At the beginning of the previous month, Vivo had
announced the iQOO gaming smartphone. The smartphone comes in multiple RAM
variants like 6 GB, 8 GB and 12 GB. The highest variant of the smartphone
featuring 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB is called iQOO Monster Knight Black Edition.
This variant was expected to go on sale in the previous month, but the company
had released the all new 12 GB RAM + 128 GB storage variant instead. iQOO Vice
President Feng Yufei has now confirmed that its sales will begin on May 16.
Yufei has took to Weibo to confirm that the
reservations of the iQOO Monster Knight Black Edition will start on May 13. The
official sales of the phone will begin on May 16. Yufei has also shared some
images of the smartphone to showcase its appearance. It will be available with
a price tag of 4,298 Yuan (US$ 638).
The iQOO Monster Knight Black Edition has a carbon
texture design underneath its matte glass body. It is equipped with a red
colored power key. The very look at the device has a gaming phone like appeal.
The handset will be available only in Black color.
The Vivo iQOO smartphone has a 6.4-inch AMOLED
display with waterdrop notch. It carries support for full HD+ resolution and
19.5:9 aspect ratio. The handset comes with an in-screen fingerprint reader.
The smartphone draws power to perform from the Snapdragon 855 mobile platform.
The iQOO gaming smartphone is packed with a 4,000mAh
battery. It is blessed with support for 44W rapid charging technology which
takes only 15 minutes for the smartphone to gain 50 percent power. The handset
is equipped with multi-layer heat dissipation system.
The rear shell of the iQOO smartphone has a vertical
triple camera unit that includes a Sony IMX363 12-megapixel primary sensor, a
13-megapixel wide-angle lens and a 2-meapixel depth sensor. It has a
front-facing camera of 12-megapixel.
The Vivo iQOO gaming phone comes in multiple options
such as 6 GB RAM + 128 GB storage, 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage, 8 GB RAM + 256 GB
storage and 12 GB RAM + 128 GB storage. These models are respectively priced at
2,998 Yuan (US$ 445), 3,298 Yuan (US$ 489), 3,598 Yuan (US$ 534) and 3,698 Yuan
(US$ 549). Among these only the base variant carries support for 22.5W fast
charging. Except for both the 12 GB RAM variant that come in Black color, the
other models can be purchase in Optic Blue and Lava Orange colors.
