There are three smartphone launch events scheduled for next week. Two of them will take place in India, while the remaining one will be held in China.
All three conferences will be headed by three different brands, namely Oppo, iQOO, and Xiaomi. Only iQOO’s announcement will include new handsets, while the other two companies will be debuting existing devices in a new market.
Let’s take a look at all of these upcoming phones one by one.
Upcoming Smartphones Next Week
1. Oppo Reno 8 Series
Oppo has scheduled to launch the Oppo Reno 8 series in India on July 18. The event will begin at 6 PM IST and will be live streamed on YouTube.
According to leaks and teasers, the Oppo Reno 8 coming to India will be the same as the original model sold in China. Whereas, the Oppo Reno 8 Pro for India will be a rebranded Oppo Reno 8 Pro Plus from China. The former will be powered by a Mediatek Dimensity 13000 SoC, while the latter will house a Mediatek Dimensity 8100-MAX chipset and a MariSilicon X NPU chip for image processing.
The handsets will be accompanied by Oppo Enco X2 truly wireless earphones and Oppo Pad Air tablet.
2. iQOO 10 Series
The iQOO 10 series is planned to go official on July 19 in China. The launch event for the phones will start at 7:30 PM CST and will be live streamed on Weibo and other leading video streaming platforms in the country.
The lineup is expected to include two models: iQOO 10 and iQOO 10 Pro. Both of them will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 SoC and will house a Vivo V1+ chip for image processing.
The two devices will come with minor upgrades over their predecessors. Finally, the iQOO 10 Pro will be presented as the world’s first smartphone to carry 200W fast wired charging support.
3. Redmi K50i
Xiaomi has confirmed to launch the Redmi K50i in India on July 20. The conference will start at 12 PM IST and will be live streamed on Youtube.
As per teasers and leaks, the Redmi K50i for India is nothing but a rebranded Redmi Note 11T Pro sold in China. This handset also goes by the name of Poco X4 GT in some markets.
Talking about features, it will come with a 6.6-inch 144Hz display (LCD), Mediatek Dimensity 8100 chipset, LPDDR5 RAM, UFS 3.1 storage, 64MP (wide) + 8MP (ultra-wide) +2MP (macro) triple camera setup, 16MP selfie camera, dual stereo speakers, 5,080mAh battery, and 67W fast charging support.
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