Asus ROG Telephone 9 and 9 Professional arrive with SD 8 Elite, larger batteries and higher cooling

Final yr, the Asus ROG Telephone 8 took an enormous step in the direction of turning into extra sensible for on a regular basis use with an IP68 score and a telephoto digicam. However Asus hasn’t forgotten that this can be a gaming telephone, so the brand new mannequin this yr will increase efficiency on all fronts.

Asus ROG Telephone 9 collection

The Asus ROG Telephone 9 and 9 Professional are powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which is paired with as much as 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM (9,600Mbps) and as much as 512GB UFS 4.0 storage on the vanilla mannequin and as much as 24GB and 1TB on the Professional (there are different variations that we’ll get to). In accordance with Asus, the 8 Elite has a forty five% benefit in CPU efficiency, a 40% sooner GPU and a 40% sooner NPU, in comparison with the 8 Gen 3 contained in the earlier ROG Telephone.

The improved cooling system now incorporates a 57% bigger graphite sheet, which helps maintain the brand new telephones operating a number of levels cooler in comparison with the 8-series. There may be an improved energetic cooler too, however it’s greater than only a cooler. As typical, the Asus ROG collection excels on the subject of first-party equipment.

The in-box AeroCase in addition to the optionally available Chill Case characteristic “Audio Redirection”. They’re formed in order that the sound from the bottom-firing speaker is redirected forwards. Mixed with the front-firing high speaker, you get a greater stereo expertise.

There’s extra – the AeroActive Cooler X Professional has a subwoofer, so that you just get 2.1 sound with it (this was current on the AeroActive Cooler 7, however was faraway from the Cooler X final yr). The Cooler additionally has two {hardware} shoulder buttons to go along with the AirTriggers which are on the telephone itself. The cooling efficiency has been improved as properly with bigger fan blades (+12.5%) and extra thermal compound, leading to 29% higher cooling.

Like final yr, the Asus ROG Telephone 9 and 9 Professional have 6.78” AMOLED shows with FHD+ decision, 1,600 nits brightness in excessive brightness mode (2,500 nits peak) and 107% DCI-P3 protection. This yr’s improve is which you can allow a 185Hz refresh price from the Sport Genie (up from 165Hz final yr). This may solely be supported in choose video games.

However there’s a second show on board, kind of. Now each fashions have AniMe Imaginative and prescient – a grid of mini-LEDs that can be utilized to customise the look of the telephone. The ROG Telephone 9 has 85 LEDs (the earlier vanilla model simply had 4 RGB LEDs), whereas the ROG Telephone 9 Professional has 648 LEDs – that’s nearly double the 341 LEDs that the 8 Professional had.

There may be some technique to Asus’ insanity. The AniMe Imaginative and prescient on the Professional has sufficient decision to render textual content in Chinese language and Japanese. And you may add GIFs so as to add animations as a substitute. There may be yet one more trick on this AniMe Imaginative and prescient show – video games! There are 4 retro video games (primarily based on Breakout, Snake, Invaders and yet one more) that you just play on the again of the telephone utilizing the AirTriggers.

Again to extra sensible options, the Asus ROG Telephone 9 pair is provided with 5,800mAh batteries, that’s 300mAh greater than the outdated mannequin. The battery ought to final at the least 4.5 hours of heavy gaming. Asus says that it’ll retain at the least 80% of its authentic capability after 1,000 cycles (that’s three years of every day charging). Charging is rated at 65W over USB-C and 15W wirelessly. The additional capability slows down charging a bit, 0-100% is completed in 46 minutes over a wire (up from 39 minutes on the outdated one).

Let’s speak in regards to the digicam. Each telephones use a 50MP fundamental primarily based on the 1/1.56” Sony Lytia 700 sensor. The 6-axis hybrid gimbal stabilization has been improved and now corrects +/-5°, up from +/-3°. The 13MP extremely large digicam on the again and the 32MP selfie digicam (with an RGBW sensor and a 22mm lens) are the identical.

This solely leaves the telephoto module – the Professional makes use of the identical 3x 32MP module (1/3” sensor) from final yr, whereas the vanilla mannequin doesn’t have one (regardless that the ROG Telephone 8 did). As an alternative, there’s a 5MP macro digicam on the vanilla ROG Telephone 9.

A number of extra issues price mentioning are that, after all the ROG Telephone 9 and 9 Professional have a 3.5mm headphone jack. It was tuned by Dirac and helps high-resolution binaural know-how known as Dirac Virtuo. Wi-fi choices embody aptX Lossless and the telephone is licensed for each Hello-Res Audio and Hello-Res Audio Wi-fi. We talked about the Chill Case, that may be a passive cooling choice with a built-in vapor chamber to assist the telephone unfold out the warmth and cut back temperatures by as much as 17%. This case additionally has the Audio Redirection characteristic.

Asus ROG Telephone 9 Professional

Asus ROG Telephone 9

The Asus ROG Telephone 9 and 9 Professional will be pre-ordered beginning as we speak. For Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China, they are going to begin transport tomorrow. In Europe (together with the UK), transport will begin in December. The US launch is ready for January 2025, extra particulars to comply with. Different areas will see the brand new fashions afterward. The costs are beneath. Observe that the Version mannequin comes with an AeroActive Cooler X Professional bundled.