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ASUS Announces ROG Phone 8 Series: Specs, Features, and Release Details

ROG Phone 8

ASUSannounced the latest gaming smartphone model “ROG Phone 8” series on January 9th (Taiwan time). In addition to the regular “ROG Phone 8,” there are “ROG Phone 8 Pro” and “ROG Phone 8 Pro Edition” with a Mini LED display on the back. The release date and price are unknown at this time, but it will be rolled out in each region including Japan.

ROG Phone 8 is the successor model of ROG Phone 7 announced in April last year (2023), and the SoC has been upgraded from Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 to Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, with CPU performance by 30% and GPU performance by 25%. It was faster.

ROG Phone 8 Pro.Equipped with a Mini LED display on the back, you can set animation display etc.

However, the thickness of the main body is 8.9 mm, which is 15% (1.59 mm) thinner than the previous model, and the weight is 225 g, which is 21 g lighter. Other improvements include thinner bezels on the top and side displays, and the overall design has been slimmed down, making it the world’s first gaming smartphone to be IP68 compliant dust and water resistant.

The display is a 6.78-inch AMOLED with Full HD+ resolution, refresh rate of up to 165Hz, brightness of 2,500cd sq/m, and touch sample rate of 720Hz. The drive technology uses LTPO (Low Temperature Polycrystalline Oxide), which reduces power consumption, and supports variable refresh rates from 1 to 120Hz.

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The ROG Phone 8 Pro also has a display on the back, and can display animations using Mini LED. ROG Phone 8 displays the Aura RGB logo.

There are three types of memory and storage configurations: 12GB/256GB, 16GB/512GB, and 24GB/1TB.The memory supports LPDDR5X, which achieves an access speed of 8,533Mbps, and the storage supports the latest UFS 4.0.

This time, ROG Phone 8 focuses on utilizing AI functions in games, including “AI Grabber” that directly retrieves and examines the text displayed on the game screen, and “Background Mode” that runs games in the background. ”, it also features “X Capture,” which automatically records games, and “X Sense 2.0,” which notifies you of events during games. In addition, AI Wallpaper, which generates wallpaper using Stable Diffusion, is also installed.

The rear camera has a three-lens configuration, and the main one is a 50-megapixel 24mm/F1.9 wide-angle camera that uses a Sony IMX890 image sensor. It supports 6-axis image stabilization and 2x zoom, making it possible to shoot not only landscapes but also portraits.

The remaining rear cameras are 13 million pixels and wide-angle F2.2, and 32 million pixels and telephoto F2.4. The latter has a 3x zoom and can use up to 30x AI zoom. The front camera has 32 million pixels and supports a viewing angle of 73 degrees to 90 degrees, making it suitable for group selfies.

Supported communication functions are 5G, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 5.3. The main body size is 163.8 x 76.8 x 8.9mm. Battery capacity is 5,500mAh.

2024-01-09 00:00:00
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