ASUS ROG Phone II Comes With 120Hz AMOLED Display, Snapdragon 855 Plus, 12GB RAM And More

Today, Asus unveiled the ROG Phone II, a true gaming beast phone. It is also the first phone to come with the recently announced Snapdragon 855 Plus chip from Qualcomm.




Here are the specs of the phone with its previous predecessor:

The 6.59-inch 120Hz AMOLED display is definitely going to be power-hungry but Asus was smart enough to pack a massive 6000mAh battery on the phone as well. This will ensure that the phone is able to last through a few hours of intense gaming session easily. The display also has 10-bit HDR support so compatible games are going to look stunning.

The bigger catch with the 120Hz display is that only a couple of games support it. There’s no word on when the likes of Fortnite and PUBG will support 120Hz displays. Asus also claims that it has managed to reduce the touch latency of the display to 48ms. This makes it among the first phone in the market to launch with a sub-50ms latency.

All the blitz from the original ROG Phone is also present on its successor. It comes with a metal and glass design, RGB lighting, and dual USB-C ports. The inclusion of the second USB-C port will ensure that one can play games on the phone without worrying about the cable coming in between.

The phone also has dual vibration motors and four microphones. Asus says this will ensure proper feedback while gaming and that your friends will be able to listen to your voice irrespective of how you hold the phone. This time around, Asus has also focused on the camera. The ROG Phone II comes with a 48MP f/1.75 aperture at the rear and a 13MP ultra-wide-angle camera. At the front, there’s a 24MP selfie camera.

On the software front, the ROG Phone II will come with the same gaming-inspired UI that the original ROG shipped with. However, this time around, Asus is offering users an option to switch to a stock Android-like UI during setup. 

Asus has also launched a bunch of accessories to go along with the ROG Phone II. Some of the accessories that launched with the original ROG Phone are also compatible with the ROG Phone II., the ones that have been announced include:

• AeroActive Cooler II
• Aero Case
• TwinView Dock II
• ROG Kunai Gamepad
• Mobile Desktop Dock
• Pro Dock
• WiGig Display Dock Plus
• ROG Lighting Armor Case
• ASUS ROG Phone II accessories

The Chinese model goes on sale July 23rd while the worldwide model will be available in the first week of September with a matte black back. We don’t have exact pricing yet until the joint Tencent-ASUS press event tomorrow, but the Chinese pricing doesn’t usually translate exactly into international pricing anyway. Still, we’ll update this post with the Chinese pricing once we have that information.