ASUS Australia have announced that next week, gamers in need of a phone that can keep up with them, will be able to get their hands on the new ROG 5s series of phones, when the 5s and 5s Pro are released.

The phone has been available in other parts of the world for a few months now, but ASUS tend to roll them out in waves, to ensure availability in each region when they launch it.

December 16th is the day when they will be available here, though you can order them now if you so desire. As for prices, here are the costs for the models:

• ASUS ROG Phone 5s | From $1,699 AUD/$1,799 NZD

• ASUS ROG Phone 5s Pro | From $1,899 AUD/$1,999 NZD

As you can see they are not cheap phones, well they are not the most expensive either, but you should be aware of some of the extra features you get, in order to help justify the price, the Pro model has some extra content, perfect for those who play games.

The pioneering and still-unrivalled AirTrigger 5 control system now supports the two rear touch sensors on ROG Phone 5s Pro, giving mobile gamers truly console-like control capabilities. The ultrasonic side sensors on both models also support dual gestures, such as tap-and-slide or tap-and-swipe, for total control.

But even the 5s model is no slouch in its performance, in fact both phones will offer some amazing display potential, thanks to an uprated 360 Hz native touch-sampling rate, the 144 Hz / 1 ms Samsung E4 AMOLED display, that delivers a super-smooth gaming experience, with an ultra-low touch latency. Tuned in collaboration with leading visual-processing company Pixelworks, the supreme visuals are enhanced even further with world-beating colour accuracy, always-on HDR technology to improve non-HDR visuals and a screen that's protected by the toughest ever Corning Gorilla Glass Victus.

Here are the minimum specs for the 5s that you should know

• The latest flagship Snapdragon 888 mobile platform (2.99GHz, 64-bit Octa-core)

• Qualcomm Adreno 660 GPU

• 6.78” at 144Hz/1ms display

• Up to 18gb of LPDDR5 RAM (More than many gaming laptop of the market)

• 173mm x 77mm x 9.9mm at 238 grams

JB HiFi is the current home of the phones, so if you want to get one, or maybe check them out in person, that is where you need to go.