Asus ROG Phone accessories: Everything you need to know

Asus India today finally announced that the much-awaited ROG phone which will go on sale exclusively on Flipkart. The ROG phone is a product of Asus’s gaming division which creates all of Asus’s gamer-centric devices such as laptops, keyboards, mice etc. The phone is apparently a result of two years’ worth of engineering. Unlike other smartphone brands who have also created gaming phones, the approach taken by Asus is a little different. They have also created an entire eco-system of gaming accessories to compliment the ROG phone and hence, the engineering goal was to create something cohesive. We spent a significant amount of time with the phone and its accessories and you can read our first impressions of the phone and its accessories here. Of all the accessories that go with the ROG phone, not all of them are coming to India. Here’s what you can buy here.

The Asus ROG Phone

Of course, the phone itself is going to be available exclusively on Flipkart starting today. In the box, you will get the phone and the aero-active cooler, which is an essential component of the experience. The cooler also adds a USB-C port and 3.5mm headphone jack to the bottom side of the phone (When held in landscape mode) so as to eliminate the hassle of cables sticking into your hands. The cooler also comes with Aura Sync, so you can get your RGB swag on.

Aero-Active Cooler with Aura Sync lighting

Additional 3.5mm headphone jack and USB-C port

Aeor-Active cooler is included in the box

TwinView Dock

The TwinView dock is designed for the game streamer, allowing the player to stream their game and also monitor the live feed, all at the same time. This happens thanks to an additional OLED screen that is built into the bottom flap of the dock and the phone itself snaps into the top lid. You also get additional trigger buttons which should give players a competitive advantage in some games. We used the dock to play PubG and while it took a little getting used to, the controls did become like second nature. Console gamers will especially relate. The TwinView Dock which features the same display as the ROG phone and an additional 6000mAh battery will cost Rs 21,999 in India and is the most expensive of the accessories.

TwinView dock allows game streamers unprecedented flexibility

The added triggers on the TwinView dock helps with FPS games

GameVice

GameVice is another controller for the ROG phone, but instead of being a heavy-duty box, it’s just two joysticks held together by a stretchable material. You stretch the joysticks apart and they snap onto either side of the phone, using its USB-C port. The light-weight dock gives thumb sticks on either side along with the XYAB buttons on the right side, with a D-Pad on the left. There are also shoulder and trigger buttons on either side, giving players the full controller experience. The GameVice will cost Rs 5,999 and is an ideal companion for anyone who buys the ROG phone for gaming.

GameVice Joystick is a lightweight gaming solution

The accessory gives you thumb sticks, XAYB buttons and shoulder buttons

ROG Desktop Dock

This one is for those who take their gaming seriously. The ROG team at Asus wasn’t messing around when they made this dock. Plonk your ROG phone sideways onto this dock and you will have access to four USB 3.0 ports on the back alongside a gigabit ethernet port. There is also an HDMI port and a DisplayPort that support 4K monitors. Right next to them are the microphone and headphone jacks. On the side is another display port, a USB 3.0 port and an SD card reader. The dock of course requires power to be delivered to it, which can be done using the supplied cable. The ROG dock which can turn your ROG phone into a desktop gaming experience will cost you Rs 12,999

Connect your 4K monitor, a keyboard and gaming mouse to the ROG Phone

The ROG Desktop Dock offers more ports than you'll know what to do with

An additional DisplayPort on the side

ROG Professional Dock

Now this was not announced or shown at Computex, but the professional dock is essentially a dongle that gives users access to a host of ports like USB 3.0 and HDMI (1080p output). Unlike the Desktop dock the professional dock is a more modest and portability friendly option. In fact, if you’re an Apple user, this actually could be a very good accessory to purchase. We will definitely get back to you after testing this theory out. The Professional Dock is going to cost Rs 5,499.

WiGig Accessory

At Computex, Asus showed us the WiGig dock which is an ideal mate for the GameVice controller. The WiGig dock essentially plugs into your TV and allows you to cast the contents of the phone onto the TV, but with a latency of just 2ms. This allows for gamers to have a “big screen” experience even when they’re playing mobile games. Unfortunately, the dock operates at 60GHz, a frequency that has not yet been delicensed in India, so Asus is not allowed to sell this particular accessory here.

So that’s all the accessories there are for the Asus ROG phone and of them, all but one can be purchased in India. The listings will go live exclusively on Flipkart and while you can get a hands-on experience in some Asus stores, you can only buy the ROG phone (or its accessories) on Flipkart.

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