You forgot to mention THE most important feature that this phone has which other flag ship phones like Samsung, do not support. This phone supports charger bypassing, so if you wanted to game for HOURS on end, or stream for hours, etc.. & are at home or on a long train journey or anywhere with a mains plug socket, then you can power the phone DIRECTLY from the mains WITHOUT the battery being involved, so unlike with Samsung for example, the battery is not constantly charging-discharging-charging-discharging when using it whilst plugged in, so it doesn't massively reduce the battery life of a phone with a non-replaceable battery by eating up the charge-discharge number of life cycles.

4:50 AS coating is Anti-Smudge And AF coating is anti fingerprint (this is usually found on most screens)

I love the side mounted usb port and I wish more phones had this

Love the description template still there, as opposed to the actual affiliate links.

The problem with gaming phones is that as cool as they are, there isn't much to play natively. I would love to have a mobile game steam platform but unfortunately aside from maybe genshin and some shooter games, there isn't much that would use all of these features and performance.

Can't imagine buying this, but it looks neat

I have the rog phone 3. I am a gamer but never use the phone for gaming. I just love the front firing speakers and the giant battery!

Why all the bezel hate? I'd rather have a bezel than something that disrupts my display. Only reason I'm not still using my Pixel 2XL is because it got run over by a fire truck. It still works, but it is bent and I can't replace the shattered screen. Unbending the phone would risk breaking the bent Mainboard, and it isn't worth fully rebuilding.

I've got a ROG Phone II, and had the original ROG Phone before it, and have been using them as my phone since the ROG Phone came out. As a phone, it works excellently imo. Load of storage, load of battery, headphone jack, good speakers. It's kinda an it-just works. I still get security updates, and got an Android version update a few months ago, so I will trust ASUS' comittment to the device.

9:34 While it has the same Cirrus amp as the ROG Phone 5 for the speakers, it doesn't have the ESS ES9280AC Pro quad dac and amp, or a comparable chip. As a result, the headphone output may have lower fidelity, and definitely has less power, because it just uses the integrated Qualcomm codec.

love when the editor forgets the links lolol

as a user of the ROG 5 Ulitmate. I love it! Granted i am haveing mobile data issues which lucky AUS is being amazing with Support helping me trouble shoot it and get it working again

No, the IPhone is missing mids. The ROG Phone is pretty balanced while the IPhone has a V-shaped sound

The coating is a grease-repellent coating against fingerprints. In addition, it has an antibacterial effect

My expectations are always met when it comes to ASUS anything. Not bad for even $1500, because you can game and then return back to regular phone stuff and you get all that premium modular stuff. Good job from ASUS

It has a 3.5 headphone jack. I like it more and more. The Sony Latest phone is still probably going to take my money but that is slick and should be comeing back. Hi-Fi IEM's are norm they need power.

What I love about the ROG phones are the front facing speakers. Those alone sell me on the phone, because as far as I'm aware there aren't any other phones that have them.

At this point gaming phones should come with that external cooler plus water cooling enabled, just like some of those clevo laptops with external water cooling

Just for a flagship phone in general is solid already gaming thing aside. Good battery and display.

Seems great as a daily driver, doesn't even have to specifically just game on it. I like that it has an audio jack, and TWO type C ports! I like having microSD, but with this phone I am willing to compromise. And the software from asus for battery management, using it while plugged in and bypassing the battery means longer lifetime for the battery. If I had the money, and this version is cheaper than I was expecting considering the previous versions pricing, I would buy this! The price is the only problem I have. Haha

The box kinda feels like an old school bionicle box and I love it

Would be hard for them to implement the wireless charging if they have the soc and batteries in that orientation/placement.

I got the rog 5 and i really like it the size never bothered me. My biggest negative about the phone is the camera software

that's literally the first time i saw merch and went holy SHIT NICE good job guys pretty sure i'm gonna buy that you guys ship to Italy right

After a quick trip to GSMArena's phone comare tool, it does appear that the only differences between the 6 and 6 Pro are the rear screen, the colors (the 6 has black as an option, while the 6 Pro only comes in white), and the storage memory configurations (the 6 starts with 128GB of storage and 8GB of RAM, and goes up to 512GB of storage and 16GB of RAM; the 6 Pro only offers 512GB of storage and 18GB of RAM, so at the very least, you can get more RAM with the Pro). So really, unless that tool is inaccurate, the Pro only really gives you the rear display, and the ability to get 18GB of RAM over 16 (the $1000 of the 6 is the 512/16 one), and you have to pay $300 for those. Two extra gigs of RAM really doesn't seem like it'd make a difference when you already have 16GB, so it all depends on how valuable you'd find that rear display. I can definitely see how it it could be useful, but it doesn't seem worth the $300 the 6 Pro costs over the 6. So overall, the regular ROG Phone 6 seems like the smarter buy, unless you would REALLY appreciate that rear display.

not sure who would want a lousy, slow and extremely inefficient wireless charging option, especially since so many people these days seem so worried about power consumption and efficiency

I really like asus phones because it's really easy to get replacement parts (mainly battery and screen but also case part and more) in France so i've been rocking a zenphone max pro m2 since launch

It also has pretty much no bloatware and doesn't require a ROM to get the most out of it. Something I really hated with Samsung phones. The only pre installed software on my ROG 3 was the Armoury Crate and again unlike Samsung I have far more control over the phone, features & OS. I have the 3 as my daily, I rarely play games on phones and I freaking love it! Upgrading to this model when it's available here in AUS.

IPX4 water resistance, ROG always innovating.

5s user here, good experience overall using it as a normal phone, only thing I miss is wireless charging, but the rest is worth it for me. Only challenge I'm having is updating to android 12, manual downloads run but fail every time, and it's an issue shared by a lot of users

those L and R air triggers made me want to try out some of those older retro style games that allowed you to move the camera with the l1 and r1 triggers on the playstation. it makes me wonder if there is a game out there for mobile phones where you are auto-running but can pan the camera with the triggers as you tap on enemies to destroy them.

AS coating is like a ceramic coating that makes the surface as flat as possible to perverted the hold of dirt, water, and oil. It basically a oleophobic coating if that helps.

Xbox game pass has a lot of cloud gaming options that work pretty good on the ROG5. The only con is that the screen is smaller than a Steam Deck or Nintendo Switch. But with a Bluetooth controller it functions just as well in my experience.

I like the concept, just the wrong price point. It's too close to a gaming laptop or desktop, for gamers that's more important to spend the money there, but 300-500 with game friendly features like this one to play steam game (streaming) or mobile games with the controller module

I have Rog Phone 5 - It is almost identical. As a phone, it's something as good as it comes. Note: I never cared about water resistance. This is one and only phone with two USB ports. You will pry it from my cold dead hands. Also The new cooler from RP6 is rumored to be compatible with RP5, which is nice, since side buttons on the old cooler easily break.

I agree, I should buy *PRODUCT NAME* (AS MANY AS LISTED), and that I should search my Trello for any vendor links. Maybe update that?

Well, I'd guess AS coating just stands for anti-sweat, rather than any specific thing

Why did nobody get the non-pro model? It's 90% the same but a much better value.

This is the first time Riley reminds me of Unbox Therapy holy shit the resemblance during the unboxing is insane 😂 (Talking about behavior not looks)

Shots fired with that close up chockobo figure pics

honestly want to get this phone and hook up like a tiny physical keyboard with the side usb-c and then use it to do on the go coding with using either the cooler buttons or the air triggers on the back as text navigation buttons.

I would be much more into it, if it had the AniMe Matrix from the G14 on the back.

11:00 Air-Triggers are like 2 touch pads instead of 2 real buttons. It means better water resistance. If it works, other brands should copy that. They should put a different material or at least a different texture where the Air-Triggers are. Apple should bring Force Touch back. PS: They are ultra sonic, sorry.

The bezel is fine. I like the front-facing speakers, and no notch in the display.

I use the ROG5 love it, love how quick everything is. I have connected an Xbox controller to it a couple times for gaming and it works but i don't game that often on it. If you use you phone to check out stock charts the 5 works pretty well. Loads everything fast and i don't notice lag when switching between apps. Admittedly I'm hoping the ROG7 comes out before I feel the need to upgrade. But I'd get the 6 if I didn't have the 5

I cant wait to buy this, the air triggers is what sold me. To anyone wondering if the physical triggers on the Blackshark 4/5 pro and on the Poco F4 GT are better than the sensor trigger on ROG 5/6 & RedMagic 7? Its garbage. Just because it is a physical button it's not any better. I regret my purchase on the Poco F4 GT I thought the physical triggers are good, its flat, hard to press, not squishy and not ergonomic. The air triggers on the ROG 5/6 are better.

Some people say all this power and gaming stuff isn't necessary since other phones can do it... but that's not exactly true. I have a flagship phone from last year with a Snapdragon 870, I play a competitive mobile game every day called Knives Out and my phone can barely run it. There's a 120fps option which I would love to use but it lags like crazy, so I'm stuck on "balanced" quality and a stuttering 60fps. I'm sure this phone could handle it pretty well.

Kid me would have loved that box to use as some kind of cryogenic chamber or whatnot for my action figures.

I like Riley, but I think there are a couple of different people I'd rather see review these types of phones.

there are a few differences between the 6 and 6 pro a few of the 6 models have an adreno 730 vs an adreno 660 there is also a 256gb version with 12gb of lpddr5 vs 16gb the 6 pro has 18gb 512gb storage with an adreno 730. really quite confusing when looking at their store page.

The fact that this thing can record phone calls by default is great !

The box reminds me of Auldey Race Tin lol. Ahhh good old times.

Video like this is where I hope Anthony is the host. He just so much more knowledgeable and brighter when it comes to things like this.

Railey is simply the most entertaining from all crew on this channel, great video, with great sense of humour as always.

I've just started the review, but man... I quite literally begged my supervisor/the person above me to see if we could get a ROG 6 installed at our display. We have an ASUS phone, but it's one of the "worse" ones, and, well...it doesn't look as cool. I've had customers who've wanted decent 'gaming phones', and, well...this one looks absolutely stunning... And it's the same-ish price as the S22 series! It looks really fun, and I am of the opinion our whole display stand needs a revamp, especially where we display a few more fun colours (the Xiaomi 11t is done DIRTY, we have the black one displayed, yet the other colours are absolutely STUNNING). And just...I would like to sell some other phones than Samsungs, Motorola, and (urgh) iPhones. Basically, as a phone seller, I would like to sell some phones that I know my customers would like. And like, the price is something akin to the s22 series and more expensive Xiaomi and OnePlus. So with someone in that bracket, wanting better RAM and a good CPU...this would be nice. And the quality of the cameras aren't actually as bad as I feared; they're pretty damn good, and it's better than the s21 FE. Though, my annoyance with the phone is the IPX6 rating. It's not waterproof, which...really sucks tbh. So a fancy phone, for specific people, but I would at least love to have it displayed since a lot of our phones are the same boring ones all the time

"I plug that in my cyberpunk bike and then it's Akira time" 😂

High performamace plus a headphone jack really sold me on this device.

It’s one of those phones that I appreciate its existence, even though I probably wouldn’t get it.

11:45 Were you referring to the iPhone missing mid frequencies that the ROG 6 filled out? Because to me it sounds like the ROG 6 has more fidelity in the lower-mids while the iPhone just sounds anemic. The iPhone especially sounds anemic outdoors when that somewhat impressive lower end doesn't come through. If the ROG 6 is anything like the prior model, there's a whole bunch of settings and tweaks to tune the speakers to your liking, and even an outdoor mode that boosts the volume and makes it sound more compressed (louder) kind of like how the iPhone sounds out of the box. (They need to get the most out of their drivers.)

Honesetly... as an almost poor man I bought the regular ROG 5 after your video on it and I'm not disapointed at all. I love it. OFC I'm not gonna just buy 6 because there's nothing wrong with my 5 but when it's time comes I'll definitely gonna just buy the latest ROG at that time.

AS coating. Anti-Slip. For the sweats on Apex Mobile.

I think I'd pay $1k if only it came with expandable storage, it's amazing they missed something so basic. 512GB just isn't enough. Plus it might be missing some other things not covered here.

lmao love your channels my friends. What I'm really getting out of these ROG phone videos is that they're very capable machines that are too complicated to demo a game on bwahahahha Riley you are charming, and the Short Circuit hoodie is dope af Sarah and the team did good work

Thank you for mentioning chocobos!

I bought the 5th one last year, and then one day out of nowhere the wifi chip died. No wifi in a phone is a death sentence for me, and with the phone out of the warranty period nothing could be done. Forums confirmed this is a widespread issue but they just replaced the phones on warranty, with many people having to replace their phone 2 or 3 times. Asus KNOWS this was a faulty-prone chip and has done NOTHING about it. I'm never buying from them again.

More than a phone, it seems Asus wanted to make a handhled gaming console. In this area there are better alternatives such as the Steam Deck or the Ayaneo.

What would you guys reccomend? A rog 6 pro or iPhone 13 Pro Max or pro? For daily use and gaming.

the joy con like experince really makes me want a phone steam deck joycon hybrid system. make the cooler portion be a stand and where the joycons connect. that way you would be able to have the cool controller-like experience with the phone stand and cooled, have it completely handheld or just a phone. other cool thing would be if egpu were smaller you could throw that into the cooler portion aswell but were are definitely not there yet

Rather have expandable storage then headphone jack.

can't wait to play the 3 games that are even remotely worth playing on this phone versus any other! it's almost like mobile games are optimized to run on average hardware and don't need insane specs to perform well 🤔

"SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT!!!!!!!" Great reference

11:05 that hoodie really is COOL LOOKING but too warm for Hawaii lol... hmmm might have to get one for travelling

Someone should have really copied those links from trello :D

How can you make a "gaming" phone with no expandable storage. Unbelievable.

This is the phone equivalent of doing a high end PC build when you just browse youtube and music streaming

I have a couple rog 5 maxed out and since I won't buy a phone with a hole in the screen this is one of the only options available.

Riley is not a good host for phones especially for gaming phones, should have let linus host this one.

cant imagine my phone being my main gaming platform

I'm not that great when it comes to technology and stuff but I try and I have a question. What does it actually mean only 2 years of OS and security updates? What happens after 2 years?

The best about it is the headphone jack, which already makes it one of the best options today.

if asus made a cooler like this one that is compatible for all phones, ppl would be buying that essential accessory, especially iphone users.

you really should buy-import Sharp aquo r7 which has the same sensor as xiaomi with it's one inch sensor and review it here in short-circuit..the igzo and brightness up to 2000nits and all other unique features that those japanese market has is really worthy of a video here..it has hybrid sdcard slot as well plus 3.5 audio jack ,in a flagship,so it's really appealing for some users. there are some 2nd hand currently selling it under 1000$ in ebay if you search for it

i wan the bezels, lets you have bigger cases if you work in a rough environment.

What provider can I use with this phone? Verizon? Spectrum? At n t?

But if you download a video editor to the phone, how long does it take to render

"That Doesnt Look Like Alloy At All" 🤣

I would love a mobile gaming solution like this. But I haven't found any quality games on the app store. Please let me know if any exist.

Really hope it will make a version that has card slot... Not that it is on higher ipx rating....

i have the rog phone 2 and i recently got android 11 so yeah ASUS will come through

Now the real question: can you load steamos on it? I would consider the purchase in that case

the nubia red magic 7 pro and the red magic phones have built in fans inside them unlike almost every other phone.

that hoodie looks so good

The thing that absolutely kills it for me is the mere 2 years of software support. At that price tag, I'm expecting to be able to use it for at least 3-4 years. After all, I don't need to replace my other electronic devices (desktop, laptop, console, TV, my _current_ phone) every 2 years.

is there an ultimate version? is there a black pro/ultimate?

this is the funniest and most amazing channel in my opinion

Asus implements audio and energy management much better than any brand I have used. Audio: Sabre dac for headphone amp, quad-dac for inbuilt speakers. Energy: Bypass Charging, Reverse Charging, Dual battery Parallel charging, Separate Parallel charging from two ports, Steady Charging option, Limit Charging option to 80%, failover power when one battery fails etc etc. They can supply with shitty batteries like samsung and iphone and still be able to maintain battery health for years. For one, I had badly dropped my rog5 few months ago and one of the two batteries got totally disconnected while another was connecting loosely. My phone was running on a single 3000mah battery for days before I took it for repairs. And when both were out, I was simply able keep the phone on purely by using a powerbank due to divine bypass charging. Even funnier, the phone has reverse charging on the other usb-C port!! I was able to charge my temporary feature phone on the side before the power bank came into the picture. The dual battery setup allows for parallel charging, generating less heat per charge rate and capacity. Heat is the sole reason for lithium battery degradation, including the wear from venturing outside the 20-80% capacity range. Asus had that covered too, with a software option to block charging at 80%

I really wanna know what the sales on these look like. Because I find it hard to believe they justify the RnD and production that goes into these

Contemplating if I should buy another ROG Phone just for Competetive CarX DR2. Or buy another Van, because both cost the same right now.

9:53 i don't really get why people complain about this type of bezels. i barely even notice those. 🙂

is there a video comparing phone thermals using a case, skin, and no case?