Asus ROG Phone 7 tipped to launch later this year with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

While Asus announced the ROG Phone 6 last year in India, it wasn’t available for purchase immediately. Eventually, it was made available in the sale, but not many units were put up for sale. Also Read: CES 2026: ASUS ROG Introduces RGB Stripe Pixel OLED Technology For Sharper Text And Faster Gaming

Now, as per a new leak, Asus is already planning for the release of its successor Asus ROG Phone 7 series. The model numbers, key specs, and the launch timeline has been revealed. Also Read: ASUS is done with smartphones: ROG Phone and Zenfone era ends

Asus ROG Phone 7 series model numbers

As per tipster Paras Guglani via Tech Outlook, the ROG Phone 7 series will have at least three phones – the ROG Phone 7, ROG Phone 7D, and ROG Phone 7 Ultimate. Also Read: CES 2026: ASUS Gives First Real Look At Wi-Fi 8 With ROG NeoCore Router

The ROG Phone 7 and Phone 7 Ultimate will be reserved for the global markets. Following with be their model numbers – AI2205_A and AI2205_E, respectively.

Interestingly, there will be a model reserved for the Indian market. The device named ROG Phone 7 with model number AI2205_C is said to launch in India.

The company’s home market, China will get all three models. Following are the Chinese model numbers – ROG Phone 7 (AI2205_B), ROG Phone 7D (AI2205_D), and ROG Phone 7 Ultimate (AI2205_F).

Apart from the model numbers, the tipster has also revealed the key specs of the smartphone.

Asus ROG Phone 7 series specifications

The Asus ROG Phone 7 series is tipped to come with an AMOLED display. It will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC paired with up to 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage on the ROG Phone 7. The ROG Phone 7 Ultimate will get a maximum of 512GB of internal storage.

Although not revealed, we can expect the device to have LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.0 storage given that it will have Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, under the hood. It will boot on Android 13 out of the box.

There’s no other information about the ROG Phone 7 series, but as we move closer to its release we should learn more.

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Speaking of release, the gaming phone series is tipped to launch in Q3 of this year. Although this news is exciting, do take it with a pinch of salt as it is yet to be confirmed by Asus.