Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate review: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 gaming flagship with rear LED screen and AeroActive cooler X.
The kitchen-sink gaming flagship of 2023.
ROG 7 Ultimate adds the rear LED matrix, binned 8 Gen 2 silicon and a bundled AeroActive Cooler to the ROG 7 formula. At $1,400 it is for buyers who want every gaming-phone feature in one box.
01Display
88/10088/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2023.
02Camera
74/10074/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2023 — 7 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
92/10092/100 puts it above the 88-point average for flagship phones of 2023.
04Battery
88/10088/100 puts it above the 83-point average for flagship phones of 2023.
05Build
82/10082/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2023.
06Value
70/10070/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2023 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Rear ROG Vision LED matrix screen.
- Binned 8 Gen 2 at 3.2 GHz.
- 165 Hz AMOLED.
- AeroActive Cooler X bundled.
- 239 g.
- IP54 splash only.
- Storm White colour only.
- High price.
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 241-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .