ASUS is updating its vary of ROG gaming telephones at a quick clip to maintain up with the newest processor developments. The new ROG Phone 5S and 5S Pro, the fifth and newest additions to the high-end lineup, pack Qualcomm’s recent Snapdragon 888+ 5G chipset, a beefed-up model of the bottom 888 discovered inside predecessor, the ROG Phone 5. It’s not the primary cellphone to get the processor, although. That accolade went to the Xiaomi Mi Mix 4. In reality, we knew the 888+ was coming to the ROG cellphone: Qualcomm listed ASUS’ gaming handset as a associate earlier this summer season, together with gadgets from Vivo, Honor and Motorola.

The processor itself guarantees a clock pace increase from a peak 2.86GHz to just about 3GHz courtesy of its Kryo 680 CPU structure. It additionally boasts a 20 p.c AI enchancment with as much as 32 TOPS AI efficiency. All of which is to say it is a pure match for a premium gaming cellphone.

Beyond the upgraded chipset, the brand new ROG telephones sport the identical 6.78-inch 144Hz show, 6,000 mAh battery and triple rear cameras with a 64-megapixel essential sensor as their predecessor. Additional updates embrace a extra responsive 360Hz touch-sampling fee (which nonetheless would not match the 720Hz responsiveness of Lenovo’s Legion Phone Duel 2) and a max 18GB and 512GB storage on the 5S Pro. You also can count on ultrasonic sensors for the AirTrigger 5 buttons and grip press detection.

According to Gizmochina, the 2 telephones are presently solely accessible to pre-order in ASUS’ native Taiwan forward of an August twenty fourth transport date. The 5S prices $1,077/$1,221 based mostly on RAM and storage and the 5S Pro prices $1,365.