Asus ROG Phone 9 sports a 6.78-inch (2400 x 1080 pixels) Full-HD+ 1-120Hz LTPO Samsung flexible AMOLED panel with 10-bit HDR, 20:9 aspect ratio, up to 2500 nits brightness, 107.37% DCI-P3 / 145.65% sRGB / 103.16% NTSC, and Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 protection. It will further support up to 165Hz Refresh Rate upscaling in system setting or 185Hz in Game Genie mode.
It is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Chipset under the hood, paired with 12GB of LPDDR5x RAM and up to 512GB UFS 4.0 storage. It runs on ROG UI based on Android 15.
As for optics, the handset gets a 50MP rear camera with 1/1.56″ Sony LYTIA 700 sensor, f/1.9 aperture, 6-axis Gimbal stabilisation, paired with a 13MP f/2.2 ultra-wide camera and a 5MP f/2.4 macro sensor. At the front, there’s a 32MP camera sensor for selfies.
The device packs a 5800mAh battery with 65W fast charging, 15W wireless charging along with reverse charging support also. Connectivity options include 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 7 802.11 be, Bluetooth v5.4, GPS/GLONASS/Beidou, Galileo(E1+E5a), QZSS(L1+L5), NavIC(L5), 3.5mm Headphone jack, USB Type-C and NFC. For security, there’s an in-display optical fingerprint sensor.
Additionally, the phone packs a 5-magnet stereo speaker setup with Qualcomm aptXadaptive audio, Dirac Virtuo for spatial sound. The device is also IP68 rated. The ROG Phone 9 packs the AniMe Vision auxiliary display that features 85 programmable mini-LEDs.
Further, there are Air Triggers present on the right spine of the devices and a 57% larger graphite sheet under the hood compared to the predecessor. Moreover, the AeroActive Cooler X Pro accessory features a built-in subwoofer and introduces two hardware shoulder buttons compatible with AirTriggers. It boasts fan blades that are 12.5% larger and include an enhanced thermal compound, delivering up to 29% improved cooling performance.
