ROG Phone 5

Tom's Guide

The ROG Phone 5 is a powerful device and an excellent gaming machine, but abysmal camera performance holds it back from being a good all-around phone.

Laptop Mag

The Asus ROG Phone 5 isn’t trying to compete with traditional flagships, it’s playing a different game —and winning.

Geek Culture

The ASUS ROG Phone 5 is an exceptional device that’s perfect for mobile gaming that you probably can’t find anywhere else. The performance it offers along with the ability to optimize them to your own liking is unparalleled. If you’re a true-blue mobile gamer, this phone is the way to go

Can Buy or Not

ROG Phone 5 is the top dog for mobile gaming with the latest high-end hardware and great battery life.

TechEDT

ASUS ROG Phone 5: Great performance and an excellent gaming machine

Musicphotolife

The ASUS ROG Phone 5 is a phone designed for mobile gamers with a lot of gesture controls to improve play interaction. Even as a non-gamer, I enjoyed using the ROG Phone 5, because it runs very smoothly, comes with sufficient amount of personalisation, flagship-grade camera features, immersive speaker sound, 3.5mm audio port with audiophile-grade DAC, flashy RGB illumination.

Twenty-First Tech

ROG Phone 5 is the most powerful gaming phone which has the best in class dual front-facing stereo speakers, a High refresh 144Hz display as well as fantastic battery life with extensive software options for battery longevity.

TechGoondu

If you are serious about mobile gaming, however, the ROG Phone 5 offering is the best in comparison to its competitors.

Playfuldroid

ROG Phone 5 packed with some of the most powerful internals, alongside a suite of electrifying game-centric features which we don’t see among any of the mainstream phones.

notebookcheck.com

The ROG Phone 5 offers so many technical advantages and features that Asus had to include an eSports brake.

inside-digital.de

The new gamer phone is an excellent gaming smartphone that is currently one step ahead of all competitors. Of course, this might change in the course of the year, but no other device will be able to build up a big lead in 2021.

mobilegeeks.de

The Asus ROG Phone 5 is really a top smartphone. Not only for gamers, but also for all others who like the gaming design, because you get a smartphone that is technically top class and comes with clever features.

iF Design

ROG Phone 5 won the iF Design Award 2021, a world-renowned design award.

Red Dot

The winner of the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2021

tariftip.de

The ASUS ROG Phone 5 is a superlative gaming smartphone. It is extremely fast, sounds extremely good and it is extremely heavy!

Phonandroid.com

...yes, the ROG Phone 5 is a great smartphone for gaming. This is, in our opinion, the best today, beating out its predecessor who was already the king of mobile gaming. We loved the ROG Phone 3. And the ROG Phone 5 continues on the same path.

JournalDuGeek

Unsurprisingly, Asus delivers an excellent ROG Phone 5 which is aimed at a well-targeted audience and who knows exactly why they are buying this Asus gaming smartphone ... the Asus ROG Phone 5 excels in all areas, from gaming to multimedia consumption.

Android PIT

The Asus ROG Phone 5 is hands down the best Android smartphone to play in 2021.

Android MT

Where Asus is strong this year is that with its looks, its performance and its battery life, the ROG Phone 5 can be aimed at a slightly larger audience.

JeuxVideo.com

Without forcing and improving its concept with small touches, the ROG Phone 5 is easily positioned as the best “gamer” smartphone on the market. Asus has put in the most efficient components, a very large ultra fluid screen, a top sound part, but also thought about a whole bunch of features geared towards the practice of video games.

Gam Alive

In the end, I got more hooked on this new ROG Phone than the previous one. We find everything we had before, only better. You can feel Asus’s drive to reach both mobile gamers and normal people who want a big and powerful phone.

LesMobiles

From our point of view, the Asus ROG Phone 5 smartphone is an excellent smartphone that allows you to play all games with maximum fluidity. In addition, it also proves to be a good companion for everyday life even if it is not the best performer in photos, but it makes up for it with its great battery life and fast charging capabilities.

tavesper

ASUS decided to improve upon generation after generation to this very moment, which is the ROG Phone 5. This is as perfect a gaming smartphone can get. The Gaming phone that’s as perfect a phone YOU can get.

wanuxi

Wanuxi评测ROG Phone 5 以及 ROG Phone 5 Ultimate！能够提供最佳游戏体验的电竞手机

saltynewsnetwork

Form and function - ROG has managed to nail both yet again. For RM3,799. what you'll be getting is powerful performance with a beautiful exterior and solid construction. While there are no revolutionary innovations this generation, ROG has focused on refining many of the existing features that make the ROG Phone so well-loved in the mobile gaming market.

Pokde

The ROG Phone 5 appears to be a major upgrade in the ROG Phone lineup. It also marks the first time ASUS has dropped the Strix variant, and instead expanded the higher-end SKUs with more features. This time around, ASUS did not just add more RAM and storage and called it a day for the higher end models

Gizguide.com

But so far, we are loving the ROG Phone 5 for its fancy packaging and gaming-focused features. We enjoyed the glass and metal build materials along with the gaming features like the 144Hz refresh rate and stereo speakers. Out of the box, it may be the best stereo experience we've had yet. Read more: ASUS ROG Phone 5 with Aero Active Cooler Unboxing and First Impressions https://www.gizguide.com/2021/04/asus-rog-phone-5-unboxing-impressions.html?fbclid=IwAR3UImC-7BnK2I1-b64AsfInj11V3c74r_qvuG9IO

ungeek.ph

we are highly impressed with what ASUS managed to achieve. Once again, ASUS has delivered an excellent smartphone that’s built specifically for gaming, all while not skimping on other features such as display, design, and battery life.

Gadgetmatch.com

So if you’re a competitive gamer or one who’s pursuing taking on mobile esports, this is a must-buy for you... The phone delivers on all fronts and is the best buddy to help you get good.

HungryGeeks.ph

With a near-unparalleled gaming performance and software support to boot, those who are live and die by mobile gaming will definitely appreciate this powerhouse.

Gadget Pilipinas

I like most about the sound department is the return of the 3.5mm headphone jack. This proves that ASUS ROG listens to their customers and puts their requests to utmost consideration when making smartphones.

AstigPH

Not only is it the best performing mobile gaming phone that you can get, but the extra features give its users the competitive edge, which can mean the difference between life and death, or winning and losing.

Gadgets Now

The ROG Phone 5 offers everything any user might want in their smartphone whether gamer or not gamer

2022 TAIWAN EXCELLENE AWARD WINNER

ROG Phone 5 won the 2022 Taiwan Excellence Award, a world-renowned design award.

Mobil.se

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Tek.no

ASUS ROG Phone 5 is the fastest smartphone you can buy

SIMPC

The most powerful gaming smartphone in the first half of 2021

CNNIndonesia

ROG Phone 5 Series is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G, which is compatible with 5G communication services and improves support for artificial intelligence that can be used to enhance photography and gaming capabilities.

kompas.com

This phone is comfortable to hold

okezone.com

Air Trigger 5 on ROG Phone 5 pampers users when playing games.

Uzone

ROG Phone 5 Series supports an unprecedented total of 10 different gesture controls, so gamers can easily choose the moves that suit their game. In a racing game, for example, you can rotate your phone to steer or drag it to brake. I think this is the first time it's on a smartphone.

Urbandigital

ROG Phone 5 gives us amazing experience, not just in gaming but also in our daily activities.

Jagat Review

This gaming smartphone series always delivers gaming performance and features that amaze gadget enthusiasts

selular.id

This phone can definitely help you get through a tiring day.

DetikCom

With improved specifications and a number of updated features, ROG Phone 5 is the best gaming phone right now. At least that's based on the experience of detikINET trying out the global version of the ROG Phone 5 which was lent by Asus Indonesia. We tried it this week.

Liputan 6

The sound that comes out of the speakers on the ROG Phone 5 is impressive.

Review1st

About the performance, ROG Phone 5 is very powerful, so gamers will be very satisfied. The display, design, camera, and gaming features are guaranteed not to disappoint and become the added value of this smartphone.

DroidLime

One of the surprising elements, the biggest wins come from the battery

Medcom

The audio quality of the Asus ROG Phone 5 speakers is very sharp and detailed to read the direction of the gunshots in the game.