iQOO 9 series with Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chip to launch in India soon | Digit

iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro are said to launch in India soon, as per a report by news agency IANS. The iQOO 9 series was launched on January 5 in China and as per Nipun Marya, CEO, iQOO, it’s headed to India very soon. Both the iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chipset along with a triple camera setup on the back and support 120W fast charging. The iQOO 9 series will follow the iQOO 7 and iQOO 7 Legend which launched in India last year. The iQOO 7 Legend was one of the highest-scoring phones in our tests for which it was awarded during the Digit Zero1 Award 2021. Here’s everything you need to know about its successors, the iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro.

iQOO 9 Pro specifications

The iQOO 9 Pro features a 6.78-inch QHD+ AMOLED display with upto 120Hz refresh rate and a punch-hole notch cutout for the 16MP selfie camera up front. The phone measures 8.8mm and weighs around 204 grams. 

It is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chip and is paired with upto 12GB RAM and 512GB storage options to choose from. It runs on Android 12 based Origin OS but global variants will likely receive Funtouch OS.

It has triple cameras on the back with a 50MP main camera with gimbal OIS, a 16MP telephoto camera with 2.5x optical zoom and a 50MP ultra-wide camera with 150-degree FOV. The rear cameras can record in 4K UHD at upto 60FPS.

There are stereo speakers onboard along with an in-screen fingerprint sensor. The iQOO 9 Pro is equipped with a 4,700mAh battery that supports 120W fast wired charging, 50W fast wireless charging and 10W reverse charging.

iQOO 9 specifications

The iQOO 9 features a 6.78-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with upto 120Hz refresh rate support. It measures 8.4mm in thickness and weighs 206 grams. The phone shares a lot in common with the iQOO 9 Pro.

It runs on the same Snapdragon 8 Gen1 chip as the iQOO 9 Pro and has the same 50MP primary camera. This is followed by a 13MP ultra-wide camera with 120-degree FOV and a 12MP telephoto camera with 2x optical zoom.

The rest of the features remain the same including the presence of an in-display fingerprint reader and battery capacity along with 120W fast wired charging support. Though, the standard iQOO 9 does not support wireless charging.

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