ASUS ROG 2, the second-generation gaming smartphone from Taiwanese electronics giant ASUS officially went on sale for the first time at 0.00 hours on July 31. The ROG 2 was available in 8GB+128GB version clutching a 3499 yuan ($508) price tag as well as the 12GB+512GB version selling for 5999 yuan (~$870).

The ROG 2 sales apparently didn’t last for long as all available units were reportedly sold out. The next round of sales took place also today at 10 AM and the fate was not any different. This isn’t much of a surprise, considering that the ASUS ROG 2 received over 2.33 million registrations on JD.com in China.

The ROG 2 is the first device to launch with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 855+ chipset. This happens to be the fastest SoC around and it is just enough to handle extreme gaming. The device features a 6.59-inch AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, 10-bit HDR, Gorilla Glass 6 protection, 1ms response time, a 49ms touch latency, and a touch sampling rate of 240Hz.

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It also packs stereo front-facing speakers with DTS:X 7.1 surround sound, an NXP 9874 Smart Amplifier, a 24MP front-facing camera, and an in-display fingerprint scanner. At the rear is a 48MP Sony IMX586 primary camera paired with a 13MP super wide-angle camera. It also has improved touch-sensitive triggers on the side with better haptic feedback, among other powerful hardware.

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Gaming smartphones have no doubt come to stay and their popularity continue to soar. ASUS joined the market last year with the ROG gaming phone which was launched around June last year. The company is expected to release a second-gen model dubbed ROG 2 this year. There have been speculations as to the date the device will be launched but that seems to have been put to rest as a rumour from Taiwan says the ROG 2 will be launched on July 23 in China. The device will be ASUS’ first gaming phone since the company signed a strategic agreement with Tencent.

The gaming flagship phone will be launched at an event in Beijing but ASUS is yet to disclose official details of the launch itinerary. After the launch, ASUS will reportedly showcase the phone at ChinaJoy 2019 expo holding from August 1 in Shanghai and which is expected to have in attendance 400,000 eSports players.

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Details of the ROG 2 phone are still evasive but the phone is expected to have a Snapdragon 855 chipset at its heart. Perhaps, the most interesting detail about the phone yet is the news that the ROG 2 display will have a 120Hz refresh rate. This is way higher than the 90Hz refresh rate which the ASUS ROG display has. In addition, the ASUS ROG 2 will reportedly come in two variants, with the base model carrying a price tag of 4,399 yuan (around $635). We also expect the design to include a cooling system and a glowing Asus logo, like its predecessor.

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