Last month, we reported that Vivo’s sub-brand for premium gaming smartphones could be launching a sequal to its iQOO Neo smartphone soon which will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor.
Today, the company has confirmed that the iQOO Neo 855 variant, which will be powered by the Snapdragon 855 SoC, will get launched in its home market China on 24th October. To know the pricing and availability details, we’ll have to wait for the official launch.
The smartphone was earlier spotted on the benchmarking platform Geekbench which reveals that the device scored 3,516 points in the single-core test and 11,262 points in the multi-core test. The upcoming smartphone is also said to pack 8GB of RAM and will be running Android 9 Pie operating system out-of-the-box with a custom user interface.
It is also rumored to come with an in-display fingerprint sensor and thus could have an OLED display panel with a waterdrop notch. The phone is expected to be powered by a 4,500mAh battery with support for 33W rapid charging instead of 22.5W fast charging.
For those who are unaware, the iQOO Neo was launched in July this year powered by the Snapdragon 845 SoC as a cheaper and affordable model of the Vivo iQOO flagship gaming smartphone. Now, the company is set to launch a new variant of the same which is powered by the more recent Snapdragon 855 processor. Although Qualcomm has also launched SD855+ SoC, which is the latest chipset from the company.
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Currently, the top-end model of iQOO Neo with 8GB RAM + 128GB storage is priced at 2,298 Yuan (~$327). On the other side, the 6GB RAM + 128GB storage edition is the base model which is priced at 2,698 Yuan (~$375). Thus, the iQOO Neo SD855 model could be priced at 2,298 Yuan and 2,698 Yuan. However, this is just a speculation and to know for sure, we’ll have to wait for a few more days.
As for the specifications of the iQOO Neo, the smartphone comes with a waterdrop notch-enabled 6.4-inch Super AMOLED display that has a fingerprint embedded under the display. The Snapdragon 845 mobile platform is assisted by 6GB or 8GB of RAM and the phone comes in 64GB and 128GB storage editions.
The FunTouch OS 9-based Android 9 skin customized for the brand runs on the iQOO Neo. The rear side of the smartphone has a 12-megpaixel + 8-megapixel + 2-megapixel triple camera system and for shooting selfies, it has a front camera of 12-megapixel. The 4,500mAh battery powers the smartphone along with 22.5W fast charging technology.
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