Asus Rog Phone 5s Pro

With an exclusive 18GB of RAM, Asus ROG Phone 5s Pro is an ultimate new gaming smartphone by 2021. Having an inspiring 360Hz touch sampling rate for the display and Snapdragon 888+ chipset, ROG Phone 5s Pros provides a 20% boost in AI Engine performance. It offers 32 TOPS and 3.0GHz processor frequency this time around.

Pros

Fast 360Hz touch Sampling

Next Level Gameplay

Up to 18GB RAM

Large Battery Backup

Cons

Gets hot quickly

Not water resistant

Design

Look wise, ROG 5S PROs is very similar to ROG PhOne 5. The vanilla ROG Phone 5s Pro has a dot-matrix RGB LED for the ROG logo. Protected by Corning Gorilla Glass Victus, get a large screen with a selfie notch and a stylish back with horizontal camera alignment. Fingerprint Sensor takes place under touchscreen. Yes, a 3.5 mm jack placed at the bottom. The frame is aluminum and measures 172.8 x 77.2 x 10.29mm dimensions and weighs 238 grams.

Unfortunately, this precious gaming phone is not IP rated and hence cannot endure water submersions.

Display

For the best gaming experience, you may require a big, high-resolution, color-accurate, bright, comfortable, and refreshes quickly. The ROG Phone 5s Pro phones meet all these criteria with a 6.78-inch AMOLED display, Full HD+ (2448 × 1080) resolution, ΔE<1 color accuracy, wide 111% DCI-P3 color gamut coverage, 800 nits of outdoor-readable brightness, 24.3ms touch latency, 360Hz touch sampling rate, and support for DC Dimming and night mode. The phones also come with a 144Hz refresh rate.

Other features

Get the latest Android 11 OS skinned with ROG UI. Enjoy Turbo Gaming, schedule dark mode, better navigation, better security and more control over apps. The chipset also has an integrated 5G modem, and thus supports sub-6GHz 5G networks and Wi-Fi 6E support.

Optics

The ROG Phone 5s Pro is a gaming phone, but has a modest array of cameras for its price range, notably missing a telephoto lens for zoom photography. Still, the Asus ROG 5S PRO has casual photography covered with its triple rear cameras: a 64MP primary shooter, 13MP 125-degree field of view ultra-wide camera, and a 5MP macro lens. There's also a 24MP front-facing camera that works just fine. The other two devices have the same front and rear cameras. They can record 8k videos at 30fps, 4k videos at 30/60fps, and Full HD videos at 30/60/120/240fps.

Internals

The pro model comes in one and only memory option and that is massive 18GB RAM accompanying 512GB of Storage. The Asus ROG 5S PRO gaming phones have the same 6,000mAh capacity as the battery in the predecessor ROG Phone 3, though it’s been redesigned internally to achieve better-charging performance. Instead of a solid 6,000mAh unit, the new phones feature two 3,000mAh batteries placed on either side of the center-CPU, which allows the phone to recharge faster with both units charging at the same time.

Verdict

If you wish to have ultimate 18GB RAM with the high-end gaming setup, ROG Phone 5s Pro is the best choice. Bu if you want some price concession, you can switch to standard ROG Phone 5s.