Vivo‘s subsidiary, iQOO, has just released the sample images from its upcoming flagship smartphone, the iQOO 3. Earlier today (19th February 2020), the company revealed that the handset’s rear camera setup and has now also unveiled a few sample images for the public online.

The images were posted by the company’s official Weibo account, a Chinese microblogging website, and were shared to offer a glimpse of the iQOO 3’s photographic prowess. According to the post, the images were captured using the 50mm professional portrait lens that is featured on the iQOO 3 smartphone. The new portrait lens will enable users to take more natural looking portrait shots and will have noticeably less distortion compared to the previous iterations.

Furthermore, the sample images revealed have also been captured using the ultra wide angle lens, macro and other modes of the iQOO 3. It has been claimed that the images shared are untouched and have not been edited in any form or manner. Looking at the images, it is clear that iQOO, which is an abbreviation for I Quest On and On, is aiming to further advance in the smartphone photography department.

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Sample Images from the 50mm professional portrait lens

For those unaware, the iQOO 3 is the company’s latest upcoming flagship smartphone and will arrive with top notch specs like LPDDR5 and UFS 3.0 flash memory alongside Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 SoC. The smartphone will be officially announced at 14:30 in the afternoon on 25th February 2020 in a launch event from iQOO, which will be held in China.

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Sample Images from the Macro Lens

Many other brands like Realme follow a similar strategy to include capable image sensors as their target demographics are the youth. So it comes as no surprise that improvements to its imaging capabilities will likely be one of iQOO’s primary marketing elements. So stay tuned for more updates regarding the smartphone and the launch event.