ASUS ROG Phone 3 preview: An upgraded gaming phone that feels familiar

COVID-19 may have canceled Computex this year, but there's no stopping ASUS from delivering its annual upgrade to mobile gamers. Following the accessory-laden ROG Phone II, today the Taiwanese giant finally unveiled its first 5G phone, the ROG Phone 3, which is also one of the first devices to carry Qualcomm's faster Snapdragon 865 Plus processor, offering a 10 percent boost in both CPU and GPU speeds. ASUS also made significant upgrades elsewhere, aimed at giving hardcore mobile gamers a competitive advantage. From afar, you could easily mistake the ROG Phone 3 for its predecessor, and that's understandable. During the planning process, ASUS decided that it wanted to use the ROG Phone II as a blueprint for its next gaming phone so that existing users can keep their accessories for their phone upgrade.