Older flagship · 2018

Asus ROG Phone ZS600KL

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent lower-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A05s

Best for

Strength Stabilised camera (OIS), AMOLED screen

Extras Gaming controls, Cooling system

Watch out No more updates, Smaller battery (4000mAh)

Skip if Heavy gaming or multitasking

6″ AMOLED · 90Hz

845 8 / 128 GB

4000 mAh 30W charging

12 MP 2 rear · 8 MP selfie

4G LTE NFC

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In the Real World

See how the Asus ROG Phone ZS600KL looks and feels in everyday use.

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Full specifications

Display

6.0″ · AMOLED · 1080 × 2160 · 90 Hz · HDR

OLED display

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.0"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2160 px

Refresh rate

90 Hz

HDR

HDR10

HDR

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass 6

Performance

Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) · 8-core 2.96 GHz · Adreno 630

Light-use CPU

Fine for messaging, calls, and browsing. Heavy multitasking will feel slow.

Chipset

Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)

Current CPU tier

Lower mid-range

Launch class

Flagship

AnTuTu

304,183

GeekBench

9,406

Graphics test

GFXBench 31 fps

CPU

8-core, 2.96 GHz

GPU

Adreno 630

Process

10 nm

RAM type

LPDDR4X RAM

Storage type

UFS Storage 2.1

CPU layout

4x Kryo 385 2.96 GHz + 4x Kryo 385 1.8 GHz

Software & updates

Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie), ROG Gaming X UI · 1-year support

End of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie), ROG Gaming X UI

Software support

1 years of updates

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

12 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 8 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

12 MP f/1.8

OIS

Ultrawide

8 MP

Front camera

8 MP f/2.0

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

RAW

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

4000 mAh · 30 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4000 mAh

Lab endurance

69:00h

Wired charging

30 W

Removable

Audio

Speakers

Mono

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Configurations

8/128GB · 8/512GB

Storage type

UFS 2.1

Expandable

Connectivity

4G LTE · NFC · Wi-Fi 5

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 5

Bluetooth

5.0

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou

USB

USB-C 3.1

USB OTG

Yes

Accessory connector

Yes

3.5mm jack

Yes

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — no 5G

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · no 5G

Full

A Airtel

4G full · no 5G

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B8, B20

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B17, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a

Build & Design

200 g · 8.3 mm

Height

158.8 mm

Width

76.2 mm

Thickness

8.3 mm

Weight

200 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (rear-mounted) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone XS

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

Smoother display

90 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · Tradeoff: 1080 × 2160 vs 1125 × 2436 resolution

50% larger battery capacity

30 W vs 15 W charging · 4,000 mAh vs 2,658 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

304k vs 691k AnTuTu · Lower mid-range vs Mid-range tier

Weaker camera hardware

— vs Telephoto · OIS

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 200 g vs 177 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S9

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

33% larger battery capacity

30 W vs 15 W charging · 4,000 mAh vs 3,000 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

128 GB vs 64 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

304k vs 416k AnTuTu

Lower-res main camera

12 MP · f/1.8 vs 12 MP · f/1.5 main

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 200 g vs 163 g

Full comparison

Where to buy

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In the Real World

Full specifications

Display

Performance

Software & updates

Camera

Battery

Audio

Memory

Connectivity

Network bands

The bands Nigerian networks use

All reported bands

Build & Design

Sensors

How it stacks up against the rest.

Apple iPhone XS

Samsung Galaxy S9

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