Recently, Vivo’s gaming brand, IQOO announced its first gaming phone. It’s a new sub-brand of Vivo which will focus only on gaming smartphones. It is aimed to compete against Razer, Xiaomi Black Shark, Asus ROG and few other gaming devices. Although, the new smartphone carries high-end specification including the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. Now according to the official information from IQOO product manager, the device will go on sale from tomorrow.
IQOO official product manager took to Weibo to officially announce the availability date of the device. Furthermore, IQOO gaming smartphone carries a 3D glass back which gives it a premium look. It features a 6.41 inch Full HD+ super AMOLED display with the resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels. It has a 91.7 percent of the screen-to-body ratio means a broader viewing experience on the board.
In the performance, IQOO gaming smartphone comes with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 SoC coupled with 6/8/12 GB RAM options. In order to keep it performing continuously while playing games, the company has added a Multi Turbo feature which will boost graphics performance. There are different Multi Turbo profiles available, and users can switch as per need. Its vapor cooling system won’t allow it to heat despite playing high-end games continuously. It is claimed to reduce the temperature as much as 12-degree Celsius without compromising its performance.
To give it a gaming smartphone look, Vivo has added an LED strip on the back. Further, there’s no fingerprint sensor on the rear side which means that it powers in-screen fingerprint sensor.
In-camera section, Vivo IQOO sports triple rear camera module with 13 megapixels Sony IMX263 secondary sensor + 12-megapixel primary sensor + 2-megapixel depth sensor. On the front, there’s a 12-megapixel camera sensor for video calling and taking beautiful selfies.
In China, the Vivo IQOO gaming smartphone carries a starting price tag of 2998 Yuan (~$447) for 6GB RAM+ 128 GB Internal storage. While 8GB RAM + 128 GB storage option will go for 3289 Yuan which roughly translates to $492. The last and the most mightier carrying 8GB RAM + 256 GB Storage will be available for 3598 Yuan (~$536).
It will go on sale tomorrow via Vivo online store and other retailers in China.
