The Asus ROG Phone (ZS600KL) which was first introduced back in August 2018 is now up for pre-order in UK. Just last month, the handset also went on pre-order in the US.
The phone carries price-tag of £799 but gets a £100 discount making actual price at just £699.99. The handset is expected to ship sometime in December 2018. The price does not include TwinView Dock and ROG Phone case as both of them are sold separately.
ASUS ROG Phone specifications
- Dimensions: 158.8 x 76.2 x 8.6 mm / Weight: 200 Grams
- Operating System: Android 8.1 Oreo OS with ROG Gaming UI
- Display: 6-inch AMOLED display with 2160 x 1080 pixels resolution, 18:9 aspect ratio, 90Hz refresh rate, 1ms pixel response time, 108.6% DCI-P3 color gamut, 10000:1 contrast ratio, 10-point multi-touch, glove touch, include image processing chip support for HDR display
- Chipset: 2.96GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 Mobile Platform with Adreno 630 GPU
- RAM: 8GB LPDDR4
- Storage: 128GB / 512GB UFS 2.1
- Front Camera: 8MP with F/2.0 Aperture
- Rear Cameras: 12MP primary rear camera with LED Flash, 1/2.55-inch Sony IMX363 dual pixel sensor, f/1.8 aperture, 83° field of view, PDAF, 4-axis, optical image stabilization, AI Scene Detection and 1.4µm pixel size. 8MP secondary rear camera with 120-degree wide angle lens.
- Battery: 4000 mAh with 30W Quick Charge 4.0 / PD 3.0 and 10V/3A fast charging, Supports ASUS HyperCharge direct charging
- Audio: dual-front facing 5-magnet speakers, dual NXP9874 smart Amplifier, Triple microphone with ASUS noise reduction technology, Hi-Res audio, DTS Headphone:X 7.1 virtual surround (headphone)
- Connectivity: 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ad, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Dual Band (2.4/5GHz) 2X2 MU-MIMO, Bluetooth V5.0, USB Type-C (Supports USB 3.1 Gen 1), NFC, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou and FM Radio
- Sensors: Accelerometer, e-compass, proximity sensor, Hall sensor, ambient-light sensor, fingerprint sensor, gyroscope, 2 x ultrasonic AirTrigger sensors