Asus ROG Phone 9, ROG Phone 9 Pro with Snapdragon 8 Elite launched
Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro and ROG Phone 9 were launched on Tuesday as the latest gaming smartphones from the Taiwanese smartphone brand. The new ROG Phone series is powered by a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset paired with up to 24GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. The Asus ROG Phone 9 series has AMOLED displays and has an IP68 construction. They feature a triple rear camera setup led by a 50-megapixel Sony Lytia 700 sensor and a 32-megapixel selfie camera.
Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro, ROG Phone 9 Price
The Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro price is set at EUR 1,200 (approximately Rs. 1,00,000) for the 16GB RAM + 512GB storage model. The Asus Phone 9 starts at €1,099 (approximately Rs. 98,000) for the 12GB RAM + 256GB storage model. The Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro Edition is priced at Euro 1,500 (approximately Rs. 1,33,000) for the sole variant with 24 GB RAM + 1 TB storage.
The Asus ROG Phone 9 will be released in Phantom Black and Storm White finishes. Only the latter is available for the Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro Edition and ROG Phone 9 Pro.
Asus ROG Phone 9 Series Specifications
Both dual-SIM (Nano) Asus ROG Phone 9 series handsets run Android 15-based ROG UI and feature a 6.78-inch full-HD+ (1,080 x 2,400 pixels) Samsung AMOLED LTPO display with a refresh rate of up to 165 Hz, HDR10 support. The display has Always-On support and is touted to deliver a peak brightness of 2,500 nits. The screen has Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protection.
Under the hood, the ROG Phone family has a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. The Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro Edition includes 24 GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 1 TB of UFS4.0 storage. The vanilla model and the ROG 9 Pro have up to 16 GB of RAM and up to 512 GB of storage. They feature the company’s own ROG GameCool 9 cooling system for thermal management.
For photos and videos, the Asus ROG Phone 9 handsets have a triple rear camera setup led by a 50-megapixel Sony Lytia 700 1/1.56-inch sensor with f1/9 aperture and a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle camera with a 120 megapixel camera. -degree field of view. The ROG Phone 9 Pro features a 32-megapixel sensor with OIS and 3x optical zoom, while the brand has packed a 5-megapixel macro camera on the vanilla ROG Phone 9.
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On the front, both the ROG Phone 9 and the ROG Phone 9 Pro have a 32 megapixel RGBW camera with 1.4 µm binning. The camera unit supports several AI features, including AI Object Sense, AI HyperClarity and AI HyperClarity.
Connectivity options on the Asus ROG Phone 9 family include 5G, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi Direct, NFC, Bluetooth 5.4, GNSS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC, 3.5mm headphone jack, NFC, USB Type-C port. Sensors on board include an accelerometer, ambient light sensor, e-compass, gyroscope, air trigger and a proximity sensor. They have a built-in fingerprint sensor for authentication and have a facial recognition function.
The Asus ROG Phone 9 and ROG Phone 99 Pro pack a 5,800mAh battery with support for 65W wired charging and 15W wireless charging. The fast charging technology can charge the battery from 0 to 100 percent in 46 minutes, according to the company. The battery is claimed to deliver up to 22.1 hours of video streaming time and up to 23.4 hours of social media (Instagram) use. Both phones have an IP68-certified construction for dust and water resistance.
Like previous ROG phones, the Asus ROG Phone 9 phones have three microphones with support for the company’s internal noise cancellation technology. They support Dirac Virtuo technology and have Hi-Res Audio certification. They come with AI-based gaming features including X sense, X capture and AI grabber.
The Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro Edition model comes with AeroActive Cooler X Pro bundled.
