iQOO has officially introduced iQOO 12 and iQOO 12 Pro smartphones in China, as it had promised. The phone pack a 6.82-inch 2K+ 144Hz flat screen that uses BOE’s Q10 luminous material, and has 2592Hz full high-frequency dimming.
The phone is powered by Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC with optimizations by working with Qualcomm, and claims 3.15 million points on AnTuTu. Naraka: Bladepoint mobile game supports 60fps action mode, and Dark Zone Breakout mobile game has 90fps support with ray tracing, said iQOO.
There is Q2 Self-developed chip, which promises PC-level 2K texture super-resolution, VAA anti-flicker technology, and native 144FPS frame rate. The iQOO 13 supports up to 16GB LPDDR5X Ultra RAM and up to 1TB UFS 4.0 storage. There is new 360° surround antenna.
The phone has aviation grade aluminum middle frame, the largest 7K ultra-large VC vapor chamber in iQOO’s history with brand-new dual-drive heat dissipation design. The startup speed is 3 times faster than the mainstream VC in the industry, greatly improving the thermal cycle efficiency, said the company.
There is halo light around the camera deco, which is turned off by default and can be turned on easily. It adapts to the atmosphere effect of game scenes and supports color, scene, dynamic, and 72 effects.
The iQOO 13 features a 50MP 1/ 1.49″ main camera with Sony IMX921 sensor, NICE 2.0 algorithm, 50-megapixel ultra-wide-angle and 50-megapixel 3x periscope telephoto camera. The phone packs a 6150mAh third-generation silicon carbon battery, and it has 120W fast charging that can charge up to, but it doesn’t have wireless charging support.
iQOO 13 specifications
- iQOO 12 Pro – 6.78-inch (3168×1440 pixels) Quad HD+ curved BOE Q10 LTPO AMOLED 20:9 aspect ratio screen with HDR10+, 144Hz variable refresh rate, 1.07 billion colors, DCI-P3 color gamut, up to 1800 nits brightness in HBM mode, up to 4500 nits peak brightness, 2592Hz PWM dimming
- Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Elite 3nm SoC with Adreno 830 GPU
- 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5X RAM with 256GB / 512GB / 1TB (UFS 4.0) storage
- Android 15 with OriginOS 5.0 (China) / Funtouch OS 15 (Global)
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 50MP camera with 1/ 1.49″ Sony IMX921 sensor, f/1.88 aperture, OIS, LED flash, 50MP 150° ultra-wide-angle camera with f/2.0 aperture, 50MP 119.4° telephoto camera with f/1.85 aperture, 1/2.93” IMX816 sensor, OIS, up to 4x lossless zoom
- 32MP front-facing camera with f/2.45 aperture
- In-display Ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, infrared sensor
- USB Type-C audio, Stereo speakers, Hi-Fi audio
- Dimensions: 163.37× 76.71×7.99mm (Track Edition) / 8.13mm (Other editions);Weight: 207g (Track Edition) / 213g (Other Editions)
- Dust and Water resistance (IP68+IP69)
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 7 802.11 be, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS: L1+L5, Beidou: B1C+B1I+B2a, GLONASS: G1, Galileo: E1+E5a, QZSS: L1+L5, USB Type-C 3.2 Gen1, NFC
- 6150mAh battery with 120W ultra-fast flash charging
Pricing and availability
The iQOO 13 comes in Legend, Track, Nado Grey and Green colours. Pricing as follows.
- iQOO 13 12GB + 256GB – 3999 yuan (USD 561 / Rs. 47,190 approx.)
- iQOO 13 16GB + 256GB -4299 yuan (USD 604 / Rs. 50,730 approx.)
- iQOO 13 12GB + 512GB -4499 yuan (USD 631 / Rs. 53,090 approx.)
- iQOO 13 16GB + 512GB -4699 yuan (USD 659 / Rs. 55,450 approx.)
- iQOO 13 16GB + 1TB -5199 yuan (USD 730 / Rs. 61,350 approx.)
The phone is now on sale in China, with the Green version available from November 11th.