After weeks of speculations, Asus on Wednesday (March 10) unveiled the much-awaited gaming flagship phone ROG Phone 5 series.
Asus, like the counterpart OnePlus, skipped the ROG Phone 4 series to Phone 5 to succeed the ROG Phone 3. Apparently, number four is considered unlucky, as its pronunciation is homophonous to the word death in some Asian cultures (Cantonese).
The upgrade coming in the ROG Phone 5 over the 3 series is notable, says the company.
It comes with a 6.78-inch full HD+ (2448 × 1080p) 144Hz OLED screen and supports 10-bit HDR, 20.4:9 aspect ratio display, 300Hz touch sampling rate, Contrast ratio: 1,000,000:1, peak brightness up to 1200nits, and features an in-display fingerprint sensor. It is protected by Corning's sturdiest Gorilla Glass Victus shield.
To offer an immersive audio experience, ROG Phone 5 comes equipped with large front-firing speakers powered by dual amplifier technology and tuned to perfection by Dirac.
It also features a 3.5mm headphone jack powered by ESS Sabre DAC and a headphone amp for a good listening experience, with support for Hi-Res audio playback.
Also, it boasts upgraded ultrasonic AirTrigger 5, and Motion Control gesture inputs; with up to 10 Motion Control gesture inputs. Armory crate with expanded feature set offering more user-level customizable tuning.
Additionally, the ROG Phone 5 Pro (16GB RAM) and Ultimate (18GB RAM) models come with 'ROG Vision', a feature that displays custom text or graphics on the rear-facing OLED screen just beside the iconic Republic of Gamers' Eye logo.
Furthermore, Asus is offering gaming peripherals such as the optional Aero Active Cooler 5 and ROG Kunai Gamepad.
Under-the-hood, the ROG Phone 5 is powered by Qualcomm's latest and most powerful chipset to date-- Snapdragon 888 octa-core CPU, which comes paired with Adreno 660 GPU and Android 11-based ROG UI. Additionally, it is integrated with the all-new GameCool 5 multi-layer cooling for maximum sustained performance, now with X-mode+ and X-mode and all new system performance manager.
The new ROG Phone 5 comes with 8GB/12GB/16GB/18GB LPDDR5 RAM with 128GB /256GB/512GB (UFS 3.1) storage and a massive 6000mAh battery with 65W fast charger and supports 30W Quick Charge 4.0, USB Power Delivery 3.0 and Direct Charge adapter.
As far as photography hardware is concerned, it comes with triple camera-module-- main 64MP (with Sony IMX686 sensor, 0.8μm pixel size, f/1.8) + 13MP 125-degree ultra-wide camera ( f/2.4) + 5MP macro sensor (f/2.0) with LED flash and supports 8k video at 30 frames per second (fps), 4k at 60fps, slow-motion 4K at 120 fps, 1080p at 240fps.
On the front, it houses 24MP (0.9µm pixel size, f/2.0). It also supports fulls HD video recording.
In the retail box, ROG Phone 5 comes with a 30-watt ROG HyperCharge Adapter, USB-C to USB-C cable, Aero Case, and exclusive ROG stickers.
Asus ROG Phone 5 is being offered two colours storm white and phantom black. It comes in three normal configurations-- 8GB RAM + 128GB storage, 12GB RAM + 256GB storage and 16GB RAM + 512GB storage (Pro version)-- for Rs 49,999, Rs 57,999 and Rs 69,999 respectively.
There is also special ROG Phone 5 (storm white) Ultimate Edition with 18GB RAM and 512GB storage-- for Rs 79,999.
Asus will be offering the new ROG Phone 5 exclusively on Flipkart from April 15 onwards.
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