Asus ROG Phone III is officially set to launch in July, the company has confirmed. After being listed on Geekbench and AnTuTu, spotted on TENAA and being featured in a leaked hands-on video, the third iteration in the popular gaming phones series, the ROG Phone III is set to be launched sometime next month in China. We can expect the ROG Phone III to make it to India shortly afterwards, though there’s no official word yet.
Asus has also collaborated with Tencent Games and is expected to launch a Tencent version of the ROG Phone III. Tencent Games took to Weibo to announce that it has partnered with Republic of Gamers for optimizing the performance of games on the upcoming ROG Phone III to enhance the gaming experience for players.
While the Tencent version of the ROG Phone II didn’t come to India, this announcement does indicate that the ROG Phone III launch is just around the corner. Let’s take a brief look at the leaked specifications of the ROG Phone III.
Going by the leak and previous reports, the ROG Phone III is expected to feature a 6.59-inch Full HD+ (2340 x 1080 pixels) resolution display that uses an AMOLED panel. The screen has a 144Hz high refresh-rate and is HDR10+ certified.
It is rumoured to be powered by an overclocked Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset with an octa-core CPU running at 3.09GHz and Adreno 650 graphics. The phone will reportedly be offered with 12GB/16GB RAM and 256GB/512GB/1TB storage variants.
The triple rear camera setup could have a 64MP primary camera while on the front, we could see a 13MP selfie camera.
As for the battery, the ROG Phone III is expected to come with a 6,000mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging. We’ll know more about the ROG Phone III as we near the official launch.