Earlier this week, ASUS ROG confirmed that it will launch the ROG Phone 8 at an event in China on January 16th, and the global event for should also be around the same time since the company is teasing the phone with blind camera tests.
Now the renders of the ROG Phone 8 and the ROG Phone 8 Pro along with detailed specifications have surfaced. This reveals a new rear camera design, and it has a text 8K Ultra HD. There is ROG logo with RGB lights, and there is no PMOLED display that is usually present in the Ultimate model. This time the bezels are smaller, thanks to the punch-hole screen.
ASUS ROG Phone 8 and 8 Pro rumoured specifications
- ROG Phone 8 Pro – 6.78-inch Full HD+ 1-120 LTPO 120Hz SAMSUNG AMOLED 10-bit HDR display, up to 165Hz refresh rate for gaming, up to 2500 nits brightness, Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protection
- Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 4nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 750 GPU
- 12GB LPDDR5X RAM with 256GB (UFS 4.0) storage for ROG Phone 8 / 16GB / 24GB LPDDR5X RAM with 512GB / 1TB (UFS 4.0) storage for ROG Phone 8 Pro
- Android 14 with ROG UI
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- ROG Phone 8 Pro – 50MP rear camera with Sony IMX890 sensor, 13MP ultra-wide camera, 32MP 3x telephoto camera
- 32MP front-facing camera
- 3.5mm audio jack, dual front-facing speakers, 5-magnet stereo speaker with Cirrus Logic amplifier
- In-display fingerprint sensor
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 7 802.11 be, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, Galileo(E1+E5a), QZSS(L1+L5), NavIC(L5), USB Type-C, NFC
- Dust and water-resistant (IP68)
- 5500mAh (minimum) battery with Quick Charge 5.0 and PD Charging
The phones are expected to come in Rebel Grey colours, and the company is also planning to launch DEVILCASE Guardian with support for AeroActive Cooler X. We should know more details in the coming weeks.