iQOO started off as a subbrand of Vivo when it was announced last year. Its first smartphone was a gaming phone called the iQOO, though some did refer to it as the Vivo iQOO. It followed it up with the iQOO Neo, a super affordable phone with a Snapdragon 845 processor. It also announced the iQOO Pro, and its first 5G smartphone, the iQOO Pro 5G. Afterward came the iQOO Neo 855 and the iQOO Neo 855 Racing.
It has been confirmed that iQOO will begin selling its phones in India this year but as a standalone brand and not a line of smartphones owned by Vivo. In an official press statement, the new company revealed it will launch a flagship phone in India in February. A new leak has revealed what may be the official name of the phone.
According to Sudhanshu Ambhore (@Sudhanshu1414), iQOO’s upcoming flagship will be called the iQOO 3 and it turns out its specs were already leaked last week by @Digital Chat Station.
— Sudhanshu (@Sudhanshu1414) January 26, 2020
Going by the Weibo post, the iQOO 3 will have a 6.44-inch 2400 x 1080 Samsung OLED display with a small punch hole at the top right corner. While most manufacturers are going for a higher refresh rate, the phone will have a 60Hz refresh rate.
Inside the device is the Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform which will be paired with a 5G modem. Based on this, the iQOO 3 will be the manufacturer’s second 5G device. The leaker says the phone will have 48MP quad cameras on the rear arranged in a grid matrix (rectangular housing) and positioned on the left side of the phone.
The iQOO 3 will have a 4410mAh battery capacity, which should be marketed as 4500mAh. While the battery capacity has remained unchanged from that of its predecessors, save for the original iQOO phone, the leak said the iQOO 3 will have support for 55W Fast Charge. This means it will be able to charge faster than the original iQOO which supports 44W fast charge and charges from empty to full in 45 minutes.
While Digital Chat Station does have a good track record, we advise you to take this with a grain of salt as the above specs are for a prototype and the specs of the final product may be different.
iQOO says it will announce a flagship phone in India next month powered by the Snapdragon 865 processor. The phone may launch first in China before India. However, it may arrive in India under a new name and not as the “iQOO 3”. The reason for this is because none of the trademarked names by the company in India includes the name iQOO 3.
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