BackVivo launches iQOO gaming smartphone in China
The Vivo iQOO starts at 2,998 Yuan (about ₹32,000) for the 6GB/128GB variantIt comes with Snapdragon 855 processor paired with up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage.
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PremiumVivo launched a new smartphone in China under its recently created sub-brand iQOO on Wednesday. The smartphone is aimed primarily at gamers and is one of the most powerful from the Chinese company. Vivo has Xiaomi's Black Shark in its crosshairs with the iQOO.
The iQOO sports a 6.41-inch OLED display with a resolution of 2340x1080. It has a waterdrop notch at the top which houses the 12MP front-facing camera. Underneath the display it has an in-display fingerprint sensor.
The smartphone runs a Snapdragon 855 processor with a maximum clock speed of 2.84GHz. It is coupled with Adreno 640 GPU. It comes with up to 12GB of RAM and 256GB of internal storage.
The iQOO has a 4,000mAh battery armed with 44W fast-charging. Vivo claims it can be charged to 50% within 15 minutes, 85% in 45 in half hour and a full charge in 45 minutes.
Since it is a gaming smartphone, it gets the super liquid cooling treatment comprising a vapour chamber located around the chipset. A 'Multi-Turbo' service present inside the software allows the user to enable AI Turbo, Center Turbo, Net Turbo, Cooling Turbo, and Game Turbo modes (although there's no turbine present anywhere inside or outside the smartphone).
The back of the smartphone sports a triple camera with a 13MP+12MP+2MP configuration. The 13MP wide-angle camera has a Sony IMX263 sensor, while the 12MP primary camera is equipped with dual pixel technology. The 2MP camera has a depth sensor which allows better portrait images.
Dual pixel technology divides every single camera pixel into two separate photo sites. Each pixel consists of two photodiodes that sit side by side next to each other under a microlens. While focusing, the two photodiodes receive different inputs as they receive light from separate angles. Thanks to this, the camera can focus much better during low light conditions, as it essentially acts as a phase-detection system.
The Vivo iQOO runs Vivo's FunTouch 9 OS based on Android Pie 9.
It is available in two colour options— Electric Blue and Lava Orange—and costs 2,998 Yuan (about ₹32,000) for the 6GB/128GB variant, 3,298 Yuan (about ₹35,000) for the 8GB/128GB variant, 3,598 Yuan (about ₹38,000) for the 8GB/256GB variant and 4,298 Yuan (about ₹45,000) for the 12GB/256GB variant.
Vivo hasn't mentioned anything on the smartphone's India launch.
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