The latest Asus ROG phone is on its way, and it looks kind of insane. If you’re into mobile gaming, this phone will certainly pique your interest.
Asus announced the ROG Phone 9 series will be officially launching on November 19 at its “AI On, Game On” virtual event. The phone will be powered by Qualcomm’s newSnapdragon 8 Elitechipset. In apress release, Asus says, “With its signature gamer-centric design ethos, the ROG Phone 9 series is designed to offer an immersive, lag-free gaming experience, making it a must-have for serious gamers and technology lovers alike. "
With the release of the Asus ROG Phone 9 in November, Asus will likely become one of the first phone makers to release a phone powered byQualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elitechipset.
ASUS ROG Phone 9
The ROG Phone 9 launches November 19th, and is powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset.
The ROG Phone 9 is made with gamers top of mind
Apart from the processor, not much else is known about the phone
The Asus ROG Phone 9 will be powered by theSnapdragon 8 Eliteplatform, featuring a 2nd-generation Qualcomm Oryon CPU and an Adreno GPU. Asus says the chip will push the “boundaries of mobile gaming with industry-leading speed, power, and gaming-changing graphics.”
The Oryon CPU looks pretty powerful, with two performance cores clocked at 4.32Ghz.Qualcomm saysthe Oryon CPU sees a 45 percent improvement in single-core and multi-core performance, as well a 40 percent improvement in gaming. With Asus calling the announcement event “AI, Game On,” it’s likely that the phone will offer new AI features.
In terms of the design, Asus calls it the ROG Phone 9 “gamer-centric,” with a black textured back panel with the ROG logo, and a unique angular camera bump. You have to give Asus credit – ROG Phones are certainly distinct from other major flagship handsets on the market.
The AsusROG Phone 8launched earlier this year with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, 12GB of RAM, and a 6.78-inch 2400 x 1080 pixel resolution AMOLED display.A Pro versionwas also released.
If the Asus ROG Phone 9 ups the RAM amount and storage space, like theROG Phone 8 Prohas, we could be in for a pretty decent refresh of the ROG Phone. It will also be interesting to see if Asus makes a pro version of the ROG Phone 9. All will be revealed on November 19th.
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