ASUS has presented its new smartphones for gaming ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6 Pro with the intention of maintaining the pulse in a sector that has shown itself to be very niche, but in which some companies still maintain their presence to fill a gap and await a possible take-off of the segment. As expected, we are faced with devices that on some fronts exceed the top-of-the-range category.
The ROG Phone 6 standard includes a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC accompanied by 12 or 16 gigabytes of RAM LPDDR5 and UFS 3.1 data storage, non-expandable and with a 256 or 512 gigabyte capacity. the screen is AMOLEDhas a size of 6.78 inchesis protected with Gorilla Glass Victus and supports a resolution of 1,080×2,448 pixels next to one 165H maximum refresh ratez, although this can be set to 60, 90, 120 or 144 hertz.
The screen plays an important role as it is a consumer-oriented product. gamingbut in case you are playing at a rate of 60 frames per second, the only thing that setting an unbridled refresh rate contributes to is reducing autonomy.
ROG Phone 6 standard.
At the camera level we find ourselves in the rear with a triple configuration with a main sensor Sony IMX766 supporting 50 megapixelsa sensor 13 megapixel wide angle and one 5 megapixel macro camera. For its part, the front camera consists of a Sony IMX663 sensor that works at 12 megapixels.
For his part, the ROG Phone 6 Pro It is very similar, although on an aesthetic level it has some notable differences in order to differentiate itself. Here the processor, the screen and the camera configuration are the same, but at the memory level it only has 18GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 512GB of internal storage for data not expandable. As the two smartphones share a lot at the level of features, we are going to mention the most important of what remains.
The 6,000mAh battery It is made up of two 3,000mAh modules and the smartphones have two USB Type-C ports (reversible), one at the bottom and one on the side. Charging appears to be wired only, though it can be done quickly with the 65-watt HyperCharge adapter included in the box. The initial operating system is Android 12 with ROG UI and Zen UI customization layers.
ROG Phone 6 Pro.
As gaming smartphones, they incorporate AriTrigger ultrasonic programmable buttons on both the right and rear sides to allow the user to map controls in supported games. Additionally, they feature front-facing stereo speakers, a triple-mic setup, a 3.5mm headphone jack, Dirac Virtuo spatial audio, and are IPX4 certified for splash resistance. All of that adds up to a redesigned cooling system that ASUS claims can reduce the processor’s temperature by up to 10 degrees.
ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6 Pro will have several external accessories at their disposal for various purposes, such as the AeroActive cooler, the ROG Kunai controller/controller, and the ROG Cetra True Wireless and ROG Cetra True Wireless Pro wireless headphones.
The base price of ROG Phone 6 in the Eurozone is 999 eurosMeanwhile he ROG Phone 6 Pro costs 1,299 euros. The gamers They have two smartphones here that should be able to run any game, or at least any that has been adapted to mobiles, because with those features it is obvious that they are targeting local installations. We leave you with the video of the presentation.
