Taiwanese multinational computer and phone hardware and electronics company just launched its first gaming smartphone at Computex 2018 in Taiwan, the Asus ROG Phone With Snapdragon 845, 512GB storage and external cooling system.
Asus ROG Phone – Snapdragon 845 SoC, 3D Vapour-Chamber Cooling, 512GB Storage
In one word, the ROG Phone is a Beast with the Snapdragon processor overclocked at 2.96GHz powered by 8GB RAM. There is no doubt this device is designed to compete with the existing gaming smartphones, the Razer phone, Xiaomi black shark and Nubia Red magic.
Overall, the ROG Phone design is very impressive. The design is flashy, yet, incredible. The device has a hexagonal-like design crafted on the body which is really cool.
Asus ROG Phone is a 6-inch AMOLED screen device with Full-HD resolution, 18:9 ratio, and 90 Hz refresh rate. The device also supports HDR and it bags a camera of 12MP + 8MP shooter on the rear side and an 8MP on the front.
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ROG Phone comes with some pretty cool accessories, a 3D vapour chamber cool that prevents the device from overheating, a gamepad called Gamevice which turns the device into a portable console. With support for 60GHz WiFi-AD, gameplay on the device can be streamed on a display connected to the WiGig Dock base station
Another interesting accessory Asus has added to this device is the TwinView Dock which adds a second screen identical to the ROG Phone and a 6000 mAh battery making it a dual-screen device.
You can also turn the ROG Phone into a PC using the Mobile Desktop Dock. This dock allows you to connect your smartphone to a monitor, keyboard, mouse, 5.1 speakers and Gigabit Ethernet connection.
ASUS ROG PHONE SPECS
Processor: speed-binned 2.96GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
GPU: Qualcomm Adreno 630
Display: 6-inch, 18:9 (2160 x 1080) OLED panel with 90Hz refresh rate and 1ms pixel response time; includes HDR support and 108.6 percent DCI-P3 colour gamut coverage
Dimensions: 158.8mm x 76.2mm x 8.6mm
Weight: 200g
Battery: 4,000mAh
Memory: 8GB RA
Storage: 128GB or 512GB
Wireless: 802.11ad Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5
Headphone jack: Yes
Audio: Dual front-facing stereo speakers; 24-bit/192kHz DAC; DTS Headphone:X 7.1-channel virtual surround sound; AptX support
Asus ROG Phone Price
Asus haven’t revealed the price of this monster device but says it will be launching the ROG Phone in the third quarter of this year.
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