The ASUS ROG Phone 2 boasts an excellent 120Hz display, but did you know that ASUS secretly set it to just 60Hz?
In this guide, we will show you how to switch the ROG Phone 2 from 60Hz to 90Hz or 120Hz!
ROG Phone 2 : 120Hz Display Stuck At 60Hz
The ASUS ROG Phone 2 (MY | SG | US | UK | AU) comes with a really nice and large 6.59-inch AMOLED display.
Its 1080 x 2340 resolution is much lower than the likes of Samsung Galaxy Note10+ or Galaxy S10+, but it boasts a 108% DCI-P3 colour gamut and a 120Hz refresh rate.
Now, that 120Hz refresh rate is the ROG Phone 2’s key selling point. ASUS claims it gives gamers a real advantage against their opponents, as well as a nicer, silkier gaming experience.
However, unbeknownst to many – ASUS actually sets the ROG Phone 2 (MY | SG | US | UK | AU) to use a 60 Hz refresh rate, making it no different from its chief rival – the Black Shark 2 PRO (MY | SG | AU | UK).
Amazingly, many gamers and some reviewers were not aware of this. If you see people commenting on how smooth the ROG Phone 2 display looks, without mentioning they manually turned on the 120Hz refresh rate – that’s just the placebo effect! 😀
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Why Does The ROG Phone 2 Use 60Hz And Not 120Hz?
Simple – as we pointed out from the very beginning – the 120Hz refresh rate will use up a lot more power than 60Hz.
Both the Qualcomm Adreno 640 GPU and the ROG Phone 2’s AMOLED display, has to work twice as hard with a 120Hz refresh rate, compared to 60Hz.
That’s why ASUS gave the ROG Phone 2 (MY | SG | US | UK | AU) a large and heavy 6,000 mAh battery. The 120Hz refresh rate would have been murder on battery life.
But ASUS also knew that reviewers and early users would comment about the poorer battery life, even with such a large battery. So the solution was apparently to quietly set the AMOLED display to use a 60Hz refresh rate.
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ROG Phone 2 : How To Turn On 90Hz / 120Hz Refresh Rate!
Now, poorer ROG Phone 2 battery life aside, it would be really foolish to pay so much more for a 120Hz display only to have it run at 60Hz. That would be like buying a Porsche with a 80 km/h speed limiter installed.
So we created this video guide to help you switch your ROG Phone 2 (MY | SG | US | UK | AU) from its default 60Hz refresh rate to 90Hz or 120Hz.
ASUS offers a total of three ROG Phone 2 refresh rate options – 60Hz (default), 90Hz and 120Hz.
You can switch the refresh rate on-the-fly, but unfortunately, it’s not part of Quick Settings. ASUS buried it in the Display settings.
Here is the quickest way to switch the ROG Phone 2’s refresh rate :
- Swipe down from the top of the ROG Phone 2 display to access Quick Settings.
- Tap on the Settings icon at the lower right corner, to bring up the Settings screen.
- Tap on the Display option.
- Under Display settings, tap on the Refresh rate option.
- You will see that your ROG Phone 2 is set to use 60 Hz by default.
- You can now select either 90 Hz or 120 Hz.
Just select the refresh rate you prefer, and the display will flicker a little as it changes the refresh rate.
That’s it – you are ready to go! Enjoy the higher refresh rate!
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ASUS ROG Phone 2 : Where To Buy
Here are online purchase options for the ASUS ROG Phone 2 :
- Malaysia : 12GB + 512GB | 12GB + 512GB
- Singapore : 8GB + 128 GB | 12GB + 512GB
- United States : 12GB + 512GB
- United Kingdom : 8GB + 128GB | 12GB + 512GB | 12GB + 1TB
- Australia : 8GB + 128GB | 12GB + 512GB
You can also purchase the much cheaper ROG Phone 2 Tencent Edition in the grey market. *
* Please note that if you purchase a grey market Tencent unit, you will not be entitled to warranty outside of China.
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