Asus ROG Phone 6 to launch globally on July 5

 Asus has revealed the global launch date for their next-generation gaming phone — the Asus ROG Phone 6. The firm, via a post on social media claimed that the ROG Phone 6 will launch on July 5. The business also revealed that the ROG Phone 6 launch event will be live-streamed in Taipei at 8PM, Berlin at 2PM and in New York at 8AM on the mentioned date. Also Read - Upcoming phones with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1: From Xiaomi 12 Ultra to ASUS ROG Phone 6

In the same social media post, Asus also revealed that it will also be unveiling new gaming accessories and a pair of new gaming headphones alongside the ROG Phone 5 successor. Also Read - Asus announces ROG Flow X16, ROG STRIX SCAR 17 SE gaming laptops: Check details

As far as the details are concerned, the upcoming ROG Phone 6 is the successor to the ROG Phone 5 series smartphones comprising of the ROG Phone 5, ROG Phone 5s, ROG Phone 5 Ultimate and the ROG Phone 5s Pro, that were announced last year. These phones were powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 chipset. As per sources, the ROG Phone 6 series is slated to arrive with three smartphone models, which would include — the ROG Phone 6, the ROG Phone 6 Pro and the ROG Phone 6 Ultimate. All of these three ROG Phone 6 versions are believed to be powered by the recently revealed Snapdragon 888+ Gen 1 CPU.

Separately, a tipster earlier this year released the 2D renders of the upcoming ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6 Pro. The renders show the backs of the two phones having a horizontally arranged triple rear camera array that is housed in a rectangular camera module.

The renders also indicate towards the two phones sporting a secondary display at the rear with the ROG Phone 6 Pro getting a somewhat bigger secondary display and display that the vanilla ROG Phone 6.

Beyond this, little is known about the upcoming ROG Phone 6 series at the present. However, we are likely to hear more as we inch closer to the launch.