The e-sports mobile phone world has come to the fore, and the ASUS ROG Phone series, which has no brand to shake its status, has launched to the 7th generation in a blink of an eye: ROG Phone 7 series, there are two models, namely ROG Phone 7 and ROG Phone 7 Ultimate, and Before the release, we have already started to use these two phones, so let us give you a brief evaluation! Let’s Go!
ASUS ROG Phone 7, ROG Phone 7 Ultimate Appearance
Compared with the previous generation of ROG Phone 6 series, the appearance of ROG Phone 7 has not changed much, and the size of the phone is basically the same. In addition, the Ultimate version still adds a ROG Vision secondary screen on the back of the phone, while the regular version also adds a prodigal Eye-shaped Aura RGB and ROG Glow lighting effects, you can customize 8 different mood lighting effect modes in the settings. In addition, the ROG Phone 7 series also supports IP54 water splash resistance.
The two models of ROG Phone 7 have some differences in the design of the back cover from the previous generation. This time, ASUS used a slash (Slash) and a two-tone design on the back cover. The ROG Phone 7 Ultimate only launched a white color system, while ROG The Phone 7 is available in black and white. In particular, the top half of the back cover of ROG Phone 7 has circuit board textures, and the black style is also presented in a translucent manner, which looks like the circuit board under the perspective of the case, which is quite special.
In terms of screen, the ROG Phone 7 series is equipped with a 6.78-inch Samsung E4 AMOLED screen panel of the same size as the previous generation, and also supports 2448 x 1080 resolution, 165Hz update rate, and 720Hz touch sampling rate; but the peak screen of the ROG Phone 7 series The brightness has been greatly increased from 800 nits of the previous generation to 1500 nits, and it also supports real-time SDR to HDR conversion. In addition, the screen also supports 111% DCI-P3 color gamut display and Delta E <1 color accuracy, and the screen surface is protected by Gorilla Glass Victus glass.
▲ The packaging box of ROG Phone 7 is an ordinary black and solid design.
▲ The box of ROG Phone 7 Ultimate looks special. It is precisely because the ROG Phone 7 Ultimate box is quite special, so I will focus on unpacking the ROG Phone 7 Ultimate.
▲ There is a magnetic cardboard on the surface of the box. You can put your phone on it and play some simple games. The buttons on it can really be pressed.
▲ The card pin is also a very special design.
▲ ROG Phone 7 Ultimate will come with a protective case.
▲ In addition, fans, fire cows, Type C cables and bags for placing fans will also be included.
▲ Charging Fire Bull supports up to 65W output.
▲ ROG Phone 7 Ultimate is only available in white, with slashes and the ROG lettering design visible on the back cover.
▲ ROG Phone 7 has white and black two-color, and also uses a slash two-tone design.
▲ The ROG Vision secondary screen is added to the back of ROG Phone 7 Ultimate.
▲ ROG Phone 7 joins the luminous prodigal eye LOGO, the Aura lighting effect of the black model is presented in a dot matrix, and the white model is a complete prodigal eye.
▲ The black version of ROG Phone 7 can vaguely see the internal circuit board pattern under the upper glass (but it is only a decoration, not a real circuit board)
▲ The white version is presented by printing directly on the surface of the body.
Aerodynamic radiator valves get retained
If you still have an impression of the ROG Phone 6D Ultimate launched by ASUS last year, you should be familiar with its “Aeroactive Portal aerodynamic cooling valve” component, and it is also retained on the ROG Phone 7 Ultimate.
To put it simply, the “Aeroactive Portal air-powered cooling valve” adopts the design of an electric valve. When the mobile phone is equipped with an “Aeroactive Cooler” external cooling fan, the cooling valve will automatically open and expose the internal copper cooling fins. The fins are directly connected to the internal liquid vapor chamber, and through the air-cooled heat dissipation effect, the heat energy of the internal processor is directly taken away. However, like the previous generation, this aerodynamic cooling valve is only available on the Ultimate model, and the general version is not built-in.
▲ The Ultimate version directly has the Aeroactive Portal aerodynamic cooling valve built in.
Fan AeroActive Cooler 7 included with ROG Phone 7 Ultimate
In addition, the ROG Phone 7 series also retains some of the previous ROG Phone designs for mobile gamers, such as the extra USB-C port on the side, the 3.5 mm headphone jack, and the Air Triggers ultrasonic shoulder keys; but in the ROG Phone In the side USB-C port of the 7 series, ASUS also added two POGO Pin metal contacts on the side. According to ASUS, the POGO Pin metal contact is used to power the subwoofer added to the AeroActive Cooler 7 cooling fan accessory, and there may be new uses in the future.
Since the size of the mobile phone is almost the same before and after, most of the accessories previously launched by ASUS in the ROG Phone 6 series can be used on ROG Phone 7, but ASUS has launched a new “Aeroactive Cooler 7” external fan for ROG Phone 7 Accessories.
This “Aeroactive Cooler 7” external fan is the same in shape and most of the functions as the previous generation Aeroactive Cooler 6, including a built-in cooling chip, which can provide active cooling; in addition, 4 customizable game physical buttons are added With Aura lighting effects. However, the new version of Aeroactive Cooler 7 has also made some improvements. First of all, it improves the tripod to make the angle of the mobile phone stand on the table more ergonomic. In addition, it also adds a front air supply hole, which can blow the cold air from the fan. Bring it to the front of the phone to cool down the screen.
In addition, the new Aeroactive Cooler 7 adds a 3.5mm headphone jack, users can directly plug wired headphones into the fan for use; and as mentioned earlier, it also has a built-in subwoofer, which can be powered through the side POGO Pin on the phone. Increase the subwoofer effect of the loudspeaker sound effect by 77%. In the actual audition at the scene, after installing the fan, the subwoofer effect is indeed more.
▲ Since the front and back generations are almost the same size in terms of mobile phones, most of the accessories previously launched by ASUS in the ROG Phone 6 series can be used on ROG Phone 7, but ASUS still launched a new “Aeroactive Cooler 7” plug-in for ROG Phone 7 Fan accessories.
▲ Aeroactive Cooler 7 has a POGO Pin inside, which is used to power the subwoofer.
▲ There is an unlock button on the top, press it down to put the phone in.
▲ When ROG Phone 7 Ultimate is connected, the fan will glow.
▲ The moderator is curious, if you can put your finger in this position, will you accidentally stretch your finger in and touch the fan, and what if you touch the fan? I dare not try, nor intend to try.
Adopt S8 Gen 2 processor and upgrade heat dissipation
Due to the settings of the ROG Phone 7 e-sports mobile phone, of course, it also uses Qualcomm’s latest 4nm process Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor in terms of processor, and is also equipped with a higher speed 8533Mbps LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage space, which improves the overall system Performance, capacity up to 16GB+512GB.
The ROG Phone 7 series maintains the battery level of the previous generation, with a built-in 6000 mAh power, and also supports 65W HyperCharge fast charging; and it also supports higher-standard Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks (802.11 be/ax/ac/ b/g/n).
▲ The running scores of ROG Phone 7 Ultimate (left) and ROG Phone 7 (right) are similar, but I did not expect that the Ultimate running score is slightly lower than ROG Phone 7.
With better cooling technology
With a higher-spec processor and RAM/ROM, ROG Phone 7 is also more sophisticated in cooling technology. It maintains the mid-mounted design of the previous generation of processors, allowing the external fan to blow cold air directly to the processor; and uses boron nitride (Boron Nitirde) material heat dissipation paste to make the heat conduction of the processor better; plus the front The mentioned aerodynamic cooling valve design can further actively dissipate heat.
In addition, the liquid vapor chamber and graphite sheet of the ROG Phone 7 series have evolved compared with the previous generation. The new liquid vapor chamber has 6 condensation channels and a three-pronged cylinder design inside, allowing the liquid vapor chamber to pass through The moisture condensed by heat exchange can be quickly reabsorbed by the copper grid and transported to the position of the processor, which improves the heat dissipation efficiency by 168% compared with the previous generation.
On the other hand, in addition to a slightly larger area, the thermally conductive graphite sheet inside the ROG Phone 7 series has also been optimized in shape, so it can take away heat energy more efficiently, which is about 10% higher than the previous generation.
▲ The liquid vapor chamber used in ROG Phone 7 has 6 condensation channels inside to quickly guide the surrounding condensate back to the processor position.
▲ The design of the three-pronged cylinder is added inside, so that the water can climb up the copper mesh inside the vapor chamber through the capillary phenomenon, and quickly penetrate back to the position of the processor.
The front camera has been upgraded
In the camera section, the main camera hardware specifications of the ROG Phone 7 series are basically the same as the previous generation, including a 50-megapixel Sony IMX766 standard lens, a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens and a 5-megapixel macro lens, but the front camera is from The 12 million pixels of the previous generation have been upgraded to 32 million pixels, using the OmniVision OV32C photosensitive element.
In the camera software part, ROG Phone 7 has made a little upgrade. It supports RAW super-resolution technology, which can improve the quality of photo details; it also supports AI screen segmentation optimization, which can identify objects in the screen through AI, such as Face, sky, and optimize separately. The light track mode, which was first introduced on Zenfone 9, can now be used on ROG Phone 7 series.
▲ ROG Phone 7 Ultimate main lens.
▲ ROG Phone 7 Ultimate main lens.
Improved gaming experience
In the software part, some new features have also been added to the ROG Phone 7 series to enhance the user’s mobile gaming experience. First of all, ASUS optimized the X Mode for the S8 Gen 2 processor. When the X Mode is turned on, the mobile phone will switch some routine operation functions from the small core of the original processor to the middle core. The high performance allows these routine operations to be completed quickly, so the mobile phone will not be stuck in the middle of the game.
In addition, ROG Phone 7 also launched a new “X Sense” function in X Mode. This function will use AI machine learning to identify potentially important items or events in the game screen, such as Boss approaching the side, or Buffs appearing etc., and prompt the user on the game screen.
In addition, ROG Phone 7 also adds the function of virtual button vibration. Players can customize the vibration feedback effect of the virtual button on the screen, so that players have the feeling similar to pressing the button of a physical controller; in addition, a background mode is added to make the game sustainable. background execution.
