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RICHARD LAI: While Computex
has barely started,

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but Asus has already dropped a
bombshell with this ROG phone.

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As you can tell from the
name, this is a phone

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made specifically for gaming.

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Let's take a closer look.

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Now the ROG phone is
clearly a powerhouse.

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Not only is it
powered by Qualcomm

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Snapdragon A45 chipset,
but it's also been

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pushed up to 2.96 gigahertz.

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On top of that, it's
got 8 gigabytes of RAM,

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and a massive Vapor
cooling chamber

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running across the
entire back of the phone.

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Now on the front, you get a
6 inch 4HD plus amlet display

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that runs a faster
90 hertz refresh

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rate, which is meant to give
you a better gaming experience.

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Additionally, you
get a pair of front

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facing speakers so that you
get better audio as well.

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On the back, not only do
you get a pair of cameras

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plus the fingerprint
reader, but you also

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have this ROG logo that
lets you customize this ROGB

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backlight with the app.

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Now what makes this phone stand
out from the crowd is that,

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not only does it have one
USB port at the bottom,

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but it's also got
two more on the side.

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The idea of this is
that with most games

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you have to hold the phone
in landscape, which means

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the USB port at the
bottom will get in the way

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if you want to keep it charged.

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But that's not a problem with
the ROG phone given that it's

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got the sideway ports here.

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So that's a very
thoughtful feature.

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At the same time, you've got
a pair of the shoulder buttons

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that are powered by Ultrasound.

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So you've got these
two at the top,

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and then if you
hold it at portrait,

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you can also squeeze the phone
to trigger certain shortcuts.

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Now with the ROG phone, it
actually comes with a whole set

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of accessories.

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This is the one that
comes with the box.

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It's what they call
a retroactive cooler,

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so you can plug-in to
the side here like that.

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And then using the app, you
can actually turn on a fan

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so that you get an even
better cooling feature.

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And at the bottom,
you also see that it

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lights up as well to match
your original ROGB setting.

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So that's pretty cool
as a gaming phone.

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On top of that, you also get
the optional dual screen dock

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that lets you use the
phone to play a game

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and do streaming
at the same time.

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So it's something like
a Nintendo DS in a way.

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And then Asus has also
part of the up with Game

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Vise to make an extendable
game pad that way,

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so that you don't have
to be tapping the screen

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while you're playing the game.

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So then you get to
see more of the game,

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as well as getting a more
accurate game play control.

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Now if you want, you can have
the ROG phone as a desktop

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set up using the desktop dock.

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It gives you a whole
range of ports,

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and even an SD card reader.

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So that once you have
everything plugged in,

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you can even monitor.

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You have a whole gaming
set up right in front

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of you with a big
screen, and maybe

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even a mouse if you want to .

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Last but not least,
the ROG phone

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comes with built
in wiki support,

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so that if you get a
wiki adapter on your TV,

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you get a silky smooth
screen mirroring feature.

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Now at the time
shooting this video,

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Asus hasn't quite told us the
price of the ROG phone yet,

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but we do know that it's coming
at some point in Q3 this year.

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So stay tuned on
Engadget for everything

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coming from Computex 2018.

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