iQOO 12 Series launched: 6.78-inch 144Hz OLED, SD8G3, and 5,000mAh Super Graphite Battery!

iQOO introduces a new high-end device in the form of the iQOO 12 series. Another phone bearing Qualcomm's latest chipset.

The iQOO 12

iQOO 12 Series launched!

To start, there are two versions namely the base iQOO 12 and the 12Pro. Both of which come with plain colors of Black, Red, or White on the rear cover and you can also notice a large camera island in an odd square shape.

At the front, the vanilla 12 features a 6.78-inch 1.5K OLED screen with 2160Hz PWM dimming, 144Hz refresh rate LTPO, and 3,000 nits of max brightness. On the other hand, the Pro variant comes with a similar display size but now a Quad HD+ Samsung E7 AMOLED panel. While the rest of the screen features are identical too.

The iQOO 12 Pro

Inside, it has a 4nm 3.3GHz Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with a New Adreno GPU. It is paired with 12GB/16GB of RAM and 256GB/512GB/1TB storage options. However, the Pro version won't have a 12GB RAM option.

The phones are also equipped with a Q1 self-developed chip that provides frame sensing technology, real-time monitoring of load, and accurate scheduling and distribution and matching large, medium, and small cores for game threads with different load requirements. As per iQOO, a 1 hour of gaming in ultra settings will reach a maximum of 40.5 degrees Celsius of temperature.

For battery, both feature 5,000mAh capacity, iQOO says they are using what they call the Super Graphite Battery which uses negative electrode graphite reconstruction tech, added with multiple electrode plate cold pressing technology to further increase energy density and have higher discharge capacity. As for charging they are using 120W powerbrick for wired and supports 50W wireless charging.

In the camera department, they are identical as well. The phones feature a 50MP 1/1.3-inch primary shooter + 50MP ultra-wide-angle sensor + 64MP 3x periscope telephoto shooter. The phones also support 2nd gen OIS anti-shake tech, reaching CIPA 4.5 level, and use multi-frame fusion algorithm and bionic night sky algorithm to achieve desired sky shots.

For selfies, they are equipped with a 16MP f/2.45 front-facing shooter.

Comes with IP68 rating

Other features mentioned are the In-Display fingerprint for the base 12 and the Ultrasonic fingerprint for the 12 Pro. They are also equipped with IP68 rating and stereo speakers with Hi-Fi audio. To handle thermals, it has a 6K ultra-large VC vapor chamber and 11 temperature sensors to monitor temperature fluctuations in real-time. Moreover, they have efficient performance scheduling and remarkable heat dissipation as iQOO claims.

Connectivity-wise, they are similar as well with 5G SA/NSA, dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 7 (2.4GHz/5GHz), Bluetooth 5.4, GPS, and dual SIM support.

For OS, the two phones run Android 14 with Origin OS 4.0 or Funtouch OS 14.

China price with direct to PHP conversion (no taxes and duties yet):

iQOO 12 12GB/256GB - CNY 3999 (around PHP 30.1K)

iQOO 12 16GB/512GB - CNY 4299 (around PHP 32.4K)

iQOO 12 16GB/1TB - CNY 4699 (around PHP 35.4K)

iQOO 12 Pro 16GB/256GB - CNY 4999 (around PHP 37.6K)

iQOO 12 Pro 16GB/512GB - CNY 5499 (around PHP 41.4K)

iQOO 12 16GB/1TB - CNY 5999 (around PHP 45.2K)

The two smartphones are going to be available for order on November 14 while the sale begins on November 24 in China. Unfortunately, iQOO remains unavailable in the Philippines.

Source: FoneArena