Asus ROG Phone 8’s launch date is no longer a mystery،
Asus has been teasing its next flagship smartphone, the ROG Phone 8, for a few weeks. Today, the company went even further by confirming that the device will be officially revealed at CES 2024 on January 8.
Spotted by GSMArene on the official ROG Weibo account, a 15-second teaser confirms that the ROG Phone 8 will be introduced in China on January 16. A global release is expected to happen shortly after the China launch, although we'll have to wait for Asus to announce when exactly that will take place.
Along with the launch date confirmation and short teaser, Asus also released a few renders showing the rear of the phone. Of note is the camera island which has a rather unusual and non-symmetrical shape.
The ROG Phone 8 will feature a triple camera setup, as these renders show, but that's about all the information we have at the moment. Another thing worth mentioning is that Asus insists the ROG Phone 8 “goes beyond gaming” and one of the renders urges fans to vote for a blind camera test to stand a chance to win a phone.
This likely means that Asus has made substantial improvements to the ROG Phone 8's camera and expects fans to recognize it. Apart from this, the upcoming Asus flagship is said to feature a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor and up to 24GB of RAM.
While it's safe to say that this will be Asus' most advanced gaming phone, gaming remains a niche market for smartphone makers. So it's up to the company to make the ROG Phone 8 appealing to the general public.
