ROG Phone 8 Pro FULL REVIEW - Should You Buy? 

Hey Chaps! Would you buy a 'Gaming Phone' like this??

The design on the back is great. One of the best designed models of all smartphones. But that's it. I'm disappointed in the model change, which has diluted its identity as a ROG phone.

Anything between $650 to $800 would be the right price for the 24gb/1tb.

Thanks for testing the backbone compatability, that's my main use cash for mobile gaming.

Great review. Thanks, mate.

Main drawback is not battery, the main drawback is price to performance ratio .

Does they fix the finger prints scan? One of the huge issue of ROG phone is the finger print scene became extremely inaccurate if I use screen protection. It got so bad it cannot even scan my finger print.

The pricing killed it.

I'm curious about the gaming performance when the new sony xperia flagship phone with the 4k 120 hz display while gaming with ray tracing since you mentioned ray tracing in a game with the asus rog 8 phone. The sony xperia 1 v also supported ray tracing but was not mentioned even though it has the snapdragon 8 gen 2 with it's 4k 120 hz oled display. I wish the ray tracing performance was mentioned with any of the youtube videos with games that support ray tracing and the games being played on the sony xperia 1 iv android phone with it's 4k 120 hz oled display. I used to have the sony xperia 1 iii but it does not support ray tracing and I upgraded to the sony xperia 1 iv but it also does not support ray tracing but I wanted a brighter display with more storage and full 5g support that's why I upgraded to the sony xperia 1 iv from the sony xperia 1 iii.

Which version would you buy for US? Does it run on verizon?

Question is voice changer is already install on rog 8? Like black shark there got voice changer

honestly the phone 7 ultimate would be a better option due to you most likely not needing the extra cores and keeping the old battery capacity but even a fee months after release, the ultimate versions practically went out of stock and some retailers even blantly sells it as much or even more than the phone 8 pro js dropped and broke my phone 5's lcd and had to look for a new rog phone (i was a sucker for the phone 7's design js cuz i mainly used the phone 5 as my first brand new phone after lineages of used passed down phones) the old phone 7 512gb is also hard to find and ordering it even takes 10days from my local retailer so basically gonna take as long as getting it online (buyin from retailers does have the benefits of them providing the rma services done by them but if you dont mind the hastle of self reverse pickup for rma that wont be an issue but personally with the phone 5 not a fun experience with 3 rma requests to date) i have a friend whose able to properly get the phone 8 pro from a retailer for me so that was the option i went with but phone 7 ultimate would be a good call depending on your budget (the phone 7 ultimate i last had a price on was a solid 100$ more than the phone 8 pro)

... Idk... I like the smaller foot print and better camera but I'm not a fan of that punch hole camera in front, up firing top speaker, downplayed look and it seems like 2 less buttons on the controller which used to have 4 buttons.

So which one should I buy the ROG phone 7 ultimate from last year or the new ROG phone 8 pro edition

Quick question, between the Rog 8 pro and the red magic 8 s pro which is a better option in terms of performance pls

What is the space flight flight game shown?

I'm not a gamer but I'm actually intrigued by this phone. If I were in the market for a flagship phone I would certainly consider it, although I would wait 6 months for the inevitable price drop.

Rog 6 user here. I love the new design on the ROG 8, but the none front facing speakers and smaller battery is a deal breker for me.. Was hoping for at least a 6500mah battery (as the RM 9 pro has). Price also waaay to high. So maybe I'll try out the RM 9 pro, but it is not available in Norway yet..

The "US version" from the official ASUS amazon page does not work with ATT even though they directly state that it does on the product listing. You lose phone call functionality unless you dial some number to force enable voip every time the phone reboots. It also comes with some janky European charger and an adapter to make it fit the US outlets. Love the phone but this is a bit too much nonsense for me to deal with.

Hey Tom nice video. I am struggling to decide between this one and the upcoming Xiaomi 14 Pro..the camera is important to me but I didn't thaaat huge improvements on the Xiaomi 14 pro. Can you help?😂

You dont need that max settings in modern games right now since medium isnt that different compared to high or highest

4:27 as a war thunder player (both mobile and pc) this clip pissed me off on another level

Does this phone work with Verizon?

Has the word "Pro" replaced the word "Ultimate!?" I want to buy it but don't want the Ultimate model to come out later. You know what I mean?

Gaming phones are great and I love them however they just aren't good daily driver phones. The Asus rog phones seem to have their own unique issues that makes the phone annoying to use overall. My Asus rog 5 phone is the best phone I have ever used but also the worst. Why you ask well here is the issues I have had: - The screen randomly turns off while using it (putting the phone on stand by and turning it back on fixes this) - Fpos/ Pay pass doesn't always work (has caused me A LOT of pain and fustration) - Wont charge if you wipe the screen with a wet wipe a few times idk why. - Lags like hell for no reason sometimes. - Phone gets uncomfortably hot while using it and charging at the same time. - Sim card keeps disconnecting for no reason (accidently dropping the phone or dropping it from 1cm will cause this to happen and requires you to restart the phone 4 to 6 times, Incredibly fustrating. - The Amoled screen flickers while using it a lot idk why it's not annoying but it just does it for some reason. - The camera app/ software is broken so the camera is literally unusable apart from Macro (All pictures must be taken in macro for the phone to focus) camera works fine in apps like messenger, snapchat ect... so feels like a software issue Asus doesn't care about and will never fix. My buddy has the rog 6 ultimate and it has the same issue. - The sound driver randomly stops working (phone requires a restart to fix) this doesn't happen a lot tho. - The phone is incredibly weak and will break from literally 1 drop and that's with a good quality case. There are more issues but I cant think of them rn so overall this is why I'm going over to Samsung so hopefully a more reliable phone or maybe the Rog 8 is great and should be my next phone? doubt it.

My rog phone 8 pro edition comes tomorrow I can't wait hehe. But just to clarify something the aero cooler only comes with the pro edition which is £1299 version. The regular 8 and 8 pro doesn't come with the cooler

The only reason why I want to get this over S24 Ultra are air triggers. Do you think they are worth it for aiming in first person shooters (emulators)?

I wpuld test out winlator fallout 3 NV 4 etc. My S22 Ultra runs it ok but im looking for 0 lag

I wonder if they will release rog 8 ultimate? 👀

I come from an LG V60 and of course gaming phones dont have a good design besides atracting gamers but the Rog 8 design is of both worlds despite the camera is more of a mid range phone type of camera and the lack of mmwave for USA Carriers.

I'm just after a game phone to replace my Rog 5. I have had it for a while but now it has a crack in the screen and it lags when I kill genshin bosses with my team rotation I don't need fancy cameras or for general mobile use just purely for gaming purposes any advice?

Is it capable of e-sim?

can ROG 8 use Coolfan old version 'coolfan Rog 6/7' ?

i have rog phone 5 base model (lowest one) and i am thinking to buy rog phone 8 pro top model as it is in stock in india now so should i buy it or wait for rog phone 9? please somebody guide me

how big is the benchmark difference between the 16GB and 24GB version?

As someone that has the rog phone 1/3/6 this one is not appealing to me they could of made it a zen phone instead of a rog phone. i liked the rog phone 1 back in 2017 because it didn't have a hole punch screen or a screen that went from edge to edge and that it had front facing speakers but now it definitely one of the devices i and definitely others would buy .but i do hope for the ones that want that to enjoy it

A battery downgrade, that's not suppose to happen! 💀💀💀

When this phone is availeble to buy?

I just want a 3.5mm headphone jack and thus I'm here considering a gaming phone just to listen to music

Why did they remove the front-firing speakers? It's such a shame.

I don't like the front camera being in the centre

The price I can get over but that support is a deal breaker at that price point.

Rog phone 8 and red magic 9 pro is the same price at my place right now 700 dollars. Which one should i pick?

Rog 7 looks more futuristic. I wonder why they went with a more traditional look with the 8.

It would be awesome if i could run other systems on this phone in order to play the titles i want

Im in new york and i cant found the phone.

The most beautiful smartphone out there!!

Upgraded Camera. Upgraded Gaming Performance Upgraded Screen Downgraded Battery. Downgraded Speakers. (Not as loud) Downgraded Fan (No Subwoofer built in) So basically Asus Rog Phone 7 is basically better in 3 areas. The new phone wins in the other areas.

Best for Gaming

But can i play my steam games on it?

Curious decision to focus on cameras for a gaming phone

I'll say it over and over again, if the manufacturer doesn't care enough about their phones to give it updates, then why should I care about their phones?

Guess I'll just wait /hope for rog 9 to not have the camera upgrades and just focus on gaming.

There is a X+ mode when you plug the phone in with the cooler. It will increase the stability and the cooler goes in frozen mode.

The front facing speakers have always been the game changer for me. Now they got rid of that, I'll stick with my Rog 7

Vivo X100 Pro Please 🙏❤

I am not a gamer, so this is not for me. Even if I didn't use it for gaming, the price, £1299 for the 1TB/24GB on the UK site, is much too high for a ROG Phone. Why do people buy gaming phones? I would have thought buying a mobile console and a mid-range for a similar price would serve most gamers better. I assume few people buy gaming phones now, hence ASUS making the design less gamer-orientated. A niche product that may be facing economic pressures due to the small market and high pricing.

I bought this phone but I still use my ROG 6D Ultimate as my daily. The newer phone is my backup. Go figure. LOL.

The pwm flickering looks crazy high 😢

Price are too high for me. I need a phone under 200 Usd/ 20k to 25k inr to 400usd/39k to 40kinr

Rog phone 8 still 2 years of os updates 😢

If I would decide to spend such money on a phone, this would be the one 😁 I just don't see the point in spending that much on a phone in general for an average person 🤔

the price... id rather purchase either a foldable phone, ROG Apply, Stem Deck or Legion Go rather than that phone. i mean I'm impressed with the design as its look like a flagship phone (but a gaming phone) but the price is way too expensive,...

He just accidentally confirmed the leak of Samsung doing 7 years of software updates for the S24 😂

I had a rog phone 2 and I loved the damn thing up until one drunken halloween party when I tripped in a small bathroom and dropped it. The problem I have with these phones is theres no proper screen replacement found anywhere. I get its probably a pretty expensive screen but its nice to have the option without having to buy a whole new phone.

2:20 what’s the game you’re playing

already bought just waiting for pick up

Honor magic 6 video

I prefer Red Magic to this one for sure...

Pretty good phone by rog at the beginning of 2024 considering of it beefy price i rather get his than the new iphone 15 base

Very disappointed with the punchhole display and the removal of the front speaker which made ROG phone a unique offering. Now I'm not sure which phone to buy after my ROG 5 became obsolete.

my dream phone 😢😢

If they matched the price with the Redmagic 9 Pro or even just close to it, I will choose the ROG 8 Pro but it is expensive so NO

Jesus Christ im so happy for the IP rating. My rog 7 got flooded in rain although was fixed.

This just makes me want the Zenfone more than the ROG.

It a must buy! If I have $1500 of spare money lol 😂

very nice

It's my understanding that the speaker quality is inferior to the previous Rog Phones. This combined with a smaller battery is keeping me from purchasing this year.

*hears Game Genie then flashes back to 1994*

It's basically the Zenfone 11 Pro now.

Imma just go with the redmagic 9 pro

As far the software support is concerned, a friend of mine told me yesterday that Asus is leant to push up to 3 Android major updates this year with their Rog Phone 8 series lineup as well as their next ZenFone 11 one 🤓

Just buy the ROG Ally for gaming and portable pc

you immediately lost me when you said you figured gaming phones were pointless. They watered down the 8 to a point where it's just a regular flagship. I'm looking to see if it's still worth it now that they sold out, but your opinion is clearly leaning towards a preference of a standard flagship

The price is more than previous models and change to punch hole is annoy.

trailblazers, don forget to claim free 5 star Dr. Ratio(nihility:the hunt)

if i got that phone, id just start with my channel

I can game a whole evening on my phone and still have battery life dont really need more

A bit too toy-like for me at my age but it's not aimed at me, of course. As you say, Tom, any decent flagship/upper-mid phone can handle the latest tranche of android games anyway.

$1500?!?! No way man.... doesnt really matter how good the specs are or how good the phone even is ... thats insane....

It is has deffinitely best performance. But ither features, like Samsung s24 ultra has. I am choosing between this phone ans s24 ultra. Samsung has greater cameras. But asus has greater performance and desugn... triggers... Greater. BTW now I am using asus 5s.

I see everyone saying “pinhole front cam ruined it”, and what did you want them to do? There’s 3 options: no front cam, pinhole, or under screen cam: No cam is an option, but not when they are trying to meet a bigger market, after a lot of people complained it was missing “flagship hardware” with the 7. Under screen front cam technology is not good yet. The Red Magic 9 front cam is soooo bad, every review says you might as well just not have it at all. It’s pretty bad. Until the tech gets better, these really shouldn’t be installed on any phone. Pinhole cam is the best for given screen space, while providing the best picture quality (for a gaming phone). Gaming phones don’t need amazing cameras, but Asus is going for “daily driver gamer phone” here. At least they give the options in settings to load most things just below the pinhole, to get the best experience out of the screen uninterrupted. I don’t own one, currently browsing between the ROG and the Red Magic for an Android (coming back to Android from iPhone after years of use), but the cam setup on the ROG makes sense.

On other camera comparison, rog 8 pro has even more vibrant than iphone 15 pro max

does cooler still have subwoofer?

the best phone of 2024!

Its a fantastic gaming phone but the price is kinda ....... Whatever buy Redmagic 9 pro instead its much cheaper and with same professor

Apple’s long standing performance crown is slowly being withered away by the competition!

Red magic 9 pro, notch less, camera bump less. Cheaper than rog. 😢

Let's be real, Red Magic win this year

How come when you pull the 8 pro out of your pocket, it looks big but when you're playing a game, it's small 😂