Taipei: ASUS launches ROG Phone, the first gaming smartphone to compete with other gaming phones like Xiaomi Blackshark and Razer Phone.
In addition to qualified specifications, ASUS also complements ROG Phone with special features for gamers, such as water triggers. Air trigger is the two buttons on the right side of the phone, which can be reached with your index finger when you use it horizontally.
Chih-Hao Kung, EMEA TPR Lead, ASUS explains, you usually use four fingers while playing MOBA games on mobile. However, playing this way makes your finger block the screen. With water trigger, You can press the button without having to worry about the screen will be blocked.
In addition to the water trigger, ASUS also added a second charger port on the side of ROG Phone. The goal is that you can still charge the battery while playing.
In the launch of ROG Phone, Global Marketing Director of ROG, Derek Yu explains, one of the problems that gamers often encounter when playing games using smartphones is a disruptive charger cable when they want to play games while charging cell phone batteries.
"We added a charger port and an audio jack on the side of the phone, that way, nothing else will keep you from playing," Yu said. He revealed, ASUS teamed up with a professional esport team to help them make better smartphone designs. The port next to ROG Phone can also be used to connect Aeroactive Cooler, one of the ROG Phone accessories.
ASUS not only customize the ROG Phone design to provide a good play experience, they also provide some support accessories. Here are four ROG Phone accessories ASUS introduced with ROG Phone.
1. Aeroactive cooler
is a cooling accessory that will be part of the ROG Phone sales package. This cooler can be mounted on ROG Phone via port on the side of the phone. Once installed, the fan will automatically turn on.
2. TwinView dock
One other accessory that ASUS introduced in conjunction with ROG Phone is TwinView Dock. You can install ROG Phone on the dock this, which has its own screen. This accessory has a bulge on the back, making it comfortable to hold. In addition, this accessory also has extra buttons on the left and right.
"Together with some game publishers, we provide two-screen support for games so that the game interface can appear on," Kung said.
He mentioned, they will be actively working with game publishers to ensure more and more games that support the two-screen feature.
In addition to making the phone more comfortable grasped, through this dock, you can also do live streaming more easily. The game will appear on the dock screen while the phone will open a streaming app like Twitch.
3. Mobile desktop dock
Similar to Samsung DeX, Mobile desktop dock allows you to connect ROG Phone to the monitor. Interestingly, the dock it has a port which is very complete, ranging from USB port, HDMI to LAN port. Through the dock this, you can also connect the keyboard and mouse to control ROG Phone.
4. Gamevice & WiGig Dock
If desktop dock connecting ROG Phone with monitor, WiGig Dock connects this phone to TV. With controller Gamevice, you will be able to play games on ROG Phone in the family room like playing games on the console.
"Some games are better to play with the keyboard and mouse, while some other games are more fun to play with the controller with the buttons," Yu said. "Through our partnership with Gamevice, we created a controller for ROG Phone that gives you the playback of play like a console."
Unfortunately, at this time, it is still unknown whether ASUS will bring ROG Phone to Indonesia. If so, they also have not told what accessories they will provide.
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