[Gadgets] I reviewed a gaming phone that’s more powerful than my laptop

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The Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro is a gaming smartphone from top to bottom, and as you’ll find out, from front to back as well. But is it still a proper everyday flagship device in addition to being able to provide all the fun gaming stuff when I want it?

This was the direction Asus took with the ROG Phone 8 Pro, which ended up being surprisingly sensible, at least compared to the ROG Phone 7 Ultimate. I’m very happy to say the ROG Phone 9 Pro continues the trend and has even brought back a little bit of the madness that defined the series in the past in a very unexpected way.

Asus toned the look of the ROG Phone series down with the last generation, and it has mostly repeated the same design for the latest model.

If you thought Samsung was bad for slightly refining but never really changing the look of its phones, then the ROG Phone 9 Pro will likely make you pretty mad. Thankfully, the company hasn’t entirely abandoned what made previous ROG Phones fun, as there’s a dual-color Mini-LED display on the back, which Asus calls the AniMe Vision display.

It shows phone status information like the battery charge, notifications, and the time. We’ll come back to what makes the AniMe display really special in a moment.

 

 

I reviewed a gaming phone that’s more powerful than my laptop