A few weeks ago, Asus had teased that the brand’s upcoming ROG Phone 6 gaming smartphone series will be the world’s first gaming smartphones to feature Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 flagship SoC.
And today in June 2022, the company has confirmed that the ROG Phone 6 series global launch event will be held in Taiwan virtually on July 5th. The virtual launch event will be live-streamed online, and users can tune in to the launch at 8 pm Taipei Time (UTC +8) / 2 pm Berlin Time (UTC +2) / 8 am New York Time (UTC -8).
In the announcement posted on Twitter, the ROG Global account had also mentioned that besides launching the ROG Phone 6 series, the brand will also be announcing several new gaming accessories and a set of new gaming headphones from the company on June 7th, which is great news for those immersed in Asus’ Republic of Gamers ecosystem.
The Asus ROG Phone 6 series is the successor to last year’s ROG Phone 5 series, which consisted of 3 models in the lineup – the standard ROG Phone 5, the ROG Phone 5 Pro and the ROG Phone 5 Ultimate. All the 3 devices were powered by last year’s Snapdragon 888 SoC.
This year, Asus is also expected to launch the ROG Phone 6 series in 3 models as well which will be the standard ROG Phone 6, ROG Phone 6 Pro and ROG Phone 6 Ultimate, where all 3 devices will be powered by the same flagship Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC.
The reason why the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC is so highly anticipated is that compared to the original Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the new Snapdragon 8+ has both better performance and better power efficiency than the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
By switching over from Samsung to TSMC, Qualcomm has improved CPU performance by 10% and GPU performance by 10% for the Snapdragon 8+. Qualcomm has even managed to improve power efficiency by up to 30% for the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, meaning that the chipset consumes less power overall, leading to improved thermals and improved battery life, in addition to the performance gains that the new chipset brings.
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