Asus has officially announced that its upcoming ROG gaming phone, which appears to be the ROG Phone 8 series, will feature the latest third-generation Snapdragon mobile platform, also known as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. However, the company has not confirmed the launch date of the ROG Phone 8 lineup. Here’s what to expect from Asus’ upcoming gaming-focused smartphones.
ROG Phone 8 series is arriving with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
The inclusion of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in the ROG Phone 8 series will offer a 30 percent CPU performance boost, 20 percent better energy efficiency, a 25 percent GPU performance increase, and a significant 98 percent AI capability improvement as compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-power ROG Phone 7 series. It is unclear whether the ROG Phone 8 series will debut this year or early next year in China.
While the exact specifications of the ROG Phone 8 series remain undisclosed, a recent report revealed a possible lineup comprising the ROG Phone 8, ROG Phone 8 Pro, and ROG Phone 8 Ultimate. Each of these models has a unique model number, such as AI2401_A for the global market, AI2401_C for the China or India market, and AI2401_E for the ROG Phone 8 Pro.
Back in September, an ASUS phone with the model number ASUS_AI2401_A, which seems to be the ROG Phone 8, appeared in the Geekbench benchmark library. The device achieved a single-core score of 2213 points and a multi-core score of 7048 points on the benchmarking platform. The listing revealed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3-powered smartphone will arrive with 16 GB of RAM and Android 14, which will have a layer of ROG UI on top.
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