Published 18:23 IST, July 22nd 2019

The Asus ROG Phone 2 is a gaming monster with a 120Hz AMOLED display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ and 6,000mAh battery

Asus’ second-generation ROG Phone may look exactly like the original, but make no mistake, it is the most ridiculous piece of hardware coming from the Taiwanese major

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Asus’ second-generation ROG Phone may look exactly like original, but make mistake, it is most ridiculous piece of hardware coming from Taiwanese major - re’s or high-end gaming phone quite like it.  Asus ROG Phone 2 is a gaming monster with a 120Hz AMOLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ with 12GB RAM and 6,000mAh battery. Plus, re’s a whole host of accessories that Asus is anuncing alongside, make this thing a full-on ecosystem of its own.  ROG Phone 2 will launch initially in China on July 23, followed by a US launch in first week of September. first-generation ROG Phone me it to India so we have reason to believe Asus may also bring  ROG Phone 2 here, in days to come.  

 ROG Phone 2 has three key highlights – display, core hardware and battery.  

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 ROG Phone 2 comes with a 6.59-inch AMOLED 1080p display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time – screen also supports 10-bit HDR and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 6. Asus says it has me under hood changes to Android to achieve a touch sensor sampling rate of 240Hz making  ROG Phone 2 smoor than latest and greatest iPhone. Asus is also updating its AirTriggers feature so it will be able to identify a casual tap and an actual press. 

 ROG Phone 2 is first phone in world to launch with Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 855+ processor – which is an enhanced Snapdragon 855 designed for gaming with 15 per cent faster GPU performance. This is paired with 12GB RAM and 512GB stor. You can choose to use eir stock Android-based Zen UI 6 or a gamer-centric ROG UI software on it – with ROG’s hallmark Armoury Crate which allows for per game customizations.  

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ROG Phone 2 furr has a 6,000mAh battery inside which is claimed to offer 7 hours of n-stop PUBG playback. An improved cooling system that consists of a vapor chamber and vents meanwhile keeps check on temperature. ROG Phone 2 also comes with dual front-firing stereo speakers – re's also a dedicated hephone jack. 

18:23 IST, July 22nd 2019