ROG's gaming phones are now in their third generation, and there are obvious changes from their predecessors in terms of exterior design, although this generation continues to be thick and heavy, with a thickness of nearly 1 cm and a weight of 240 grams, but the design has become more and more minimalist. In addition to the camera module, there are basically no protruding parts on the back, and the back cover has also been changed from a special-shaped glass back cover to an ordinary glass back cover. Of course, the most important lighting effect of the gaming mobile phone is not absent, and the logo of the loser's eye on the back cover can control the lighting effect through the software, although the performance has not been improved, but the power of faith is overflowing.
The rest of the fuselage configuration is also similar, the dual speakers are frontal sound, there are four ultrasonic shoulder buttons on the left and right, and in addition to pressing, the wipe control is also added. There are two ports on the fuselage, a C port at the bottom is used for charging, and the USB3.1 port on the side is used to install a cooling fan, which can also be charged. If you want to use headphones, either use Type-C to a 3.5mm adapter cable, or connect it to a cooling fan.
ROG's screen, like most gaming phones, is marketed for a high refresh and high touch sampling rate, with a 144Hz refresh rate and 270Hz touch sampling at the basic level, and the supplier is Pegasus, while the RedMagic 5S and Legion Pro are Visionox. In addition to the above two selling points, it is difficult to find other highlights of this screen,The sub-pixels areDeltaArrangement,Compared with the standard RGB arrangement, it is only 67%fine,After conversionPPI262,The jagged edge of the font is very strong,It doesn't even look very transparent,It's a bit of a rag screen。
In terms of brightness, the ROG 3 has a manual maximum brightness of around 430 nits and an automatic maximum brightness of about 670 nits, which is much better than the RedMagic 5S and Lenovo Legion Pro, but there is a big gap compared to the full-screen 800 nits of the Samsung E3 screen. In terms of color accuracy, each ROG 3 is individually graded before leaving the factory, with an average Delta E of less than 1.
In terms of performance, the Elite version with the lowest configuration uses the Snapdragon 865, and the Classic and above models will be equipped with the Snapdragon 865, while LPDDR5 and UFS3.1 are standard equipment. Although the overall performance of 865 is 10% higher than that of 865, but the same 865 , the tuning of different manufacturers is not the same, ROG 3 is optimized for Tencent games, Peace Elite, Glory of Kings This mainstream mobile game is not surprising to run full frames, but the optimization of other games is obviously insufficient, playing Bright Mountain can be maintained at the peak frequency at the beginning, and the frequency will be reduced after four minutes, and it will be maintained at 490MHz for most of the time thereafter, and the frame rate fluctuation is also very large, and the same is true for Honkai Impact III, As soon as you enter the game, it runs directly at 490MHz, and the average frame rate is not even as good as 855, and it will only briefly pull to 670MHz when it detects a sharp increase in GPU pressure, which is really a lot worse than the scheduling strategy of the Rescuer Pro.
In terms of heating, although the heating of the Snapdragon 865 is well controlled, the average working temperature during gaming is about 67 degrees, even if the power is a little higher than that of the 865 after overclocking, there is no obvious difference in heating, but the heat dissipation scheme and materials of each gaming mobile phone are different, so the heating control is also different. ROG 3After one hour of HDR plus the limit frame rate and peace elite, the maximum temperature on the back is about 45 degrees, and the heating area is concentrated in the heat dissipation fin part, which is basically not touched by both hands, so it feels warm at most, and if you add the cooling fan, the heating part is completely intangible, and the fan is about 30 degrees.
Taking pictures has never been the main selling point of gaming phones, and the hardware configuration of the ROG Phone 3 is good among gaming phones, with the Sony IMX686 as the main camera, the ultra-wide angle as OV13855, and the macro OV8856 as a number. There is no optical image stabilization on the main camera and ultra-wide angle, and the software algorithm is not very good, compared to the Red Magic 5S, which is also IMX686, the ROG 3 is particularly prone to overexposure during the day, and the colors are relatively dull, which can only be said to barely meet the daily needs of gamers.
The battery life of the ROG Phone 3 is very strong, mainly thanks to the large 6000mAh battery, which is a rare capacity in the Android camp, and it can meet the needs of heavy use for a day. In terms of charging, it is relatively weak, among the gaming phones, the Legion Pro supports dual-port 45W charging, the Black Shark 3S supports 65W charging, and it only takes about 30 minutes to fully charge, while the ROG Gaming Phone 3 only supports 30W charging, and it takes 99 minutes to fully charge this 6000mAh battery.