Mobile gaming has definitely skyrocketed over the past few years and with games like PUBG and Fortnite demanding power-hungry hardware, brands have started to offer gamer-centric smartphones.
Asus launched the ROG Phone last year which not only looked completely out of the ordinary, but it also brought in top-notch hardware to take care of gaming on the highest settings with ease.
It's tried to take the game to the next level with the Asus ROG Phone II by giving it the most powerful CPU on an Android smartphone today -- the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus with a whopping 12GB of RAM. The only phone that offers that much RAM today is the Galaxy Fold, and even that phone isn't available for sale.
Asus ROG Phone II sports a 6.59-inch display with a resolution of 1080x2340 pixels. Unlike last year, the device sports a 120Hz refresh rate on an OLED panel, as opposed to an LCD panel. The display supports 240 Hz touch-sensing that helps in registering inputs faster than a regular display and can come handy while gaming. The display also supports HDR support along with DCI-P3 colour gamut for a vibrant viewing experience.?
As mentioned earlier, the the device is rocking Qualcomm's fastest Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset with Adreno 640 GPU, paired with up to 12GB of RAM. Snapdragon 855 Plus is an overclocked variant of the standard Snapdragon 855 (which is seen on flagship devices like OnePlus 7 Pro) to bring out the best performance from the chipset. To load games without any worries, Asus ROG Phone II is available in 256GB and 512GB storage variants.?
Even though this is a gaming phone, the device has managed to pack quite a decent pair of optics. At the back, you get dual cameras with a 48-megapixel primary shooter (f/1.8 aperture, PDAF+ Laser AF) and a secondary 13-megapixel ultra-wide shooter( f/2.4 aperture). For selfies, you get a 24-megapixel shooter at the front with f/2.2 aperture.?
No gaming phone is good enough if it can't last long enough. For ensuring long gaming sessions, the Asus ROG Phone II is rocking a massive 6000mAh Li-Polymer battery with support for 30W quick-charging so that users won't need to wait for long to juice-up their phone.?
Asus ROG Phone II has launched in the US starting at a price tag of $899, which is approximately Rs 62,000. There is no hint at a launch date in India as of now.?