Its official Vivo’s sub-brand iQoo is bringing its flagship series to India on April 26. The Chinese smartphone company has officially announced the launch of the upcoming iQoo 7 series to the country. Recently, the company revealed that the lineup will be available for purchase from Amazon.in when it launches later in the country this month. The Series will include two new devices iQoo 7 and iQoo 7 Legend. To recall, the devices have already been launched in China earlier this year.
The iQOO 7 Legend has also been listed on Amazon.in and is designed in partnership with BMW M Motorsport. The phone features the iconic colour stripes on the back. The company has not yet shared more details about the launch, but we expect them to be revealed very soon.
As said, the iQOO 7 Series will be available on Amazon.in at an expected starting price of ₹ 40,000. Taking a fast recap of the pricing iQoo 7 was launched in China with a price tag of CNY 3,798 that translates to Rs 43,100 for the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage option while the 12GB RAM with 256GB storage was offered at CNY 4,198 that changes to Rs 47,600.
Speaking of the specifications, the iQoo 7 is expected to share similar specs with that of the Chinese variant. The 5G mobile phone will run OriginOS for iQoo on top of Android 11. It will feature a 6.62-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display with 1,080×2,400 pixels of resolution. The 120Hz refresh rate panel will offer a 91.4 percent screen-to-body ratio, and a 20:9 aspect ratio. Under the hood, there will be an octa-core Snapdragon 888 SoC paired with 12GB of RAM.
For photos and videos, there will be a triple camera setup on the back of iQoo 7 that includes a 48-megapixel primary sensor with f/1.79 aperture, a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens with f/2.2 aperture and a 13-megapixel depth sensor with f/2.46 aperture. The 5G smartphone by iQoo will pack a 16-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture.
The phone is fuelled by a 4,000mAh battery with 120W fast charging support. But it is not known if the 120W faster charger will come in the box at this price point. For the connectivity, it includes 5G, 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.2, GPS/ A-GPS, NFC, and a USB Type-C port. This will be another entrant in the fast-growing gaming smartphone arena, where Asus ROG and OnePlus have already launched their respective contenders this year.
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