ASUS partners with ‘PUBG’ publisher Tencent Games for new ROG Phone

It isn’t exactly a secret that ASUS is working on another ROG Phone, but it’s been revealed on Chinese social media site Weibo that the company is partnering with Tencent for the new gaming smartphone. Tencent’s gaming division is a video game publishing giant from China and it has published games like PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Ring of Elysium, and League of Legends. The partnership means Tencent will help optimize its games and the gaming experience on the second-generation ROG Phone.

The phone is expected to launch in China sometime in July. Some of the rumoured specs of the ROG Phone 2 include a 120Hz display, updated Snapdragon processor, and most likely, more RAM.

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ASUS ROG Phone gets listed for late October release

If we are to believe the GearBest listing, the ASUS ROG Phone is set to come out around a month from now. The site states the phone will start shipping between October 22 and 24. The 8GB/128GB version is listed at around €1,140 (around CA$1,700), while the 8GB/512GB model goes for €1,400 (around CA$2,100). The phone is packed with a 90Hz AMOLED screen, binned Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, virtual trigger keys, 4,000mAh battery, and dual USB-C ports, among others. It was launched in June and the wait seems so long. Once it does come out though, is this a device you’ll consider getting?

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Introducing the ASUS ROG Phone accessories

Undoubtedly the biggest news out of Computex 2018 was the ASUS ROG Phone. Accompanying the new gaming-centric device is three new accessories to get the most out of the powerful phone. We’re here to do a quick rundown of the three ASUS-made accessories.

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ASUS ROG outs its first gaming smartphone

Text and photos by Nicole Batac

ASUS’s gaming brand Republic of Gamers just unveiled its first-ever gaming smartphone, taking on the likes of Razer and heating up this new niche segment. It seems like a no-brainer that the Taiwanese company set out to create its own gaming phone but what took them this long? According to ASUS, they wanted to make sure they weren’t just building a smartphone that was simply called a gaming phone but didn’t have any unique features to truly make it a gaming phone. What they set out to do with the ROG Phone is provide four key things: lag-free performance, efficient cooling, blur-free and stunning visuals, and gaming-centric handling.

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