iQOO Neo 855 with SD855 and 33W charger announced

In China, Vivo's gaming sub-brand iQOO announced the Neo 855. Basically, it is the upgraded version of the first Neo with SD845.

iQOO Neo 855

Upgraded Neo!

The iQOO Neo 855 comes in Purple, Aurora White, Black colors with the 2.84GHz Snapdragon 855 octa-core processor paired with Adreno 640 GPU based on the 7nm manufacturing process.

iQOO also improved its charging protocol with a USB-C 33W charger coming from 22.5W. According to the company, it should fill its 4,500mAH battery 30 percent faster than its predecessor.

The company also added a liquid cooling system and a Cooling Turbo thermal management feature designed to "efficiently dissipates" heat across the whole device to keep the performance smooth always.

The rest is similar to the first Neo. It uses a 6.38-inch Super AMOLED panel with halo notch. It also has an In-Display fingerprint reader, 6GB RAM/64GB UFS 2.1 storage and up to 8GB RAM/256GB UFS 3.0 storage.

On the camera part, it still highlights a triple-cam setup with 12MP f/1.79 Sony IMX363 sensor with Dual Pixel, 8MP f/2.2 108-degree ultra-wide camera, and a 2MP f/2.4 depth camera. For selfies, it is one of the few with a 12MP f/2.0 shooter with Dual Pixel tech.

It runs with Android 9 Pie OS with Funtouch OS 9 skin. It also has a few game booster software like the Game Magic Box and Game Space 2.5.

The price starts at CNY 1,998 (around PHP 14K) for the 6GB/64GB variant in China. The top-end 8GB/256GB edition retails for CNY 2,698 (around PHP 19.5K).

Pre-order is until October 31.

There's no word if it will be available in other parts of the world yet though.

Source: Vivo