ASUS gives ROG Phone 6 Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 soc and 165Hz display – Tablets and Phones – News

ASUS presents the gaming smartphone ROG Phone 6. The successor to the ROG Phone 5s has, among other things, a better soc and a screen with a higher refresh rate. The phone costs at least 999 euros.

Of ROG Phone 6 gets Qualcomms Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1-socWhere his predecessor was still equipped with the 888 Plus. The 8+ Gen 1 is more economical and faster than previous socs. Like the 5s, the Phone 6 comes with 12GB, 16GB or 18GB Lppdr5 memory and 256GB to 512GB UFS3.1 storage.

In order to better cool that faster soc, ASUS says it has improved the cooling of the smartphone. For example, the company says it has reduced the air space between the two PCBs and increased it by 30 percent vapor chamber to be placed in the smartphone. The soc is also placed in the middle of the smartphone, ‘so that the warmest places of the phone are kept away from the user’s fingers’. The smartphone can be purchased with a separate AeroActive Cooler 6 cooler to provide additional cooling for the smartphone. This cooler also has a stand and four physical triggers.

The screen of the ROG Phone 6 is slightly better than the previous model. It’s still a 6.78″ display with a 2448×1080 resolution, but the refresh rate is faster than the Phone 5s’ 144Hz display at 165Hz. That refresh rate can be set from 60Hz to 165Hz, or to an automatic mode. be put.

The Phone 6 also registers the touch input 720 times per second, twice as much as the Phone 5s. The Samsung screen can display 111 percent of the DCI-P3 color space and has a maximum brightness of 800cd/m². The screen also has a fingerprint scanner.

ASUS has not changed the batteries of the ROG Phone 6. They still have a combined capacity of 6000mAh and can be charged with a maximum of 65W. The cameras have changed. The smartphone comes with multiple Sony sensors, including the IMX663-12-megapixel sensor on the front and the IMX776-50-megapixel sensor on the rear. In addition, there is a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera and a macro camera. The 5s had a 64-megapixel sensor on the back and a 24-megapixel selfie camera.

The phone also has two SIM card slots, a USB-C connection, 3.5mm port and supports 5G and Wi-Fi 6E. The ASUS ROG Phone 6 is 173x77x10.3mm, weighs 239 grams and is ‘expected’ to come to Belgium and the Netherlands this month.

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