There is still some debate as to whether the next Asus gaming phone will be called the ROG Phone 4 or the ROG Phone 5, but whatever the name, the device has now surfaced in a Chinese legal filing – complete with photos showing it from show all sides.
The documents published by TENAA give us our best look yet at what we’re going to call the ROG Phone 5 for the time being (partly because you can see a number 5 on the back of the handset).
It also looks like we’re getting a dot-matrix display on the back of the Asus ROG Phone 5, similar to the one on the Lightning Armor case for the ROG Phone 3. These newly leaked images show the Asus ROG logo, but we assume it can be customized.
Aside from that embellishment on the back, not much seems to have changed in terms of the look of the ROG Phone compared to the 2020 edition. The SIM card slot appears to have a red cover, but that may be an exclusive to this particular edition of the phone, which appears to have been co-produced with Tencent Games.
Asus Rog phone 5 listed on TENAA certification. 6.78 inch Amoled screen ◾ 6000 mAh battery (dual-cell, 3000 × 2) ◾ Android 11 pic.twitter.com/NjTjk8AzKOJanuary 30, 2021
The photos tie in nicely with some of the live shots that we recently saw of the upcoming handset. It looks like there could be a customizable LED lighting strip to match the dot matrix array, all ready to give the phone a truly eye-catching aesthetic.
We’ve also seen a series of benchmarks popping up online that we think are linked to the Asus ROG Phone 5, which shows its credentials in terms of power and performance. The phone should feature the Snapdragon 888 chip, which is the flagship chip of choice for the best Android handsets this year.
Other bits of information we can glean from this legal filing include a 6.78-inch AMOLED display, Android 11 onboard, and a hefty 6000 mAh battery – that should be enough to provide enough juice for gaming sessions, and corresponds to the capacity that was offered on the Asus ROG Phone 3.
As for that jump over the 4 straight to the 5, which looks increasingly likely, is all because the number 4 is considered unlucky in China and Taiwan – and that’s not something Asus would want to get in the way of any potential sale.
Via XDA Developers