Asus recently unleashed its latest gaming smartphone, the new Asus ROG Phone 8 series. Powering the ROG Phone 8 is a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC and features a 6.78″ AMOLED display with a 165Hz refresh rate, 2,500-nit screen, and ultra-smooth 720Hz touch sampling rate. Camera-wise, it sports a 50MP main, 32MP telephoto and 13MP ultrawide. Asus also incorporated various AI-enhanced features and an eye-catching AniMe Vision display.
ASUS Republic of Gamers ROG Phone 8 Series Gaming Smartphone Unleashed
ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has unveiled the ROG Phone 8 series, introducing a significant redesign that transforms it into a more sleek and versatile device, not just for gaming but also for everyday use. This new series is thinner, lighter, and designed with narrower bezels, making it appealing for gamers, streamers, and content creators alike. It stands out with its gaming-oriented features, AI capabilities, and stylish design, aiming to provide an all-in-one solution that exceeds the usual expectations from a smartphone, blending advanced technology with practicality for an enhanced user experience.
Beyond gaming
The ROG Phone 8 series enhances the mobile gaming experience with its integrated Air Trigger controls and appeals to those seeking a multi-functional device. It’s designed to be 15% slimmer than its predecessors without compromising on performance. These phones are high-performance devices and embody sophistication with their premium build and durability. They feature a large 5500mAh battery for long-lasting gaming sessions for up to two days. Furthermore, the series is IP68-rated, ensuring dust and water resistance for versatile use in various environments.
Unbridled performance
The ROG Phone 8 series features the Snapdragon® 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform, enhanced with 8533 Mbps LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage for top performance. It improves GPU performance and power efficiency by 25% each. This series introduces desktop-quality gaming with advanced graphics and speed and is the first to use Unreal Engine 5 Lumen for realistic gaming effects. It uses a special cooling system and the AeroActive Cooler X to keep cool during long gaming sessions, which is more efficient and reduces heat significantly.
Ultra-bright display
Display-wise, the ROG Phone 8 Pro series boasts a new 6.78″ flexible AMOLED screen with LTPO technology for adaptive refresh rates from 1‑120Hz, optimizing power usage. For gamers, ramping up the refresh rate to 165Hz for smoother gameplay is possible. The display offers a touch sampling rate of up to 720Hz and a peak brightness of 2500 nits for quick reactions and clear outdoor visibility. In partnership with Pixelworks®, the device achieves exceptional color accuracy.
Pro-level AI cameras
The ROG Phone 8 series presents gamers and creators with an advanced tri-camera system, delivering a wide range of photographic possibilities enhanced by AI features, including:
- The AI Object Sense function, which segments the image into various components – like sky, sea, and sand – and then adjusts the contrast and saturation separately for each segment, creating vivid yet realistic visuals.
- Light Trail Mode utilizes AI-driven multi-frame image stacking to produce stunning long-exposure handheld shots.
- Semantic Search in Gallery App enables natural language for photo search. For instance, you can say “Display my sunset photos taken in Tokyo” and the system will locate the most relevant matches for you.
- OZO Audio technology allows users to eliminate wind noise for clear outdoor recordings or capture immersive 3D Surround spatial audio.
- Quick Shot swiftly seizes the moment with a double press on the volume key: the camera instantly takes three photos, ensuring you never miss any crucial moments.
50MP Main Camera
Additionally, the main camera features a 50 MP Sony image sensor for clear images, with a 24 mm wide-angle lens for street snaps, and a 2X zoom mode that transforms it into a versatile 50 mm prime lens – ideal for portrait and food photography. The 6-Axis Hybrid Gimbal Stabilizer 3.0 ensures even smoother videos and shake-free photos, supporting both standard and portrait modes for low-light photography. Video stability is assured with hardware anti-shake OIS and an upgraded EIS software algorithm that uses gyroscopic data to detect movement. This dynamic adjustment of the field of view ensures videos remain steady.
13MP Ultrawide Camera
For the first time, the ROG Phone 8 series includes a 3X telephoto lens for capturing distant objects. The lens is equipped with built-in OIS and delivers crisp and sharp results, even in low-light conditions with Night Photography mode. ASUS HyperClarity technology maintains photo detail using unprocessed (RAW) files, providing clearer images up to 30X zoom. During video shooting, the telephoto camera employs adaptive EIS to produce stable results with up to a 10X zoom. The 13 MP ultrawide camera has a free-form lens and cutting-edge algorithms to reduce lens distortion, resulting in stunning yet natural images.
32MP Front Facing Camera
The front 32 MP ultrawide selfie camera has a field of view (FoV) that’s been increased from 73° to 90° to make it perfect for group selfies. The lens has an RGBW sensor that ensures images are clean with less noise, even in low light.
AI-enhanced features
Four gaming-friendly AI features in the ROG Phone 8 series elevate the gaming experience to a new level. With Background Mode, X Capture, AI Grabber, and X Sense, gamers can seamlessly shift games to the background, capture key moments, and receive tips and assistance. AI Grabber can now extract texts directly from games using Machine-Learning Recognition technology, and X Capture, and X Sense 2.0 now support additional top games with AI Pattern Recognition technology.
Other AI-powered features include AI Wallpaper, which can create amazing-looking wallpapers using Stable Diffusion technology, and AI noise-cancelation technology, which supports bidirectional noise cancelation for crystal-clear sound in voice calls, video calls, and in-game communications.
AniMe Vision
The new ROG Phone 8 series includes unique customizable elements, including the Aura RGB Lighting logo (ROG Phone 8) and Anime Vision Mini-LED display (ROG Phone 8 Pro), that allow owners to express their individuality and creativity. AniMe Vision is a 341-element display that can display preset or user-created animations. Users can also unlock secret animations by touching their phone back-to-back with another ROG Phone 8 Pro.
Pricing and Availability
The ASUS ROG Phone 8 series is now available starting at MSRP $1099.99 to $1499.99. For the latest pricing and availability, kindly follow the link below.
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Asus ROG Phone 8 (Unlocked) is available on Amazon here.
ASUS ROG AeroActive Cooler X is also on Amazon here.
Asus ROG Phone 8 Series Specifications
| Dimensions / Weight | 163.8 x 76.8 x 8.9mm / 225g 6.45” x 3.02” x 0.35” / 0.5lb |
| Color | ROG Phone 8 Pro: Phantom Black ROG Phone 8: Rebel Grey & Phantom Black |
| Rear Camera | Main: 50 MP 6-axis Hybrid Gimbal Stabilizer 3.0, 1/1.56”, f/1.9 Wide: 13 MP, f/2.2, Free-form Lens Tele: 32 MP, f/2.4, OIS, 3X optical zoom, pixel binning 1.4μm（Actual output photo: 8 MP） |
| Front Camera | 32 MP RGBW，pixel binning 1.4 μm（Actual output photo: 8 MP） |
| Screen | 6.78” flexible AMOLED, FHD+, up to 165 Hz refresh rate, LTPO 1~1 20 Hz, peak brightness 2500 nits |
| Battery / Charging | 5,500 mAh (typical), Wired 65 W HyperCharge, Wireless 15 W Qi-certified charging |
| Memory | ROG Phone 8 Pro: 16GB + 512GB / 24GB + 1TB ROG Phone 8: 16GB +256GB |
| Frequency | 5G SA&NSA: n1 / n2 / n3 / n5 / n7 / n8 / n12 / n18 / n20 / n25 / n26 / n28 / n38 / n40 / n41 / n48 / n66 / n77 / n78 / n79 4G LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29 (700), 30(2300), 32(1500), 66(1700/2100), 71(600) 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500),42(3500), 43(3700), 48(3600) HSDPA 800 (19)/ 850(5/6) / 900(8) / 1700(4) / 1900 (2) / 2100 (1) GSM: 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHz |
| Other | Accelerator, E-Compass, Proximity, Ambient light sensor, Fingerprint on Display, Gyro (supports ARCore), AirTrigger, WiFi 7 ready, Bluetooth® 5.3, GPS / GNSS / GLONASS / Galileo / Beidou / QZSS / NavIC, 3.5 mm headset, NFC |
