During CES 2021 Virtual Launch, ASUS ROG presented this year’s top-end flagship laptop. Like every year, they always have a surprise at hand and while we usually get that during COMPUTEX, ASUS ROG took some time to really push the envelope and align with NVIDIA’s launch schedule to bring together the most powerful 13″ notebook to date.
The ROG Flow x13 is a 13″ laptop featuring the highest specs we’ve seen per liter on a portable system. ASUS Philippines is bringing has now officially launched the ROG Flow x13 to the Philippine market and is expected to arrive by later February to early March.
“ROG is truly proud to be the first to deliver the latest top-of-the-line gaming products that are powered by the newest AMD 5000 CPUs and NVIDIA 3000 GPUs. With the ROG Flow X13 and the ROG XG Mobile added to our strong portfolio, we take innovation and gaming to new heights as we cater to the needs of on-the-go gamers and content creators, who rely on the very best hardware for their daily routine.”
– George Su, ASUS Philippines Country Head
The ROG Flow is a modular system comprising of the ROG Flow x13 laptop powered by an AMD Ryzen 5000 CPU and a GTX 16-series card for modest power on a slim 13″ frame. The screen is available in both 120hz 1080p screen as well as a 4K 60Hz. The portability lends itself nicely to similar creative counterpart from ASUS’ other lineup and is fully compatible with ASUS Active Pen.
The other half of the system is the XG Mobile. Available with an RTX 3080 or an RTX 3070, you can convert your XG Mobile into a full-powered gaming machine. The XG Mobile is purchased separately from the ROG Flow x13.
ROG Flow x13 Philippine Pricing and Availability
The ROG Flow x13 is will be available late February or March and will be available in the follow configurations:
ROG Flow x13 SUPERNOVA Edition
The ROG Flow x13 SUPERRNOVA Edition is a limited-release item, limited to around or exactly 20 units and will be marked with a purple ROG badge. The item ROG Flow x13 SUPERNOVA Edition is the peak model of the Flow x13 featuring an AMD Ryzen 9 5980HS CPU and 32GB of memory.
ASUS Philippines will be offering the SUPERNOVA Edition with a limited bundle which will included the XG Mobile external graphics card dock with an RTX 3080 GPU. It will also include an ROG Chakram Core gaming mouse, an ROG 13″ sleeve, and an Xbox One controller (non-Elite). The ROG Flow x13 SUPERNOVA Edition Bundle is priced at Php189,995 and will be available on March 2021.
A regular release model of the ROG Flow x13 will be available and will be offered as a stand-alone laptop featuring an AMD Ryzen 9 5900HS, 16GB of RAM and and 1TB of storage. The base model is available for Php99,995 and will include a Chakram Core mouse, an ROG laptop sleeve and an ASUS Active Pen. The ROG Flow x13 Ryzen 9 model will be available starting late February 2021 and a Ryzen 7 5800HS will also be available for Php89,995 on March 2021.
ROG XG Mobile
Available in an RTX 3080 and RTX 3070 GPUs, the XG Mobile will be available on a later date around the second quarter 2021. The RTX 3080 XG Mobile will be priced at Php89,995 pesos and the RTX 3070 for Php69,995.
Participating stores can be seen here. ASUS’s entire ROG launch library can also be seen here.
