ASUS ROG PHONE 5: Design, Specifications and Pricing

Asus announced its flagship ROG Phone 5 Today, its most powerful gaming smartphone on the market. The gaming smartphone has been redesigned to improve performance and ergonomics and now comes in multiple flavors with the Ultimate edition sporting 18GB of RAM.

Design and Specification 

The phone has more or less the same design as its predecessor but now has the traditional ROG backlit logo with the dot matrix display on the rear. Asus is also bringing back the 3.5mm headphone jack with an ESS Sabre ES9280AC Pro Quad DAC to the ROG Phone 5. The Class G amp automatically detects the impedance of your headphones and switches to the appropriate mode (it supports headphones between 8 Ohm and 1,000 Ohm).

The phone features a 6.78-inch display of 1080x2448 pixels resolution with a refresh rate of 144Hz at a pixel density of 395 Pixels Per Inch (PPI). Asus says it has closely worked with Samsung on the custom AMOLED panel, which also supports HDR10+. The display is 23% brighter than the previous ROG Phone, claims Asus. The screen also has a touch rate of 300Hz as well.

The Asus ROG Phone 5 is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor, the same chipset that powers the Mi 11 and the soon-to-be-announced OnePlus 9 series (23rd March 2021). The Asus ROG Phone 5 runs Android 11 and packs 128GB of inbuilt storage. The Asus ROG Phone 5 is a dual-SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Nano-SIM and Nano-SIM cards. 

Connectivity options on the Asus ROG Phone 5 include Wi-Fi 802.11, GPS, Bluetooth v5.20, NFC, USB Type-C, 3G, and 4G (with support for Band 40 used by some LTE networks in India) with active 4G on both SIM cards. Sensors on the phone include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, compass/ magnetometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, and in-display fingerprint sensor.

The smartphone has been launched in Phantom Black and Storm White colors. The smartphone is powered by a 6000mAh battery. The Asus ROG Phone 5 supports proprietary fast charging of 65 Watts but the charger included in the box is 30 Watts only. Not only does the ROG Phone 5 has the latest flagship hardware(s), but it also has a few gaming-centric features and is available with several optional accessories that elevate the gaming experience. These include the AeroActive 5 cooling fan that now has two physical AirTrigger buttons and a 3.5 mm headphone jack. The accessory can be used as a kickstand.

As far as the cameras are concerned, the Asus ROG Phone 5 on the rear packs a 64-megapixel primary camera with an f/1.8 aperture (SONY IMX686 sensor); a second 13-megapixel camera with an f/2.4 aperture, and a third 5-megapixel camera with an f/2.0 aperture. The rear camera setup has autofocus. It sports a 24-megapixel camera on the front for selfies with an f/2.45 aperture. There also two front-facing speakers for a more immersive sound. Majorly, the ROG Phone 5 can also shoot 8K videos.

The standard version has 8GB RAM/12GB RAM, the Pro model has 16GB RAM, and the ultimate version has 18GB RAM. The ROG Phone 5 supports 5G, or fifth generation, allowing for faster downloads and uploads and improved gaming and other features.

The Asus ROG Phone 5 measures 172.80 x 77.20 x 10.29mm (height x width x thickness) and weighs 238.00 grams.

Pricing & Sale date

The Asus ROG Phone 5 is priced at Rs 57,999 for the 12GB/256GB RAM version and an 8GB/128GB variant is available for Rs 49,999. The Asus ROG Phone 5 Pro is priced at Rs 69,999 and will feature 16GB RAM and 512GB storage. The highest-end ROG Phone 5 Ultimate features 18GB RAM and 512GB storage and will be available for Rs 79,999. The phones will on sale from April 15, 2021, on Flipkart at 12 noon.