The iQoo 12 Pro and iQoo 12 with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC were launched in China in November last year. Now, the Vivo sub-brand is reportedly working on the iQoo 13 with a tip that there will be no Pro model this year. The leak also sheds some light on the specifications of the rumored iQoo 13. The standard variant is expected to come with a 2K resolution display and could be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC.
Tipster Digital Chat Station (translated from Chinese) on Weibo has released some details about the upcoming iQoo flagship smartphone. The tipster’s answer to the question suggests that he is talking about the standard iQoo 13. It is said to have a 2K display and an in-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. It could run on a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC and is likely to have an IP68 certified version.
While DCS isn’t giving us any details on the phone’s launch timeline, it does hint that if the iQoo 13 comes with these suggested specs, the Pro model would be dropped from the lineup.
The iQoo 13 is expected to be among the first smartphones with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC. The iQoo 12 series was among the first smartphones to arrive with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC last year. The global launch of the upcoming phone could lag behind the Chinese launch by a few weeks.
The iQoo 12 series was launched in China in November 2023. A month later, the vanilla 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 rear camera setup led by a 50-megapixel primary camera and a 16-megapixel selfie camera. It is equipped with a 5000mAh battery with 120W fast charging support.
