ASUS Republic of Gamers has shown off its new line of phones, the ROG Phone 8 series. It was a little under a year ago that the ROG Phone 7 was released and a lot of people were impressed by how much power was packed into such a small package but not without its flaws, with TechRadar stating “If you want the fastest phone ever, and you relish the quirks and weird options that make it so, the ROG Phone 7 Ultimate is the phone to buy” in their review.
The ROG Phone 8 series has been redesigned to be thinner and lighter, which should allow for it to be easier to use for all parties, and it has been ptiched to have not lost any performance in the reduction of its size. The specifications of the ROG Phone 8 Series are as follows:
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Dimensions / Weight |
163.8 x 76.8 x 8.9mm / 225g |
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Colour |
ROG Phone 8 Pro Edition & Pro: Phantom Black ROG Phone 8: Rebel Grey & Phantom Black |
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Rear Camera |
Main: 50 MP 6-axis Hybrid Gimbal Stabiliser 3.0, 1/1.56”, f/1.9 Wide: 13 MP, f/2.2, Free-form Lens Tele: 32 MP, f/2.4, OIS, 3X optical zoom, pixel binning 1.4μm（Actual output photo: 8 MP） |
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Front Camera |
32 MP RGBW，pixel binning 1.4 μm（Actual output photo: 8 MP） |
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Screen |
6.78” flexible AMOLED, FHD+, up to 165 Hz refresh rate, LTPO 1~1 20 Hz, peak brightness 2500 nits |
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Battery / Charging |
5,500 mAh (typical), Wired 65 W HyperCharge, Wireless 15 W Qi-certified charging |
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Memory |
12 GB + 256 GB / 16 GB +512 GB / 24 GB +1 TB |
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Frequency |
5G SA&NSA: n1 / n2 / n3 / n5 / n7 / n8 / n12 / n18 / n20 / n25 / n26 / n28 / n38 / n40 / n41 / n48 / n66 / n77 / n78 / n79 4G FDD-LTE: B1 / B2 / B3 / B4 / B5 / B7 / B8 / B12 / B17 / B18 / B19 / B20 / B25 / B26 / B28 / B32 / B66 4G TDD-LTE: B34 / B38 / B39 / B40 / B41 / B42 / B43 / B48 WCDMA: 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100MHz GSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHz |
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Others |
Accelerator, E-Compass, Proximity, Ambient light sensor, Fingerprint on Display, Gyro (supports ARCore), AirTrigger, WiFi 7 ready, Bluetooth® 5.3, GPS / GNSS / GLONASS / Galileo / Beidou / QZSS / NavIC, 3.5 mm headset, NFC |
The ROG Phone 8 is available in three different versions through JB Hi-Fi and the ASUS e-Shop:
- ROG Phone 8 Pro Edition (A$2,499)
- ROG Phone 8 Pro (A$1,999)
- ROG Phone 8 (A$1,799)
