Asus ROG Phone 2 with 120 Hz display to launch in India on 23 September

In July this year, Asus unveiled its second-generation ROG Phone in China. Now, in an official announcement made via its Twitter page, Asus India has announced that it will launch the ROG Phone 2 in the country on 23 September at 12.30 pm IST. The tweet also suggests that the ROG Phone 2 will be sold exclusively on Flipkart.[caption id="attachment_7042991" align="alignnone" width="1280"] Asus ROG Phone II. Image: tech2/Omkar Patne.[/caption]The highlight of the ROG Phone 2 is its 120 Hz display and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855+ chipset that will power the device.You can also read our review of the first generation ROG Phone here.

From the China and US launch, we know that the ROG Phone 2 is powered by Snapdragon 855+ SoC, and was, in fact, the first smartphone launched with the new chipset. The Snapdragon 855+ is believed to offer a 15 percent increase in graphics as compared to Snapdragon 855. Added to that is a 12 GB RAM variant along with up to 512 GB of UFS 3.0 storage. The vapour chamber and cooling mechanisms have been retained from the original.In terms of display, the ROG Phone 2 now has an upgraded 120 Hz 6.59-inch FHD+ display with 2,340 x 1,080 pixels and the added ability to render 10-bit HDR colour. The phone does not have any display cutouts or notches and instead has bezels on the top and bottom which house the dual-speaker unit. Asus has also increased the touchscreen sampling rate to 240Hz, giving the phone a touch latency to just 49ms.Another massive upgrade is the battery on the ROG Phone 2 which has a capacity of 6,000 mAh with support for 25W fast charging. In the camera department, the phone retains the same optics as before but has added an in-display fingerprint scanner as opposed to the capacitive one in the previous version.