Chinese smartphone maker iQOO made its debut in India last year with the launch of iQOO 3. A year after its entry into the country, the company has now announced two new devices, namely iQOO 7 and iQOO 7 Legend Edition. The former is a rebranded iQOO Neo5 and the latter is slightly different than the original available in China.

iQOO 7 / iQOO 7 Legend Specifications and Features

Both the iQOO 7 and the iQOO 7 Legend flaunt a 6.62-inch FHD+ AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels (FHD+), 120Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch sampling rate, and an in-screen fingerprint sensor. The display on these phones supports 1300 nits peak brightness level, 6000000:1 contrast ratio, and HDR10+. The devices also sport a dedicated display chip called Intelligent Display Chip for real-time SDR to HDR conversion and MEMC.

Further, these smartphones are powered by two different chipsets coupled with LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage. The vanilla model features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 SoC and comes in two colors (Solid Ice Blue, Storm Black), whereas the Legend variant in association with BMW M Motorsport comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chip and a unique colorway.

Talking about optics, the duo sport a triple camera setup on the back and a centered punch-hole 16MP selfie camera on the front. The rear camera setup on the iQOO 7 includes a 48MP Sony IMX598 primary sensor with OIS, a 13MP 120° ultra-wide unit with support for macro mode (2.5cm focus distance), and a 2MP monochrome sensor.  On the other hand, the iQOO 7 Legend arrives with the same primary as well as the ultra-wide/macro camera, in addition to a 13MP tertiary sensor with a  2x telephoto lens.

On the connectivity front, the handsets support dual-SIM, 5G, dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth 5.1 (iQOO 7) / 5.2 (Legend), GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, NavIC – only in Legend), and NFC. They have all the essential sensors, such as an accelerometer, proximity sensor, gyroscope, ambient light sensor, and compass. But unfortunately, they lack a MicroSD card slot and a 3.5mm headphone jack. However, the phones do come with 4D vibration, dual-stereo speakers, Hi-Res Audio, and the largest vapor chamber cooling system (only iQOO 7 Legend).

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Lastly, the smartphones run Android 11-based Funtouch OS 11.1 and are backed by a  4,400mAh (iQOO 7) / 4000mAh (iQOO 7 Legend) battery with support for 66W fast charging.

iQOO 7 / iQOO 7 Legend Price and Availability

The iQOO 7 series will retail for the following price tags in India.

• iQOO 7

• • 8GB + 128GB – ₹31,990
  • 8GB + 256GB – ₹33,990
  • 12GB + 256GB – ₹35,990

• iQOO 7 Legend

• • 8GB + 128GB – ₹39,990
  • 12GB + 256GB – ₹43,990

Both the smartphones will be available for pre-order starting May 1 on Amazon India and iQOO.com/in. Pre-ordering customers can avail a flat ₹2,000 Amazon coupon and an additional ₹2,000 (iQOO 7) / ₹3,000 (iQOO 7 Legend) off on ICICI Bank credit/debit cards.

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iQOO is gearing up to launch a flagship smartphone in India this month. And going by iQOO India director Gagan Arora’s words, it should be sometime around the end of April. Now, the company has teamed up with popular YouTuber Gaurav Chaudhary(@TechnicalGuruji) to confirm the iQOO 7 Legend and reveal more details regarding the device.

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In a conversation with Gaurav on YouTube, Gagan has confirmed that two smartphones including iQOO 7 Legend will launch in India this month. Although he hasn’t talked much about the latter, reports say that it could be the iQOO Neo5 from China. Anyway, he says that the devices will debut somewhere at the end of April.

Talking about the ‘Made in India’ iQOO 7 Legend, Gagan also confirms that iQOO 7 Legend is designed in partnership with BMW M Motorsport and this news falls in line with a leak last week by Tech influencer Mukul Sharma.

Live images of the iQOO 7 Legend have also been shared in the video and it is the exact same one that launched in China as iQOO 7 Legendary edition. It has a white back panel with stripes of the BMW M Motorsport logo and a “Fascination meets Innovation” slogan.

Moving on, Gagan also talks more about how iQOO has been working on expanding its presence in India. He says that iQOO will bring multiple smartphones at different price points and users will be able to service their phones in select Vivo service centers in India in the future.

Also, he admits that iQOO, despite having separate philosophy, shares a manufacturing facility with Vivo.

iQOO 7 Legend is likely to feature a 6.62-inch AMOLED FHD+ centered punch-hole display with a 120Hz refresh rate, flagship Snapdragon 888 chipset paired with up to 12GB of RAM and UFS 3.1 storage, 48MP main lens, 16MP selfie camera, 4,000mAh battery, and Android 11 OS.

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• iQOO U3x 5G with 90Hz display, Snapdragon 480, 5,000mAh battery launched for 1,199 Yuan (~$184)

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