ASUS Announces ROG Phone Pricing: Available October 18th
by Andrei Frumusanu on October 9, 2018 10:00 AM EST- Posted in
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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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sheh - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
10K contrast. Is something wrong with their OLED?Kamus - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
Yikes, that's a hard pass for me.shabby - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
Those prices are a bit absurd are they not?erwos - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
Not really, at least in a relative sense. They're playing in the iPhone XS market, and they're priced competitively in that space. Too blinged-out-looks aside, it's a lot of phone for the money.As for the money, I dunno... I use the hell out of my phone daily. I had no issue dropping $1300 on my personal laptop, so I guess it makes sense that I'd spend a fair bit on a phone, too.
Manch - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
Look at the size of that thing. If you pick this up, you'll have two laptops! surprised they don't offer a keyboard/clamshell adapter or is that what the mobile desktop dock is?cfenton - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
They want to play in the iPhone market, but even Apple has a hard time justifying those kind of prices. Apple can at least make the case that they have the best SoC, one of the best cameras, and the best screen. Bin the 845 all you want, it's not going to get close to the A12. Both phones are too expensive for me, but I can at least see why someone would pay for an iPhone. Other than the 90hz screen (and 802.11ad, I guess) I don't see anything special about the ROG phone.Lolimaster - Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - link
Not the best camera, totally ruined by the you can't turn off, doll filter.erwos - Wednesday, October 10, 2018 - link
Things I like about it:1. USB-C
2. 802.11ad
3. 90hz OLED
4. 8GB RAM
5. Dual-front-facing speakers
6. Fingerprint scanner
shabby - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
I meant more for the accessories, 200-400 for a dock is a bit much.Dug - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - link
Just what I wanted, a phone to say Republic Of Gamers on it.When are they going to get a clue.