The ASUS ROG Phone 8 is an attractive and powerful gaming flagship device. It is now no longer just focused on gaming capabilities, but also trying to be a real flagship device competitor. When launched, ASUS Malaysia sold the ROG Phone 8 for RM3,299 but starting today, everything has changed.
In conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration, starting from 13 January to 16 February 2025 – the ROG Phone 8 can be obtained for a starting price of RM2,999. While the ROG Phone 8 Pro can be obtained for RM3,999. Both devices receive a discount of RM300. Then with every purchase of the ROG Phone 9 series, a ROG Chill Case worth RM199 will be given away for free.
The ROG Phone 8 comes with a 6.78-inch AMOLED 165Hz HDR10+ screen, powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, 50MP camera, 5500mAh battery + 65W fast charging, supports IP68 protection and offers LPDDR5/UFS 4.0 memory + storage combination.
The ROG Phone 9 uses the same screen size but the refresh rate is 185Hz. The chip is the Snapdragon 8 Elite, the memory + storage combination is LPDDR5X/UFS 4.0 and the battery is 5800mAh. The main camera is still the same 50MP but now has a new 32MP sensor.