ViVivo iQOO 16 has been officially released on September 29, 2026.

Product Main Features:

The vivo iQOO 16 5G measures 163.8 × 76.9 × 8.3 or 8.6 mm and weighs between 222.5 and 229.8 grams, depending on the variant. It features a glass front, aluminium frame and either a glass-fibre reinforced plastic or glass back. The international variant supports dual Nano-SIM and eSIM connectivity, with a maximum of two active SIMs at a time, while the Chinese variant supports dual Nano-SIM connectivity.

It comes with an IP68/IP69 rating for dust and water resistance, including high-pressure water jets and immersion up to 1.5 metres for 30 minutes. It features a 6.85-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 1440 × 3168 pixels and approximately 508 ppi density. The screen supports one billion colours, a 165Hz refresh rate, 3300Hz PWM dimming, Dolby Vision, HDR10+ and HDR Vivid.

Brightness reaches 2800 nits HBM, with a claimed 10,000 nits peak measured at an isolated spot during video playback. Powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset, built on a 2nm process, the phone runs Android 17 with OriginOS 7. It comes with 12GB or 16GB RAM and storage options of 256GB, 512GB or 1TB, using UFS 4.1 technology. Memory card expansion is not supported.

The triple rear camera setup includes a 50MP primary sensor with PDAF and OIS, a 50MP periscope telephoto camera with OIS and 3x optical zoom, and a 50MP ultrawide camera with autofocus. Camera features include LED flash, HDR and panorama. Video recording supports up to 8K at 30fps, 4K at 60fps and 1080p at 240fps, with gyro-EIS. On the front, there is a 32MP selfie camera with HDR and 4K video recording at up to 60fps.

Audio features include stereo speakers, 24-bit/192kHz Hi-Res audio and Snapdragon Sound support, but there is no 3.5mm headphone jack. Connectivity options include dual-band Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4 or 6.0 depending on the variant, NFC, an infrared port, GPS, GLONASS, BDS, Galileo, QZSS and USB Type-C 3.2 with OTG support. An ultrasonic under-display fingerprint sensor is also included.

Vivo iQOO 16 packs an 8400mAh silicon-carbon battery with 100W wired charging, PPS and PD support, along with 40W wireless charging and bypass charging. Available colours include Dark Blue, Silver and Chasing the Light.

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