Asus' new smartphone, the ROG Phone 5, makes mobile gaming more tactile and fun. Two built-in touch-sensitive buttons on the side of the phone improve the experience, as does helpful software that makes physical controllers compatible with any game—and custom accessories, like a clip-on fan to keep things cool. https://wired.trib.al/QQMTaEZ | WIRED

The Asus ROG Phone 5 is an undeniably good smartphone. It is a novelty, which isn’t what we get to say about phones these days at all. It is excellent in terms of performance, has a very good display, usable cameras and great battery life, too. The software features have plenty of gaming optimisations to make it a good enough toy for enthusiast gamers, and most features here are functional – thereby showing that the ROG Phone 5 isn’t just a flashy LED toy, it means business, too.However, unfortu