Asus ROG Phone

Great screen ; Innovative peripherals system ; Solid performance ; Airtrigger controls are a gamers dream

Battery life could be better ; Not enough games that take advantage of the hardware

The ROG Phone is the ultimate gaming phone, but for most people it’s complete overkill

Great gaming enhancements ; Punchy 90Hz AMOLED screen ; Really good camera

Heavy at 200g ; Awkward second USB port cover ; Runs Android 8.1

It may look like an irate Decepticon, but thanks to a really good camera, a great screen and excellent gaming performance, not to mention a suite of overkill accessories, the ROG Phone manages to get right much of what the Razer Phone 2 got wrong,...

Snappy performance ; Solid screen ; Clever gaming tweaks

So-so camera ; Too expensive

That’s essentially my main problem with the Asus ROG Phone. On many levels it’s a hugely impressive product. It runs beautifully, the gaming improvements are well thought out and it has a great screen, albeit one that’s a little on the small side. But...

It’s gamer and proud for life ; Delightfully odd extra bits

The most polarising phone design… anywhere ; Unsubtle screen calibration ; Battery life isn’t great

It’s the weird bits that make the ROG a notable phone, but the last thing we needed was another “normal” Android

It’s burly build and ROG-flavoured design will not be everyone’s cup of Oolong, but the kind of people this is aimed at just won’t care – the ROG Phone is over-engineered to perfection.