Asus ROG Phone 6 series global launch today: What to expect, LIVE streaming details and more

Taiwanese tech giant Asus is ready to launch it next-generation flagship ROG Phone 6 series today, which will succeed the company’s ROG Phone 5s series, The Asus ROG Phone 6 series includes -- ROG Phone 6, ROG Phone 6 Pro, ROG Phone 6 Ultimate Edition.

Asus ROG Phone 6 series global launch event will be streamed live in Berlin at 2PM, Taipei at 8PM and in New York at 8AM. Interested people in India can watch the event live via Asus Global’s official YouTube handle at 5:20PM today. Also, interested viewers can watch event live here as well.  

According to a report from BGR India, The ROG Phone 6 series is expected to launch two new smartphones as a part of its ROG Phone 6 series smartphones. Also, the upcoming ROG Phone 6 series will come with IPX4 certification, which the company says will make it the world’s first splash resistant gaming smartphone.

Asus has also revealed that the upcoming ROG Phone 6 series will feature improved thermals over its predecessor. It will feature a 30 percent improvement in vapour chamber and an 85 percent improvement in graphite sheets.

Apart from this, Asus has confirmed that the ROG Phone 6 series will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 mobile platform. Asus says that the ROG Phone 6 will be the world’s first gaming phone to get this system-on-chip.

The reports also suggest that the ROG Phone 6 will come with a 6.78-inch AMOLED display with Full-HD+ resolution and a 165Hz touch sampling rate. It is expected to feature up to 18GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 512GB of UFS 3.1 storage. Word is that the phone could also come with a 1TB storage option.