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Asus ROG Phone 2 review: The 120Hz gaming flagship that put Asus on the gaming-phone map.

Item: Asus ROG Phone 2
Rating: 84
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Sep 2019·$899

Overall

84/100

Class rank

#1 of 1

Tier

Gaming

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Why the ROG Phone 2 mattered

The ROG Phone 2 turned "gaming phone" from a niche curiosity into a sub-category worth tracking — 120Hz AMOLED, 6000 mAh, ultrasonic AirTriggers, and front-facing stereo speakers were features mainstream flagships would take three more years to copy.

01Display

88/100

88/100 — right at the average for gaming phones of 2019.

TypeAMOLED, 120Hz, HDR10, 1ms response

Size6.59 inches

Resolution1080 x 2340 px

02Camera

74/100

74/100 — right at the average for gaming phones of 2019.

Main48 MP Sony IMX586, f/1.79

Ultrawide13 MP, f/2.4, 125 deg

Selfie24 MP, f/2.0

03Performance

90/100

90/100 — right at the average for gaming phones of 2019.

ChipsetSnapdragon 855 Plus (7nm)

CPU1x Kryo 485 Gold @ 2.96 + 3x Gold + 4x Silver

GPUAdreno 640 @ 750MHz

04Battery

90/100

90/100 — right at the average for gaming phones of 2019.

Capacity6000 mAh — biggest in any 2019 flagship

ChargingHyperCharge 30W

05Build

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for gaming phones of 2019.

What works

First 120Hz phone screen many people had used
Massive 6000 mAh battery
Quad-DAC audio with headphone jack

What doesn't

240 g brick weight
Software updates ended fast
Camera middling vs flagships

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 1-phone cohort of gaming devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .