Asus ROG Phone 8 sports a 6.78-inch (2400Ć1080 pixels) FullĀ HD+Ā 1-120Hz LTPO (max 165Hz for gaming) Samsung E6 AMOLED panel with 10-bit HDR, 20:9 aspect ratio, up to 2500 nits brightness, 107.37% DCI-P3 / 145.65% sRGB / 103.16% NTSC, andĀ Corning Gorilla GlassĀ VictusĀ 2 protection.
It is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3Ā ChipsetĀ under the hood, paired with up to 16GB LPDDR5x RAM and up to 256GB UFS 4.0 storage. It runs on ROG UI based onĀ AndroidĀ 14. As for optics, the handset gets a 50MP rear camera with 1/1.56ā³ Sony IMX890 sensor, f/1.9 aperture, 6-axis Gimbal stabilisation, paired with a 13MP f/2.2 ultra-wide camera and a 32MP f/2.4 3x telephoto sensor with OIS. At the front, thereās a 32MP camera sensor for selfies.
The device packs a 5500mAh battery with 65W fast charging, 15W wireless charging along with reverse charging support also. Connectivity options includeĀ 5GĀ SA/NSA, DualĀ 4GĀ VoLTE, Wi-Fi 7 802.11 be,Ā BluetoothĀ v5.4, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, Galileo(E1+E5a), QZSS(L1+L5), NavIC(L5), 3.5mmĀ HeadphoneĀ jack, USBĀ Type-CĀ and NFC. For security, thereās an in-display optical fingerprint sensor.
Additionally, the phone packs a 5-magnet stereo speaker setup with QualcommĀ aptXadaptive audio, Dirac Virtuo for spatial sound. The device is alsoĀ IP68Ā rated, making it the first gaming smartphones in the world to do so. Thereās an Illuminated RGB logo on the back and there are Air Triggers present on the right spine of the device.