Vivo’s gaming-focused sub-brand, iQOO has announced its latest flagship phones for launch in India, the iQOO 9 and 9 Pro. Like previous iQOO devices, they don’t look like conspicuously gamer-style phones but are focused on performance nonetheless. iQOO is pushing that in its marketing through a tie-in partnership with BMW M Motorsport and a white model with three rally stripes.
The gaming-focused sub-brand of Vivo (A very big phone manufacturer based in China) iQOO Has just announced the latest flagship phones For India. The two devices, iQOO 9 and 9 Pro Don’t look like very gamer Ish style phones, but they are very much focused on performance.
iQOO is Rarely trying to make it clear by making very big steps in their marketing through a partnership with BMW and a white model with three rally stripes. The iQOO 9 Pro does come equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor and up to 12GB of RAM Also, with a not-so-big 4,700mAh battery, Although it comes with an average-sized 6.78-inch 1440p 120Hz OLED panel, the camera system includes a 50-megapixel ultrawide, a 16-megapixel portrait camera, and a 50-megapixel main sensor that uses gimbal-style stabilization Which is pretty bang on considering there are not a lot of phones with built-in gimbal in it. It can be charged at 120W which is staggeringly fast.
The iQOO 9 comes with a Snapdragon 888 Plus processor, a 4,350mAh battery, and a 6.56-inch 1080p 120Hz OLED screen. The smaller camera bump houses a 48-megapixel main camera, a 13-megapixel ultrawide, and a 13-megapixel portrait camera. The phone still has 120W wired charging, but without wireless charge.
In India, the iQOO 9 Pro will cost ~$870 for a model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, or ~$940 for 12GB/256GB. The iQOO 9 is ~$580 for 8GB/128GB and ~$630 for 12GB/256GB. The phones will be available from March 2nd.