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| Global Score | |
| 84.5 | 79.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Apple | Asus |
| -- | Android 14 |
| 2018-09-21 | 2024-01-08 |
| 6.20 x 3.05 x 0.30 inches | 6.45 x 3.02 x 0.35 inches |
| 7.34 ounces | 7.94 ounces |
| Gold, Silver and Space gray | Phantom Black and Rebel Grey |
| Glass and Stainless steel | Aluminum and Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass) |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 1099.00 | -- |
| Display / Screen | |
| 6.5 inches | 6.8 inches |
| 2688 x 1242 pixels | 2400 x 1080 pixels |
| OLED | OLED |
| 456 pixels per inch | 387 pixels per inch |
| 625 cd/m2 brightness | 2500 cd/m2 brightness |
| No touch screen | No touch screen |
| 8.9 | 9.5 |
| Performance | |
| Apple A12 Bionic APL1W81 (7 nm) chipset | QualcommSnapdragon 8 Gen 3 SM8650-AB (3 nm) chipset |
| 64-bit Vortex and Tempest, 64-bit (Hexa-Core 2490 MHz) processor | processor |
| 4 GB RAM | 12 GB RAM |
| Apple 4-core GPU GPU | Adreno 750 GPU |
| 10.26 | 6.21 |
| Storage | |
| 64 GB internal memory | 256 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | No SD card slot |
| 7.7 | 13.3 |
| Camera | |
| 12.00 MP + 7.00 MP | 50.00 MP + 32.00 MP |
| f/1.80 aperture | f/1.90 aperture |
| 26.00mm focal length | 24.00mm focal length |
| 0.39 inches (1/2.55") sensor | 0.64 inches (1/1.56") sensor |
| 3840 x 2160 (60 fps) (4K) video resolution | 7680 x 4320 (24 fps) video resolution |
| 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video | 1920 x 1080 (240 fps) (Full HD) slow motion video |
| 10.12 | 12.54 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| Mobile Hotspot | Mobile Hotspot |
| LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA and HSUPA | 5G, 5G, LTE-A (4G), LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G) and HSDPA |
| Nano SIM, Dual SIM | Nano SIM |
| 6.7 | 10.6 |
| Battery Life | |
| 3179mAh Li - Ion Battery | 5500mAh Battery |
| Non-Removable Battery | Non-Removable Battery |
| Wireless Charging | Wireless Charging |
| 5.2 | 7.2 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 5.0 | Bluetooth 5.3 |
| GPS | GPS |
| NFC | NFC |
| -- | Fingerprint ID Scanner |
| Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
IPhone XS Max has a general score of 84.5, which is just a bit better than Asus ROG Phone 8's overall score of 79.5. The iPhone XS Max is an way older cellphone than Asus ROG Phone 8, but Apple managed to make it just a bit lighter and thinner. Asus ROG Phone 8 features a bit more vivid screen than iPhone XS Max, because although it has a quite worse display pixel density and a bit worse resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels, it also counts with way more brightness and a bit bigger screen.
The iPhone XS Max counts with a really superior hardware performance than Asus ROG Phone 8, because although it has lesser processing cores and a lower amount of RAM, it also counts with a 64 bits CPU. Asus ROG Phone 8 counts with a much bigger memory capacity to install games and applications than Apple iPhone XS Max, because it has more internal storage.
Asus ROG Phone 8 has a really longer battery duration than Apple iPhone XS Max, because it has 5500mAh of battery capacity against 3179mAh. The Asus ROG Phone 8 captures much better pictures and videos than Apple iPhone XS Max, because although it has a tinier diafragm aperture, it also counts with a way better resolution back-facing camera, a way better 7680x4320 video resolution and a much bigger back camera sensor shooting lot better quality videos and photographs.
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