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Asus ROG Phone 3
Formally
unveiled back in July 2020 and
commercially released stateside just a couple of months ago, the hardcore gaming-friendly Asus
ROG Phone 3 could get an even more powerful sequel in the very near future.
Could a design change and a name change be in the works?
An early release would allow the Taiwan-based company to take on the year’s first wave of “mainstream” flagships from top smartphone vendors like Samsung, Huawei, or Xiaomi for a change, although if history is any indication, the
ROG Phone 4 could see daylight in China several months in advance of Western markets like the US.
Official Asus ROG Phone 4 teaser
That and the decidedly unconventional designs of the first three members of the Asus ROG Phone family should be enough to kill the global appeal of the next edition… unless, of course, this is actually set to look more like a “normal” 2021 high-end smartphone. That seems to be what Asus is alluding to on Weibo, although we’re obviously not entirely sure at the moment that the ROG Phone 4 will indeed come with a razor-thin “chin” and virtually no screen bezels at the top and on the two sides.
Then again, we can’t even be certain this bad boy will be dubbed Asus ROG Phone 4 as opposed to ROG Phone 5, with the model number I005DA seemingly hinting at the latter moniker. In case you’re wondering, the
ROG Phone 3 is also known by the I003D designation, and skipping a digit (or several) has almost become common practice in the mobile industry over the last few years.
Blazing fast SoC, mind-blowing charging speeds, and another awesome battery
65W support confirmation
Huawei Mate 40 Pro and Oppo
Reno 5 Pro while beating everything from Samsung’s Galaxy S21 family to the Xiaomi Mi 11 and even the upcoming
OnePlus 9 Pro in terms of wired charging technology.
ROG Phone 2 with a gargantuan 6,000mAh cell.
benchmarked in its undoubtedly unfinished and unpolished form a little over a month ago, mind you, already running Android 11 on the software side of things, which is another sign that the handset could be ready for primetime sooner rather than later.
