Asus announces more powerful ROG Phone 2 Ultimate Edition and STRIX Edition

If you thought that the already powerful gaming smartphone ROG Phone 2 wasn’t gamer enough, Asus’ Republic of Gamers is ready to blow your mobile gaming socks off with two suped-up versions of the popular smartphone: ROG Phone 2 Ultimate Edition and ROG Phone 2 STRIX Edition.

Just after announcing their incredible success within the smartphone industry, ROG surprised everyone with two new version of their gaming smartphone. Aiming to offer users unrivalled power, speed and storage capabilities for their mobile gaming needs, these new phones are impressive.

The ROG Phone II Ultimate Edition comes paired with a colossal 12GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, while the ‘Strix Edition’ offers users 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The devices are powered by the powerful Snapdragon 855 Plus processor, clocked at 2.96GHz, and kept alive with a scarily big 6000mAh battery.

Just like the original ROG Phone 2, ASUS has incorporated the GameCool II vapor-chamber cooling system, a lite water-cooling design similar to Microsoft’s Xbox One X home console.

Of course, the device’s amazing ultrafast 120Hz/1ms AMOLED 10-bit HDR screen returns alongside AirTrigger II, Dual Surrounding Vibration technology, dual front-facing speakers, a 3.5mm audio jack and the new quad mics with noise cancellation.

The full specifications are listed below:

Processor
2.96GHz Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 855 Plus Mobile Platform with 7nm, 64-bit octa-core processor
GPU
Qualcomm® Adreno™ 640
UI
Android™ Pie™ with new ROG UI
Display
6.59-inch 19.5:9 (2340 x 1080) 120Hz/1ms AMOLED 10-bit HDR display
600nits outdoor readable brightness
Delta E < 1 DCI-P3 support and 500,000:1 contrast ratio AMOLED display with Corning® Gorilla® 6 Glass Blue-light filter for eye care Supports Always On Capacitive touch panel with 10-point multitouch (supports glove touch) Dimensions 170.99 x 77.6 x 9.48 mm Weight 240g Battery 6000mAh Memory Strix Edition: LPDDR4X8GB RAM Elite and Ultimate Edition: LPDDR4X12GB RAM Storage Strix Edition: UFS 3.0 128GB Elite Edition: UFS 3.0 512GB Ultimate Edition: UFS 3.0 1TB Sensor In-display fingerprint sensor, face recognition, accelerator, e-compass, gyroscope, proximity sensor, Hall sensor, ambient light sensor, ultrasonic sensors for AirTrigger II and grip press, dual vibrators Wireless Technology Qualcomm® Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Direct Bluetooth® 5.0 (EDR + A2DP), supports?Qualcomm® aptX™, aptX HD and aptX Adaptive, NFC Ultimate and Elite Editions: as above, with WiGig® (802.11ad/60GHz Wi-Fi) wireless display support 2x2 MIMO 4G LTE with integrated Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem Strix Edition: 4G LTE up to 1Gbps (Cat 16) download Elite Edition: 4G LTE up to 1.2Gbps (Cat 18) download Ultimate Edition: 4G LTE up to 2.0Gbps (Cat 20) GPS Supports GPS(L1+L5), GLO, BDS, GAL(E1+E5a), QZSS(L1+L5) I/O ports Side: Custom USB-C™ Supports USB 3.1 Gen 1 / DP 1.4 (4K) / fast charging (PD 3.0) (30W) 30W ROG HyperCharge direct charging Bottom: USB-C™ Supports USB 2.0 / fast charging (PD3.0) (30W) / direct charging 3.5mm headphone jack Front Camera 24MP Main Camera 48MP + 13MP (125° ultrawide-angle) Voice Wakeup Yes Speaker Dual front-facing stereo speakers with DTS:X Ultra Stereo speaker with dual NXP TFA9874 smart amplifier for louder, deeper and less distorted sound effect NFC Supported

The ROG Phone 2 Ultimate Edition and STRIX Edition are available to purchase right now.