It’s been a little over 4 months now that ASUS first announced and showcased the ROG Phone back at Computex. Ian had written up a hands-on article showcasing the various intriguing aspects of the phone.

ASUS positions the ROG Phone as a gaming device. While most other vendor’s marketed gaming devices try to differentiate themselves through their looks, the ROG Phone actually seems to manage to offer a unique set of hardware differentiations. Key aspects to the ROG Phone itself is the higher binned and clocked Snapdragon 845, running at up to 2.96GHz, as well as the 90Hz AMOLED screen.

The one thing ASUS hadn’t talked about was pricing and availability; today we see the price list of both the phone as well as its many accessories released:

ASUS ROG Phone & Accessory Price List Pricing USD ROG Phone 128GB $899.00 ROG Phone 512GB $1099.00 ROG Mobile Desktop Dock $229.99 ROG TwinView Dock $399.99 ROG Gamevice Controller $89.99 ROG WiGig Dock $329.99 ROG Professional Dock $119.99 ROG Phone Case $59.99

At respectively $899 and $1099 for the 128 and 512GB versions, the ROG Phone comes at the very high end of the pricing spectrum, although the ASUS has plenty specifications and features to justify the price.

ASUS ROG Phone Processor World’s fastest, speed-binned 2.96Ghz octa-core Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 845

Mobile Platform GPU Qualcomm® Adreno™ 630 UI ROG Gaming UI Display 6.0“ 18:9 (2160x1080) AMOLED

90Hz refresh rate with 1ms pixel response time

108.6% DCI-P3 color gamut

10000:1 contrast ratio

Capacitive touchscreen with 10-point multi-touch (supports Glove Touch)

Discrete image processing chip support HDR display – gaming, video & images Dimensions 158.8 x 76.2 x 8.6mm Weight 200g Battery 4,000mAh Memory LPDDR4 8GB RAM Storage UFS 2.1, 128GB / 512GB Sensors Accelerometer, e-compass, proximity sensor, Hall sensor, ambient-light sensor, fingerprint sensor, gyroscope, 2 x ultrasonic AirTrigger sensors Wireless connectivity 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ad 2x2 MIMO; Wi-Fi Direct and Wi-Fi Certified WiGig® 802.11ad wireless display support

Bluetooth® 5.0 GPS Supports GPS, aGPS, Glonass, BeiDou I/O ports Side:

Custom USB-C™

Supports USB 3.1 Gen 1 / DP 1.4 (4K) / fast charging (QC 3.0 +QC 4.0/PD 3.0) (15W)

ASUS HyperCharge direct charging



Bottom:

USB-C™

Supports USB 2.0 / fast charging (QC3.0/PD3.0) (20W) / Direct Charge

3.5mm headphone jack Front Camera 8MP Main Camera 12MP + 8MP (120° wide-angle) Voice Wakeup Yes Speakers Dual front-facing stereo speakers with smart amplifier

24-bit/192KHz Hi-Res Audio

DTS Headphone:X™ 7.1 virtual surround-sound

Qualcomm® aptX™ High-definition Bluetooth® wireless audio

The ROG Phone will be available for pre-order on October 18th following its US launch in New York at Microsoft’s Flagship store on 5th Avenue.

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