Taiwanese smartphone maker Asus on Thursday launched the ROG Phone 7 series gaming smartphones – ROG Phone 7 and ROG Phone 7 Ultimate. The vanilla edition in the series is offered in 12GB RAM and 256GB on-board storage at Rs 74,999. The ROG Phone 7 Ultimate edition is offered in 16GB RAM and 512GB on-board storage at Rs 99,999. Both the variants are available for registration at select online and offline platforms, including Vijay Sales, with availability slated in May.
The ROG Phone 7 series gaming smartphones are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform, paired with Asus GameCool 7 cooling system for thermals. The smartphones sport identical 6.78-inch AMOLED HDR10+ screen of 165Hz refresh rate, up to 720Hz touch sampling rate, 23ms touch latency, and peak brightness of up to 1500 nits.
Imaging is covered by a 50-megapixel primary camera sensor (Sony IMX766) on the back with industry-leading features such as electric image stabilisation, 8K resolution video recording, and HDR10 video. The phone has a 32MP front camera with support for 4K resolution videos, EIS, and photos.
The vanilla model in the series comes with 12GB RAM and 256GB on-board storage, whereas the Ultimate model is offered with 16GB RAM and 512GB on-board storage. Irrespective of the model, the RAM is LPDDR5x and the storage is UFS 4.0.
The Asus ROG Phone 7 series supports the Armoury Crate game control-center, AirTrigger Ultrasonic buttons, and 10 motion control gestures for game control.The smartphones in the series boast 7-magnet symmetrical stereo loudspeakers powered by Dirac Audio, 6000mAh split battery design with battery life-extending modes such as scheduled charging and steady charging, and more.