vivo‘s independent brand iQOO recently launched the iQOO 9 series smartphones in the Chinese market, including the iQOO 9 5G and the iQOO 9 Pro. Now a new report has surfaced suggesting that the device will soon arrive in Indian markets.

According to an Indo-Asian News service (AINS) report, iQOO CEO Nipun Marya has stated that the iQOO 9 series will soon arrive in India. The announcement came alongside the revelation that iQOO 7 Legend will be the official smartphone for the finals of the ongoing Battlegrounds Mobile India Series (BGIS). The semi-finals are scheduled to start from January 7th and run till January 10th, while the tournament’s finals will start from January 13th. Rumors are also afloat that iQOO will make an announcement regarding the Indian launch of the iQOO 9 series devices during the finals of the Battlegrounds Mobile India Series.

The Indian variants of the iQOO 9 series are expected to arrive with the same specs featured in the Chinese variants that were launched on January 5th.

To recall, the iQOO 9 (Chinese variant) feature a 6.78-inch Samsung E5 AMOLED FHD+ display panel with a 120Hz refresh rate, up to 1500nit peak brightness, 100% P3 color gamut, and 1000Hz touch sampling rate.

The device comes housing the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset coupled with  8 GB / 12 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128 GB / 256 GB / 512 GB overclocked UFS 3.1 native storage.

The gaming-focused iQOO 9 features multiple cooling solutions like a 3923 mm2 super large area heat spreader, two split-flow power pumps to ensure chip heat dissipation, and a stacked waterfall VC three-dimensional heat dissipation system for accelerated heat conduction.

In the camera department, the iQOO 9 offers a 50MP primary camera, a 13MP ultra-wide-angle camera, and a 13MP portrait lens. A 16MP camera is provided on the front for selfies and video calls. The device is powered by a 4700mAh battery and comes with 120W fast charging support.

 

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