In August, iQOO launched the iQOO 8 and iQOO 8 Pro flagship phones in China. Since then, several reports have claimed that iQOO will be launching the iQOO 8 series in India in the succeeding month. It was speculated that these devices will launch as iQOO 8 and iQOO 8 Legend. Tipster Debayan Roy, who had previously speculated on the India launch of the iQOO 8 series has now claimed that these phones may not launch in India.
At present, the iQOO 8 series of smartphones are only available in China. Reports from October claimed that the iQOO 8 and iQOO 8 Legend will launch around early November in India. Moreover, the Indian variant of the iQOO 8 series have been previously spotted at Geekbench, Google Play Console, and even at the BIS certification site.
While these listings hinted at the India launch of the iQOO 8 lineup, the company haven’t yet released a single teaser in India. If the company still has any plans to launch the iQOO 8 series in the country, it may soon release some teasers in the coming days.
The China wing of the brand is now reportedly working on the iQOO 9 lineup. This year, the company announced the iQOO 7 and iQOO 7 Pro in January. Hence, it is likely that these models will be replaced by the iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro in January 2022.
The iQOO 9 Pro could be equipped with the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chip. There is no word on the processor of the iQOO 9.
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