Vivo‘s iQOO Pro 5G smartphone was launched on August 22 alongside a 4G variant. The phone is the first 5G mobile phone from Vivo’s sub-brand and features the latest Snapdragon 855 Plus processor. It also comes with a fairly cheap price tag of ¥3198 (~$452) for the 8GB + 128GB variant.
The design, hardware and pricing of the iQOO Pro set it up to be a highly sought after model. The 4G version was opened for pre-orders on Suning Tesco on the same day and is billed to go on sale on August 29. While the presale for the 5G version opened today with the 5G version scheduled to go on sale on September 2. Suning mobile phone has come out to announce that the pre-order exercise was done and dusted in just 1 second! iQOO also confirmed this but we can’t figure out how that could happen. It is possible, though, that the company was only open to accepting pre-orders based on the number of units expected for the first batch of sales. As usual, the number of pre-orders wasn’t revealed. So, it is safe to accept this as one of the regular marketing gimmicks. Make no mistake, though, the iQOO Pro 5G will be a hot-selling phone.
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The iQOO Pro features a 6.41-inch Super AMOLED display with FHD+ resolution of 2340×1080 pixels. The phone also has a 12GB RAM+256GB storage variant. There is a Sony IMX582 48MP primary camera on the back along with a 13MP 120° ultrawide angle camera and a 2.0MP depth sensor. While at the front there is a 12MP sensor. The phone comes with features like AI Scene 2.0, 2.5CM macro photography and AI Portrait.
The iQOO Pro equally packs a 4500mAh battery under the hood with support for Vivo’s 44W Super FlashCharge technology. The phone runs Monster UI based on Android 9 out of the box. There is also the Jovi Assistant with IoT on board too, NFC with Vivo Pay, and the new Turbo Network Acceleration technology that allows you to connect to two Wi-FI connections at the same time (2.4GHz + 5GHz). The iQOO Pro also has an audio jack along with a dedicated audio chip for Hi-Res audio.
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