ASUS introduces two new ROG phones: ROG Phone 6D and ROG Phone 6D Ultimate. Both phones show great similarities with the current ROG Phone 6 series, but they get Dimensity 9000 Plus soc. The final variant also gets a more extensive cooling system.

The biggest change in ASUS ROG 6D Phone And the ROG Phone 6D Ultimate It is a MediaTek soc, which features an Arm Cortex-X2 core at 3.2GHz, three Cortex-A710 cores at 2.85GHz, and four Cortex-A510 cores. The Current ROG Phone 6 It has a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chip from Qualcomm. The 6D will also be available with up to 16GB of memory and 256GB of storage, while the Ultimate variant comes standard with 512GB of storage. Both phones will get Lpddr5x memory and Bluetooth 5.3 support.

ROG Phone 6D Ultimate also gets a detachable AeroActive portal. This cooling system can be attached to the back of the phone and can cool the smartphone’s internal cooling block by automatically opening the air inlet. ROG Phone 6 also comes with a detachable cooling system, but this does not open up to the smartphone cooling system.

The phones are almost identical to the current ROG Phone 6 hardware. The 6D variants again get a 6.75-inch AMOLED display with a 165Hz refresh rate. The 6000 mAh battery with 60W fast charging support also remains unchanged. The housing itself remains unchanged. The phones run just like the current ROG Phone 6 series on the ROG UI, which is based on Android 12.

ROG Phone 6D Ultimate will soon be available in Europe and will have a suggested retail price of 1399 euros. The regular ROG Phone 6D gets a suggested retail price of €949. For this amount, ASUS offers a variant with 12 GB of memory and 256 GB of storage.