ASUS ROG Phone 5, 5 Pro and 5 Ultimate with Snapdragon 888 chipset, 144Hz refresh rate, a 6,000mAh battery launched in India

We knew that ASUS ROG Phone 5 will be a quality handset and this is what the company has delivered as well. ASUS just launched their gaming smartphone which promises…

By Sanidhya Bhardwaj

March 10, 2021

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We knew that ASUS ROG Phone 5 will be a quality handset and this is what the company has delivered as well. ASUS just launched their gaming smartphone which promises to change the experience for gaming users.

ASUS ROG Phone 5 specifications

ASUS ROG Phone 5 flaunts a 6.78-inch AMOLED type screen. It will also have a high refresh rate of 144Hz. It has a high touch sampling rate of 300Hz and has HDR10+ support. The smartphone is powered by a Snapdragon 888 SoC and is paired with 12GB LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256GB UFS 3.1 storage. The screen is protected by Gorilla Glass Victus.

Talking to the optics, the ROG Phone 5 features a triple camera setup at the rear side. This includes a 64 MP Primary Camera along with a 13 MP Ultra-wide Angle Camera and a 5 MP macro sensor. On the front side, you will spot a 24MP snapper. The device also comes with an in-display fingerprint sensor for security. It draws energy from a powerhouse 6,000mAh battery and is paired with a 65W fast-charging support.

Also Read: ASUS ROG Phone 5 recently spotted on Geekbench with 18GB of RAM

ROG Phone 5 Pro and Ultimate Edition specifications

The core features of the series are the same. So let’s concentrate on which different features do Pro and Ultimate Edition variants offer to us.

The ASUS ROG Phone 5 Pro comes with 16GB LPDDR5 RAM and 512 GB of internal storage. It also has a ROG Vision – Color PMOLED display. The Ultimate Edition of the smartphone offers you a mindboggling 18GB LPDDR5 RAM along with 512 GB of internal storage. It was leaked earlier that one of the smartphones of this series might offer a massive RAM of 18 GB.

Prices

ROG Phone 5:

8GB & 128GB = Rs 49,999

12GB & 256GB = Rs 57,999

ROG Phone 5 Pro:

16GB & 256GB = Rs 69,999

ROG Phone 5 Ultimate:

18GB & 512GB = Rs 79,999

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Accessories Launched

Aeroactive Cooler 5

It provides up to a 10 degree celcius drop in CPU temperature.

ROG Kunai 3 Gamepad

The controller offers 4 shoulder buttons, 2 rear control keys, 2 clickable analogue sticks, a d-pad, and 4 face buttons. All of them come with LEDs.

Lighting Armor Case

This Armor Case is custom made by Asus. One negative part of using this is that it will cover the ROG Vision display present on the back-side of the ROG Phone 5 Pro and ROG Phone 5 Ultimate variants. Though, it surely protect your smartphone a lot.

ROG Cetra ll

These earbuds come with Active Noise Cancellations (ANCs). LSR Drivers offer more comfortability to the users and microphones are embedded on the earbuds. The ANC also have ambient mode if they want to listen to the noise from surroundings.