Overkill? Asus was experimenting with 10 GB RAM in a phone

Earlier this week, Asus announced the ROG phone. Bearing the Republic of Gamers name, it's the company's first dedicated gamer phone and a direct competitor to the Razer Phone of last year.

Now, we all know what gamer-dedicated hardware entails — aggressive design, insane processing power, and lots and lots of cooling. The ROG phone certainly checks all of these boxes.

But, word is, it may have been even more insane. Leakster Roland Quandt got word that Asus has been experimenting with putting 10 GB of RAM into an unnamed flagship smartphone about 10 months ago. The only reason ...