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- Asus has confirmed that the next ROG Phone will be called the ROG Phone 5.
- He also revealed that a Tencent brand model is in the works.
We all expected Asus ROG Phone 4 to be released later this year, but the first leaked photos suggested that the Taiwanese brand could skip a number this year. Now, Asus confirmed on Weibo (h / t: MySmartPrice) that this is indeed the case.
Weibo posts confirm the name ROG Phone 5, in addition to revealing that a variant of the Tencent brand is in the works. Check out the automatically translated posts below.
This is not the first time that we have seen a smartphone brand skip the number four, as the OnePlus went from OnePlus 3 and 3T to OnePlus 5 as well. For what it’s worth, the number four is considered an unlucky number in several Asian countries. It is not clear whether this is why Asus is ignoring the number.
This would not be the first time that we would see a variant of the ROG Phone with support from Tencent, as we saw earlier this happens with the ROG Phone 2 and 3. These variants tend to be cheaper than the standard ROG Phone models, but are generally restricted to China. In any case, confirmation of the name ROG Phone 5 suggests that a launch is on the horizon.
We are expecting a Snapdragon 888 chipset, a lot of RAM and a ton of storage in the high-end model, while the leaked images point to a secondary screen at the rear as well. You can check out all the notable rumors and leaks on our ROG Phone 5 rumored hub.