India’s first smartphone with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip, the iQOO 12, has now been officially launched. Alpha Black and Legend White colors will be available, with the latter sporting BMW Motorsport branding.
iQOO 12:
The iQOO 12 arrives with the same 6.78-inch 1.5K OLED BOE display on the front. It does come with an adaptive refresh rate of up to 144Hz with HDR10+ support. The display also features a whopping 3000 nits of peak brightness.
As expected the iQOO 12 will be powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC coupled with 8GB/12GB LPDDR5x RAM and 128GB/256GB/512GB UFS 4.0 storage space. The device will come with a 50MP OmniVision OV50H main sensor coupled with gimble stabilization. There is a 50MP Samsung JN1 ultra-wide with f/2.2 & 64MP OV64B telephoto lens (f/2.46) with 3x optical zoom & OIS. It also gets massive 100x digital zoom support.
There is a 16MP selfie shooter on the front. The new iQOO 12 will pack a 5000 mAh battery with a whopping 120W fast wired charging. It runs on Android 14 OS with FunTouch OS 14 on top.
It comes with stereo speakers with Hi-Res Audio support. The connectivity option includes Dual SIM with Dual 4G LTE, NFC, IR Blaster, 5G, A-GPS, GLONASS, Wifi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, and USB Type-C port. It measures 8.4mm thick and weighs 205g. The device also gets an IP64-rated chassis & extra-large X-axis linear motor for haptic feedback.
Pricing:
It is available in Legend and Alpha colors and priced at Rs. 52,999 for the 12GB + 256GB model and Rs. 57,999 for the 16GB + 512GB model.
Amazon.in and iQOO.com will sell the phone starting on December 14th, while priority pass users can order it on December 13th.
With HDFC and ICICI bank cards, you get an instant discount of Rs. 3000/-. There is a Rs. 3000 exchange bonus for non-vivo / iQOO phones and a Rs. 5000 exchange bonus for iQOO and vivo phones