ASUS ROG Phone 5 launch date officially revealed

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Additionally, ASUS will extend its partnership with Tencent for the upcoming gaming phone as well, meaning it could have dedicated gaming experiences. There are speculations the ROG Phone 5 will have a matrix display at the back, probably for Tencent games to be compatible.

ASUS ROG Phone 5 specifications

As said, the ASUS ROG Phone is said to come with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform and will have a 16GB RAM variant accompanied by 512GB storage. It is said to pack a 6,000mAh battery and support 65W fast-charging. The leaked renders showed the gaming phone will have a slightly familiar design with three rear cameras arranged horizontally and seems to have an extra button, probably to activate "gaming mode" as well. The ROG Phone 5 will have 5G connectivity and a glass-aluminium unibody design.

There are rumours the Taiwan brand is also working on the ROG Phone 5 Strix edition and is speculated to arrive with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. It might come as a slightly cheaper version compared to the vanilla ROG Phone 5. If true, this will b the first time the ROG series may have two variants launching at the same time. Unfortunately, that's pretty much everything we so far know about the ROG Phone 5 but if the rumoured launch timeline is indeed legit, we should start hearing more about it going forward.