ASUS ROG Phone II Arriving in the Philippines on Oct 11

If you have been waiting for latest updates on the launch of the much antipicated ASUS ROG Phone II here in the Philippines, you are in luck today as ASUS Philippines just confirmed as to when this "overdrive gaming" smartphone will formally arrive in the local market.

According to the email that we received from ASUS Philippines, they will hold an official online launch event of the ROG Phone II this coming October 11, 2019 at 9PM. If you would like to witness the launch of this gaming-centric smartphone, you can watch the livestream on ASUS Republic of Gamers' official Facebook page here.

ASUS ROG Phone II specs:

• 6.59-inch Full HD+ AMOLED Display
• 2340 x 1080 resolution
• 120Hz screen refresh rate
• HDR Support
• Corning Gorilla Glass 6
• Octa-core Snapdragon 855+ processor
• Adreno 640 GPU
• 12GB RAM
• 512GB internal storage
• 48MP+13MP dual rear camera
• 24MP front camera
• Android 9 Pie with ROG UI
• Wifi, Bluetooth, GPS
• Dual SIM
• 4G LTE
• In-display fingerprint scanner
• Headphone jack
• UBS Type-C (3x)
• AirTriggers 2.0
• 30W ROG HyperCharge
• 6000mAh battery

Official local pricing and availability will be revealed on Oct 11 as expected. But to give you an idea, in China, the phone was priced at CNY 6000 or around Php45K for the 12GB RAM and 512GB model and CNY 3500 (Php26K) for the 8GB+128GB variant. Question is, will both of the variants be released in the Philippines as well? Stay tuned.