Asus ROG Phone 5 pre-order in India goes live today

Asus ROG Phone 5 was supposed to go on sale today but it will instead be available for pre-order.

Asus ROG Phone 5. (HT Tech)

Asus ROG Phone 5 will be available for pre-order today in India. The new gaming phone was initially scheduled to go on sale today but it has been changed to pre-order. The company is yet to announce when the phone will go on sale. Asus ROG Phone 5 launched in India last month.

Pre-orders for the ROG Phone 5 will begin at 12 noon today on Flipkart. Interested consumers can head to the e-commerce website and pre-book the phone. It comes in two variants starting at ₹49,999 for the base model with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. Asus ROG Phone 5 with 12GB RAM and 256GB storage is priced at ₹57,999. The smartphone will be available in two colour options of Phantom Black and Storm White.

In terms of specs, Asus ROG Phone 5 features a 6.78-inch FHD+ AMOLED display which is HDR10+ certified, and has Gorilla Glass Victus protection on top. It also has a 144Hz refresh rate and 300Hz touch sampling rate. The smartphone is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G processor paired with Adreno 660 GPU.

There's a triple camera setup on the ROG Phone 5 featuring a 64-megapixel Sony IMX686 sensor, a 13-megapixel ultra wide angle lens, and a 5-megapixel macro sensor. It features a 24-megapixel front camera for selfies.

Asus ROG Phone 5 packs a 6,000mAh battery with support for up to 65W fast charging. The phone ships with a 30W charger. On the software front, ROG Phone 5 runs Android 11 with ROG UI layered on top.