A couple of weeks ago, we were lucky enough to get an early hands-on with the ROG Phone 3. The brief wrap up of the device is that it’s a brilliant — if a little large — phone and does gaming at a very high level.
The specs are bleeding edge, so it makes sense that the device ticks all the boxes.
| Processing power | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ 5G at 3.1GHz Adreno 650GPU |
|---|---|
| Memory | 12GB LPDDR5 RAM, 512GB UFS 3.1 |
| Display | 6.59in 2340 x 1080P AMOLED 1440Hz refresh rate 25ms touch latency 650nits HBM brightness & 1000 nits peak brightness Gorilla Glass 6 |
| Connectivity | WiFi a/b/g/n/ac/ax dual band 2 x 2 MIMO Bluetooth 5.1 NFC |
| Charging – Side USB-C | Headphone jack when the AeroActive Cooler is connected Support USB 3.1 gen 2 / DP 1.4 4k, Quick Charge 4.0/PD 3.0/Direct Charge 30W ROG Hypercharge direct charging |
| Charging – Bottom USB-C | support USB 2.0, PD3.0 30W Supplied charger: Output: 10V 3A, supports up to 30W QC4.0 / PD3.0 / Direct Charge adapter |
| Camera | Front – 24MP f2.0 Rear Rear – 64MP Sony IMX686 sensor f1.8, 13MP (125deg ultrawide) f2.4 and 5MP Macro, F2.0 |
| Battery | 6,000mAh |
| Other | Dual front-facing speakers with GameFX & Dirac HD Sound Dual SIM In-display fingerprint sensor, face recognition Accelerator, e-compass, gyroscope, Proximity sensor, Hall sensor, ambient light sensor, ultrasonic sensors for AirTrigger |
If you’re keen on one, the wait is almost over with pre-orders now possible via the Asus website. The usual suspects (JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman) will have retail stock in coming weeks, with a starting price of $1,699.00 for the phone.
Kogan is selling the same from $1250, Chinese Version with AU Warranty, $450 is a big difference for same hardware.
I bought the World Wide Strix edition (SD865 128GB, 12GB ram). The thing is awesome.
Been using it for a week, and the fact that I can easily get through a 12 hour work day with 60% battery remaining, is just great.
I paid $1100 delivered.
Nice one, where did you buy from?
I ended up rolling the dice and buying from eBay(Australian seller). Had a 10% discount code.
The biggest risk though is trying not to get a CN version. As you’ll need to unlock the boot loader to change the rom to the world wide version.
My one came with the world wide rom out of the box.
JB also have it on their website for pre-order.
Edit: And HN too