A couple of weeks ago, Vivo-backed premium smartphone maker iQOO had launched its latest flagship phones in the market — iQOO 8 and iQOO 8 Pro. While the iQOO 8 went on sale a a couple of days aog, iQOO 8 Pro goes on sale from today, in China.
It comes in three memory variants — 8GB RAM with 256GB storage which is priced at 4,999 yuan (~$771) while the 12GB RAM with 256GB storage costs 5,499 yuan (~$848). On the other hand, the top-end variant with 12GB RAM and 512GB storage is priced at 5,999 yuan (~$925). The phone comes in two color options — Racing and Legend.
The smartphone features a new Samsung E5 AMOLED display, making it the first device in the world to have this screen. It measures 6.78-inch and offers 120Hz LTPO curved panel with 3200 x 1440 pixels resolution. There’s a 10-bit color temperature, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, and a contrast ratio of up to 8,000,000:1.
Under the hood, the device comes powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ chipset, coupled with 12GB LPDDR5 RAM and 512GB UFS 3.1 storage. There’s also an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor with a wider sensing area and is claimed by the company to be able to unlock the device in just 0.2 seconds.
As for the camera department, the phone features a 50MP Sony IMX766V f/1.75 1.0µm PTZ primary camera with a 7P lens, PDAF, and 23mm focal length, along with a 48MP f/2.2 114° ultrawide angle camera with 6P lens, and a 16MP telephoto camera. The front-facing camera is a 16MP sensor for taking selfies and video calling.
It comes powered by a dual-cell 4,500mAh battery and supports 120W fast wired charging, 50W wireless fast charging, and 10W reverse wireless charging. This makes it the first iQOO smartphone with support for wireless charging.
The company is now gearing up to launch the iQOO 8 series smartphones in the Indian market as the Indian variant of the Pro model was recently spotted, hitting at its launch in the country next month.
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