The successor to the ASUS ROG Phone 3 gaming phone is turning out to be quite a looker. ASUS gave us a glimpse of the upcoming ROG Phone 5 via a teaser image that revealed thin bezels while an alleged live image spotted in the wild revealed the design and the camera setup. Now, we have our first look at the design and the smartphone in working condition through a small hands-on video.
ASUS ROG Phone 5 hands-on video shows a Anime Matrix-like second display
The video, spotted on Weibo, reveals the upcoming ASUS ROG Phone 5 will rock a secondary display on the rear panel. The panel may only be used for notifying incoming calls and messages, or show an animation while gaming. This seems to replace the RGB ROG logo that adorned the rear panels of the previous ROG gaming smartphones. The animation on the second display looks a lot like the Anime Matrix screen ASUS launched with the ROG Zephyrus G14 laptop in 2020. We won’t be surprised if the popular design element makes its way to ROG smartphones as well, and could be a good way of personalising the smartphone.
