Asus ROG Phone 6 Looks to Be a Pricey Mobile Gaming Powerhouse
With the ROG Phone 6, announced today, Asus returns(Opens in a new window) with another gaming smartphone that promises to push its specs to the limit.
The ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6 Pro run Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip, which can reach a 3.2GHz clock speed and offers up to 15% better CPU speeds and 50% improved GPU performance over last year’s ROG Phone 5(Opens in a new window), Asus says.
The other notable feature is the RAM. Like previous ROG Phones, the 6 series comes with 12GB, 16GB, or 18GB of LPDDR5 memory, giving you memory similar to that found in many PCs.
Buyers are also getting a 6.78-inch Samsung AMOLED display with a 165Hz refresh rate, along with a triple camera system in the back that contains 50-megapixel, 13MP, and 5MP image sensors. In addition, the phone boasts a huge 6,000mAh battery, which can be charged back up in 42 minutes. Full specs can be found on Asus’s website(Opens in a new window).
In terms of looks, the ROG Phone 6 keeps many futuristic/sci-fi design elements from the last generation, but does offer some small tweaks to help the phone stand out, says Sascha Krohn, Asus Director of Technical Marketing. In particular, the ROG 6 Pro model comes with a secondary screen on the phone’s back cover, which can display alerts about incoming calls, when the phone is charging, or even beam custom animations.
The phones also support 5G and Wi-Fi 6E, so game-streaming services should perform at fast mobile speeds. To prevent overheating, Asus revamped the thermal system to use a so-called "360-degree technology," which can cool Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor from both sides of the chip. This involves injecting a Boron Nitride thermal compound inside the phones during the
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