iQOO just launched the iQOO 12, the company’s latest flagship smartphone in India, as it had promised. The phone has a flat 6.78″ 1.5K 144Hz LTPO AMOLED screen with 2160Hz PWM dimming, peak brightness of up to 3000 nits, and is the first phone to be powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC in India.
The phone has an aviation-grade aluminum middle frame, the largest 6010 mm² ultra-large VC vapor chamber in iQOO’s history, and 11 temperature sensors to monitor the temperature changes of the entire device in real time. The phone has Q1 Self-developed chip that offers frame sensing technology, real-time monitoring of load, precise scheduling and distribution, and matching large, medium and small cores for game threads with different load requirements
It runs Android 14 with Funtouch OS 14 on top, and the company has promised 3 years of Android OS updates and 4 years of security updates, same as older flagships.
The phone has a 50MP 1/1.3-inch main camera, 50-megapixel ultra-wide-angle and 64-megapixel 3x periscope telephoto camera. There is second-generation OIS, and use multi-frame fusion algorithm and bionic night sky algorithm for the best sky shots in seconds.
The Alpha is inspired from blackness comes a faint, cool beam, like a lightning-fast racing car that leaves all its competition far behind in a plume of dust sparkling under the sunlight. The legend edition features tricolor patterns that embody the ultimate pursuit of performance and control. It packs a 5000mAh battery with support for 120W fast charging.
iQOO 12 specifications
- 6.78-inch (2800 × 1260 pixels) 1.5K flat LTPO AMOLED 20:9 aspect ratio screen with HDR10+, 144Hz variable refresh rate, up to 1400 nits brightness in HBM mode, up to 3000 nits peak brightness, 2160Hz PWM dimming
- Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 4nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 750 GPU
- 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5X RAM with 256GB / 512GB (UFS 4.0) storage
- Android 14 with Funtouch OS 14
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 50MP camera with Omnivision OV50H sensor, f/1.68 aperture, OIS, LED flash, 50MP 150° ultra-wide-angle camera with Samsung JN1 sensor, f/2.0 aperture, 64MP 3x telephoto camera with f/2.57 aperture, Omnivision OV64B sensor, OIS, up to 100x digital zoom, up to 8K video recording
- 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.45 aperture, 1080p video recording
- In-display fingerprint sensor, infrared sensor
- USB Type-C audio, Stereo speakers, Hi-Fi audio
- Dimensions: 163.22× 75.88×8.1mm;Weight: 203.9g
- Dust and splash resistance (IP64)
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 7 802.11 be, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS：L1+L5，B1C+B1I+B2a, GLONASS：G1 Galileo：E1+E5a，QZSS：L1+L5, USB Type-C, NFC
- 5000mAh battery with 120W ultra-fast flash charging
Pricing and availability
The iQOO 12 comes in Legend and Alpha colours and is priced at Rs. 52,999 for the 12GB + 256GB version and the 16GB + 512GB version costs Rs. 57,999.
The phone will be available from Amazon.in and iQOO.com starting from December 14th and priority pass users can get it from December 13th.
Launch offers
- Rs. 3000 instant discount with HDFC and ICICI bank cards
- Rs. 3000 exchange bonus for non vivo / iQOO and Rs. 5000 for iQOO and vivo phones