The iQoo 12 Pro and iQoo 12 featuring Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC were launched in China in November last year. Now, sub-brand Vivo is reportedly working on the iQoo 13, with a tipster suggesting that there will be no Pro model this year. The leak also sheds some light on the specs of the rumoured iQoo 13. The standard variant is said to feature a 2K resolution display and could be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC.
Tipster Digital Chat Station (translated from Chinese) on Weibo Posted some details about an upcoming iQoo flagship smartphone. The tipster’s answer to a question suggests that he is talking about the standard iQoo 13. It is said to feature a 2K resolution display and an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor. It could be powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC and is likely to have an IP68 certified build.
DCS doesn’t give us any details on the launch date of the phones, but he does suggest that if the iQoo 13 comes with these proposed specs, the Pro model will be dropped from the series.
The iQoo 13 is expected to be one of the first smartphones to come with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC. The iQoo 12 series was one of the first smartphones to arrive with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC last year. The global launch of the upcoming phone could be a few weeks behind its Chinese launch.
The iQoo 12 series was launched in China in November 2023. A month later, the standard iQoo 12 was launched in India with a price tag of Rs. 52,999 for the 12GB + 256GB configuration.
The iQoo 12 features a 6.78-inch quad-HD (1,260×2,800 pixels) LTPO AMOLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate. It has a triple camera setup on the back, led by a 50-megapixel primary camera and a 16-megapixel selfie camera. It is backed by a 5,000mAh battery with support for 120W fast charging.
