Thanks to the help of Asus, Qualcomm released its first phone ever made for the community of Snapdragon Insiders. The Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders is a flagship with amazing specifications, but its price is all but affordable. Is it really worth spending all that money for a device like that or you can find awesome flagships at much better prices? If you are searching for a flagship killer and you saw the iQOO 8 by Vivo, you may be asking yourself this question. We will try to answer it through this comparison between the specifications of the Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders and the iQOO 8.

Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders vs Vivo iQOO 8

Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders Vivo iQOO 8
DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT 173.2 x 77.3 x 9.6 mm, 210 grams 159 x 75.1 x 8.6 mm, 200 grams
DISPLAY  6.78 inches, 1080 x 2400p (Full HD+), AMOLED  6.56 inches, 1080 x 2376p (Full HD+), AMOLED
PROCESSOR Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, octa-core 2.84 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, octa-core 2.84 GHz
MEMORY 16 GB RAM, 512 GB 8 GB RAM, 128 GB – 12 GB RAM, 256 GB
SOFTWARE  Android 11  Android 11, OriginOS
CONNECTIVITY Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth 5.2, GPS
CAMERA Triple 64 + 8 + 12 MP, f/1.8 + f/2.4 + f/2.2
24 MP f/2.5 front camera		 Triple 50 + 13 + 13 MP
16 MP f/2.5 front camera
BATTERY 4000 mAh, fast charging 65W 4350 mAh, fast charging 120W
ADDITIONAL FEATURES Dual SIM slot, 5G Dual SIM slot, 5G

Design

Despite it is a more affordable phone, the iQOO 8 has a way more attractive design than the Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders. While the Qualcomm phone has thick bezels around the display, the iQOO 8 comes with a very high screen-to-body ratio and a punch-hole design, as well as an original rear side made with a pattern that reminds of carbon fiber in the Black color option. Those thinner bezels and the punch-hole display make the iQOO 8 more futuristic; further, it has more compact dimensions since it comes with thinner bezels and a smaller display.

 

Display

If you are searching for the best display, then the Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders is definitely a better choice. First of all, it comes with a higher refresh rate: up to 144 Hz. It also offers the HDR10+ certification (instead of the HDR10 found on the iQOO 8) and a wider display diagonal with 6.78 inches. It even sports a higher brightness with peaks of 1200 nits, as well as better protection thanks to Gorilla Glass Victus that is the latest protection by Corning. Note that the iQOO 8 has an in-display fingerprint reader, but its rival does not, despite it comes with an OLED panel. The Asus Phone for Snapdragon Insiders has a rear-mounted fingerprint reader, but its quality is higher because it is an ultrasonic sensor. With the Asus Phone for Snapdragon Insiders, you also get better audio thanks to stereo speakers with the Snapdragon Sound system.

 

Specs & Software

The Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders and the iQOO 8 are powered by the same processor: the octa-core Snapdragon 888 mobile platform built at 5 nm with a max frequency of 2.84 GHz. But the Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders has a superior memory configuration which consists of 16 GB of RAM and 512 GB of UFS 3.1 native storage. The top-end memory configuration of the iQOO 8 includes just 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of native storage. Note that iQOO 8 has a customized user interface (OriginOS), while the Snapdragon Phone runs stock Android.

 

Camera

The Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders has a superior camera department as well. The rear camera is triple and includes a 64 MP main sensor with OIS, a telephoto sensor with OIS and 3x optical zoom, and a 12 MP ultrawide camera. The camera is able to record 8K videos at 30 fps and 4K videos at 60 fps. The iQOO 8 still comes with a nice camera including a 50 MP main sensor and a pair of 13 MP lenses including a telephoto camera and an ultrawide sensor, but they are inferior cameras compared to the Snapdragon Phone.

 

 

Battery

The iQOO 8 is equipped with a bigger battery coming with a capacity of 4350 mAh, so it is able to offer a longer battery life on a single charge. Further, it has a faster charging technology with a power of a whopping 120W. Unfortunately, the Asus Phone for Snapdragon Insiders has just 4000 mAh and its battery life is below average. It supports 65W fast charging which is great, but inferior to the iQOO 8 in terms of charging speeds.

 

Price

The starting price of the iQOO 8 for the Chinese market is €500/$600, while you need almost €1300/$1550 to purchase the Asus Phone for Snapdragon Insiders in the global market. The Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders is a superior phone if we exclude battery life and charging speeds. But given its very high price, the iQOO 8 is a better deal.

 

 

Asus Phone for Snapdragon Insiders vs Vivo iQOO 8: PRO and CONS

Asus Smartphone for Snapdragon Insiders

PRO

  • Amazing speakers with Snapdragon Sound
  • Better cameras
  • 144 Hz display
  • Wider panel

CONS

  • Price
  • Smaller battery

 

Vivo iQOO 8

PRO

  • More affordable
  • Bigger battery
  • Faster charging
  • In-display fingerprint reader

CONS

  • Inferior cameras

 

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