We just got our first look at this crazy-fast gaming phone

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Asus has ever been bully astatine making their devices look “gamer-y.” Just return a look astatine nan ROG Phone 8 Series, pinch its LED lights, Republic of Gamers branding, and somewhat ostentatious markings. Now we’ve gotten our first look astatine nan ROG Phone 9 — astatine slightest nan renders of it — arsenic good arsenic a fewer specifications astir what’s going connected nether nan hood.

The website 91Mobiles leaked nan renders of nan ROG Phone 9 bid alongside a spot much information. Two different models are expected: nan Asus ROG Phone 9 and ROG Phone 9 Pro, and some versions will beryllium powered nan caller Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset.

We’re comparatively judge nan modular and nan Pro models stock nan aforesaid design. The renders besides show nan ROG Phone 9 Pro moving pinch nan AeroActive Cooler X, an accessory that helps amended airflow and cooling while playing games. The renders don’t make it clear whether nan accessory is nan aforesaid arsenic nan cooler for nan Phone 9, aliases if nan Pro has an upgraded version.

Both phones look to person nan aforesaid hole-punch camera successful nan front, on pinch a three-camera setup connected nan back. As for specs, nan ROG Phone 9 will person a 6.78-inch show pinch a 120Hz refresh rate. It’s expected to motorboat pinch 24GB of RAM and 1TB of representation (an perfectly astronomical magnitude for a phone), arsenic good arsenic a 50-megapixel superior camera, a 13MP ultrawide lens, and a 32MP telephoto lens. The beforehand camera is besides 32MP.

The ROG Phone 9 is besides expected to person a 5,800mAh artillery and support 65-watt charging. If this sounds for illustration an absolute powerhouse of a phone, that’s because it is. The specs put different flagship models to shame, though this telephone lacks immoderate of nan further bells and whistles that a instrumentality for illustration nan Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra mightiness have. We aren’t judge precisely really (or if) AI will beryllium included, but Asus has teased a fewer features that hint astatine a gaming-related AI.

We won’t person to hold agelong for much details, though. The ROG Phone 9 bid is slated to motorboat connected November 19.

Patrick Hearn

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