[Review] ASUS ROG Phone 6D features and gaming performance

The ASUS ROG Cellphone 6 previously impressed me in an before critique, and although I didn’t enjoy with the ASUS ROG Mobile phone 6 Batman Edition for long, what tiny time I had with it was nevertheless a good time. 

As predicted, the ROG Cellphone 6D lived up to the same benchmarks, and on the surface, it really does not show up all that diverse from the Telephone 6.

It is got the identical polished back, giving it a a little bit rugged appear with intercepting traces and statements in blocky fonts.

Then, of system, there is the signature illuminated RGB matrix display screen on the again which can be customised to fit your temper or to reflect notifications/action on your phone.

The camera housing is the exact as perfectly, neatly stored out of the way for comfortable landscape gaming.

The ROG Cellphone 6D only arrives in a person colourway, House Grey.

Under the surface area is in which this cellular phone commences differing from the ROG Mobile phone 6, as rather of a Snapdragon chipset, it has a MediaTek Dimensity 9000+ 5G chipset.

The two chipmakers are frequently pitched in opposition to one particular a further, with Snapdragon normally reported to be better in numerous facets.

Nevertheless, from my practical experience of working with the ROG Mobile phone 6 and ROG Cellular phone 6D for the exact same functions, I felt quite little variation. Much more on that afterwards even though.

Like the other phones in the ROG Cellphone 6 sequence, the ROG Cellphone 6D has a 6.78-inch, AMOLED HDR10+ display with a 165Hz refresh price.

The Armoury Crate application capabilities the exact way also, letting people to regulate their settings for an exceptional gaming working experience. Swap concerning X-Manner to enhance general performance, Dynamic for a harmony user practical experience, or Extremely tough (Eco) to conserve battery existence.

This is also wherever a single would control the AirTriggers, mapping up to 14 customisable contact points on the monitor concurrently.

Coming with the ROG Phone 6D evaluate device we got was also the AeroActive Cooler 6 for testing, even though it does not actually occur bundled with this product, only the ROG Cellphone 6D Final.

The designed-in GameCool 6 cooling technique is able to preserve the phone’s temperature down for day-to-day use, but as you activity in X-Mode, you’ll get started to truly feel some heat establish-up, which the AeroActive Cooler 6 is intended to fight.

We have not attempted its predecessors, but from pics on your own, the latest variation of the peripheral appears a lot more fashionable and edgier. It is a modern design and style that matches with the ROG Cellphone 6 sequence alone, to no shock.

The clip-on accessory takes advantage of a spring-loaded latching mechanism, allowing the AeroActive Cooler 6 to hug the cellphone snugly.

It attracts energy directly from the phone via a USB-C attached to the facet-mounted charging port, which means that there are no finicky wires to get in the way of your gaming.

If your telephone begins working out of juice although, the cooler alone has a USB-C port that you can plug a charging wire into, so you can simultaneously demand your mobile phone as it cools.

The AeroActive Cooler 6 has a kickstand for your phone to stand somewhat upright horizontally, and four additional actual physical buttons for game enter.

This delivers the aforementioned 14 simultaneous touchpoints to a overall of 18 when the AeroActive Cooler 6 is connected.

The four buttons on the cooler are omnidirectional, which implies they can be pressed from any course and in any place. I uncovered myself applying these a large amount more than the AirTrigger places on the phone’s edge because they were being additional effortless and all-natural to push.

Controls for the cooler are accessed by means of the Armoury Crate as well, with the solution to health supplement the admirer with thermoelectric cooling through the use of a Peltier cooler.

With the cooling method turned on, you can change involving Good, Cool, Frosty, and Frozen (only out there when the charging cable is plugged into the AeroActive Cooler 6.

Frosty was capable to keep the mobile phone quite awesome to the contact when I played Genshin Impact on overclocked options for about an hour.

That being said however, even without the cooler attached, I was however capable to match in X-Method somewhat comfortably devoid of stutters or lag. 

When the cooler is related to the mobile phone, X-Mode also modifications to X-Mode+, boosting the phone’s functionality.

Coming back to the ROG Mobile phone 6D by itself, it presents the person no room to harbour uncertainties about its gaming capabilities and general performance.

With a massive 6.000mAh battery and 65W wired charging, running out of juice on this cellphone shouldn’t really be a worry, except you are gaming on X-Mode for 50 percent a day straight, in all probability.

For a gaming cell phone, its cameras are decently spectacular as well, meeting flagship every day driver expectations quickly.

It has a 50MP vast digicam, 13MP ultrawide, and 5MP macro on the again, with a 12MP selfie camera.

These are uncovered on the ROG Cellphone 6 way too, which we typically use as a backup cellphone for shots and video clips in our information development.

Verdict

Aside from the chipset, the ROG Phone 6D genuinely doesn’t differ from the ROG Mobile phone 6. Benchmarks would in all probability show some distinctions, but I question that my day by day utilization and gaming tendencies would at any time force the phones to this kind of limitations in any case.

As for which cellphone is far better than the other, it would likely come down to your very own chipset choices or what you plan to do with the phone. 

The ASUS ROG Mobile phone 6D only arrives in a 12GB 256GB variant and charges RM3,499, RM100 more cost-effective than the ROG Telephone 6.

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