Hot on the heels of giving Indian buyers the first dibs at Qualcomm’s fastest chip, iQOO has started teasing its next launch— the iQOO Neo 9. The Vivo spin-off has taken to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to confirm the imminent launch highlighting the line-ups big marquee features, power and design.
The iQOO Neo 9 series was launched in China in late December. There are two phones, iQOO Neo 9 and iQOO Neo 9 Pro though iQOO doesn’t explicitly say if it’s bringing both to India. Grapevine has it that iQOO may launch the Chinese iQOO Neo 9 as the iQOO Neo 9 Pro in India and while it may seem like a downgrade on the basis of naming, here’s the thing: the Neo 9 brings Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, a 144Hz display and 120W fast charging at a price of under Rs 30,000. So, go figure.
Cut to the chase, pro or not, the Neo 9 line-up packs a lot of phone for a lot less money and could give phones like the Poco X6 Pro and OnePlus 12R a run for money in the coming days. But we’ll see.
iQOO Neo 9 Pro, Neo 9 China specs
The iQOO Neo 9 Pro sold in China is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 9300 chip and has a 6.78-inch 144Hz LTPO AMOLED display with a 1.5K resolution and up to 1,400 nits of peak brightness and HDR10+ playback support.
You get a dual camera setup in this phone with a 50-megapixel wide and another 50-megapixel ultrawide. Rounding off the package is a 5,160mAh battery with 120W fast charging support.
The Neo 9 swaps the pro’s Dimensity 9300 with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and the 50MP ultrawide with a watered down 8MP shooter while keeping everything else as is mostly.
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