Since the past couple of years, a new category of smartphones is gaining popularity — gaming smartphones. Asus, the Taiwan-based technology company was among the first ones to launch a gaming smartphone under its ROG brand, dubbed as Asus ROG Phone.
Now, the company has been working on its next-generation gaming smartphone, which is named Asus ROG Phone 2. After speculations, the company has confirmed that the ROG Phone 2 will be launched on 23rd July in China, as we had earlier reported. Asus has also started sending out media invites for the launch event.
The poster shared by the company for the announcement of the launch date of ROG Phone 2 also confirms the continued partnership of Asus’ Republic of Gamers (ROG) brand and Chinese giant Tencent Games, the company behind hugely popular PUBG game.
While the company has not revealed any details about the upcoming gaming smartphone, Asus ROG Phone 2 is rumored to come with an improved display as well as a powerful processor. It could have a Super AMOLED display with 120Hz refresh rate, similar to its predecessor, ROG Phone.
The phone is said to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 octa-core 7nm flagship processor, which is currently the most popular chipset from the company. It powers most of the flagship phones launched this year so far.
It has also been revealed that the device will come with a horizontally placed dual-camera setup on the rear. The phone will come with either 18W charger or a 30W charger, depending on the variant (I001DA and I001DB). We expect the phone to have at least with a top-end variant having 12GB of RAM.
The ASUS ROG Phone launched last year comes with a 6-inch AMOLED display with 18:9 aspect ratio and is powered by a Snapdragon 845 chipset coupled with 8GB of RAM and 128/512 GB of internal storage. It features a 12 MP + 8 MP dual camera setup and a selfie camera of 8 MP. It houses a 4,000mAh battery that supported 30W fast charging.
