Asus ROG Phone to launch on Oct. 18 for $899

Asus' ROG Phone, a gaming-oriented smartphone with some pretty crazy specs, will be available for purchase in U.S. stores on October 18, with the starting price of $899. 

Customers will be able to pre-order it online at the ASUS Store, Amazon, and Microsoft, as well as in Microsoft Store on Fifth Avenue in New York City, where the launch will officially take place. 

The ROG Phone is powered by a 2.96GHz Snapdragon 845 chip as well as "gaming-optimized" Adreno 630 graphics chip. It has a 6-inch, 2,160x1,080 AMOLED screen with a 90Hz refresh rate, 8GB of RAM, 128/512GB of storage, a 12/8-megapixel rear camera, an 8-megapixel selfie camera and a 4,000mAh battery. Read more...