Earlier this year, Vivo’s subsidiary iQOO launched the iQOO 7 series featuring flagship specs at an affordable price. Now, just after 8 months of its release, the Chinese phone maker is slated to launch its successor dubbed iQOO 8.

The smartphone arrived in the leaks a few times and it was only recently when iQOO officially started teasing the device. Amidst these leaks, iQOO confirmed the launch of the device for August 17 in China. Today, we’re rounding up all the details we’ve learned so far about the upcoming iQOO 8 series.

iQOO 8 Rumor Roundup: What to Expect?

The iQOO 8 series was first surfaced last month where the company posted a teaser for the phone’s launch. It confirmed the moniker of the smartphone and also enticed all the iQOO fans around the world. Soon after its first leak, the phone was teased at the ChinaJoy 2021 event held late last month.

Display and Design

As of now, it is confirmed that iQOO will launch two devices in the series – the iQOO 8 and iQOO 8 Pro. Both phones will boast similar designs and the overall look is expected to be identical to the predecessor iQOO 7.

According to a teaser, the smartphones will feature a punch-hole display panel that will sport a high 120Hz refresh rate. Now, a freshly leaked image straight from the iQOO has surfaced online which meticulously revealed entire display details.

The iQOO 8 Pro is expected to feature a 6.78-inch Samsung E5 LTPO display panel with a 10-bit color depth. The screen is touted to have support for 2K resolution. On the other hand, the iQOO 8 is expected to feature a smaller 6.56-inch display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 92.76 % screen-to-body ratio.

Cameras on the iQOO 8 series 

Moving to the cameras, the smartphone series is expected to feature a triple rear camera system and a single front camera setup. The rear camera system of the Pro model will be led by a 50MP primary lens, a 48MP ultra-wide sensor, and lastly a 16MP telephoto sensor. iQOO teased that the phone will come with Vivo’s VIS five-axis stabilization for videos.

The vanilla iQOO 8 is touted to come with the same triple camera system with a 48MP main sensor, and two 13MP lenses for ultra-wide and portrait shots.

Hardware and Software

iQOO 8 series is rumored to come powered by the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ chipset. Recently, the Pro model appeared on the Geekbench portal where the phone scored a whopping 1118 single-points and 3572 multicore points. It was seen in two configurations – 8GB LPDDR5 RAM + 256GB UFS 3.1 storage variant and 12GB LPDDR5 RAM + 512GB UFS 3.1 storage variant. It will run on Android 11 out of the box.

The smartphone series just appeared on China’s 3C confirming the phone’s 120W flash charging feature. It is also touted to have a 4,500mAh battery phone with 50W wireless and 10W reverse wireless charging support.

Moreover, the iQOO 8 is expected to have an optical fingerprint scanner, whereas, the Pro model is touted to feature an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor.

Pricing, color variants, and availability 

The smartphone series will launch tomorrow i.e. August 17 in China and is expected to come under the CNY 5,299(~$818) range. It is expected to come in standard Grey color and is also touted launch in special BMW edition.

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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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Chinese smartphone brand iQOO is expected to launch the iQOO 8 series as soon as early August. Ahead of that, these handsets will be showcased at an upcoming conference in China. This piece of information comes directly from the company’s official Weibo account.

A few hours back, the official iQOO Weibo account shared a teaser poster for the next iQOO series of smartphones. As per the teaser image, the forthcoming handsets will be presented at the ChinaJoy conference, which is scheduled to take place from July 30 to August 2 in Shanghai.

The company is yet to officially reveal the name of these devices. However, multiple leaks have suggested them to carry iQOO 8 branding.

According to previous reports, one of the iQOO 8 series models will sport a QHD+ display with a resolution of 3200 x 1440 pixels. It will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ SoC paired with 12GB RAM, 4GB virtual RAM, and 256GB storage. As for software, it will run OriginOS 1.0 for iQOO based on Android 11.

Since the current-gen iQOO 7 series features a similar design and specs as the vivo X60 series, the upcoming iQOO 8 will be mostly identical to the vivo X70 series.

What do you expect from the iQOO 8 series? Do let us know in the comment section below.

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