ROG Phone 9 Pro Review, All This Power In The Palm Of Your Hand!

[@marcus11619]

That’s just how much phones are now. We are reaching clock speeds, core counts, and ram sizes of full desk top set ups.

[@jamescampbell8482]

You can basically have a full desktop experience from 20 years ago using this phone and emulating windows.

[@trucidio]

@@jamescampbell8482 20 years ago?? You can reduce it in 10 or less years!

[@Doc_Valparaiso]

@@jamescampbell8482 I'd say less than that. Remember that windows can now run on ARM. Just check out the Snapdragon powered laptops.

[@LunaWaves]

the redmagic 10 pro is not gonna be this much & pretty much superior in everyway

[@toututu2993]

Specs doesn't matter when the main design isn't for gaming and the price isn't competitive compared to Steamdeck, Quest 3, or other far better value for gaming because Phones are good at checking emails and of course calls

[@victor9]

overpowered they should have a Dex when you turn this thing into a mini PC

[@Whit3WolfXArcadia]

2 years of software updates is no no

[@Dr80SK]

Asus after fails in last few years is big no no by alone

[@grzeszczny]

It cannot be unlocked too.

[@overoula]

true..i have rog 5/6/7 and this is true for the updates...also i just prefer my samsung s23/s24 nowdays....better camera and really fast and good battery....rog was always best in battery though and amazing sound and fast ofc for emulation....but i prefer having a good camera also nowdays......if i want to play games i just play them on odin devices or any of my pc handhelds

[@AhmadKarem-f8m]

Yeah right at least 5 years.

[@50H3i1]

For a midrange phone it's ok but for a 1.2k$ Yea... nope

[@benlee9133]

Why won't these companies actually do a GAMING phone? I don't want a phone that plays games well... I want a full blown gaming phone, I'm talking basically a PSVita with all the bells and whistles. Cameras, NFC, 5g... the works but noooooo everyone keeps crapping out the same phones over and over again.

[@toututu2993]

Because boring hard to grip on hand rectangular full touchscreen sold so they think all people want is that

[@MthaMenMon]

I mean you got the asus rog ally, waaay cheaper and even the non-premium one beats this one on game performance.

[@uradeutsch]

why do we keep getting these gaming phones when theres literally no games worth getting it for?

[@DCM777.]

Never heard of Steam?!

[@rinkyouma2320]

​@@DCM777.Please, enlighten us on how to play Steam games without the need for a PC.

[@sbrader97]

​​​He literally shows it in the video with winlator playing fallout 4 and theres some other pc emulators but winlator is the best currently. The emulators for windows are really running Linux and because of valve's proton and dxvk many windows games are compatible on Linux and then there's emulation with it to run x86 games on arm so yes steam games are playable without owning a pc and isnt cloud gaming there is also a new upcoming emulator being showcased on realme called gamefusion that uses qualcomm proprietary drivers rather than relying on 3rd party turnip gpu drivers so this may have better performance too when it's eventually released to the public

[@morid0]

Winlatlor?

[@maskedlibrarian1483]

​@@rinkyouma2320 Winlator although you can't play steam games, only GOG if I'm not mistaken

[@kennymorelandiii9406]

A phone with 24 gb ram is just mind blowing to me. Just a few years ago top flight phones had like 2-4 gb so seeing how a phone can have 24 gb in there is wild

[@chriswright8074]

It's a waste of ram

[@TT-pi8ww]

it's just marketing bs, to have more than the competitors. there is no game or app making use of it.

[@Fusion05]

Just sucks 99% of apps never used it. Hopefully some more apps continue to use the RAM for something

[@maskedlibrarian1483]

But why exactly are you gonna use that ram for?? The only thing that comes to mind that is a ram hog is windows emulation and even then 16gb is more than sufficient. 24GB of ram is a waste especially in a smartphone

[@kennymorelandiii9406]

Oh I completely agree that it's a waste. Just surprised they can fit all that in there with everything else as well. Maybe if some huge advances are made with emulation it will use some of that ram but I still don't see how it could need more than around 12gb maybe 16gb max

[@budthecyborg4575]

It's $1,200.

[@budthecyborg4575]

And that still only gets you 512GB SSD. The 1TB model is $1,500.

[@jonathanthompson5710]

And...? It's a flagship phone... This is on par with a Samsung S24 ultra and those are $1300.00 right now.

[@budthecyborg4575]

@@jonathanthompson5710 All "flagship" smartphones are a scam.

[@dacmm]

@@jonathanthompson5710 Lol no. Midrange cameras at best, subpar battery capacity (new flagships are over 6k), low res 1080p display. The software gimmicks and the LED grid at the back won't justify the obvious shortcomings for too many people, especially at this insane price level.

[@Levi-hs6mg]

Samsung updates for 7 years, asus for 2​@@jonathanthompson5710

[@danielhulan3058]

You can also run windows through emulation on the snapdragon 8 elite. Im not sure how good it will be but that was one of the selling points of the 8 elite chip

[@nomoredlc593]

for being a pro, 5800 mah is a bit on the smaller side judging by 8 elite phones having up to 6500mah as of right now

[@jjcropjjcrop6935]

That's what I'm curious about,I mean why?

[@nomoredlc593]

@@jjcropjjcrop6935 probably that led matrix is guilty for shrinking the battery

[@MegaManZer088]

I bought the first and that one died because is stuck on a loop boot, then few years later I bought the rog 6, that one the camera went first, tried to get it repaired by asus but that was bad experience, then I dropped the phone and cracked the screen, had the screen replaced by a local repair shop, they did a great job but couldn't fix the camera and after couple of months power button decided to work randomly, that's when I went samsung ultra, gonna stick to a brand that parts are more available.

[@wusaint]

Feel your pain. I 've always wanted to pick up one of their phones because on paper they are sweet AF. But I've had so many bad experiences with Asus over the years that I just can't pull the trigger.

[@stewwey4059]

My Asus rog phone 6 has the bootloop and camera issue it died after 2 years, while my iPhone 11 still works like new. I upgraded from rog 6 to Z fold 6. never Asus again $1000 for a garbage firmware. Each rog phone series has its own issues 5 has the motherboard 6 has the motherboard and camera issue and 7 too we still don't know about 8 and 9 since they just released it this year.

[@crisgames2696]

Wow you guys are lucky, i never had a good phone

[@OBAMALADEN9]

3:14 3.5mm jack❤❤❤

[@bigload6]

The temperature of the sun in the palm of your hand

[@victorradial1179]

Good one

[@Day100]

Imagine if they didnt lock the bootloader and beefed up one of the USB C's to allow for EGPU usage. It'd be the start of true all in one computer usage.

[@Anna-56af8]

Nah its too expensive for phone.... redmagic 10 pro better

[@Earlybeggar]

There is literally no redmagic x yet stop lying bot

[@Deadenne]

​@@EarlybeggarROG phone fanboi bot detected. RedMagic 10Pro's really better than this overpriced thrash, doesnt even offer anything new other than being overpriced as always.

[@Earlybeggar]

@@Deadenne Fan boy ?, i literally hate gaming phones. What i said is that a redmagic 10 has not been released are you blind or your are just a 6 year old ?

[@IpadAcc.]

@@Earlybeggar it has been released. Go search

[@sujitpachode3207]

​@@Earlybeggaru should check your knowledge first before yapping around redmagic x videos came early than rog

[@xXlURMOMlXx]

Still no slide out gamepad? Pass

[@TT-pi8ww]

Well, not many people buying devices like this. This is why there is not a single AAA game for Android, which makes the device useless, because all the native games shown running well on other Android phones too.

[@DinoNugsy]

@@TT-pi8ww Warframe coming to Android

[@Ash_1277]

Le warzone mobile. Grid legends mobile looking at this 🙂

[@alexanderrahl482]

​@@Ash_12772 games, wow. That I don't care to play anyways. I'm sure many feel the same.

[@DinoNugsy]

@@alexanderrahl482 Also mobile games are booming so it won't take long for it to go mainstream

[@emperorfaiz]

A niche phone in a niche market. Not a surprise here. TBH, it's so overpowered for a smartphone, I'd rather have a handheld console of similar specs instead of phone. At least it would have a built-in controller and active cooling system from the start.

[@Kirby5588]

Would love to see these specs in a portable device for around $500 someday

[@grimreaperplayz5740]

The fact that this phone is more powerful than a ps4 pro is wild

[@Mrorlgloth]

​@@grimreaperplayz5740 CPU was better than PS5 Geekbenchmark 6 Ps5 singles 900 multi 7000 points Snapdragon 8 elite single 3000 multi 10.000 points

[@bananaboy482]

You can get 8 gen 3 gaming phones for $300. Very close in performance

[@Kirby5588]

@@bananaboy482 true but I want a gaming device instead. I've used my s20 as an all in one gaming phone/desktop and it just kills battery and makes me want a separate device. I'd just get a steam deck but they're too big

[@lexlopez15]

@@bananaboy482 name 1.🤔

[@Gamsshot_Boi]

I think bro don't know that you can also run gta 5 in winlator

[@nextgen8346]

It's 2013 game bruh 😅

[@adilfadhilah4334]

Maybe you can cover some games with display output to monitor at 2K resolution from the device, i think that is the main reason to make it like a console

[@Rhomagus]

Pinhole camera on the screen of a gaming phone is a no go. I'd rather have bezels or an under the screen solution. No upgradable storage, no SD card slot. No thanks. I'll just keep the phone I got and get a Steam Deck or Ally.

[@dogmeat2418]

@@Rhomagus You weren't going to buy it anyway, why yap

[@effen5931]

@@dogmeat2418 I have the ROG Phone 6, ROG Phone 7 Ultimate, ROG Phone 8 and I agree with the guy, I'd rather get an Ally X at this point lol.

[@jamescampbell8482]

Nebbra anybeam is back on sale with a USB-C powered mems laser projector, and I think it would be super cool for you to do a video where this phone runs through that projector. You could plug-in a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse the projector and a Bluetooth speaker and using winlator have a fully functioning desktop PC from 20 years ago with a raster scanning display. I just think that would be a dope video and you should totally try it because if I had all that shit I would do it on my own channel

[@hypnotize107]

Bro really has it with „power in the palm of your hand“ captions 😂 nice vid tho

[@shevystudio]

And people still gonna watch brain rot TikTok videos 😂

[@duffelbag5682]

"You got games on your phone?" "Just on the back"

[@ArctikAKRU]

I'm so excited for the Snapdragon 8 Elite! I'm hoping Samsung releases their own foldable that folds twice like the Huawei device we recently saw. I already use winlator all the time to play world of warcraft on my Z Fold 6, but the performance could certainly be better. So cool we can do this nowadays!

[@kevinkev1530]

How did you learn how to set up winulator? Channel or link

[@三ヤ]

Need more winlator with this SoC

[@mrttype]

Nice review as usual but any chance you could have tested the ROG Tessen with this ROG phone?

[@NinjaInTheBronx]

Asphalt Unite; maximum setting. Everyone with a new Android device tends to demo Asphalt, but no one has yet to mention whether they are running 9 or Unite and which settings are being used.

[@DigitalIP]

If only these could be offered at Verizon

[@Offishu]

Great review! Thanks for adding Warzone to your test!

[@rendelbariuan7583]

Rog phones os basically becoming Intel and Redmagic as AMD

[@TheAzzzzzzzza]

The snapdragon elite is the ultimate android tablet processor. I wonder who will be first to adopt it with decent cooling??

[@budthecyborg4575]

The Snapdragon 8 Elite is going to make an amazing upgrade from the Ayaneo Pocket Evo.

[@its_argho]

That 185Hz display is visible even on this video 🤯

[@nzuzobrian6488]

Thermal topic at around 19:00. Thank you, you've adressed the issue with people who ain't greatful, always complaining about WZM causing phones to overheat. but praise other games Gension impact, well looks like Gension gained more heat and throttled more and Asus is yet to use the included fan

[@ImaginationToForm]

A custom picture. You know what someone will do.

[@Garrettdx1988]

If this phone had at least twice the software support, it'd be an easy purchase for me. Unfortunately Asus updates are a joke

[@The_Shock_and_Awe]

All that power but no way to fully utilize it because Android has barely any console quality games like Resident Evil Village or 4 or Death Strangulation excuse me Death Stranding like on Apple appstore. Though if you have patience you can play PC games on Android through emulation using Linux or similar I already forgot what it's called

[@victorradial1179]

Feral interactive is launching pc ports, no modern ports but you can't say that Cod warzone is a port, is the same game with a graphic engine made for mobile

[@raptorrex]

Looks sick

[@nnation]

when u place ur onscreen specs, please include = bluetooth/wifi versions, tanks

[@ezg8448]

Improved ray tracing performance! So... what does ray tracing on an android phone?

[@NateBuildingBricks]

They make a gaming phone with no expandable storage. That is so dumb. A gaming phone needs expandable storage for all your roms for emulators. It could have been a great gaming handheld on the go.

[@maskedlibrarian1483]

In the past 3-4 years such high end devices stopped shipping with SD card slots. Samsung,Xiaomi,realme, OnePlus, Asus, Red magic and many other brands don't have an SD card slot on their flagship devices for the past years Very stupid if u ask .s

[@NateBuildingBricks]

@@maskedlibrarian1483 I wish Sony didn't stop making their phones here. They are the last hold out with a micro sd. The Chinese phones like Motorola and OnePlus are missing out by not doing it too. That would be a selling feature for some.

[@montellallen3133]

You don't need it. What are you fend to put on a phone that would use up a terabyte of storage?

[@NinjaKirikoJedi]

Only Sony phone still offer storage, plus headphone jack

[@victorradial1179]

Do we? I don't remember being able using apps in SD cards

[@nullnull-b1s]

I love it has a headphone jack, but no memory card slot is a deal breaker, imho, especially for a "gaming" phone

[@deamooz9810]

The back display is really cute

[@Puttis]

As a person that would actually benefit from the seemingly useless performance boosts (such as emulators and other niche applications) the price tag feels like a complete cannon blast to the face lol. I wish there was a phone out there that simply prioritized performance without being stupidly expensive (and of course expendable storage.)

[@mattdavis9601]

Thank you for the showcase, ETA. If there is a follow up video, would you please take a moment to stick a SIM into this ROG and tell us how it performs as a phone. This is especially important to me if you have a Verizon network SIM to test, as I'm on a Verizon MVNO (ha) and Big Red traditionally seems to have the most trouble with these import phones. I can't very well switch from Verizon because they still have the best network where I live.

[@jhinchristianrealuyoiv2911]

The power of the sun, in tha palm of your hands!

[@Doc_Valparaiso]

These gen on gen upgrades are something else. Ofc, you're going to be able to run the latest mobile games with ease. But, the Winlator performance is very promising. While the Snapdragon laptop rollout has had some issues it's still very early days. I think it's inevitable that we'll start seeing dedicated set top gaming boxes again. Where the OUYA's of the past failed miserably I just don't see that happening this time around. The tech has caught up, and with all the newly optimized emulators the future looks very fertile this time around. I know MS has already toyed with the idea of an ARM Xbox. If not MS I'm sure somebody with the money will jump in.

[@hksduhksdu]

Awesome phone, would you do a video on their desktop mode? I might switch back from iPhone to these Android phones after I tried DeX recently, in many cases, I can travel with just my phone without bringing any other mobile device because of the desktop mode

[@kevinmehok7228]

That is gorgeous!

[@frankpatterson9682]

Would you get an ALLY X now OR wait for the MSI Claw 8 AI Plus?

[@montellallen3133]

I would get the S25 ultra with the 8 elite chip and 1tb of storage. Its a phone, and a gaming handheld. All you need is a controller. So razer, gamesir, and or backbone. So you can hold in hand. Great for flights, long car rides, or just away from home.

[@frankpatterson9682]

@montellallen3133 no doubt a solid option. But I'm not looking for Android even though I'm posting on an Android video. I was hoping for a Windows device.

[@raze_sky]

8:57 phigros and arcaea is there.... LETSGOOOOOOO edit: damn, its even more rhythm game that featured on this phone

[@LockPickingPaws]

I wouldnt say no if someone gave me one but with all the handhelds that can play and control games better i dont see the "gaming phone" trend ever really taking off on a wide enough scale to keep it going. The Switch, Steamdeck and all others in the handheld resurgence kinda killed the market for these. Especially with said handhelds being cheaper and running games better and longer. Still a nice piece of tech but for a very niche market. You can play current gen games on most phones as well with different game streaming services, Nvidia, Gamepass etc.

[@bbzbabus]

cant wait for the switch emulation test

[@M.N.9]

The spiderman 2 reference is epic

[@MichaelSkinner-e9j]

A long time ago, I used to try to get android to run on windows, Lennox, so on and so forth. I used to muck around with APK’s, side loading, all that stuff. Nowadays- I just don’t want to mess around with that stuff. I prefer simplicity

[@crisgames2696]

Guys, can any of you give me a phone that you don't use? I never had a good phone and I want one to play with my brother, my last phone was a j2 that I repaired from my father, but I still lived connected, if you disconnected it it would turn off, thanks ❤️.

[@arturosanji]

Double boot with windows when plugged in desktop mode will be amazing!

[@dreamsremain.2i2]

Would be nice to see you do more linux on android videos. NOMone looks promising for on the go video editing, audio production, and 3D modeling. Just waiting on my rp5 to try it out.

[@arturosanji]

A tamagochi in the back would be great

[@mariussm7797]

Someone will find a way to run Doom on that back cover :)

[@LateraL1ty]

Emulation. If it's not snapdragon I'm not buying it and qualcomm needs to take advantage of this and the best part they don't need to do anything, just release the the drivers and the community will do the optimization themselves.

[@MichaelStanton]

My biggest fear is it not getting updates on a reasonable basis.... is that right... why does that sound weird? Anyway if it got updates fairly soon after release, I'd get one.

[@akonako364]

I can't wait for someone will bend test, moss scale test and lighter test this phone. lol

[@jonathanthompson5710]

Nice phone. I like the 2 usbc ports and a 3.5mm headphones jack. Too bad it doesn't have expandable storage. And two years of updates? Especially with Samsung giving 5-7 years of updates. Kind of a deal breaker.

[@Mamiya645]

Considering the cost of flagship phones, I could get into this, if I was open to spending that much on a maxed out phone with more performance than I could ever need in a phone. I carry a 7" x86 laptop powerful enough for playable L4D2 and more after all.

[@jesusdoe3018]

Desktop mode? Can the chiller be attached and still have the ability to hook up to an external monitor?

[@auggieaxiom5726]

this phone is like the mom we have x @ home - in reverse.

[@Wisznuification]

The "screen" on the back is a gimmick... but I love it. Every little counts in the era of black rectangles.

[@kevinkev1530]

Facts

[@aymanali4668]

Last month they released a gaming tablet with the 8 gen3, will they release an updated version of that with the 8 Elite??

[@enton9422]

I want local ai. As my assistant, automate check my daily task, my health, my activity, my research, my studies

[@mcappperspective6099]

Honestly, redmagic 10 pro would be a better choice as it more affordable especially if you live in southeast asian region.

[@Realxfx]

How is bro uploading high quality content everyday 😭

[@SRC267]

This is his job

[@AlejandroCaicedoPUJ]

You should try to run the gog version of baldurs gate 3 in winlator just to see if it's possible

[@Waxf0rd]

Asus really needs more OS support. Same for red magic. Bump it up a bit at least to 4 years. Otherwise it doesn't justify the price just for gaming

[@rexuao6271]

I think is time to upgrade to this from my rog 7

[@rolins3279]

In reality, I'm surprised that the Rog Phone still manages to sell 🤔 At more than $1000-$1500, for what they offer at the hardware and especially software level (barely 2-3 years of Android version updates) for the same price (if you're as much of a smartphone gamer as that), you can have the Redmagic from the same year, and a really good high-end smartphone dating back 1-2 years for good software / software tracking and good camera 📸 Sincerely, I really, really can't understand how and why people put money into this thing 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@bnoufil14]

Its a crime that today we can't still have PC game on thos phones.

[@Quiqueleal85]

these new flagship phones cost as much as a 4070 super PC build. I cant see myself getting a phone that cost more than 1100$. cant wait for an Ayaneo or Ayn device with this chipset though.

[@fdgdfgdfgdfg3811]

actually you can buy a used rtx 4080 and a decent cpu pc for 1300usd

[@calebbrown2776]

​@fdgdfgdfgdfg3811 I got a whole Cyberpower Nividia 4070 Eagle pre-built, Intel i9 13900kf with 16 gbs of ram for 1600$. The fact this phone best options is 1500$ and only has 512 gbs max is wild.

[@Juice8767]

Outside of youtube and a junk email account, I steer as far as I can from google but that does look like an awesome piece of hardware

[@bennettturk3206]

It's an impractical device. Its like the dodge hell-cat of phones.

[@Sioux-periorGaming]

I do a lot of gaming on my phone but for that price range it doesn't justify the experience for me. I'd much rather just play games on an xbox. Until android begins pumping out games like RE4 and Village, I ain't going nowhere near these high end devices. As tempting as they are, COD: Mobile, Honkai: Starrail and Master Duel don't justify owning a $1000+ device when a PC will do a lot more for me at a cheaper price. It's still cool to see how far gaming has come on phones but dayum that's expensive.

[@TryhardZone]

You should try delta force, thats really optimized

[@Mariusz_B.]

How would you compare 8 to 9?

[@djstraussp]

I'll just wait for the Snapdragon X Elite Max Ultra version.

[@_Meme_lord_1]

All the HEAT in the palm of your hands 😂

[@freydomgod7112]

My ROG doesn't get past 40°C when gaming for hours

[@elmarcentral]

The software on these kinda phones is ugly. Reminds me of Android 2.3 launchers.

[@Luffy2Y]

I need the Elite on a Samsung tablet for DEX to replace my laptop.

[@theorphanobliterator]

unironically am considering buying this

[@maskedgod535]

Don't buy it, the RedMagic 10 pro is far more worth it, especially as it isn't notorious for motherboard issues lol

[@theorphanobliterator]

@maskedgod535 that phone isn't even out

[@shadowform1264]

​@@theorphanobliterator yes it is, and Will be launch globaly

[@netnomad47]

​@theorphanobliterator it will be out globally on Dec 2nd.

[@freydomgod7112]

If you can afford it, it's miles better than the redmagic

[@trucidio]

this shi.. is more powerful than my desktop!

[@TussalDragon344]

Ah yes, all that power and no extra/ expandable storage, say through a microSD slot

[@MrDusuke]

Snap. 8 Gen 3 was already overkill for everything that we could possibly do with these phones.... So, an 8 X Elite phone makes no sense. This power should be use to compete with Apple M chips desktops/laptops not android phones. We must use that with Windows and Linux distros and play gaming PCs, emulating high-end stuff, etc.

[@INFINITY-oe4is]

The real question is where is the sd card slot!

[@0xm3trix]

Please test more games on winlator with the snapdragon 8 elite

[@luisardox]

Does the Cooler do video passthrough? The other models didn't let you do that, it makes no sense.

[@MrArielK]

no

[@edwardgreenjr167]

They could have cut the gimmicky back screen on even just the non 'Pro' model (which was smaller anyway), and included wireless charging instead. It would have been a flagship competitor without the 'extreme gamer' ascetic. But nah, Asus doesn't want to sell this in numbers outside of Asia.

[@putraiqbalmalik]

Red magic 10 with active cooling better

[@SinghFamily-x6k]

Nice mann

[@SPICEDAWG09]

The way things are going gta 6 will probably end up on the Google playstore lol

[@BradJohannsen]

Im tired of youtubers praising electronics that cost $1000.

[@shbdh1]

All this power to napalm you hand 😁