Asus ROG Phone 5s Specifications tipped; May come with Snapdragon 888 Plus

Asus ROG Phone 5s specs have been leaked online. According to a tweet from a well-known tipster, the gaming phone could be launched soon. Asus launched its ROG Phone 3 in early 2020 and brought it Asus ROG Phone 3s in July last year with a minor upgrade in its processor. The company could also do something similar this year. The vanilla Asus ROG Phone 5 debuted earlier this year and Asus ROG Phone 5s is set to make its debut soon.

Tipster Mukul Sharma tweeted an image that appears to have been ripped off from an e-commerce site. The image touts the upcoming Asus ROG Phone 5s as the “new 5G gaming phone for 2021”. The design of the phone cannot be seen in the photo. The image shows the main specs of the phone, including an OLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate. The phone is expected to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus SoC. Asus ROG Phone 5s is said to come in two storage configurations: 16 GB + 256 GB storage and 18 GB + 512 GB storage. The handset packs a 6000 mAh battery with support for 65W fast charging.

Other details of the Asus ROG Phone 5s are yet to be announced, but there is speculation that there will be a minor upgrade in specs compared to the Asus ROG Phone 5. The design of the upcoming phone is expected to be largely similar to the vanilla model launched earlier this year. Asus has not yet made an official announcement about the launch of the ROG Phone 5s.

Reminder: Asus ROG Phone 5 runs on Android 11 with both ROG UI and ZenUI custom interface. The phone comes with a 6.78-inch full-HD+ (1080 x 2,448 pixels) AMOLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate and DC dimming support. The Asus ROG Phone 5 comes with a triple rear camera with a 64-megapixel primary Sony IMX686 sensor, a 13-megapixel secondary sensor and a 5-megapixel macro shooter. The phone also comes with a 24-megapixel selfie camera on the front.

Asus ROG Phone 5 has up to 512GB UFS 3.1 onboard storage which does not support expansion via microSD card, but does support external HDD. Asus ROG Phone 5 has a 6000mAh dual-cell battery that supports 65W fast charging.