ASUS ROG Phone 5s series coming to the Philippines

ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has officially announced to launch the latest ROG Phone 5s series – the ROG Phone 5s and ROG Phone 5s Pro in the Philippines on December 8.

Globally launched in August, the ROG Phone 5s series sports a 6.78-inch FHD+ Samsung AMOLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate, a Snapdragon 888+ 5G SoC, triple rear cameras, and a 6,000mAh battery with 65W fast charging. Check out their full specs below.

ROG Phone 5s specs:
6.78-inch FHD+ (2448 x 1080) 20.4:9 Samsung AMOLED display
144Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, 300Hz touch-sampling rate
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ 5G SoC
Adreno 660 GPU
8GB, 12GB, 16GB, 18GB LPDDR5 RAM
128GB, 256GB, 512GB UFS 3.1
Triple-rear cameras:
• 64MP Sony IMX686 F1.8 main
• 13MP F2.4 ultra-wide
• 5MP F2.0 macro
24MP F2.0 front camera
Dual-SIM, Dual-5G
5G, 4G LTE
WiFi 6E
Bluetooth 5.2
NFC
GNSS support GPS (L1/L5), Glonass (L1), Galileo (E1/E5a), BeiDou(B1i/B1c/B2a), QZSS (L1/L5) and NavIC (L5)
Fingerprint scanner (in-display)
ultrasonic sensors for AirTrigger 5 and grip press
7-magnet stereo speaker w/ Cirrus Logic amplifier
Quad microphones w/ ASUS Noise Reduction Technology
USB-C (side and bottom)
3.5mm audio jack
Android 11 w/ ROG UI
RGB lights
6,000mAh battery w/ 65W fast charging
173 x 77 x 9.9mm
238g
Storm White, Phantom Black

ROG Phone 5s Pro specs:
6.78-inch FHD+ (2448 x 1080) 20.4:9 Samsung AMOLED display
144Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ 5G SoC
Adreno 660 GPU
18GB LPDDR5 RAM
512GB UFS 3.1
Triple-rear cameras:
• 64MP Sony IMX686 F1.8 main
• 13MP F2.4 ultra-wide
• 5MP F2.0 macro
24MP F2.0 front camera
Dual-SIM, Dual-5G
5G, 4G LTE
WiFi 6E
Bluetooth 5.2
NFC
GNSS support GPS (L1/L5), Glonass (L1), Galileo (E1/E5a), BeiDou(B1i/B1c/B2a), QZSS (L1/L5) and NavIC (L5)
Fingerprint scanner (in-display)
ultrasonic sensors for AirTrigger 5 and grip press
7-magnet stereo speaker w/ Cirrus Logic amplifier
Quad microphones w/ ASUS Noise Reduction Technology
USB-C (side and bottom)
3.5mm audio jack
Android 11 w/ ROG UI
ROG Vision PMOLED display
6,000mAh battery w/ 65W fast charging
173 x 77 x 9.9mm
238g
Phantom Black

In addition, ROG also announced a collaboration between the ROG Phone 5s series and PUBG: NEW STATE, a next-generation battle royal mobile title from global gaming publisher KRAFTON.

Starting in November, the new collaboration will present a global series of elite showmatches, ROG Phone 5s x PUBG: NEW STATE Elite Showmatch, with a combined prize pot of gaming gear worth over USD 50,000PHP 2,934,275INR 4,237,490EUR 47,615CNY 363,915.

The campaign will feature a series of 100-player online tournaments across the EMEA and APAC regions. With the participation of a combined total of over 20 top influencers from around the globe, players can join the survival matches to pit their skills against their local influencers. These influencers will not only join the battle but will also live-stream the matches on their social media accounts, allowing the entire world to watch the combat.

Prizes will consist of gaming gear to a combined total prize value of over USD 50,000PHP 2,934,275INR 4,237,490EUR 47,615CNY 363,915. The overall winner will receive a full gaming hardware upgrade, plus a ROG Phone 5s gaming phone. Prizes consist of the following: ROG Strix SCAR 17 + ROG Phone 5s Pro with AeroCooler (1st place), ROG Phone 5s with AeroCooler + ROG Delta Headset (2nd place), and ROG Phone 5s with AeroCooler (3rd place).