@@USBEN. they're starting to disappear from android phones as well. unless you're living under a rock that leads to a parallel universe where steve jobs never died
Damn has LG left the phone marked!? I remember when EVERYONE used to have LG phones. *vividly remembers biiiiiiing Life's Good logo* Then everyone got HTC 🤩, then Samsung 😁, then everyone got iPayPhone 😔
What is the sound quality like through Bluetooth headphones and how does it compare to other phones does the dac improve the sound quality when using Bluetooth headphones
@@talhaimran5872 lol. F no. Dac only provides support for wired. Bluetooth has interference and batteries on bluetooth headphone, earphone won't last long and it cannot drive the headphones well because it lacks power both in battery and wattage needed. Dac is a solid converter of sound waves that no Bluetooth can compare to
The phone maybe fail the bend test. But nonetheless it's an amazing phone. U don't purposely buy a phone and crack it. Only if ur fat 90kg weight ur sleep on ur phone lmfao..I'm asian, and I'm very skinny tho. I took care of my stuff. Even my psp 2000 was still perfectly fine. Still had those games monster hunter freedom unite running for my nephew.
So for those who don't get it, at 0:03 Andy drops the phone like he's done with it. He does this just like how "Andy" did it in Toy Story 2 (Woodys nightmare after he rips his arm)
I bought an expensive ROG phone earlier in the year. The screen started failing after 6 months and ASUS refused to replace it, either under warranty or as a normal repair. Shocking customer service!
@@littletabletalks4964 I take very good care of my phones. They all look mint even after 2 or 3 year's of use. That ASUS wouldn't repair it even as a paid repair and even lied about the screen in my local market being unique just shows how much integrity they lack.
Linus on his death bed: Linus: *takes last breath* Family: *Understandably sad* Linus: "And if you think that is bad. It's not as bad as the segue to my deaths sponsor Glasswire."
What is the sound quality like through Bluetooth headphones and how does it compare to other phones does the dac improve the sound quality when using Bluetooth headphones
I really didn't think I'd get excited for a new phone but finally someone realised there's a huge market for phones that prioritise battery over being slim and don't make artificial problems to sell a proprietary solution. I now know what my next phone is.
I’m just amazed a phone OEM finally realized you can jam in a camera in the small bezel atop your screen even if it’s only wide enough to accommodate the speaker.
Galaxy S9 peaked in that aspect, only problem was the curved glass. Best design would be a flat S9, with maybe a better camera for face unlock. But the fingerprint sensor in the back is still a great solution, maybe putting it in the unlock button would modernize it.
Looks like you forgot to mention the Bypass charging feature on this phone. Power straight to soc which means no battery heating while gaming with charger plugged in
lol didn't care at all about most of these features but this one is great I still don't get why most modern laptops can't do this. Just let me keep the battery healthy guys
I really want to see front facing stereo speakers on every new phone. I had them on my Nexus 6p, and as someone that doesn't use headphones much, I think they are rather important to have on a phone.
I would really love those pressure sensitive shoulder buttons to be standard on phones in general. The worst part about playing emulators on phones is the shoulder buttons.
Imagine this running an open source OS. The software could remain functional for as long as the community wanted to put the work into keeping it up to date. All the hardware seems well engineered, so this looks like a keeper, if only the updates keep rolling out.
About Asus committing to updates, I have an Asus Zenfone 5Z (5 in some regions) and I have gotten 2 major updates, from Android 8 up until Android 10. I am satisfied with what I've gotten from Asus on the software side and their major revamp of their software was quite nice to see, both on ZenUI and the ROGUI.
I have seriously considered ROG phones just for the battery limit feature. I think that’s something every phone should have. That, longer software support and improved repairability (by design and parts availability) is what I think is missing (or at least to uncommon) in today’s phones.
RGB everything is seen as too much. So gaming phones over time have begun to look less aesthetically “extra” to look better. IMO it does look better with less RGB
dude even the dac is nutts when compared to other phones.. i think it can even drive upto 50ohms earphones with ease at high volumes without being harsh..
@@manjindersinghsaini911 LG have included a dac in their smartphones for like the past 5-6 years. I remember when Linus reviewed their phones and he never even mentioned that aspect or that they had wide-angle lenses way before everyone else.
@@baverfjant indeed but you see i have LG G7 uptill untill 2019 and when using Soundmagic e11C with it, i couldn't get it to sound loud enough without going over 90% volume which than caused detail loss in songs like Daftpunk- contact.. needless to say it was same on almost all the other flagships that i had tried except Sony phones.. if i remember correctly those earphones were at about 52ohms so if this beast can get to those to their potential then i think i would go out and buy it even if it costs upto $900..
@@manjindersinghsaini911 I seem to recall reading that Android's audio settings were an impedence in some areas that could be fixed by using LG's media player. Good chance you already tried that though but in case you didn't, it might've been able to get a better experience than you had.
@@Middle6Age6Warr6 Rs3 runs better than osrs on computers (especially the lower speced your computer is) due to it being C++ based and not Java, is that not the same on mobile? Or are you not being serious? Lol
The side usb port for charging is actually quite handy. You wouldnt want to know how chewed up the cable at my bed it from using it as a resting place while i hold my phone vertically on my belly lol
As far as I know Asus has no plans to sell this phone in regions outside of Earth, so only Terrans will do anything with it. (Yes, I know you meant Taran the LMG employee)
Yeah its refreshing to see this, i think the Zenfone 7 also ditched the headphone jack and I hope the next Zenfone to that to be released later also gets this treatment, it's not just slap in that basic headphone jack setup too here, heckin built quite over the average headphone jack setups on average phones Sony made this kind of move way earlier too lol, glad the Mark II stuff of their flagship Xperia phones has those headphone jacks back too. Would be looking forward for more things like this where the complaints are made resolved again (even though why did they made a thing to be complained at lol)
@@jesusbarrera6916 the official reason was that the 865 needed a separate modem so it was either sacrifice battery capacity for the jack or sacrifice the jack
@@leehrvyoswld looks like you need to watch the video because he did a camera test against it and the pixel 5 and iphone 12 and I'm pretty sure the rog won
The headphone jack is a brilliant addition. "Hey, this thing is gonna be chonky already. The whole point of taking the thing out is to let a phone get paper-thin, so let's put it in. Make the audiophiles happy."
Happened yesterday w/ some stupid small camera. I realize the channels are a business. But it’s a big turn off when everyone covers the same thing. You know there are paid talking points instead of an honest review.
@@Bob_Smith19 they are paid to review it is illegal to get sponsored and say something thats not ur opinion as an opinion eg: linus cant get paid to say that a 3080 has 1billion fps when it only has 1000
You didn't mention the Bypass Battery charging, which connects the power from charger directly to the system skipping the battery to keep power without heating battery.
I don't understand why the phone makers aren't making something like this already. It's freaking stupid. I don't need a gaming phone but I guess I will have to get one to get all the other features I do need.
@@wingracer1614 I am fairly sure phone makers already do [limit how high you can charge the battery], they just hide it from the end-user and the limit is static. Well, I suppose those phones that became known for blowing up might have been an exception, though I am not sure as I dont remember the cause.
@@wingracer1614 Yeah, it's insane that this wasn't in Android 3, let alone ... 11 ? 12 ? Which one is the latest these days. I still have an S7 with Android 9. Oh, and it would be so nice if you could also limit the power of the charging. Maybe I do have 65W charger, but I would like, in order to damage/wear/heat the battery the least, to charge at 10W from time to time. Like when I am at home and I know I won't be going anywhere, and I don't need the phone right now, so why not charge it up from 30% to 80%. I have no problem if it takes 4 hours while I'm working on the laptop.
@@wingracer1614 it's not a gaming phone if you use it's specs on work or media, to it's fullest. Gaming desktops are a misnomer as the specs a gamer is attracted to will also attract photo and video editors and graphic artists...
Honestly, if this device is repairable, it's probably the best smartphone I've ever laid my eyes on. The specs will allow it to last 7 years and, as long as you get the $799 version which is just better, it does not totally break the bank. One day I will need to upgrade my Samsung S5 and picking one of these up used or with a cracked screen in a year or so would be great.
The S5 still work ok buy todays standards, but a lot of games will lag on it. Its one of those phones where you only really need to replace it if it stops doing what you need it to do.
@@Raja-ev1ly True, sadly samsung is being an ass lately, is way easier to brick your device when trying to flash lineage in newer devices. Even at xda roms for newer samsung devices are coming more and more late with way fewer variations. OneUI is great by itself but is too bloated for home use.
Linus you need to go over the issues of this phone. It has some fatal issues that causes the wifi to stop workingand the only remedy is replacing the motherboard. Many people still have the problem after getting it replaced and asus is handling it terribly. This is a common problem this phone has and asus hasnt warned or said anything publicly about this problem. I mainly bought this phone because of this review in the first place. Please Linus talk about this issue..... ASUS has been giving many of us the run around and they simply refused to do anything anymore because "they dont have the parts"
I never game on mobile, yet I'm seriously considering ROG phones for the day I'll replace my good old Galaxy S8. I mean, you get a high refresh rate display, a headphone jack, decent cameras and most importantly one of the best cooled smartphone with the possibility to go even further with an external cooler? I'm sold.
@@catfishsnagger3284 It depends where you live. For me in Bulgaria there are 2-3 stores that offer it and I have found the lowest price in one of them. I looked at ordering it through amazon or some other shop in Europe, but with the shipping it will cost more than in the store.
overwhelming options are always a good thing, u dont have to learn them all once.. but as u get use to the phone n start to wish u had a special button jus to turn that one weird thing on n off, youll have that option..
How many people have you actually seen with a folding phone? They're fragile gimmicks in my opinion. Neat? Yeah, but... not exactly what I'd call innovative. They're definitely inventive, but not innovative.
@@SASMacDroid False. The whole point of not using the traditional bottom USB port is to keep the annoying cord away from your fingers while in landscape mode. And you can rest the bottom of the phone on your body while laying in bed using portrait mode, without the cord being in the way. And who the hell has a 3.5mm to USB converter? I don't know. I can tell you that 100% of people whose headphones have a 3.5mm jack, have a 3.5mm jack. Get it?
What is the sound quality like through Bluetooth headphones and how does it compare to other phones does the dac improve the sound quality when using Bluetooth headphones
Top it of with a beefy battery. Very solid outing indeed. Peeked my interest. Shame it doesn't have IR. But I can see how that's something not many people care about (sadly... It's super useful 😶).
Yeah though speaking of punch holes the way it doesn't have that obtrusive display design and particularly how the vertical aspect ratio of the display is 20.4 makes me think how quite confident they are, time to wait how good they'll sell Also the white ROG design has troppled down it's influence to this one from that Zephyrus Linus talked about two days ago, nice to look at, pretty contrast without that red line that may not be everyone's taste but still has those sharp lines though which may also not be everyone's taste Still that engineering work to get the SoC to be located in the middle tho and the plethora of user inputs, rare to see
it is incredibly innovative tho. a breath of fresh air compared to Apple or Samsung's devices that are just slightly better than the one they released last year for even more money
@Julien Lindauer not really if you consider you can literally use this phone as a desktop computer with a usb c to hdmi cable. would multitask in full screen really well
@Julien Lindauer also, it isn't just an ROG 3 with a new chip. the UI layout has had a fresh upgrade and it caters specifically to what its audience wants from it. ASUS actually listens
@@jman1080 u hv a mode where you can run auto hertz, 144, 120 or 60. And boy it handles it too well lol The only real downside IS that the phone heats too much if u hv a case. Mine can go up to 50 degres. The fan is like an obligation
I'm running on the the same phone lol. Unfortunately I gave in because I moved to another country and bought a s20. But I was seriously debating between the 20 and the ROG 3
@@petergrammortensen1884 Thanks for the recommendation. I won't go with the ultimate version anyways. I would rather take 799 or 899 euro version. Considering that I would use this for minimum 5 years, I think it is a good deal.
Hands down....this is a beast. I like how they are really giving you the enjoyment of the phone. We kind of have to have one now, so it's really cool to be way on the other side of things, and specifically marketed. I like that. The comic augmented box, is sick. This phone is telling me I'm a nerd, and it's OK.
Come on, Linus. You are holding a gaming phone, yet you only mention the shoulder buttons in passing? Tell us how they feel, how this new iteration is compared to the previous one etc. This is kind of a major selling point for the device.
I bought the phone when it came out. Lasted a total of 4 months. 1 month finger print scanner stopped working. 2 months one speaker stop working. 3 months i dropped it form hip height n crack. After that i had sim drops n wouldn't recognize it i would need to restart the cellphone to get service again. 4 months and it completely stop recognizing the sim at all. Still rocking my huawei mate 20x that i bought loong again n still gets the job done. And i have dropped it like 2000 times for real after 4 yrs of use battery still last all day. I miss huawei
I really want to buy these gaming phones, but they keep putting low res screens in them. It's incredibly annoying. Yes, at these screen sizes you CAN tell the difference, (you can actually see pixels when reading text with phones this big), and batteries are so huge now that battery life savings isn't nearly as legitimate of an argument as it used to be. Midrange 400 dollar phones from 5 years ago had 1440p displays and now we are supposed to accept 1080p in phones that cost twice as much? That's gaslighting as far as I'm concerned. These are not "top shelf specs", not with such a low 2012 display resolution. Anyone who argues in favor of taking such a step back either has bad eyes or has been gaslit into paying more for less.
I actually am a small business owner, and I wanted to try Freshbooks, but unfortunately it's not compatible with the Portuguese government/financial/accountancy laws/requirements... I actually had to go with products (SaaS) made in Portugal for that... Which severely limited the amount of choice/options I could choose from.
Well, until Android gets it's head out of the sand and implements it as a basic feature (something that shold've been done since Android 3, but here we are) there are apps, like AccuBattery which will notify you when you get to 80% or more. Not as simple and clean, but better than nothing.
omfg i had one of those phones years back and completely forgot that the guys who made zenfones were the same guys producing ROG stuff lol. the performance on that thing was semi dogshit though
@@whitehavencpu6813 The problem is that with a desktop, a personal Samsung tablet and a work iPad I don't really need a laptop. I am still running a second hand Motorola G4 Plus phone as a daily driver though. Which could use an upgrade but I never though there was a phone worth its money like this Asus one.
@@ShaiyanHossain u don't need a $1000+ device to call people lmao are you outta your mind? like tf are you gonna do with a $1000 android phone that any normal mid-range phone for $500 max can't do? Most games for android run fine, because they target the market which run shitty $200 pocophones and worse from 3 years ago... Mobile games are capped at 120fps anyways, plus the network latency will affect you much more than fps for any competitive mobile game. This phone is just a gimmick at such an asking price lol. no different from an iPhone.
As an owner of the ROG phone 3, for around 6 months (sad face I know, bad timing) I can not express my biggest gripes to literally be waterproofing and wireless charging being absent. While without wireless charging it's not a huge loss at first making it a minor gripe, it is something I can't ignore especially when I wired up so much of my house and work for wireless. I'm so used to just dropping my phone on a wireless pad even for a few minutes throughout my day, and carrying a cable frustrates me to no end, because in spite of huge battery I do serious work with it all day and need multiple charge cycles. How serious? I use the dock with keyboard, mouse, and monitor when I can, kind of serious. More importantly though is waterproofing, I've had to send this thing back 3 times already because I do a lot of work outside and this thing feels like it can barely survive being in the bathroom when I take a shower, let alone trying to use it outside in the rain. I've taken to using my old S8+ any day it's going to even think of raining, and while it's not a terrible substitute I miss my rog phone on those days. Gaming is just a nice bonus at this point. Sadly though I don't see myself buying the 5, or any ROG phone again until they at least get waterproofing. and ideally some wireless charging, but really waterproofing at least.
Imagine having all those magnificent specs but the thing that stands out the most is that it has a headphone jack and a charger
Only apple plebs are excited by that. Android chads always had them and always will.
@@USBEN. hey bud, have you been paying attention? both these things are now a noteworthy features in flagship android
phones
😂😂
@@USBEN. bruh, 90% of new android phones don't have a headphone jack
@@USBEN. they're starting to disappear from android phones as well. unless you're living under a rock that leads to a parallel universe where steve jobs never died
How to sell a phone:
Decent specs
Nothing too bad
Headphone jack
"I honestly thought that smartphone innovation was dead" - Linus
The price will be bad
@@katech6020 it's cheaper than the s20 series
@@katech6020 800€ for the cheapest edition of the phone
Basically LG, nobody buys them
18GB ram and 512GB storage in a phone is beyond amazing, considering 16gb is a good amount of ram for a main computer
It's got the same specs as my 2k (aud) asus gaming laptop
16GB is the minimum standard for modern gaming computers, 32GB is for moderate gamers, 64GB is for heavy gamers, and 128GB is for psychos.
@@networkengineer4405 Here's your like. Thanks for that laughs XD!!!
@@networkengineer4405 32gigs is for heavy gamers*
Sadly u cant really utilize it all
With LG leaving the phone market, we need a good phone with headphone and DAC
Facts
The dac in here is actually great.
Damn has LG left the phone marked!? I remember when EVERYONE used to have LG phones. *vividly remembers biiiiiiing Life's Good logo* Then everyone got HTC 🤩, then Samsung 😁, then everyone got iPayPhone 😔
What is the sound quality like through Bluetooth headphones and how does it compare to other phones does the dac improve the sound quality when using Bluetooth headphones
@@talhaimran5872 lol. F no. Dac only provides support for wired. Bluetooth has interference and batteries on bluetooth headphone, earphone won't last long and it cannot drive the headphones well because it lacks power both in battery and wattage needed. Dac is a solid converter of sound waves that no Bluetooth can compare to
Never knew we would get to a time where my phone has more ram than my laptop or even gaming pc
Truely bonkers
And its god damn ddr5
@@AKagNA yep this phone has more ddr5 memory than i have ddr4
Android is so badly optimized, it uses more RAM than windows (in my experience)
and a better CPU
Simply due to the fact it's a high spec phone with a headphone jack on it alone, I am now considering this phone for my next future upgrade.
Likewise, am I. If my current phone ever goes belly up (I've already had it three years) this will be my phone of choice.
Yes, exactly my thoughts. I'll go look up the prices after I'm done watching
Same. I hate gaming on mobile, but the DAC + massive 6000 mah battery make this very attractive.
It just makes sense. 800€? Why would you buy any other Android when this has such insane specs.
Im yourfan in SRILNAKA.....YOU ARE SUPER UA-camR......
I feel like Linus’ favorite part about recording videos lately has been the transitions to sponsors. He always brightens up into them
you would too if you got several thousand dollars just to talk for 15 seconds
@@Hyperious_in_the_air "Brought to you by Carl's Jr"
Linus: This phone is amazing!
JerryRig: This phone is a failure.
He literally broke it and said it has a bad structure 😁
The phone maybe fail the bend test. But nonetheless it's an amazing phone. U don't purposely buy a phone and crack it. Only if ur fat 90kg weight ur sleep on ur phone lmfao..I'm asian, and I'm very skinny tho. I took care of my stuff. Even my psp 2000 was still perfectly fine. Still had those games monster hunter freedom unite running for my nephew.
@@neilgaming2127 90kg isn't really fat if ur a 6ft guy. Just stfu man
@@quandaledinglegaming4218 triggered maybe cuz ur 90kg?😂
@@neilgaming2127 wow such a great and model person putting down other people to make you feel better. That's low
So for those who don't get it, at 0:03 Andy drops the phone like he's done with it. He does this just like how "Andy" did it in Toy Story 2 (Woodys nightmare after he rips his arm)
Lol. I new it was familiar.
Didn't notice that! Nice catch!
I don't want to play with you anymore...
or how anyone would dramatically drop anything for a video...
@@bcyrx Don't underestimate nerds.
"Its not about how fast, its about how long."
-Linus
Lmao
@@Luke_4044 😳
Long pp
Actually how wide.
Bababooey
I bought an expensive ROG phone earlier in the year. The screen started failing after 6 months and ASUS refused to replace it, either under warranty or as a normal repair. Shocking customer service!
@@littletabletalks4964 I take very good care of my phones. They all look mint even after 2 or 3 year's of use. That ASUS wouldn't repair it even as a paid repair and even lied about the screen in my local market being unique just shows how much integrity they lack.
“A squared off triangular prism”
Isn’t that just a... hexagon?
ackchyually, not quite, hexagon would be the 2D shape. A "hexagonal prism" would be the correct term.
Say it with me: "hexagons... "
@@hexa3389 are the bestagons
It's also not a regular hexagon, three edges are larger.
Unacceptablllllllleeeeeeeee
Linus on his death bed:
Linus: *takes last breath*
Family: *Understandably sad*
Linus: "And if you think that is bad. It's not as bad as the segue to my deaths sponsor Glasswire."
"Segue"
ah yes, the segue
Segue is correct.
segue
everyday I learn a new word awesome
People after finding out that The ROG phone 5 is a flagship phone and have a headphone jag: Hold him carefully. He's a hero.
I've heard a ton of good reviews about this thing
@@laurensmith3295 bugger off bot
I had a stroke reading this
The fuck is a jag?
I also want a Jag
Where can I find one?
For anyone wondering
Rog phone 5: €600
Rog phone 5 pro: something in between
Rog phone 5 ultimate: €1200
What is the sound quality like through Bluetooth headphones and how does it compare to other phones does the dac improve the sound quality when using Bluetooth headphones
I really didn't think I'd get excited for a new phone but finally someone realised there's a huge market for phones that prioritise battery over being slim and don't make artificial problems to sell a proprietary solution.
I now know what my next phone is.
I’m just amazed a phone OEM finally realized you can jam in a camera in the small bezel atop your screen even if it’s only wide enough to accommodate the speaker.
Huh? My phone has this (axon 7)
Galaxy S9 peaked in that aspect, only problem was the curved glass. Best design would be a flat S9, with maybe a better camera for face unlock. But the fingerprint sensor in the back is still a great solution, maybe putting it in the unlock button would modernize it.
Not really a new thing there OP
but why not have the main camera flip up instead so your selfies actually look good?
@@NanashiCAST look at samsung galaxy a80 lol, that phone already nailed it on that one
Looks like you forgot to mention the Bypass charging feature on this phone. Power straight to soc which means no battery heating while gaming with charger plugged in
lol didn't care at all about most of these features but this one is great I still don't get why most modern laptops can't do this. Just let me keep the battery healthy guys
oh thats cool stuff
@@timbrust9739 I think most modern laptops can do this. Not the phones.
@@timbrust9739 literally every laptop can do that bruh
@@GnanaPrakash86AP phones can do this...just remove your battery put it in charge and try to turn on the phone, it will work without battery...
"...just like how I need to tell you about our sponsor, Seasonic! Never skip-" *mashes the right arrow key twice*
Try one press on L key (and then once on the right arrow) ;)
I really want to see front facing stereo speakers on every new phone. I had them on my Nexus 6p, and as someone that doesn't use headphones much, I think they are rather important to have on a phone.
I've come to the point where I can literally recite Linus's segues word for word before he even says them.
Give me back my thoughts.
same and i was proud of it before thinking too hard abt it
the right arrow key is your friend
I read your comment before the video and then decided to try it also hahahah it worked
TIL it's spelled segue and not a reference to the brand Segway
clearly, you need a life if you've spent this much time on a tech channel
“Smartphone innovation is dead”
-The guy who dailied a galaxy fold
imo galaxy fold is a gimmick not an innovation
@@AutumnWind92 said someone who can't make nothing like tech
@@AutumnWind92 so saving space is a gimmick
@@chotatopips4177 Bruh phones are already pretty small
how much more space do you need to save
@@zenova9926 So every consumer should know how to build the product otherwise they can't have an opinion? Damn you sound like an idiot.
I would really love those pressure sensitive shoulder buttons to be standard on phones in general. The worst part about playing emulators on phones is the shoulder buttons.
Imagine this running an open source OS. The software could remain functional for as long as the community wanted to put the work into keeping it up to date.
All the hardware seems well engineered, so this looks like a keeper, if only the updates keep rolling out.
Fyi, android IS open source, so you are free to make whatever you want or wipe it off and install degooglised os
I'm glad this was covered on the main channel.
Same
Yeah
Hah
@@Alex-vt6fw I
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9:15
Im just imagining a ROG 5 user tapping the back of their display for 10s skip in UA-cam.
Peak innovation ladies and gentlemen.
i mean you could just tap the front of the display though
With so many input options you could tailor it to multiple ad lengths.
@@LEXXIUS with so many inputs you literally won't need to tap the screen ever.
sure.... youtube ;)
big brain
About Asus committing to updates, I have an Asus Zenfone 5Z (5 in some regions) and I have gotten 2 major updates, from Android 8 up until Android 10. I am satisfied with what I've gotten from Asus on the software side and their major revamp of their software was quite nice to see, both on ZenUI and the ROGUI.
I have seriously considered ROG phones just for the battery limit feature. I think that’s something every phone should have. That, longer software support and improved repairability (by design and parts availability) is what I think is missing (or at least to uncommon) in today’s phones.
I love it that Asus just calls their phones 'phone'
because it's a phone
👏😂
Just like Razer (RIP Razer Phone)
Other companies : Ultra magnum pro fold max note
rog
When you realise this phone has more ram than your pc phone printer fridge vacuum cleaner altogether combined
Wait why ram on vacuum,fridge,printer?
@@jishaharidas695 why not? I'm sure smart fridges and robot vacuums have ram. Printers obviously do (unless I'm wrong)
Not really.
wow i love the pc phone printer fridge vacuum cleaner altogether combined
This joke doesnt make any sense
My ROG 5 is coming on Wednesday. I'm comfortable upgrading as someone who bought the 2 at the end of its lifespan and was very happy with it
1:51 How on earth is a B&W OLED display a benefit over The almighty RGB ROG logo?!?
RGB everything is seen as too much. So gaming phones over time have begun to look less aesthetically “extra” to look better. IMO it does look better with less RGB
A 2021 flagship phone with a headphone jack? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!
dude even the dac is nutts when compared to other phones.. i think it can even drive upto 50ohms earphones with ease at high volumes without being harsh..
@@manjindersinghsaini911 LG have included a dac in their smartphones for like the past 5-6 years. I remember when Linus reviewed their phones and he never even mentioned that aspect or that they had wide-angle lenses way before everyone else.
@@baverfjant indeed but you see i have LG G7 uptill untill 2019 and when using Soundmagic e11C with it, i couldn't get it to sound loud enough without going over 90% volume which than caused detail loss in songs like Daftpunk- contact.. needless to say it was same on almost all the other flagships that i had tried except Sony phones.. if i remember correctly those earphones were at about 52ohms so if this beast can get to those to their potential then i think i would go out and buy it even if it costs upto $900..
@@manjindersinghsaini911 my ROG Phone 2 has been able to easily drive my Sennheiser HD6XX headphones. I love it.
@@manjindersinghsaini911 I seem to recall reading that Android's audio settings were an impedence in some areas that could be fixed by using LG's media player. Good chance you already tried that though but in case you didn't, it might've been able to get a better experience than you had.
Finally, I can pretend to play Oldschool Runescape at 300fps on my phone
And run RS3 at 30fps!
@@Middle6Age6Warr6 i know this is a joke but you can actually run rs3 on 60+ fps in the rog phone 3
@@Middle6Age6Warr6 Rs3 runs better than osrs on computers (especially the lower speced your computer is) due to it being C++ based and not Java, is that not the same on mobile? Or are you not being serious? Lol
Meanwhile osrs on desktop is capped at 50fps even if you a discrete GPU
@@nkl7345 on runelite yes but the new client on steam is unlocked
"The rear shooter" is what I call a specific part of human anatomy...
"Now this phone might be an absolute unit. Somebody looks at you wrong on the bus, you can drop them with your f'in phone" lol
The side usb port for charging is actually quite handy. You wouldnt want to know how chewed up the cable at my bed it from using it as a resting place while i hold my phone vertically on my belly lol
Bruh my head phones run into the same issue
@@deadbushpotato2331 😂
Same they won't work
I f©*ked up 4 headphones 😂
you... don't use L-corner charging cables...!?
@@SolDizZo uncommon stuff
@@SolDizZo Finding one that doesn't suck can be hard
If Terran had to edit on a phone - he would get this one for all those capacitive buttons.
As far as I know Asus has no plans to sell this phone in regions outside of Earth, so only Terrans will do anything with it.
(Yes, I know you meant Taran the LMG employee)
@@VitalVampyr and not terran tong, Linus and Riley's old boss back in ncix, now in corsair ram
this is actually the most in depth and kinda unbiased review of this phone ... huh. GJ Linus !
Everyone says the camera is trash ...hmmm
Asus has been my favorite smartphone brand since 2014. They've been mostly doing great in that segment
Typical ASUS, two batteries and cooling performance and a headphone jack. Nuts!
they ditched the headphone jack on the ROG phone 3 tho.... good to see they got pounded over that stupid decision
@@jesusbarrera6916 they did get pounded over quite harshly, yes!
Yeah its refreshing to see this, i think the Zenfone 7 also ditched the headphone jack and I hope the next Zenfone to that to be released later also gets this treatment, it's not just slap in that basic headphone jack setup too here, heckin built quite over the average headphone jack setups on average phones
Sony made this kind of move way earlier too lol, glad the Mark II stuff of their flagship Xperia phones has those headphone jacks back too. Would be looking forward for more things like this where the complaints are made resolved again (even though why did they made a thing to be complained at lol)
@@jesusbarrera6916 the official reason was that the 865 needed a separate modem so it was either sacrifice battery capacity for the jack or sacrifice the jack
i just hope they release a version of this phone with a 3080
Apple : removing charger
Asus : bring head phone jack back 🔙
Republic of Gamers? More like Republic of the Common Man
@@benjaminoechsli1941 salty apple fan boy spotted
@@drippyog3935 Where? That was praise, not an insult. The elitist culture Apple cultivates can go rot.
@@benjaminoechsli1941 What the society does not want you to know is gamers are the common men v.v
@@benjaminoechsli1941 😅👍
Timely that I stumbled on this just as the ASUS ROG Phone 6 Pro just launched today. Can't wait for LTT to review that one! :)
Asus: Let's make a phone that does everything. And has a headphone jack.
Except it canonly take 720p pictures 😂
@@leehrvyoswld that's a lie and a half.
@@HeloisGevit its camera is a potato.
@@leehrvyoswldnope
@@leehrvyoswld looks like you need to watch the video because he did a camera test against it and the pixel 5 and iphone 12 and I'm pretty sure the rog won
The headphone jack is a brilliant addition.
"Hey, this thing is gonna be chonky already. The whole point of taking the thing out is to let a phone get paper-thin, so let's put it in. Make the audiophiles happy."
Asus really being the MVP here.
It's not so much an addition, they just didn't remove it.
TBF audiophiles are probably gonna be using an external DAC+amp anyway
@@Jdbye what about DAC
It was never about bulkiness and form factor. Modders have even succeeded at putting the headphone jack back in iPhones and galaxies
THE DAY HAS COME
The day when every tech youtuber comes together and upload a review of same product same day.
Y
Happened yesterday w/ some stupid small camera. I realize the channels are a business. But it’s a big turn off when everyone covers the same thing. You know there are paid talking points instead of an honest review.
@@Bob_Smith19 maybe just a press embargo ? And all of them wanted to cover the topic as fast as possible ?
@@Bob_Smith19 they are paid to review it is illegal to get sponsored and say something thats not ur opinion as an opinion
eg: linus cant get paid to say that a 3080 has 1billion fps when it only has 1000
Product NDAs and release dates make this happen. It's always been around, no fret
You didn't mention the Bypass Battery charging, which connects the power from charger directly to the system skipping the battery to keep power without heating battery.
This addresses 2 of my big issues with phones these day, lack of headphone jack and notch/punchhole camera
Oh shit: the charge limiter! That device has everything I have always asked from phone. I must have that
I don't understand why the phone makers aren't making something like this already. It's freaking stupid. I don't need a gaming phone but I guess I will have to get one to get all the other features I do need.
@@wingracer1614 I am fairly sure phone makers already do [limit how high you can charge the battery], they just hide it from the end-user and the limit is static. Well, I suppose those phones that became known for blowing up might have been an exception, though I am not sure as I dont remember the cause.
@@wingracer1614 Yeah, it's insane that this wasn't in Android 3, let alone ... 11 ? 12 ? Which one is the latest these days. I still have an S7 with Android 9.
Oh, and it would be so nice if you could also limit the power of the charging. Maybe I do have 65W charger, but I would like, in order to damage/wear/heat the battery the least, to charge at 10W from time to time. Like when I am at home and I know I won't be going anywhere, and I don't need the phone right now, so why not charge it up from 30% to 80%. I have no problem if it takes 4 hours while I'm working on the laptop.
@@wingracer1614 it's not a gaming phone if you use it's specs on work or media, to it's fullest. Gaming desktops are a misnomer as the specs a gamer is attracted to will also attract photo and video editors and graphic artists...
exactly now i can put my phone on the charger at night instead of worrying about how the battery will go to shit
Honestly, if this device is repairable, it's probably the best smartphone I've ever laid my eyes on. The specs will allow it to last 7 years and, as long as you get the $799 version which is just better, it does not totally break the bank. One day I will need to upgrade my Samsung S5 and picking one of these up used or with a cracked screen in a year or so would be great.
The S5 still work ok buy todays standards, but a lot of games will lag on it. Its one of those phones where you only really need to replace it if it stops doing what you need it to do.
How do you keep that running? My S7 starts lagging af as soon as i activate Bluetooth, randomly stutters and WiFi suddenly disconnects...
"the specs will last for 7 years" yeah especially with 1 year of os updates
@@djpanncake i used to have one too, flashed lineageos and it was fast again
@@Raja-ev1ly True, sadly samsung is being an ass lately, is way easier to brick your device when trying to flash lineage in newer devices. Even at xda roms for newer samsung devices are coming more and more late with way fewer variations.
OneUI is great by itself but is too bloated for home use.
Linus you need to go over the issues of this phone. It has some fatal issues that causes the wifi to stop workingand the only remedy is replacing the motherboard. Many people still have the problem after getting it replaced and asus is handling it terribly. This is a common problem this phone has and asus hasnt warned or said anything publicly about this problem. I mainly bought this phone because of this review in the first place. Please Linus talk about this issue..... ASUS has been giving many of us the run around and they simply refused to do anything anymore because "they dont have the parts"
"Small business owner"
Pans out to someone on an alienware laptop
Me watching this with $27.85 in my checking account: hmm yes interesting
:D
@@BloodySawBlade I didn't get a single stimmy out of the 4 the gov had already tried sending out, i doubt they care
@Jordyy Dayothat guy never will lmao
@Jordyy Dayo check your bank account. The payments deposit today.
At least you're not in debt. Just think of it. Many people with an expensive house, car and phone have less money than you do.
I never game on mobile, yet I'm seriously considering ROG phones for the day I'll replace my good old Galaxy S8.
I mean, you get a high refresh rate display, a headphone jack, decent cameras and most importantly one of the best cooled smartphone with the possibility to go even further with an external cooler? I'm sold.
Same, I'll be replacing my S8 with the ROG phone 5 in a month or so
@@christiansterk8850 where is a good place to buy the ROG 5 at a good price?
@@catfishsnagger3284 It depends where you live. For me in Bulgaria there are 2-3 stores that offer it and I have found the lowest price in one of them. I looked at ordering it through amazon or some other shop in Europe, but with the shipping it will cost more than in the store.
@@christiansterk8850
Did you replace it with the ROG 5? Is the headphone output loud enough for 32 ohm headphones?
@@DIPLAYER1866 yes its loud enough definitely
overwhelming options are always a good thing, u dont have to learn them all once.. but as u get use to the phone n start to wish u had a special button jus to turn that one weird thing on n off, youll have that option..
"Asus do be extra like that" - linus being hip with the kids
He's a soy boy techster.
Linus
Folding phones: I sleep
Gaming phone: real sh*t
How many people have you actually seen with a folding phone? They're fragile gimmicks in my opinion. Neat? Yeah, but... not exactly what I'd call innovative. They're definitely inventive, but not innovative.
The fact that the headphone jack is back means i`m buying it.
Ikr. When the price drops I'm going for it
When a phone has more than 1 usb c port a head phone jack will not be needed
@@SASMacDroid False. The whole point of not using the traditional bottom USB port is to keep the annoying cord away from your fingers while in landscape mode. And you can rest the bottom of the phone on your body while laying in bed using portrait mode, without the cord being in the way. And who the hell has a 3.5mm to USB converter? I don't know. I can tell you that 100% of people whose headphones have a 3.5mm jack, have a 3.5mm jack. Get it?
@@ZildjianMan30 lol i have the rog phone 3 with no headphone jack so yeah i see 0% of a problem and oh asus throws a converter in the box
What is the sound quality like through Bluetooth headphones and how does it compare to other phones does the dac improve the sound quality when using Bluetooth headphones
I swear he could talk about anything and still make the sponsor make sense in the conversation
5:10 Rocking the dark crystal lol that's a good old movie.
I would buy it just for being a high end phone that actually has a headphone jack and no notch/punch hole
check out the sony xperia line, they've been doing the same thing.
Top it of with a beefy battery. Very solid outing indeed. Peeked my interest. Shame it doesn't have IR. But I can see how that's something not many people care about (sadly... It's super useful 😶).
Yeah though speaking of punch holes the way it doesn't have that obtrusive display design and particularly how the vertical aspect ratio of the display is 20.4 makes me think how quite confident they are, time to wait how good they'll sell
Also the white ROG design has troppled down it's influence to this one from that Zephyrus Linus talked about two days ago, nice to look at, pretty contrast without that red line that may not be everyone's taste but still has those sharp lines though which may also not be everyone's taste
Still that engineering work to get the SoC to be located in the middle tho and the plethora of user inputs, rare to see
The Zenphone should literally just be the ROG phone without any gamer accents.
max pro m1 user here!
@@blexbottt5119 used to be my phone ! Had it for 3 years.
@@blexbottt5119 Max pro m1 user here
Yup, Zenfones should follow ROG phones.
Yeah, i totally want that, like rog phone without all of its rog cosmetic things.
Put an amazing camera on it, launch in Brazil, and I'm sold!
This is what we expect every year of Samsung and Apple, look at those specs 😍😍😍😍😍
ROG phones always making cool looking speced out phone every year
Phone: **has headphone jack**
Linus: "there is so much raw innovation here"
it is incredibly innovative tho. a breath of fresh air compared to Apple or Samsung's devices that are just slightly better than the one they released last year for even more money
@Julien Lindauer salty
@Julien Lindauer not really if you consider you can literally use this phone as a desktop computer with a usb c to hdmi cable. would multitask in full screen really well
@Julien Lindauer also, it isn't just an ROG 3 with a new chip. the UI layout has had a fresh upgrade and it caters specifically to what its audience wants from it. ASUS actually listens
@@shahtayyib lmao sure
9:27 Linus Sex Tips
Lol 🤣
Lame
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Copy/paste buttons for spreadsheet work sounds appealing indeed... :D
Genshin taught me that i need to forget my iphone for this monster
Today, i am now a genshib player with a asus rog phone 5
@@enihohs How good is it? Does it actually run 144hz well?
@@jman1080 u hv a mode where you can run auto hertz, 144, 120 or 60.
And boy it handles it too well lol
The only real downside IS that the phone heats too much if u hv a case.
Mine can go up to 50 degres. The fan is like an obligation
@@enihohs Which one do you have? The regular, pro, or ultimate?
@@jman1080 normal with max specs for the model.
Headphone jack, huge battery, good speakers. When my 4 year old Galaxy S7 Edge dies, this is the phone I will purchase.
I'm running on the the same phone lol. Unfortunately I gave in because I moved to another country and bought a s20. But I was seriously debating between the 20 and the ROG 3
@@JMW10o0o I bet if the ROG 3 had a headphone jack, you would have chosen it lol
Save yourself 1000 dollars and buy a poco f2 pro instead. Or x3 if you want high refresh rate displays. Plus you'll actually get software updates.
@@petergrammortensen1884 everyone's got their preferences, poco cuts a lot of corners
@@petergrammortensen1884 Thanks for the recommendation. I won't go with the ultimate version anyways. I would rather take 799 or 899 euro version. Considering that I would use this for minimum 5 years, I think it is a good deal.
Guess the NDA just ended. Good luck seeing this phone everywhere today.
what's NDA?
@@awesomedriver2193 non disclosure agreement
@@awesomedriver2193 Non disclosure agreement.
Never seen any phone stock issue since 2020 till now.
@@STNG17- Who are you replying to?
Hands down....this is a beast. I like how they are really giving you the enjoyment of the phone. We kind of have to have one now, so it's really cool to be way on the other side of things, and specifically marketed. I like that. The comic augmented box, is sick. This phone is telling me I'm a nerd, and it's OK.
Come on, Linus. You are holding a gaming phone, yet you only mention the shoulder buttons in passing? Tell us how they feel, how this new iteration is compared to the previous one etc. This is kind of a major selling point for the device.
If this thing can run Bloons Tower Defense round 98 at 60fps, I’m sold
This is hella underrated! 😂
Lol, yeah.
That's all we need
0:03 - Andy: I don't wanna play with you anymore
dual front facing speakers and a headphone jack already makes me want to cry tears of joy
People: you can’t hear things without audio playing
Me: 0:47
9:30 "It ain't about how fast you go, it's about how long you can go for."
- LINUS 2021.
Configurable charging limit... are you listening Samsung?
If they don’t commit to software updates at least we still have the xda forum full of amazing developers
Still as long as they do security patches and bug fixes I'm good. I don't really care about having the latest Android version.
@@CheapBastard1988 hopefully they do
I bought the phone when it came out. Lasted a total of 4 months.
1 month finger print scanner stopped working. 2 months one speaker stop working. 3 months i dropped it form hip height n crack. After that i had sim drops n wouldn't recognize it i would need to restart the cellphone to get service again. 4 months and it completely stop recognizing the sim at all. Still rocking my huawei mate 20x that i bought loong again n still gets the job done. And i have dropped it like 2000 times for real after 4 yrs of use battery still last all day.
I miss huawei
This is a perfectly reasonable time to upload this.
Depends where you are in the world I guess :P
Haha yes
Haha! 9 pm for me. Perfect LTT Time
Yes. 1pm perfect time.
An event for it was live an hour and a half ago.
I can't believe everyone else marked up the price of their phones so high that this thing is actually reasonably priced.
" I thought phone innovations were dead "
I thought the exact opposite
Linus: *unless you're coming from a device that's two years old or more
Me: *watching on my Zenfone 3 Max
"We've got another mobile device with a controller built-in that we will be covering soon." - Nintendo Switch Pro confirmed?
Nubia RedMagic ⁶
built-in, the switch has no built-in controllers
3:30 Andy when Linus had to buy him a much nicer new bed.
I really want to buy these gaming phones, but they keep putting low res screens in them. It's incredibly annoying. Yes, at these screen sizes you CAN tell the difference, (you can actually see pixels when reading text with phones this big), and batteries are so huge now that battery life savings isn't nearly as legitimate of an argument as it used to be. Midrange 400 dollar phones from 5 years ago had 1440p displays and now we are supposed to accept 1080p in phones that cost twice as much? That's gaslighting as far as I'm concerned. These are not "top shelf specs", not with such a low 2012 display resolution. Anyone who argues in favor of taking such a step back either has bad eyes or has been gaslit into paying more for less.
"The small business owner"-has a a51 Alienware laptop on the desk, LOL
Business + pleasure...
I actually am a small business owner, and I wanted to try Freshbooks, but unfortunately it's not compatible with the Portuguese government/financial/accountancy laws/requirements...
I actually had to go with products (SaaS) made in Portugal for that... Which severely limited the amount of choice/options I could choose from.
@@Chinoman10 well i don't know how things over in Portugal work, have a great day
The *POG* phone 5
I'm sorry. I'll go re consider my life now.
No, no need, you're the top comment.
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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Whoever thought of showing that is a big brain boi
Too lazy to get out of bed and want to nerd out on spreadsheets? That's me. I'm "the someone who would buy it for that" lol
the dark crystal playing on the phone. 😂 I love that movie
I want that charging limit on my phone
Well, until Android gets it's head out of the sand and implements it as a basic feature (something that shold've been done since Android 3, but here we are) there are apps, like AccuBattery which will notify you when you get to 80% or more. Not as simple and clean, but better than nothing.
Huawei phones have it too, I assume other brands as well
Asus zenfone: "please someone buy me, I exist too"
Asus ROG phone: "I will crush your samsung like I crushed that guy in the bus"
My biggest issue is no CDMA support and all the GSM carriers around me have crap reception.
omfg i had one of those phones years back and completely forgot that the guys who made zenfones were the same guys producing ROG stuff lol. the performance on that thing was semi dogshit though
@@emailing haha me too, I had it for a month and got something different cause I thought it was pretty crappy haha
Call da ambalamps!
It's a beast yes, but the camera is mediocre
Imagine that somewhere in the future phones can be purchased just like how a gaming pc is built
"This phone might be an absolute unit."
Is that a Cleetus McFarland reference?
Apparently the prices are these (I saw this in another video)
ROG5
8GB / 128GB = € 799
12GB / 256GB = € 899
16GB / 256GB = € 999
ROG5 Pro
16GB / 512GB = € 1199
ROG5 ultimate
18GB / 512GB = € 1299
Bruh for that price i cud get like the Zephyrus G14 or G15
@@whitehavencpu6813 you can't call someone on a G14 nor will that fit in your pocket
@@whitehavencpu6813 The problem is that with a desktop, a personal Samsung tablet and a work iPad I don't really need a laptop. I am still running a second hand Motorola G4 Plus phone as a daily driver though. Which could use an upgrade but I never though there was a phone worth its money like this Asus one.
@@ShaiyanHossain u don't need a $1000+ device to call people lmao are you outta your mind?
like tf are you gonna do with a $1000 android phone that any normal mid-range phone for $500 max can't do?
Most games for android run fine, because they target the market which run shitty $200 pocophones and worse from 3 years ago... Mobile games are capped at 120fps anyways, plus the network latency will affect you much more than fps for any competitive mobile game. This phone is just a gimmick at such an asking price lol. no different from an iPhone.
@@CheapBastard1988 You could buy an RTX 3090 for the price of this phone dude...
Using a phone for gaming is like using a TV to read e-books...
That's a great idea, I'm gonna go do that
Yeah, more space and bigger letters
I mean gpus and consoles pretty much don't exist.
@Lord Explosion Murder there are a lot of good mobile games. There are games with high graphics over 8gb
@Lord Explosion Murder there are a lot of good mobile games. There are games with high graphics over 8gb
As an owner of the ROG phone 3, for around 6 months (sad face I know, bad timing) I can not express my biggest gripes to literally be waterproofing and wireless charging being absent. While without wireless charging it's not a huge loss at first making it a minor gripe, it is something I can't ignore especially when I wired up so much of my house and work for wireless. I'm so used to just dropping my phone on a wireless pad even for a few minutes throughout my day, and carrying a cable frustrates me to no end, because in spite of huge battery I do serious work with it all day and need multiple charge cycles. How serious? I use the dock with keyboard, mouse, and monitor when I can, kind of serious. More importantly though is waterproofing, I've had to send this thing back 3 times already because I do a lot of work outside and this thing feels like it can barely survive being in the bathroom when I take a shower, let alone trying to use it outside in the rain. I've taken to using my old S8+ any day it's going to even think of raining, and while it's not a terrible substitute I miss my rog phone on those days. Gaming is just a nice bonus at this point. Sadly though I don't see myself buying the 5, or any ROG phone again until they at least get waterproofing. and ideally some wireless charging, but really waterproofing at least.
I feel like this entire video is sponsored by Asus after watching jerryrigeverything's breakdown...
It failed his bend test Lol 🤣