iQOO 15 teaser campaign starts ahead of possible late September unveiling
The rumors were true - iQOO's next flagship smartphone won't be called iQOO 14, but iQOO 15. Undoubtedly, tetraphobia is to blame. Today the brand has officially confirmed the name as it started the teaser campaign for the upcoming device on Weibo.
If you're wondering why so early - the iQOO 13 was announced in October of last year, after all, and was only released in November - here's the plot twist. Rumor has it the iQOO 15 will be one of the first devices to launch with the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 SoC on board.
That chipset is getting official on September 23. Chinese leaker Digital Chat Station on Weibo is now claiming that the iQOO 15, along with the Xiaomi 16 series, the Honor Magic8 series, and the Realme GT 8 Pro, will all scramble to launch in China before October 1.
And iQOO starting to talk about the 15 today definitely seems to lend credence to this hypothesis. The brand hasn't revealed any specs yet, it just announced a competition taking place on August 1 in Shanghai, where winners will get an iQOO 15.
According to past rumors, the iQOO 15 will have a 6.85-inch QHD+ Samsung-made flat LTPO OLED screen, a 50 MP periscope telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom, an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor, and support for 100W wired charging. It may also get wireless charging. vivo iQOO 13 256GB 12GB RAM ₹ 54,998
₹ 54,998 512GB 16GB RAM ₹ 59,998
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