Asus has announced the ROG Phone 3, a gaming smartphone with a Snapdragon 865 Plus SOC and a 6.59 “OLED screen with a refresh rate of 144Hz. There is also a Strix Edition of the device, with an older SOC and less memory.
The screen of by ROG Phone 3 has a 19.5: 9 aspect ratio and a touch-sampling rate of 270Hz. According to Asus, this makes for a touch latency from 25ms. From ROG Phone II, with a 120Hz display and a touch sampling rate of 240Hz, still had a touch latency of 49ms. The response speed would be 1ms and the phone would have a peak brightness of 1000cd / m2 can display. The phone can handle hdr10 + and should be able to display 113.3 percent of the dci-p3 color spectrum. The resolution of the screen is 2340×1080 pixels.
As with the announcement of the Snapdragon 865 Plus soc was said, the ROG Phone 3 gets this new soc. The soc comes in the ROG Phone 3 with 5g modem. The phone also gets a maximum of 16GB of LPDDR5 memory and a maximum of 512GB ufs 3.1 storage. The gaming smartphone is 171x78x9.85mm in size and weighs 240 grams.
To keep the soc cool, Asus says the ROG Phone 3 has a six times larger heatsink than the previous model. Also is the vapor chamber redesigned. For added cooling, Asus introduces the AeroActive Cooler 3, a fan that snaps onto the back of the phone. This cooler is supplied with the phone, consumers can also purchase accessories such as a dock and a gamepad. The device has two AirTrigger 3 buttons on one side, which work by means of ultrasound.
On the back, the ROG Phone 3 has a camera island with three sensors. The main camera has a Sony IMX686-64 megapixel sensor with an aperture of f / 1.8. In addition, there is a wide-angle camera with a 13-megapixel sensor and a 5-megapixel macro camera. The front is a 24-megapixel camera. The phone can record at up to 8k and 30fps, or up to 480fps at 720p. The phone has two speakers in stereo setup on the front, a fingerprint sensor in the screen and support for Quick Charge 4.0. The software is Android 10 with a ROG UI shell.
The Strix Edition shares many specifications with the regular ROG Phone 3. However, the Strix variant gets the slower Snapdragon 865-soc and is only available with 8GB memory and 256GB storage. On the other hand, the phone is 200 euros cheaper than the cheapest variant of the regular ROG Phone 3. The Asus ROG Phone 3 is for sale at the end of July, or the phone also comes to the Benelux is not known.
| Phone | Memory | Bulletin | price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Asus ROG Phone 3 | 16GB | 512GB | 1099 euro |
| Asus ROG Phone 3 | 12GB | 512GB | 999 euro |
| Asus ROG Phone 3 Strix Edition | 8GB | 256GB | 799 euro |
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