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The Asus ROG Phone 5 might've been an expensive proposition when it hit store shelves last year, but depending on who you ask, it was more than worth it. Not only did AP's own Matthew Sholtz call it the best gaming phone he'd used to date, but its I/O selection — a 3.5mm jack and two USB-C ports — made it feel like the true successor to legacy Samsung Note devices. If you've been missing out on the Android 12 update fun, your wait is finally over.
Here's when your Asus phone is getting Android 12
The rollout kicks off in December and extends well into 2022
Ever since Google released the stable build of Android 12 in early October, phone makers have been announcing rollout schedules for their devices, and now we can add Asus to that list. The Taiwanese phone maker has now begun sharing its plans for Android 12 updates for popular Zenfone and ROG Phone models.
With super-sized batteries, high-refresh displays, and powerful specs designed to push mobile graphics as hard as possible, it's no wonder gaming phones have become popular choices among many users. If you've had your eyes on the ROG Phone 5 since it launched earlier this year, you're in luck. It's finally on sale in the US directly from Asus for $999.99.
Here are the latest phones to officially support Google's 3D animals
ARCore is augmenting reality since 2018
After accidentally teasing a few upcoming phones before removing them again earlier this year, Google has published a proper update to its ARCore support page, revealing that the augmented reality library is now supported by 24 more devices. This time around, all of them have already been announced.
The Asus ROG Phone 5 is one of the most powerful phones you can buy today, but all that performance doesn't come cheap. You'll have to shell out more than $1,000 to get your hands on one, which makes durability that much more important. Asus didn't hold back on making its design as large and chunky as necessary to fit in a Snapdragon 888, 16GB of RAM, and dual 3,000mAh batteries at each end of the phone. Unfortunately, if you thought a phone as bulky as the ROG Phone 5 would hold up decently in a durability torture test, well — brace yourself.
Asus ROG Phone 5 render pops up at the last place you'd expect
The full-color panel looks set to show notifications and more
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While still a niche, gaming smartphones feature some of the most intriguing hardware and designs. Asus's ROG Phone 3 successor seems to only exemplify this. The upcoming ROG Phone 5 (name not confirmed) has surfaced in a leaked video on Weibo, and it seems to be the wackiest phone from the Taiwanese company yet.