Taiwanese tech giant ASUS has unveiled its latest flagship gaming smartphone in Europe. The ROG Phone 5s was first launched alongside the ROG Phone 5s Pro in Taiwan in August. The models are upgrades over the ROG Phone 5 that made its entrance earlier this year. The major shakeup in the hardware configurations over the ROG Phone 5 is in the processor. The new models are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ chipset as against the Snapdragon 888 SoC on the Phone 5. You also get up to 18GB of RAM onboard (ROG Phone 5 Pro only).
The ROG Phone 5s is already up for grabs in Europe and it will start at £999 for the 16GB + 512GB version. The ROG Phone 5s Pro which comes in a sole 18GB + 512GB memory option carries a price tag of £1099 and is only available for pre-order at the moment.
To recall, the Phone 5s and 5s Pro both sport a 6.78-inch Full HD+ Samsung’s E4 AMOLED HDR display with a 144Hz refresh rate same as on the ROG Phone 5. The smartphones’ displays support up to 300Hz touch-sampling rate, 24.3ms touch latency. The design element of the ROG Phone 5s includes an RGB illuminated ROG logo. It equally adopts a ROG Vision Color PMOLED display that is protected by the Corning Gorilla Glass Victus.
On the camera aspect, the gaming phones pack a triple lens setup at the rear consisting of a 64MP rear camera with a Sony IMX686 sensor, f/1.8 aperture, as well as a 13MP 125˚ ultra-wide camera with f/2.4 aperture, and a 5MP macro sensor with f/2.0 aperture. At the front, there is a 24MP front-facing camera with 0.9µm pixel size and f/2.0 aperture.
The ROG Phone 5s and 5s Pro run on the latest Android 11 OS with ROG UI. The phone features dual SIM support (nano + nano) and packs dual 7-magnet Linear 12x16mm front-facing speakers with GameFX & Dirac HD sound powered by dual Cirrus Logic CS35L45 Mono AMP. It also comes with Quad microphones with OZO Noise Reduction Technology. There is also a 3.5mm audio jack for those who would love to plug in a wired gaming headphone.
Furthermore, the phone utilizes an in-display fingerprint sensor, ultrasonic sensors for AirTrigger 5, and grip press detection. It also comes with support for Bluetooth 5.2, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, and NFC. Under the hood, the ROG Phone 5s and 5s Pro pack a 6000mAH battery with 65W HyperCharge fast charging via USB Type-C port.
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