would additionally use as your on a regular basis machine; the corporate has been slowly refining the ROG Cellphone’s design over the previous few fashions so it doesn’t scream “gamer telephone!” fairly so loudly. However that is very a lot nonetheless a gamer telephone. A lot of the telephone’s design is about optimizing cooling, as an example, and the phrase “we developed a novel 360-degree CPU cooling know-how” was undoubtedly uttered throughout the product’s announcement stream. (The vapor chamber is 30% bigger now!) Asus even up to date the Aeroactive Cooler accent, which is mainly only a big clip-on fan that doubles as a easy controller for enjoying video games.
The telephone’s specs are as spectacular as ever, significantly the show’s refresh and response charges. However as common with the ROG Telephones, the query is: to what finish? You don’t want 18GB of RAM to play even probably the most sophisticated video games on Android. Asus has a considerably spotty historical past of well timed software program updates, too, and is simply promising two years of Android and safety updates for these gadgets. For the worth, you may in all probability discover a machine to do most telephone issues higher. And whilst cloud gaming brings extra high-powered video games to your smartphone, you simply don’t want as a lot on-device energy to make them work effectively. The ROG Cellphone 6 is a cool machine, however nonetheless doesn’t appear to be a really sensible one.