Asus has finally announced the launch date for its next-gen gaming smartphone. Asus ROG Phone 5 will be a successor to last year’s ROG Phone 3. The company is skipping number 4 for its Snapdragon 888-powered gaming smartphone. It is also rumored to include a new dot-matrix display on the rear panel, as per recent leaks.
Asus has created a landing page for the ROG Phone 5 launch event. The website does not mention the exact date but has a timer counting down to 10th March. This means the company’s next flagship arrives on 10th March at 7:00 PM Taipei time (4:30 PM IST).
Moving on, ROG Phone 5 has already appeared in certification listings online. We’ve seen two different variants of the gaming phone visit TENAA over the past couple of weeks. One has a tiny secondary panel on the rear (possibly global variant) while the other has a dot-matrix display (possibly, Tencent Games variant).
Asus may be looking to offer slightly different designs in its home and global markets but the specifications will remain pretty much the same. You can expect to find a 6.78-inch Full-HD+ OLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate on the front. You also have tiny bezels and front-facing speakers, the same as its predecessor.
