ASUS gaming smartphone 'ROG Phone 5' appeared, the top model with Snapdragon 888 is the world's first 18GB memory



On March 10, 2021 local time, ASUS announced the gaming smartphone ' ROG Phone 5

' equipped with Qualcomm's latest high-end SoC 'Snapdragon 888 5G'. The top model, ROG Phone 5 Ultimate, will be the world's first smartphone with 18GB of LPDDR5 RAM.

ROG Phone 5 | Gaming Phones | ROG --Republic of Gamers | ROG Global
https://rog.asus.com/phones/rog-phone-5-model/

Ultimate mobile gaming --ROG Phone 5 | ROG --YouTube


ASUS 'ROG Phone 5' is a gaming smartphone that succeeds 'ROG Phone 3' that appeared in August 2020. The reason why 'ROG Phone 4' does not exist is that 4 is repelled in Greater China as well as Japan.

There are only smartphones bearing the name of ASUS's dedicated gaming brand 'ROG ', which produces a variety of gaming devices such as desktop PCs , notebook PCs , monitors , headsets , and keyboards , and their performance is specialized for games. The processor is equipped with Qualcomm's latest high-end SoC 'Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform'.



The battery capacity is 6000mAh, which is an ultra-large capacity equipped with two 3000mAh batteries.



The upper model is equipped with a mini display that displays animation on the back.



The animation can be customized, and the following special animations are displayed when connecting accessories, when a call comes in, and when the game starts.



The main display is a 6.78-inch, 2448 x 1080 pixel Samsung organic EL display with a body size of 77 x 173 x 9.9 mm and a weight of 239 g. A refresh rate of 144Hz and a touch sampling rate of 300Hz.



In addition, an external cooling system 'Aero Active Cooler 5' has also appeared on the back. By adding airflow directly, the surface temperature near the CPU can be lowered by up to 15 ° C, and two physical buttons can be added.



It also supports a quick charge of 65 watts, and can be used for a long time with a short charge.



In addition to the display, two large 12 x 16 mm speakers are mounted on the front. In addition, the 3.5mm earphone jack that did not exist in 'ROG Phone 3' has been revived.



An ultrasonic touch sensor is mounted on the side surface, etc., and 'Air Trigger 5' that functions as a shortcut by touching or grasping is also installed.



In addition to supporting WiFi 6E, it also has the ability to connect to Wi-Fi and mobile networks simultaneously with multiple antennas and automatically prioritize optimal connections.



As for the camera, the back is a triple camera, equipped with a 64 million pixel 'Sony IMX686', a 13 million pixel ultra wide angle camera, and a 5 million pixel macro camera. The in-camera has 24 million pixels.



There are 'ROG Phone 5', 'ROG Phone 5 Pro' and 'ROG Phone 5 Ultimate' models, and the memory and storage configuration of 'ROG Phone 5' can be selected from 8GB / 128GB, 12GB / 256GB, 16GB / 256GB. It is possible, 'Pro' is 16GB / 512GB, 'Ultimate' is 18GB / 512GB. According to ASUS, 'ROG Phone 5 Ultimate' is the world's first smartphone equipped with 18GB memory.

In addition, Ultimate includes special goods such as hats, towels, stickers, mask covers, and ASUS has also released an opening movie of Ultimate.

Unboxing ROG Phone 5 Ultimate | ROG --YouTube


'ROG Phone 5' will be released in March 2021, 'ROG Phone 5 Pro' will be released in April, and 'ROG Phone 5 Ultimate' will be released in May. The price of 8GB / 128GB of 'ROG Phone 5' is 799 euros (about 103,000 yen), 12GB / 256GB is 899 euros (about 116,000 yen), 16GB / 256GB is 999 euros (about 129,000 yen). Pro is 1199 euros (about 151,000 yen), Ultimate is 1299 euros (about 168,000 yen), the release in Japan is undecided.

in Mobile,   Hardware, Posted by darkhorse_log