Earlier this month, the Vivo gaming sub-brand launched their iQOO 9 series of phones in China. Now, the smartphones are all ready to launch in India soon. According to a recent leak, the smartphones may go official as early as by the end of this month itself in the country. If not, they could launch sometime in February as well.
Moreover, rumours and leaks surrounding the series pricing in India have already surfaced online. But now famous youtube, Technical Guruji, has shared a video hinting at its price and launch timeline.
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iQOO 9 series Launch and Price in India Leaked Once Again!
According to Technical Guruji, the series will launch later this month in India. The YouTuber also suggests the series will include the vanilla iQOO 9, iQOO9 Pro, and iQOO 9 SE. The latter might be the cheapest smartphone in the lineup, retailing around Rs. 35,000. Whereas, the vanilla model and the Pro model are expected to cost around Rs. 45,000 and Rs. 55,000, respectively, for the base variant.
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Previous reports have suggested that the iQOO 9 Pro model may come with a 6.78-inch curved LTPO AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh and a QHD+ resolution. The Chinese model has a 50-megapixel + 50-megapixel + 16-megapixel triple camera system and a 16-megapixel selfie lens. It houses a 4,700mAh battery and 120W fast charging support.
Whereas, the iQOO 9 for India, may have the iQOO8(China model) specs. But these will be slightly different. The iQOO 8 has a 6.56-inch AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and FHD+ resolution. It has a 48-megapixel + 13-megapixel + 12-megapixel triple rear camera system and a 16-megapixel selfie snapper. The phone packs a 4,350mAh battery and has support for 120W fast charging.
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Moreover, the iQOO 9 SE will flaunt a 6.6-inch AMOLED display with Full HD+ resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, the handset is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor. iQOO 9 SE houses a 48-megapixel triple camera setup on the back and a 16-megapixel snapper on the front. It could pack a 4,500mAh battery that supports 65W fast charging. The SE model shares similar specifications to iQOO Neo 5S debuted in China last year.
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