Asus ROG Phone 6: Release Date, Price, Specs, Features, and More Details

Following several months of rumors and conjecture, Asus has at long last presented the company's newest series of premium gaming phones. Both the ROG Phone 6 and the ROG Phone 6 Pro were introduced at an event held in the company's home country of Taiwan, although both are being made available all around the world. With the new handsets, Asus has not wavered from its goal of providing the best possible mobile gaming experience; in addition, there are some significant improvements to discuss. Everything you need to know about the ROG Phone 6 Series is included in this article.

Asus ROG Phone 6: Release Date

At a special event on July 5, Asus made the formal announcement of both the ROG Phone 6 and the ROG Phone 6 Pro. If you want to see the keynote that you missed, here's how to do it. Pre-orders may be placed on the Asus ROG website starting today in the United Kingdom, Europe, and Taiwan, and the devices will begin shipping "a few weeks after." During the occasion, no additional information of a more particular nature was disclosed; however, we will update this once a release date has been established. You will have to hold on a little bit longer in the United States. It has been confirmed by Asus that there will be a separate ROG Phone 6 launch event there, although, at this stage, the time of the event is unknown. However, it took approximately three months for the ROG Phone 5S and 5S Pro to arrive in the United States and Europe, thus it is expected that this iteration will be an improvement.

Asus ROG Phone 6: Price

To this point, we have only received confirmation of the following prices for the ROG Phone 6 and 6 Pro in the United Kingdom and Europe:

• ROG Phone 6 (12GB RAM, 256GB storage) – £899/€999 (approx. $1,090)
• ROG Phone 6 (16GB RAM, 512GB storage) – £999/€1,149 (approx. $1,090)
• ROG Phone 6 Pro (18GB RAM, 512GB storage) – £1,099/€1,299 (approx. $1,090)

Because direct conversions are extremely unusual in the United States, the values that have been converted will have some degree of variation. At the time of its release, the ordinary ROG Phone 5S cost 999 or 1,099 U.S. dollars, while the price of the 5S Pro was 1099 or 1,299 dollars. There was a third model in the ROG Phone 5 series called the 5 Ultimate that retailed for €1,299; however, there is no indication that it will be succeeded.

Asus ROG Phone 6: Specs and Features

The ROG Phone 6 and 6 Pro are now the most costly gaming phones that can be purchased as a result of their pricing, which firmly places them in the premium price range. Asus makes an effort to justify this by providing both phones with the most advanced specifications currently available. The transition to the brand-new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset, which is included in both phones, will likely be the feature that excites the majority of consumers the most. After the Xiaomi 12 Ultra, these are the only other two phones that have been given Qualcomm's brand new flagship chip to utilize.

However, the Snapdragon 888+ was utilized in the ROG Phone 5 Series; hence, this is two generations more recent. On the standard ROG Phone 6, you can have it with either 12 or 16 gigabytes of RAM; on the Pro, however, the maximum capacity is 18 gigabytes. The phones allow dual SIMs but do not have expandable storage; therefore, you will have to make do with 256 or 512 gigabytes of storage on the iPhone 6 and only 512 gigabytes on the iPhone 6 Pro.

The display on both phones is still an AMOLED panel with a resolution of FHD+ (2448 by 1080), but the refresh rate has been increased to 165 Hz. This is an increase from the ROG Phone 5 Series, which had a refresh rate of 144Hz, and it joins the Red Magic 7 and 7 Pro as the highest refresh rate phones now available for purchase. On the other hand, it maintains the same touch sampling rate of 360Hz, which is far lower than what you'll find on Nubia's smartphones.

Even though battery life will certainly be impacted by gaming on such a vibrant display, Asus has elected to keep the same 6,000mAh cell as in previous models. The increase in refresh rate from 144Hz to 165Hz is not likely to have an impact on the outstanding battery life that we observed in the ROG Phone 5s Pro. The package additionally comes with a 65W charger for your convenience. Both the ROG Phone 6 and the ROG Phone 6 Pro share the same camera hardware and software. This implies that the rear camera has a 50-megapixel main lens, a 13-megapixel ultrawide lens, and a 5-megapixel macro lens, in addition to a 12-megapixel front-facing camera. The latter can be used for face unlock, but it's more likely that you'll rely on the fingerprint sensor that's embedded beneath the display instead.

The only other difference between the Pro and the regular version is the secondary display labeled "ROG Vision" which is located on the rear of the Pro. It is possible to use it to display information such as the percentage of remaining battery life, incoming calls, and information regarding any accessories that have been attached. However, in contrast to the external screen of the Galaxy Z Flip 3, it is unable to display your notifications. Only a logo that is lit up with RGB lighting can be found on the standard model of the phone.

Oddly enough, the phones ship with Android 11, not Android 12, as the operating system. The typical assortment of game-specific software changes has been released by Asus, although the company has only committed to two major Android updates. This leads one to believe that the next Android 13 will be its final iteration. Both the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Pro weigh 228 grams, making them one of the heaviest smartphones money can buy. This can be extended even further by attaching a broad variety of accessories, such as the AeroActive Cooler 3 and the Kunai 3 gamepad, amongst others. However, these are extras that are not included in the base price and must be ordered individually.