In the subdivision field of game phones, ROG game phones have always been the leading players, and their performance configuration and playing experience are the most hard core. With the release of the third generation Snapdragon 8 mobile platform, a large number of flagship models with new platforms have also been launched. As the pioneer of game phones, ROG naturally launched the latest ROG game phone 8, which integrates new design ideas and play methods on the basis of the previous generation of products. What different experiences can it bring to players?
From cool to introverted, the incarnation of "suit thug" also has its own beliefs
It is believed that players familiar with ROG game phones are deeply impressed with the design of its e-sports appearance. The ROG personalized window on previous generations of models has pushed personalized play to a new height. But this time, the ROG game phone wants to be different. From the "super competitive, more versatile" Slogan of this series, it can be seen that in addition to the ultimate performance, the new ROG game phone 8 pays more attention to daily experience, and its appearance orientation also reflects this design concept.
According to the previous practice, the ROG game phone 8 series also has two sub product lines, the standard version and the Pro version. The ROG 8 has two color combinations: storm grey and obsidian, and the ROG 8 Pro is obsidian. This evaluation is the top version of ROG 8 Pro obsidian. In terms of appearance, the ROG 8 Pro has made great changes compared with the previous generation. It has changed the futuristic science fiction style of the previous generation, and the back of the fuselage has become very simple. The use of e-sports decorative elements and color matching is very restrained, while the ROG logo beside it and the symbolic diagonal lines in the middle reveal its outstanding intrinsic.
The back of the ROG 8 Pro body is coated with obsidian black, and the surface with obvious particle size is sanded. It looks like a suit of armor made of volcanic rock. It has rich touch and good anti-skid performance. In addition, in order to better meet the demand for portability, ROG 8 Pro did not hesitate to violate the "ancestral system" and significantly slimmed down the mobile phone. Compared with ROG 7, the weight is reduced by 21g and the thickness is reduced to 8.9mm. The upper and lower frames and side frames are close to the four sides of the same width, officially moving towards the full screen. The overall design is closer to the mainstream flagship machine.
Of course, it is not "ROG" if you really cut down the previous unique design and play methods with the purpose of improving practicality. After all, some players choose ROG game phones for their cool shapes and sense of technology. In this regard, the ROG 8 Pro still has a hand. The ROG 8 Pro is equipped with a new AniMe Vision light display matrix screen, but it is internalized in the back cover on the left side of the body. It is composed of 341 programmable Mini LEDs, which can be set into different animations in different scenes. For players who like to show their personality and self, the ROG 8 Pro provides a variety of preset animations, which will become the coolest cyber equipment when needed. When the light display matrix screen is closed, it can be completely hidden to meet the requirements of players on the appearance of mobile phones in different occasions.
In sharp contrast to the weakening of e-sports elements, there is a stronger sense of the existence of the camera module. The camera group of the ROG 8 Pro has been changed from a horizontal strip in the front to a stepped pentagon. A total of three cameras are configured for the rear camera, with the main camera and flash on the left side arranged up and down, and two secondary cameras on the right side. The English logo of ROG is also designed on the corner cutting platform at the lower right corner of the module. The above design obviously tells the players that this generation of ROG 8 Pro has made a great upgrade in the video system, and how to experience it later.
The ROG 8 series is equipped with a 6.78-inch Samsung E6 AMOLED flexible screen. With the new body design, the proportion of this screen has increased to 94%. The refresh rate of the screen has reached 165Hz, which is consistent with the mainstream PC e-sports displays on the market. And this screen supports LTPO adaptive refresh rate adjustment, which can dynamically adjust the refresh rate to save power consumption. The screen has a full screen brightness of 1600nits and a peak brightness of 2500nits, so you can see the contents of the screen even in strong light scenes such as outdoors.
For a long time, game phones often do not provide dust-proof and waterproof design due to their interface configuration, heat dissipation design and other limitations. The ROG 8 Pro supports the dust-proof and waterproof level of IP68 for the first time. In case of sudden splash, rain and even other situations, the ROG 8 Pro can continue to operate normally, and can easily be competent for various scenarios. At the same time, because the fuselage can completely eliminate the invasion of dust and water stains, it can maintain a longer service life, which is a big step forward in practicality.
AirTrigger shoulder key remains
In terms of other configurations, the player's favorite side full-featured Type-C interface design has been retained, and there is no conflict between playing games, charging and expansion. In particular, the 3.5mm headphone hole, which is widely praised by players, has been retained even though the dust-proof and waterproof design of IP68 has been added. It is a little pity that the front dual speakers of the phone have become asymmetrical, which has not had a big impact. It is a balance between the thin and light body and the sound effect. The ROG 8 series is equipped with 5500mAh large capacity batteries and 65W HyperCharge fast charging, and is equipped with the 15W Qi 1.3 wireless charging function for the first time.
Super high performance 3rd generation Snapdragon 8, more comfortable running and distribution game
The core configuration is the top priority of the game phone. This time, the ROG 8 Pro is naturally equipped with the newly released third generation Snapdragon 8 mobile platform. The SoC still adopts a relatively mature 4nm manufacturing process and a new "1+5+2" architecture. The CPU frequency reaches 3.3GHz, and the three-level cache capacity has also been expanded to as much as 12MB. The integrated Adreno 750 GPU has 25% higher performance and 25% higher energy efficiency than the previous generation. In addition, the heterogeneous computing architecture of Qualcomm AI engine and the addition of Hexagon NPU have improved the AI performance of the third generation Snapdragon 8 by 89% compared with the previous generation. In order to break through the performance bottleneck to the maximum extent and ensure stable and smooth performance, the ROG 8 Pro top configuration we obtained is equipped with 24GB LPDDR5X memory and 1TB UFS 4.0 storage, providing a strong performance foundation for the game experience.
In terms of heat dissipation design, which is critical to the performance release of mobile phones, the addition of IP68 dust-proof and waterproof means that the convection cooling scheme of ROG 7 will no longer be applicable. The ROG 8 Pro is equipped with a new matrix liquid cooling architecture 8.0. On the basis of continuing the soc mid design, the main board is perforated and the fast thermal conductivity copper column is positioned between the SoC and the stainless steel plate, so that the heat generated by the SoC can be quickly and efficiently transferred to the external environment through boron nitride cooling materials and copper columns, and the heat dissipation efficiency is increased by 20%.
As the "first escort" accessory of all generations of ROG game phones, with the release of the new phone, it has also been upgraded to the cool fan X. The accessory continues the connection mode of Type-C interface on the side of the phone, as well as the cooling design of air cooling+semiconductor cooling. The cooling fan X is designed to be more compact. Compared with the previous generation, the cooling fan X is 29% smaller in size and 10% lighter in weight, making it easier to carry.
We first conducted a theoretical performance test on the ROG 8 Pro, and from the actual score running results, the machine's rabbit running score easily exceeded 224W points, reaching 2248564 points, and the CPU and GPU scores were 522988 points and 909560 points, respectively, with excellent performance. The single core score of GeekBench 6, which reflects the processor performance, is 2332 points, and the multi-core score is 7455 points. In the AI evaluation of Anthura, it reached 1456128 points. In general, ROG 8 Pro has fully released the performance of the third generation Snapdragon 8.
Then look at the test results of 3D Mark. In the Wild Life cycle test, the best cycle score is 18738, the lowest cycle score is 17686, and the stability is 94.4%. In the cycle test of Wild Life Unlimited, the machine has the best cycle score of 19611, the lowest cycle score of 19534, and the stability reaches 99.6%. The stability of Solar Bay cycle test for ray tracing performance also reached 96.2%. In terms of performance, ROG 8 Pro performs very well in long-term heavy load pressure test, and its performance will not be greatly reduced as time goes by.
The excellent performance in the theoretical performance test can not help but make us full of expectations for the actual performance of the ROG 8 Pro game. The first test is the well-known mobile game masterpiece "Primordial God". We conducted a running test for half an hour in the highest quality/60fps mode in the original god, and the test location is the main city of Xumi. The average frame rate of ROG 8 Pro games has reached 61 fps. From the statistical chart, we can see that most of the time in the test can maintain a frame rate of more than 60fps, and there is no obvious jam in the whole process. The game experience is relatively good.
With the improvement of mobile phone performance, more and more mobile games have unlocked the high frame rate mode. Next, let's take a look at the performance of mobile phones in the high frame mode. The official racing version of go kart is adapted to the 165Hz high brush mode. With the 165Hz screen of ROG 8 Pro, you can get a silky and smooth game experience. We started the mode of high image quality and ultra-high frame rate in the game. In a complete race, the average frame rate of the ROG 8 Pro reached 166 fps, and there was any jam in the beauty. In such a smooth picture, our operation in the game would also become very smooth, and the drift overtaking would be completed at one go. The game experience was excellent. At the same time, it can be seen that when the game is running, the frequency of the super core has reached 3244MHz, indicating that the performance release is sufficient.
In terms of temperature, without connecting to the external radiator, we tested the original spirit game at an ambient temperature of 24 ℃, and measured the maximum temperature on the back of the machine through the thermometer to be 39.1C. Thanks to the central structure of the mobile phone, the heat source is basically concentrated in the middle of the mobile phone, and the temperature on both sides of the player's grip is lower than the human body temperature, However, the frame part will emit some heat, which makes the hand feel warm. The screen side temperature is 37.3 ℃, which is still not high, ensuring the performance release without feeling hot. In terms of power consumption, according to the monitoring and calculation of PerfDog, the average power consumption of the whole machine during the 30 minute game is 5633mW, and the performance of energy consumption ratio is relatively good.
After installing the cooling fan X, we ran the original spirit again for 30 minutes. This test connected the power supply and used the freezing mode of the cooling fan X. When installing the cooling fan X, the X+performance mode can be unlocked just like the previous generation models, so as to obtain more active hardware adjustment and more extreme performance release. When testing in the freezing mode, the average frame rate of the game for 30 minutes reached 61.1 fps, and its fluency performance was even better. There was almost no sense of "stuck" in the game.
X+performance mode can be unlocked after installing cooling fan X
The temperature of the cold fan X is very bright. We snap the back of the phone after taking off the cold fan X, and we can see that the maximum temperature is only 29.4 ℃, and the temperature in the center is as low as 19.4 ℃. In addition, the side air outlet design of cooling fan X keeps hands cool all the time, and it can also cool hands in summer. In terms of noise, there will be no obvious wind noise even in the freezing mode at the highest speed. If it is extremely cold or pure air cooling mode, it will almost reach the level of silence, so don't worry about disturbing others.
IMX890 flagship main camera, AI blessing unlock new play method
The image system is also the focus of this ROG 8 Pro upgrade. The ROG 8 Pro is equipped with a new three camera system. The main camera uses Sony IMX890 CMOS with 50 million pixels. It has a 1/1.56 inch bottom and a large aperture of f/1.9, which is widely used in the current high-end flagship mobile phones. The main camera also supports that the 6-axis anti manual Hybrid platform 3.0 technology can improve the stability of the main camera through the combination of software and hardware.
In terms of secondary cameras, they are equipped with 13 million pixel 120 ° ultra wide angle cameras, free surface lenses, and support real-time distortion correction. In addition, it is equipped with a 32 million pixel telephoto camera (ROG 8 is equipped with a macro lens), OIS optical anti shake, triple optical zoom and ultra clear zoom algorithm, which will work at 10x-30x. In the night mode, you can also use the combination of four pixels to generate better pictures. The front camera is 32 million pixels, and the field of view angle is upgraded from 73 ° to 90 °, which improves the self portrait experience.
The high specification of the camera this time shows that ROG 8 Pro has further strengthened the video system and brought players an excellent experience beyond the game. Judging from the live photo samples, the overall photo taking effect of the mobile phone is good, and there is no problem in meeting the players' daily needs for taking photos and clocking in. There are also digital zoom and time slow gate modes based on AI algorithm, which can shoot traffic, photo graffiti, waterfalls, gorgeous star tracks, etc. through manual shutter or adjusting the shooting time, with high playability.
The telephoto lens with 10x zoom also has a clear effect on shooting the gas station 3.2km away
Macro shooting effect
Night scene shooting effect
Shooting effect under strong backlight
In addition, the 6-axis anti shake Hybrid platform 3.0 technology equipped for the main camera has brought improved software algorithms. ROG 8 Pro can show more powerful stability, such as adaptive EIS algorithm supporting telephoto shooting, super anti shake algorithm, etc., which can achieve more stable and stable photography and video recording. We turned on the super anti shake mode in the camera mode, and we can see that compared with the default intelligent anti shake mode, the video recorded in the super anti shake mode is much more stable, and it will be easier for players to create images.
Kinetograph
We introduced earlier that the AI performance of the third generation Snapdragon 8 has increased by 89% compared with the previous generation. What new playing methods can it bring? ROG 8 Pro not only supports AI voice noise reduction, intelligent semantic search and other relatively traditional intelligent auxiliary functions, but also adds AI graphics recognition based game intelligent prompt function for games. Through this function, players can get a different experience in the game. For example, it can automatically pick up props in the field, automatically accelerate the dialogue with NPC, lock the running state, or automatically release control during the battle.
After we started the game intelligence prompt in the game wizard, we tried it for a period of time, and really gained great convenience and practicability in the running and fighting. At present, there are three games that support the intelligent prompt of the game: Legendary Duel, Original God and Collapse: Star Dome Railway. We hope that more games will be added in the future.
Automatic picking and running locking are relatively convenient functions
In addition, the new AI screen recognition function of ROG 8 Pro is also a new game experience enhancement function. Different from the intelligent prompt of the game, AI recognition screen adopts ML recognition technology, which can quickly recognize and capture the text in the game, and provides copy and quick search buttons. This is also very practical because players can easily query strategies when doing tasks, and do not need game adaptation.
Conclusion: Take it easy, enjoy yourself and play the all-around game flagship
From ROG 1 to ROG 7, each generation of ROG game phones is a symbol of extreme experience, which not only includes strong performance, but also the joint adjustment and customization of software and hardware. ROG 8 can be said to be the year with the largest evolution of ROG game phones. In terms of design concept, the ROG 8 series has jumped out of the inherent stereotype of the game phone and focused on "seeking common ground", which has brought a relatively restrained appearance, a thinner, dust-proof and waterproof body, and a strengthened image system. Finally, a ROG 8 that is "mainstream" enough is presented to the players. Now you can use it generously in any occasion. Come to Jingdong Small Rubik's Cube, Buy ROG8 new products and enjoy exclusive It's a good gift. Of course, the ROG 8 is still very hard core. From the perspective of the ROG 8 Pro we evaluated, it has top performance and excellent game experience supported by AI technology. It is not only a sharp tool for players to play mobile games, but also an all-around main mobile phone, which is worth more players to choose.
