Oh, did I mention the headphone jack? That makes it one of the few high-end smartphones with a port if you prefer to plug it in. Asus also includes a 65-watt charging brick, going against the competition, which does not include a power supply today. in the box.
Much of this is the same as previous ROG phones. The latest lineup includes the Asus ROG Phone 9 ($1,000), ROG Phone 9 Pro ($1200)and ROG Phone 9 Pro Edition ($1,500). The latter maxes out some of the Pro’s specs (like 24GB of RAM instead of 16GB) and 1TB of storage, and includes the AeroActive Cooler X Pro in the box. He Cooler X Pro It recovers the subwoofer that used to be in a previous model, boosting the bass of the music played from the phone.
The 6.78-inch Phone 9 only has 85 mini LEDs on the back, so it doesn’t have the full range of features; You can play some animations on it, but upgrade to the ROG Phone 9 Pro and that’s when you’ll be able to use the haptic shoulder triggers to play arcade games. You’ll probably get a lot of stares looking at the back of your phone in public.
It is powered by the recently announced Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, which is currently the fastest processor in the Android world. Asus claims the CPU is 45 percent faster than the ROG Phone 8, with a GPU also 40 percent faster. There are improvements to the phone’s natural cooling capabilities, such as the inclusion of a 57 percent larger graphite sheet, which produces lower temperatures by dissipating heat. Asus claims the most demanding mobile games, such as Genshin Impact either Ground Zero Without ZenIt should consistently hit 60 frames per second for smoother gameplay, even more so if you pair it with the cooler accessory.
Other notable improvements over the ROG Phone 8 are the increase in battery size from 5500 mAh to 5800 mAh, and the 50-megapixel main camera now features Asus’ fourth-generation stabilization technology. The company claims this offers 66 percent improved motion compensation, making the six-axis gimbal ought produces super smooth images when recording videos. Stabilization has generally been solid in my testing on previous ROG phones, but overall camera quality is generally mediocre, so I’m interested to see how it fares now.