Intro
The ROG Phone 8 shed the skin of the hypebeast gamer phone and went for a more subtle look and shape. The ROG Phone 9 repeats those steps and proudly comes with the brand-new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chip.
That’s right, the first 3 nm SoC for Android phones here and it’s in an overtuned, overspecced package. We have the ROG Phone 9 Pro, and of course one of the first things we did was clash it against the iPhone 16 Pro Max!
And look, the ROG Phone 9 Pro still lacks a bit in the camera department. But it more than makes up for that with amazing optimizations and lightning-fast hardware. Here’s how it compares to the big, mean iPhone:
ROG Phone 9 Pro vs iPhone 16 Pro Max differences:
Table of Contents:
Design and Size
Tech powerhouses, all dressed up
The ROG Phone 9 Pronow tries to look a …