Asus ROG Phone 6, ROG Phone 6 Pro With Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC Launched in India

On Tuesday, Asus ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6 Pro were launched in India. The two gaming smartphones are powered by Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, with up to 18GB RAM. The Asus ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6 Pro have a 6.78-inch full-HD+ Samsung AMOLED display with 165Hz refresh rate, HDR10+ support and only ROG tuning technology. Both the handsets smartphones come with a 6,000mAh battery and a triple rear camera setup.

The Asus ROG Phone 6 is priced at Rs. 71,999 for 12GB RAM + 256GB storage variant. The Asus ROG Phone 6 Pro is priced at Rs. 89,999 for 18GB RAM + 512GB storage variant. Asus says the sale and availability facts will be shared on the company's social media platforms later. The Asus ROG Phone 6 is presented in Phantom Black and Storm White colour choices, and the Asus ROG Phone 6 Pro is equipped in Storm White colour options.

Both the Asus ROG Phone 6 and the Asus ROG Phone 6 Pro have a lot of specifications in common. The dual-SIM (Nano) smartphones run ROG UI based on Android 12. Both the handset model a 6.78-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,448 pixels) Samsung AMOLED display with 165Hz refresh rate, 720Hz touch sampling rate, 1ms response time, 23ms touch latency, HDR10+ support, and up to 1200 nits peak brightness. Both the gaming smartphones have 2.5D curved glass with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus protection, and the display has a Pixelworks i6 processor. The Pro model also features a little PMOLED display on the back panel with ROG Vision.

Under the hood, the Asus ROG Phone 6 and the ROG Phone 6 Pro have fitted with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, paired with Adreno 730 GPU. The vanilla model comes with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and the latter gets up to 18GB of LPDDR5 RAM. Asus has enclosed GameCool 6 cooling system in both smartphones. The company says it is the most significant update to the cooling since the intro of the ROG Phone series. It has a redesigned, 360-degree CPU cooling system that is more efficient in heat excess. Asus asserts that the performance improves by 10 degrees Celsius.