i used rog phone 2 in the past, and now use rog 6. as a rog phone user, I'm very disappointed with the update design. the new design no longer supports mobile gamer where the Bezel needed so there is no miss touch, and no punch hole camera that distracting the screen. yes, it is impractical for many customers, but rog phone supposedly targets mobile gamer market, not all smartphone users. very disappointed.
Heyyyyy we both same i use rog 2 before then i broke down now using rog 6D also disappointed with the new design, but i think it is ok because the more now more freely.
Bro, I had a rog 2, and there was a problem with its air trigger, did you experience any difficulty with it? I'm afraid all other rog series have same problem 😅
I have a quick question. Since you seem to have both the ROG 7 and 8 on hand, can you say that the speaker quality of the ROG 8 is comparable to the 7? I know that they're not front facing anymore and probably smaller in general (because of the reduced thickness). I would really like to hear about your opinion regarding bass performance. A good song to test is material girl Stefan Kartenberg, this is a song GSMArena uses in their speaker test.
I'm probably getting this because of the: waterproof design Incredible GNSS/GPS The screen refresh rate The headphone jack However I really think they also could've kept: Front firing speakers Holepunch-free screen From the last models. Major bummer that they didn't.
After seeing all the negative comments, I guess I’m glad I’m coming into this from iPhone… I’m not a previous Android gamer being let down, but I’m coming from a flagship iPhone 13 Pro Max, looking for an Android gaming flagship phone…. Which this now meets my needs. Granted, I understand that I’m the exact person they are trying to get to buy the phone, with the new changes (Price isn’t an issue, considering every iPhone I buy is already $13-1500+).
I like the phone in almost everyway, BUT 2 stuff i dont like.. losing the 2 front firing speaker is a mistake. Also by not having a white version. ROG7 white is really cool.. i imagine pairing it with a e-ink in the back would be incredible. But i dunno how challanging, from engineering prespective its gonna be. So yeah, at least kept the 2 front firing speaker. Or ... If you opt from side, made it into two side speaker, just like my other phone, redmi 12 pro. Cus, i highly doubt, the two different speaker design could be balance
Was expecting atleast rog 7 like sound quality. But nah phone companies won't offer what customers want 🤦 I always loved ROG phones (and I own ROG 3 still) and now I am 💔
Rog 3, Rog 5 and Rog 7 have the best speakers on any phone. Rog 3 and Rog 5 have 7 magnet speakers and the Rog 7 has 5 magnet. Rog 6 speakers weren't that great. But, the Rog 8 is a complete let down.
@@SASMacDroid not possible bro, Rog 6 for me was terrible. Rog 3 has 7 magnet speakers so much much more powerful. Rog 6 for me there wasn't as much bass
This is a Premium Flagship Phone But Not what Customers wanted The Punchole Camera makes it as Every other Android Phone ever Atleast the Previous RoG Phones were Standout in terms of Design, Speakers, Headphone Jack (with DAC) , The Colorful Crisp Back Display on Back, etc They Did good with IP Rating but No Giving the Option of Subwoofer in the Aeroactive Cooler is a Downgrade. They made bezels slim but Forgot or Ignored the Bezels gave so much Space to the 'Front Firing Speakers' which already creates more immersion into the audio because of speaker placement. They Could've Added Dual Front Camera with Flashlight if used the Space of Bezels Efficiently. This would have made more sense of having Thick Bezels They Removed the Standout feature of ESS DAC for Headphone Jack for which they were praised a lot They Never Added SD Card Slot Despite of being the phones so thick The Old Phones Didn't have bad design but some areas that Could've made the design perfect- Dual Front Camera with Flashlights, ESS DAC Chip, SD Card Slot.
@@sc9433 Yeah in the time when Battery Capacity should be increased they are decreasing it. There are 7000Mah Battery Phones while being Light weight they didn't go for them why
@@adityapathak2046I wouldn't call this phone premium bro... Screen is still 1080p, poor software updates, average cameras and the resell value is terrible. Better off buying the s24u for that money
Ya, it seems a lot of downgrade along with some upgrades, still good enough... And you mentioned that bezel usage, actually I thought exactly the same since 2 years, even mentioned that in some video I don't remember! I thought it could have had 2 cameras, flashlight, and that IR face things which makes the faces biometric of iPhone best, so ROG Phone could have had the best biometrics😅. But then I saw Jerryrigeverything teardown video and saw how much they actually tried to use the space, the phone was soo dense! And it seemed like S series or other flagships are able to pack more or less the same amount of total hardware but they didn't had that room for cooling! The ROG Phone till 7 were maybe the most densely packed phone, that's why it even bended, not much structure, just as much hardware as they could...
I'm using the 5s when I transitioned from a student to a full timer, where I seldom work on the field. There the 5s shows its weakness. Scratched screen, chipped frame, constant overheating outdoor, full memory, crashes often (in freaking Google sheets), and a motherboard change. I'm looking to buy another phone, would you recommend the 8 for an office worker? All I wanted is a reliable daily carry with gaming capability.
I just wanted my stereo front facing speakers the bezels allowed for that now we have a crappy hole punch camera and the normal not very good speaker setup i was waiting for this phone to replace my crapy cheep phone that i got after i broke my rog phone 5s which was my favorite phone ever but now i dont know im extremely sad and disapointed that ill have to wait another year to see if they fix this they had the zen phone for practical everyday flagships The rog phone was the no compromises over the top phone that stood out from the other phones it still looks great but i want my speakers back i was fine with it being bulky and i was certainly fine without a hole punch camera that ruins the screen for me. Id rather take the bezls with my speakers then get rid of them just to add a hole punch camera hell they didnt even hide the camera under the screen which is possible they just put it there and i hate it.
how i wish those bezzels with the two front speakers and the selfie camera should have retain by rog 8. the sound effect is way better with the 2 front speaker specially when you are watching movies or playing games. i dont have problems with bezels as long as it serves its purpose like the ROG 6,7
Have you determined if it can record phone conversations as in Ultimate 7? I own the 7 Ultimate versions, and it had the ability to record phone calls built-in. Does version 8 still have that feature? I have looked online and could not find out much about it. Thanks for your time.
Why spend $1600 on this when you can get a s24u, or a new Sony, or Oppo x7 ultra for half the price? All 3 have better screens, better build, longer OS updates, better cameras & hold their value much more? Asus downgraded this year
Just saw the video and subscribed to the channel. One question tho, i had a rog 2 and there was a problem with its air trigger, it doesn't shoot continuously while moving the player in PUBG. Can you confirm with a video if the rog 8 doesn't have this issue?😊
Now THIS pretty much sounds like a true flagship phone for once. Not like the other crap from Samsung, Xiaomi, Apple, etc. Feature packed with headphone jack, huge battery, etc. Awesome
Ive been using rog phone 3 for a very long time now, and im planning to change it. I want the rog phone 8 but damn it doesn't show much dominance compared when other rog phones came out
Can't even call it an actual gaming phone anymore. What the hell was ASUS thinking? And they have the nerf to ask €1499 for the 24GB/1TB version. I really don't get it. 6 generations of gaming phones in which ASUS ROG Phones have always been top-of-the-line and by far the best in the field and all of a sudden they make this shit? The next ROG phone better be a fucking gaming phone or i'm done with ASUS.
Honestly im excited for the release of ROG8, but it seems like premium ZEN PHONE rather than ROG phone. Lower Battery cap, Not front facing speakers, the backlight for me is quite boring, the punch hole camera is definitely a downgrade.
Finally someone that mentions that ugly modern phone design and removal of front speakers!! That’s how you know tech reviewers actually used previous products as intended and know what they talking about
because verizon use a cloud software autotmatically detect you phone support mmave, the rog phones is sub-6 does not support mmmave. when I use sim card from visible, us mobile, when you pug in the sim card, yous hone automatedly setup Verizon APN, you get are all set.
@@userwest626 I have had the ROG 5s and also the 6 pro and they both didn't work with VZ. VZ tech support nor customer support says Verizon will not allow device on their network, since they are not certified for Verizon.
Also thing rog will understand their mistake on the new design as they the one that listen to their community altough nobody that likes rog wanted this design
asus will up date 2 year android version. but why worry about software? have you see any change in stock androind UI change in last 12 years? will software add hardware? yea asus change the most phone hardware to punch hole, when you view video pictures you see a ugly big black dot in the middle, what is a miss..
I think Nothing has a sourface looking at that pixelated back screen. This is by far the best implementation of a screen/notification system on the back of a phone EVER. I guess you can see caller ID and the TIME in an always on fashion. None of that glyph nonsense. I'd sell my Xperia tomorrow to get this - if it only were a tad smaller. Amazing job ASUS. Can't wait to see the results on the PWM frequency of the screen
I'm using ROG2 from last 5years.. I don't have money to brought new ROG phone.. Please giveaway any ROG phone which you are not using.. 😭 I'm from India 😞
Gaming phones are 95% useless because: - Regular phones have the same SOCs and cooling/RAM/flash have improved a lot, so they usually offer zero improvements over regular phones for gaming. Besides maybe some peripherals. - There are also gaming layers in most brands, even in the crappiest phone you can think of. I have seen Helio G25 phones with gaming layers.. - They are NOT developed by big brands, but subsidiaries like ROG (Asus), Black Shark (Xiaomi), Nubia (ZTE), etc. These don't give two shits about support, drivers and so on. - They have heavily customized (proprietary) Android layers, so you can happily forget about AOSP roms. - Support is ALMOST non-existent. I had two Black Sharks and the Android version was updated like 1-2 times. And no more than a dozen of security updates. - Physical triggers. Yeah, ok, buttons are RARELY the problem in touch gaming. I would use much more a physical analog joystick.
