For those who dare — ASUS just unleashed the ground-breaking ROG Phone 5 gaming series with the all-new Snapdragon 888, up to 18GB of LPDDR5 RAM, 144Hz Refresh Rate, and many more.
First off, you might be thinking, why did the company skip the number 4? Unfortunately, ASUS skipped the number 4 because its pronunciation in Chinese sounds similar to “death.” Skipping the number 4, ASUS just unleashed the ROG Phone 5 series today. The ROG Phone 5 lineup comes with a total of three models, the original ROG Phone 5, the ROG Phone 5 Pro, and the ROG Phone 5 ultimate.
DISPLAY
The series is built around a 6.78-inch FHD+ Samsung AMOLED display with refresh rate support for up to 144Hz, 20.4:9 wide aspect ratio, HDR10+, Always-on Display, 1ms response time, 300Hz touch-sampling rate, 24.3 touch latency, and Delta E<1 color accuracy. The display is equipped with the Corning Gorilla Glass Victus and has an RGB light panel attached to the back.
PROCESSOR & CAMERA
Under the hood, all models come with the Snapdragon 888 5G processor, accompanied by up to 512GB of UFS 3.1 storage for the Pro and Ultimate, and up to a whopping 18GB of LPDDR5 RAM for the Ultimate. That’s a crazy amount of RAM, there you go folks, the world’s first 18GB of RAM is now here. The same thing also goes with the rear triple-camera setup, with 64MP Sony IMX686 as its main camera, along with an ultra-wide 13MP, and a 5MP macro shooter. There’s also a 24MP camera on the front for selfies.
VARIANTS & FEATURES
However, there’s an exception of additional capacity of internal storage and RAM, color variants, and secondary displays in which we have seen on the ROG Phone 5 Ultimate. The standard ROG Phone 5 comes in two colors, Phantom Black and Storm White, while on the other hand, the ROG Phone 5 Pro comes only in a single color which is Glossy Black, as well as the ROG Phone 5 Ultimate but Matte White. Another exception is the Pro and Ultimate having secondary displays exclusively attached on the rear, which the company calls the “ROG Vision”.
SOFTWARE
Furthermore, the ROG Phone 5 series run on the latest Android 11 and comes with two prebuilt UI options. It gives users the ability to switch to either ZenUI for a simplified interface, or a gaming-inspired ROG UI theme for, gamers. Also, the series comes with a special feature called “Armory Crate” that allows users to tweak settings per-game. It has a console-esque interface and a haptic feedback
MISCELLANEOUS
Surprisingly, the ROG Phone 5 series also comes with a 3.5mm headphone jack, which is rarely seen on flagship these days. The headphone jack comes along with an inbuilt premium-grade ESS SABRE ES9280AC Pro DAC for a more nuanced audio output. Other than that, the ROG Phone 5 series has dedicated dual stereo speakers attached on the front, powered by dual Cirrus Logic CS35L45 Mono AMP and tuned by Dirac for an immersive audio-gaming experience.
BATTERY
Moreover, the ROG Phone 5 series carry a massive amount of 6,000mAh battery (dual 3,000mAh in MMT design to reduce heating while charging), with 65W HyperCharge for fast charging, paired with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 5.0 and dual USB Type-C ports, 3.1 on the side while 2.0 at the bottom.
ASUS ROG PHONE 5 SERIES SPECIFICATIONS:
• 6.78-inch FHD Samsung AMOLED display, 20:4.9 Aspect Ratio, 144Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, Delta E<1, 300Hz touch-sampling rate, Always-on Display
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor, Adreno 660 GPU
• ZenUI + ROG UI based on Android 11
• UFS 3.1 Storage: 128GB/256GB for the ROG Phone 5, 512GB ROM for the ROG Phone 5 Pro and Ultimate
• LPDDR5 RAM: 8GB/12GB/16GB for the ROG Phone 5, 16GB RAM for the ROG Phone 5 Pro, 18GB RAM for the ROG Phone 5 Ultimate
• 64MP Sony IMX686 triple-camera setup with f/1.8, 1/1.7″, EIS, 13MP ultra-wide with f/2.4, EIS, 5MP macro f/2.0, EIS
• 24MP with f/2.4 front-facing camera
• Dual SIM with LTE, 5G connectivity
• Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC
• USB Type-C on side and bottom, USB OTG
• GameCool 5 Cooling System, AirTrigger 5, 7-magnet dual front-facing stereo speakers, ESS DAC
• 6,000mAh battery with 65W HyperCharge fast charging
AVAILABILITY
The ROG Phone 5 comes in three variants: the 8GB+128GB is priced at €799 (roughly $950; ~Php46,000), while the 12GB+256GB is priced at €899 (roughly $1069; ~Php52,000), and lastly, the 16GB+256GB is priced at €999 (roughly $1187; ~Php57,700).
On the other hand, the ROG Phone 5 Pro only comes in one variant which is 16GB+512GB and it’s priced at €1199 (roughly $1425; ~Php69,300).
Lastly, the ROG Phone 5 Ultimate also only comes in one variant, 18GB+512GB, priced at €1299 (roughly $1543; ~Php75,100).
The ASUS ROG Phone 5 will arrive on global markets starting March 2021. The ROG Phone 5 Pro will hit markets in April 2021, while the ROG Phone 5 Ultimate will be available on sale in May 2021. There’s no announcement yet on when will it be arriving in other countries, stay tuned for updates!
Source: ROG Phone 5 Event, GSMArena, Via: XDA Developers, GIZGUIDE, TechnophilePH
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