vivo iQOO Neo5


vivo has officially introduced the iQOO Neo5 - its latest gaming smartphone with a Snapdragon 870 platform, effectively becoming the first device of the company with the new Qualcomm chipset. Other impressive specs of the phone include ultra-fast charging, 120Hz refresh rate and 1000Hz touch sampling rate.

The vivo iQOO Neo5 impressive refresh rate is on a 6.62" OLED panel of Full HD+ resolution. It is HDR10+ certified and is advertised to have a peak brightness of 1,300 nits. On the inside, vivo coupled the Snapdragon 870 chip with 8/12 GB RAM and 128/256 GB UFS 3.1 storage.

One of the more attractive features of the gaming phone is the 66W fast-charging for the 4,400 mAh battery. The bundled adapter also supports 45W PD for all other compatible devices. The camera department rarely is important with gaming smartphones, so vivo decided to go easy and brought a 48MP f/1.8 main and 13MP ultrawide units in addition to two 2MP modules of limited use. The front-facing camera is hidden behind a punch hole and has a 16MP sensor.

iQOO Neo 5 5G specifications

  • 6.62-inch (2400×1080 pixels) Full HD+ AMOLED 20:9 aspect ratio screen with HDR10+, 120Hz refresh rate, 105% NTSC color gamut, up to 1,300 nits brightness
  • Octa Core (1 x 3.2GHz + 3 x 2.42GHz + 4 x 1.8GHz Hexa) Snapdragon 870 7nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 650 GPU
  • 8GB LPDDR5 RAM with 128GB (UFS 3.1) storage, 8GB  / 12GBLPDDR5 RAM with 256GB (UFS 3.1) storage
  • Android 11 with OriginOS
  • Dual SIM (nano + nano)
  • 48MP camera with IMX598 sensor, f/1.79 aperture, LED flash, OIS, 13MP 120° ultra-wide sensor with f/2.2 aperture, 2.5cm macro support, 2MP mono sensor with f/2.4 aperture
  • 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
  • In-display fingerprint sensor
  • USB Type-C audio, Stereo speakers, Hi-Fi audio
  • Dimensions: 163.34x 76.37x 8.43mm; Weight:196g
  • 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5.1, GPS/GLONASS, USB Type-C
  • 4,400mAh (Typical) battery with 66W superfast flash charging

The iQOO Neo 5 5G comes in Black, Cloud Blue and Pixel Orange colours. It starts at 2499 yuan (US$ 384) for the 8GB RAM with 128GB storage version, 8GB RAM with 256GB storage version costs 2699 yuan (US$ 415) and the top-end 12GB RAM with 256GB storage version costs 2999 yuan (US$ 461).