The ROG Phone 7 and Phone 7 Ultimate are the newest gadgets in Asus’ line of gaming-focused smartphones. They’re obtainable to preorder in Europe and Taiwan beginning at present and can ship later this month. In Europe, the Cellphone 7 begins at €999 (£999.99), whereas the Cellphone 7 Final begins at €1,399 (£1,199.99). 

Given their gaming focus, each gadgets are, after all, geared up with Qualcomm’s newest flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. However there’s additionally an “upgraded GameCool 7 thermal system” that’s designed to extract as a lot efficiency as doable out of this processor by holding it cool below load. Asus claims the telephones’ vapor chamber cooling system dissipates warmth as much as 168 p.c extra effectively than final 12 months’s ROG Phone 6.

In case you’re after but extra cooling, the Final model of the cellphone comes with an energetic cooling fan accent, the AeroActive Cooler 7. When it’s hooked up, a small air inlet (the AeroActive Portal) within the handset opens and permits cool air to move straight over the vapor chamber’s cooling fins. Asus says this permits for as much as an additional 20 p.c of thermal effectivity. The Portal beforehand appeared on final 12 months’s ROG Phone 6D Ultimate and doesn’t seem to have stopped the ROG Cellphone 7 Final from getting an IP54 score for mud and water resistance.

The AeroActive Cooler 7 additionally encompasses a built-in subwoofer that Asus claims delivers 77 p.c extra bass quantity. That’s along with the cellphone’s twin front-firing audio system that apparently have 50 p.c extra “efficient quantity” than final 12 months’s cellphone. Lastly, there’s a 3.5mm headphone jack should you’d somewhat skip the built-in audio system solely.

In addition to bettering cooling and sound, the AeroActive Cooler 7 additionally contains 4 bodily buttons for a extra conventional controller expertise, a kickstand, RGB lighting (clearly), and an extra USB-C port and three.5mm headphone jack.

Beneath all these gaming options, the ROG Cellphone 7 and seven Final are fairly typical smartphones. Each telephones have 6.78-inch OLED shows with a peak brightness of 1,500 nits and a refresh charge of 165Hz. They’re powered by 6,000mAh batteries that may be fast-charged at as much as 65W, and so they have a trio of rear cameras, together with a 50-megapixel major, 13-megapixel ultrawide, and 5-megapixel macro. The Final mannequin additionally comes with a customizable show on its rear, as we’ve seen with earlier ROG telephones just like the ROG Phone 5 Ultimate.

Each the ROG Cellphone 7 and Cellphone 7 Final are anticipated to launch within the US at a later date, however there’s no official phrase but on pricing or availability.