On Feb. 25, iQOO confirmed that it will be announcing the iQOO Neo5 smartphone on March 16 in China. Since then, the company has revealed its key information on its display, chipset, battery size, and fast charging capabilities. A promo video of the Neo5 released today by the company has revealed its front and rear design.
The promo video shows that the screen of
the iQOO Neo5 produces realistic colors. As it can be seen, it has a small
round-shaped selfie camera cutout at the top-center position. iQOO has
confirmed that the Neo5’s screen has an independent display chip to offer an
accurate visual experience. It supports FHD+ resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate,
1300nits brightness, 6000000:1 contrast ratio, HDR10+, and an in-screen
fingerprint reader.
The blue-colored back panel of the iQOO
Neo5 has a vertically aligned camera array along with an LED flash. Rumors are
rife that it has a Sony IMX589 48-megapixel primary camera with OIS support.
The main lens could be accompanied by a 13-megapixel ultrawide lens with
120-degree FOV, and a 2-megapixel macro shooter. For selfies, it may possess a
front camera of 16-megapixel.
iQOO has officially confirmed that the
iQOO Neo5 is powered by the Snapdragon 870 chipset and it has UFS 3.1 storage.
The phone is backed by a 4,400mAh battery that supports 66W fast charging. The
iQOO Neo5 could be featuring up to 12 GB of LPDDR4x RAM. It may offer users up
to 256 GB of native storage. It will come preinstalled with Android 11 OS. The
handset is speculated to battle with other SD870 SoC-powered phones like Redmi
K40 and Motorola Edge S in the home market. Hence, its base model may cost
1,999 Yuan (US$ 308).
