iQOO has announced that the forthcoming iQOO 8 series would make its debut at the ChinaJoy event early next month. To begin, the ChinaJoy event will be held from July 30 to August 2, and we may anticipate seeing several iQOO 8-series phones there. Now, news about its display has leaked ahead of its unveiling, bringing us closer to the actual announcement.

According to a tipster, the iQOO 8 series will feature an E5 2K resolution display. It will be an LTPO panel with 10-bit color. The phone will also sport a high 120Hz screen refresh rate. Interestingly, it will be a variable refresh rate that will switch between 1Hz and 120Hz depending on the content consumed on the screen. Previous rumors suggested that it will be a large punch-hole panel.

Additionally, another popular tipster revealed that the iQOO 8 series will be the first to come powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus chipset. It is expected to be paired with 12GB of RAM and it will have an additional 4GB of virtual RAM support. As for the storage, it will have 256GB of onboard ROM.

The smartphone is expected to pack a 4,500mAh battery with a whopping 120W fast charging support. This will be an upgrade over the 4,000mAh battery in the predecessor iQOO 7.

Aside from that, the series is expectedto include an in-display fingerprint scanner and boot on OriginOS 1.0, which is based on Android 11.

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