iQOO, the sub-brand of Vivo for premium gaming-focused smartphones, is all set to launch a limited edition smartphone — iQOO 3 5G Transformers Edition. After a few leaks, the company has now officially confirmed that the phone will be launched on 1st June.
Apart from confirming the launch date, the company has also released an image of the smartphone, showcasing the upcoming model’s design. As we can see in the image, there’s a Transformers logo on the phone’s back panel along with iQOO branding.
A vertical line with text “Monster Inside” is in the top-half of the phone. It seems that the company has adopted to offer a carbon-fibre texture on the smartphone but looking at the image, there could a glass layer on top.
For this new iQOO 3 5G Transformers Edition, we expect the company to include a custom-branded accessories in the box as well as a custom theme for the smartphone. However, its just a speculation from our side and to know for sure, we’ll have to wait for the official launch event on 1st June.
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As for the specifications, the iQOO 3 5G smartphone features a 6.44-inch HDR10+ complaint S-AMOLED display that offers Full HD+ screen resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels and 20:9 aspect ratio. The phone comes with an under-display fingerprint sensor which the company claims can unlock the device in just 0.31 seconds.
There’s carbon fibre VC liquid cooling technology onboard that can effectively reduce surface temperature by 3.5-degree Celsius and CPU temperature by 12-degree Celsius. The device is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 SoC, along with LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage.
The device also has “Monster Touch” buttons that can be used to map gaming functions such as shoot, jump, fly, etc. In the camera department, the smartphone features a quad-camera setup that consists of a 48-megapixel main shooter, a 13-megapixel ultra-wide lens, a 13-megapixel telephoto sensor and a 2-megapixel portrait lens. On the front side, the device features a 16-megapixel selfie camera.
There’s also Multi-Turbo technology for boosting the phone’s performance while gaming. It also offers other gaming friendly features such as 180Hz touch response rate, 4D in-game vibrations, and Ultra Game Mode.
For enhanced audio experience, the iQOO 3 is equipped with AK4377A Hi-Fi audio chipset and Hi-Res audio certification. The Android 10 OS is pre-loaded on the device along with iQOO UI 1.0 custom skin. The iQOO 3 smartphone is fuelled by a 4,400mAh battery that supports 55W Super FlashCharge technology.
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