Earlier this year, in the month of January, Vivo-backed iQOO launched its latest flagship smartphone, dubbed iQOO 9 Pro. Soon after that, the company also announced a special edition variant of the device.

Now, the iQOO 9 Pro Legendary Collector’s Edition smartphone is available for purchase in the Chinese market. It packs 12GB RAM and 512GB of internal storage and carries a price tag of 5,999 yuan which is about $950. This model comes with a free legendary version of the wireless flash charging base.

The smartphone features a 6.78-inch Samsung E5 AMOLED LTPO display panel with 2K screen resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, and a peak brightness of up to 1500nit. It also has a 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, and a 1000Hz instant touch adoption rate.

Under the hood, the device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, coupled with 12GB RAM and 512GB internal storage. There’s a full-sensing control system 3.0 while the dual-control pressure-sensing area under the screen has been increased.

As for the camera, the device features a 50-megapixel primary camera with an outsole gimbal, along with another 50-megapixel fisheye ultra-wide-angle lens with support for 150° ultra-wide-angle shooting. The third sensor is a 16-megapixel telephoto portrait lens.

It runs the Android operating system out-of-the-box with the company’s own custom user interface on top. The iQOO 9 Pro Legendary Collector’s Edition is powered by a 4,700mAh battery and comes with support for 120W fast charging, 50W wireless charging, and 10W reverse wireless charging.

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A day before Christmas, iQOO confirmed to launch the iQOO 9 series on January 5 in China. Today, one of the brand executives revealed that the company will continue its partnership with BMW M Motorsport for the new generation of smartphones as well. Hence, there will be a special edition, which has been already exposed by the first-look teaser.

According to Justin Jian, product manager of iQOO, the iQOO 9 series will have a BMW M Motorsport Limited Edition like the previous generations. At the same time, he also says that the new logo of the high-performance car manufacturer is ‘really cool’ and he is not wrong at all.

Anyway, this logo will not be embossed on the special edition smartphone just like its predecessors. But it will be found in promotional materials. Further, although the brand has not confirmed it yet, the special edition will be most likely based on iQOO 9 Pro, similar to older models.        

Since we are still a little over a week away from the launch, we expect to learn more about the iQOO 9 series in the coming days via certifications, leaks, and teasers. So far, we know that at least, one of the phones will be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset.

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