News & Reviews:   ASUS ROG Phone 3 review

Many of you must have noticed that ASUS is going to make a comeback with their popular gaming smartphone series. The ROG Phone 3 is going to be launched on 22 July, and it's on the same day as Lenovo's first Legion gaming smartphone. For the local launch, a source has reported that the highly-anticipated gaming smartphone is scheduled to hit our market as early as September.

There are only a few days left until ASUS unveils the ROG Phone 3, but it seems that some people just can't wait any longer. Just a few hours ago, Evan Blass leaked the "official" first look of the upcoming gaming smartphone from his Patreon account and from the looks of it, the design is not too far from the predecessor.

ASUS recently confirmed that the ROG Phone 3 would be launching on 22 July 2020 and news has trickled in over the weeks. More details are confirmed recently and about the only thing left we don't know would be the retail price. Sources have also found the phone certified on the Taiwan NCC.

Based on a video posted by Tech Elucidations on their Facebook page, it seems that the ASUS ROG Phone 3 will most definitely be the first smartphone to come equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset. But that’s not all, other rumours have also stated that the device will also have up to 16GB RAM, 144Hz refresh rate display, as well as up to 512GB of internal storage.

Based on a statement by Ice Universe on the user’s weibo account, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset will most likely be unveiled somewhere around July 2020 provided there are not hiccups. With that said, we can expect many smartphone manufacturers to unveil a few flagship smartphones that come equipped with the aforementioned chipset.

When it comes to smartphones, gaming phones are easily the most good looking ones these days. For fans of ASUS, the highly anticipated ROG Phone 3 couldn't come sooner. The good news is that you might not have to wait much longer because ASUS has confirmed the launch window for the device.

From our news yesterday, we reported that the ASUS ROG Phone 3 might be featuring a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ chipset and this was the first time that we heard of the new chipset. If you see a + sign behind, you know it's going to be a stronger variant and Geekbench already has the scoresheet from benchmarking the processor.

It seems that a recent statement by a user on weibo seems to hint that the upcoming ASUS ROG Phone 3, will most likely come equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus and up to 16GB of RAM. While not much is known in regards to the release date for, we can expect the smartphone to most probably be unveiled at the same time or slightly right after Qualcomm officially unveils the Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset.

Update: Added more information from TENAA listing

The ASUS ROG Phone series is one of mobile gamers' favourite gaming phone to have and many are anticipating the ROG Phone 3 to show up this year. Although it's not picking up the steam yet, we are getting more information on its tech specs and features.

It seems that the ASUS ROG Phone 3 has been spotted on EEC, which gives us an idea on what to expect when the device is officially unveiled sometime in the near future. Based on the certification, it seems that the ASUS ROG Phone 3 will be available in two variants which are the 8GB variant and 12GB variant.