The iQOO 13 is officially set to launch on Oct. 30 in China. At present, iQOO is receiving its pre-orders through online and offline retailer channels. The company has already confirmed the design and some of the key specifications of the iQOO 13. A recent leak claimed that the iQOO 13’s base model will be priced at 3,999 Yuan (~$560), meaning that there will not be a price hike compared to the iQOO 12 from last year. However, recent Weibo posts by Galant V, who is iQOO’s product manager in China, suggest that the iQOO 13’s price increase is inevitable.
iQOO 13 to cost more than its predecessor
According to the product manager, production costs for the iQOO 13 have risen by several hundred yuan, making a price increase inevitable. In a recent interaction with users on Weibo, he explained that setting the price below 3,999 yuan was no longer feasible due to these higher costs.
He also clarified that iQOO’s trade-in program, designed to help maintain device value, is limited to exchanges within the brand and likely won’t support trade-ins for Vivo devices.
According to reports, the iQOO 13 will feature a 6.82-inch flat BOE screen with 2K resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. For security, it has an in-screen fingerprint sensor.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite chip will be present under the hood of the iQOO 13. Rumor has it that the device’s highest variant could come with 16 GB of LPDDR5x RAM and 1 TB of UFS 4.0 storage. In China, it will run on Android 15 and OriginOS 5. It will feature a 6,150mAh battery with 120W rapid charging. For photography, it will arrive with three 50-megapixel cameras on the back.
The iQOO 13 is also expected to be released in the global market soon after its Chinese launch. It is expected to break cover in the first week of December in the global market.
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