Asus ROG Phone 7 and 7 Ultimate | Advertisement of the wonderful Asus phones for games
Asus announced the latest phones in the ROG series, which are distinguished for games - the Asus ROG Phone 7 and ROG Phone 7 Ultimate. The same chipset is used in both phones - Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, paired with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X (8533Hz) RAM, and up to 512GB of UFS 4.0 storage.
What is special about the Ultimate version over the regular version?
The Ultimate version has an AeroActive portal, which opens to let air in directly into the built-in steam chamber. It also contains the iconic ROG Vision screen on the back.
Asus boasts of significant improvements in gaming performance on its new phones. The GameCool7 cooling system is bigger and better - it has boron nitride layer, dual graphite plates with a combined area of 16,000 mm² that allow for a 10% improvement in thermal efficiency. It also has a fast-cycle steam chamber, plus a 15% efficiency improvement due to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor.
All this along with the new Asus 'X Mode' and AeroActive Cooler 7 that will be made available in the Ultimate phone for a continuous gaming performance unlike any other phone. Asus ROG Phone 7 Ultimate will open its AeroActive gate when AeroActive Cooler 7 is attached for an even greater cooling advantage. Here are the numbers from the Asus test lab, the phone almost doesn't get hot even after an hour of heavy load.
The new AeroActive Cooler 7 has a 5-magnet tweeter with a 13 x 38mm tweeter, which, paired with the stereo speakers of ROG Phone 7, delivers 2.1 sound for a premium audio experience. The cooler, like the phones themselves, has a 3.5 mm headphone jack.
ROG Phone 7 can also enable ray tracing in supported games, which means you'll see more realistic water reflections and metal surfaces.
Other phone specifications
The ROG Phone 7 sports a 6.78-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 2448 x 1080 pixels made by Samsung, which is brighter than its predecessor with a peak 1,500 nits. The screen supports a variable refresh rate of up to 165Hz and a touch sampling rate of 720Hz.
As with the previous generation of ROG Phones, the 6,000mAh battery comes split into two equal 3,000mAh parts for improved cooling, with 65W charging.
Asus has kept the same camera system. It still has a 50MP IMX766 main camera, a 13MP ultra-wide camera, and a 5MP macro camera. The front camera has a 32MP OmniVision OV32C Quad-Bayer sensor.
The size of the two phones is 173 x 77 x 10.4 mm and the weight is 239 grams. The regular 7 comes in Phantom Black and Storm White, while the Ultimate version is only available in Storm White.
The price of the Asus ROG Phone 7 phones
The ROG Phone 7 starts at €999 but does not include the AeroActive Cooler (sold separately for €110), while the ROG Phone 7 Ultimate is available at €1,399 with the included cooler.
