Asus ROG Phone 6, 6 Pro Gaming Phones Bring Samsung’s OLED and 165Hz Refresh Rate

Asus debuted two new gaming telephones Tuesday, the ROG Telephone 6 and ROG Telephone 6 Professional, which function the most recent Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor and a Samsung AMOLED show able to working at a 165Hz refresh price. Alongside the telephones, the AeroActive Cooling 6 accent that clips onto the road guarantees to cut back temperatures by as much as 25 levels Celsius (77 levels F) from the again of the cellphone, and provides tactile shoulder buttons for gaming.

Each telephones additionally embrace a 6,000-mAh battery with 65-watt charging, and extra sensors that add gaming controls by means of the cellphone’s gyroscope in addition to alongside the cellphone’s corners. They every embrace a 50-megapixel primary digital camera, 13-megapixel ultrawide digital camera and 5-megapixel macro digital camera. Each telephones even have a 12-megapixel entrance digital camera.

The principle variations between the usual 6 and the 6 Professional include its storage and reminiscence choices: The 6 begins with 256GB of storage with fashions that embrace 8GB and 12GB of RAM, whereas the 6 Professional consists of 512GB of storage and 18GB of RAM. The Professional additionally has a second show on the again that may present notifications, system data and animations. The 6 as an alternative will get a LED emblem that may be custom-made to mild up for various conditions.

These are all specs that — like different gaming telephones — are supposed to prioritize energy and efficiency as a way to get essentially the most out of Android video games. The battery particularly is particularly notable and its 6,000-mAH capability matches final 12 months’s Asus ROG Telephone 5. That cellphone has one of many longest battery lives that we have seen on an Android cellphone, based on CNET’s Patrick Holland, and was completed by means of two 3,000-mAh batteries. Final 12 months’s cellphone additionally had a really quick 144Hz display screen although, and this 12 months’s even quicker 165Hz display screen would possibly have an effect on how shortly it burns by means of a cost.

Having that 165Hz display screen must also make animations extraordinarily easy, particularly for video games which are able to supporting that threshold. I discovered throughout my evaluation of the RedMagic 7, which additionally has a 165Hz refresh price, that just some Android video games help that proper now since most telephones cap out at a 120Hz refresh price. For most individuals, 120Hz is loads easy sufficient, however for the gaming crowd this cellphone is focused towards, 165Hz does deliver out a bit extra precision in what you’ll be able to see.

Launch dates aren’t but obtainable, however after they get a US launch the ROG Telephone 6 will begin at $1,000 and the 6 Professional will begin at $1,300. The telephones for now are set to first arrive in Europe at 999 euros (roughly £860 or AU$1,510) for the 6 and 1,299 euros for the Professional. This places them effectively into flagship territory when it comes to pricing, and an uptick over final 12 months’s ROG Telephone 5, which began at 799 euros.

Whereas we would wish to attend for a hands-on with the cellphone as a way to try its Snapdragon chip, this newest processor paired with the upper refresh price on a Samsung-made show are intriguing as they each may finally find yourself in additional mainstream telephones down the road.