Vivo decided to expand its iQOO lineup
outside the world of flagships and brought the iQOO Z1 and iQOO U1 phones with
midrange chips and even more aggressive pricing.
However, the iQOO U1 has no 5G, despite
being launched in the quickly developing 5G market of China, so now the company
is fixing this - a device said to be vivo iQOO U1 5G appeared on TENAA with
specs and images.
The Chinese regulatory does not reveal the
actual chipset, only the CPU - it says 2 GHz. One might think this is the
Dimensity 800 platform by Mediatek, however, looking at the images and the rest
of the specs, we can see that the iQOO U1 5G (officially listed as V2019A)
looks exactly like a the vivo Y70s with Exynos 880 chipset.
There is a 48 MP main snapper, a secondary
8MP cam, and a 2 MP depth sensor. Other specs include a 6.53” LCD, a 4,500 mAh
battery and according to 3C, there is an 18W charger alongside. All these specs
are also in line with the vivo Y70s, so it looks like the Chinese company has
decided to copy one of its regular affordable smartphones, slap an iQOO name
and UI on it, and call it and re-release it.
