ROG Phone 6D & ROG Phone 6D Ultimate leak reveals familiar design

After launching the ROG Phone 6 and ROG Phone 6 Pro in July, Asus is now preparing to launch a new gaming smartphone as part of the ROG Phone lineup. The Taiwanese manufacturer recently confirmed that the upcoming device, called ROG Phone 6D Ultimate, will feature MediaTek’s flagship Dimensity 9000 Plus chip. While we are still weeks away from the launch of the September 19 event, a new leak has revealed that the company will in fact launch two phones at the event – ROG Phone 6D and ROG Phone 6D Ultimate. The leak also gives us a first look at its design, and as we anticipated in our previous coverage, it looks very similar to the ROG Phone 6 series models.

The leak in question comes from trusted leaker Evan Blass (via 91 mobiles), showing the ROG Phone 6D and ROG Phone 6D Ultimate in a new gray color. As you can see in the attached photos, ROG Phone 6D is almost indistinguishable from ROG Phone 6, except for the new color.

It features a triple camera setup on the back, along with the RGB Asus ROG logo and ROG branding. On the front, it has an unobstructed screen with thin bezels on the top and bottom. The button layout also remains unchanged, with the ROG Phone 6D featuring a rocker, a blue-tone power button, and shoulder triggers on the right edge.

The story is the same with the ROG Phone 6D Ultimate, and it looks just like the ROG Phone 6 Pro, only in a different color. Instead of the RGB ROG logo, the Ultimate variant features a ROG Vision color PMOLED display on the back panel, along with the same triple camera setup and similar ROG branding. The display on Ultimate models is no different from that of the regular variant, and the button position is the same.

The only noticeable difference between the two is the center-aligned gray tab on the back panel of the ROG Phone 6D Ultimate, which is missing on the ROG Phone 6 Pro. But we’re not entirely sure if it’s just for aesthetic purposes or not. Unfortunately, the leak does not cast any light on the internal hardware. So far, we only know that the ROG Phone 6D and ROG Phone 6D Ultimate will pack MediaTek’s Dimensity 9000 Plus SoC. But we expect to learn more in the days leading up to launch.

If Asus didn’t change anything other than the SoC on the ROG Phone 6D and ROG Phone 6D Ultimate, would it opt ​​for the Dimensity 9000 Plus variants over the one featuring Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 chip? Why and why not? Let us know in the comments section below.

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