The vivo iQOO is here. It is a gaming phone with monster specs, making it the
most powerful vivo up to date. It comes with Snapdragon 855, triple camera and
44W fast-charging.
The iQOO's official slogan is “Monster Inside”, and
vivo did ts best to provide some monster specs. RAM is up to 12 GB, while
storage goes as high as 256 GB. The screen comes with a 6.41” OLED panel with a
waterdrop notch and UD fingerprint scanner.
The 44W fast-charging support means you can charge
50% of the 4,000 mAh battery in 15 minutes, 85% in half hour and a full charge
will be done in 45 minutes. It is worth mentioning the cheapest variant with
6/128 GB memory will miss this feature and will come with 22.5W charging
support.
Since this phone is aimed at mobile gamers, it has
“super liquid cooling” which brings a vapor chamber. There are also plenty of
features to boost performance, such as AI Turbo, Center Turbo, Net Turbo,
Cooling Turbo, and Game Turbo, neatly wrapped in one service called
Multi-Turbo. They will boost app startup by 30%, frame rate with over 70%, and
automatic switch between Wi-Fi and 4G for non-stop gaming.
Mobile gamers and smartphone photographers might be
two different breeds, but vivo iQOO has something for the latter group as well.
There is a three-cam setup on the back with a 13 MP wide-angle lens and Sony
IMX263 sensor, a main 12 MP shooter with vivo’s own dual-pixel technology and a
2 MP depth sensor.
Pricing for vivo iQOO in Electric Blue or Lava
Orange begins at CNY 2,998 (US$ 450/€ 390) for the 6/128 GB phone. Going for 8 GB
RAM will set you back CNY 3,298 (US$ 490/€ 430), switching to 256 GB storage is
CNY 300 extra, and if you want the 12/256 GB monster, you have to dig deep and
pull out at least CNY 4,298, which is equal to US$ 640/€ 563. You can register for
the first flash sale, scheduled for March 6 at 10 AM local time.
