Vivo’s sub-brand for premium gaming smartphones — iQOO has been teasing the launch a new smartphone — iQOO Neo SD855 variant. The phone is all set to go official in its home country China today at 19:00 PM local time.
Now, hours before the phone’s official launch, the company has shared a render of the upcoming smartphone, revealing a new color variant — Iceland Aurora. It is a gradient color option with a combination of lighter shade of Blue and Purple colors.
From the previously shared information, it has already been known that the smartphone will come in two more color options — Purple and Black. Through company’s teasers and several leaks, the upcoming phone’s specifications are already known.
It has been already confirmed that the iQOO Neo SD855 will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 octa-core processor and will pack 4,500mAh battery that will come with support for 33W fast charging.
The specifications of the device, leaked through the TENAA listing, reveals that the phone will be featuring a 6.38-inch AMOLED display that supports Full HD+ screen resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels. The renders of the phone in the listing reveals that the device will have a waterdrop notch on top of the display.
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Along with the SD855 SoC clocked at 2.84GHz, the smartphone will also come with 6GB and 8GB RAM variants and three storage options to choose from — 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB. The company has already confirmed that the device will come with UFS 3.0 storage. However, there won’t be microSD card slot for expanding the storage capacity on the device.
Coming to the camera setup, the device will have a triple-camera setup on the back, consisting of a 12-megapixel primary sensor, an 8-megapixel secondary wide-angle sensor, and a 2-megapixel tertiary depth sensor. On the front side, it is expected to come with a 12-megapixel snapper.
The smartphone will be offered in three colors — Carbon Black, Electro-optic Purple, and Icelandic Aurora. The iQOO Neo Snapdragon 855 Edition is now up for reservation in China and will be available for purchase from 1st November.
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