iQOO has officially introduced iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro smartphones in China as it had announced. The iQOO 9 Pro has a 6.78-inch Quad HD+ Samsung E5 AMOLED curved screen with LTPO 2.0 technology, support for 10bit color, peak brightness of1500nit, variable refresh rate of 120Hz and 1000Hz touch sampling rate. The iQOO 9 has a 6.78-inch FHD+ Samsung E5 AMOLED flat screen with 120Hz refresh rate. Both the phones are powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 with large 3926mm² stacked waterfall VC three-dimensional heat dissipation system.
The iQOO 9 Pro features ultrasonic 3D fingerprint sensor with a large 578mm² area, so the efficiency is higher and faster than the optical fingerprint scanner.
Both the models feature a 4700mAh dual-cell battery with 120W ultra-fast flash charging that can charge up to 100% in 19 minutes, and the Pro model also has 50W wireless flash charging and 10W reverse charging. The 120W mini charger uses a new material gallium nitride, weighs just 35g, and supports PD3.0 and PPS protocols, and is convenient to carry.
iQOO 9 specifications
- 6.78-inch (2400×1080 pixels) Full HD+ AMOLED 19.8:9 aspect ratio screen with HDR10+, 120Hz refresh rate, 1.07 billion colors, DCI-P3 color gamut, up to 1500 nits brightness
- Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 4nm Mobile Platform with Adreno next-gen GPU
- 8GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB (UFS 3.1) storage / 12GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB / 512GB (UFS 3.1) storage
- Android 12 with OriginOS Ocean
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 50MP camera with f/1.75 aperture, 1/1.57″ Samsung GN5 sensor, LED flash, 13MP 120° ultra-wide Samsung ISOCELL 3L6 CMOS sensor with f/2.2 aperture, 13MP portrait camera with Sony IMX663 sensor, f/1.98 aperture, 2x optical zoom, 20x digital zoom
- 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.45 aperture
- In-display fingerprint sensor
- USB Type-C audio, 0.53cc Stereo speakers, Hi-Fi audio
- Dimensions: 164.55x 76.7x 8.37mm;Weight: 206.1g
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6 802.11 ax, Bluetooth 5.2,GPS/GLONASS, USB Type-C, NFC
- 4700mAh (Typical) battery with 120W ultra-fast flash charging
iQOO 9 Pro specifications
- 6.78-inch (3200 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD+ cuved E5 LTPO AMOLED 20:9
aspect ratio screen with HDR10+, 1-120Hz variable refresh rate, 1.07 billion colors, DCI-P3 color gamut, up to 1500 nits brightness - Octa Core Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 4nm Mobile Platform with Adreno next-gen GPU
- 8GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB (UFS 3.1) storage / 12GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB / 512GB (UFS 3.1) storage
- Android 12 with OriginOS Ocean
- Dual SIM (nano + nano)
- 50MP camera with f/1.75 aperture, 1/1.57″ Samsung GN5 sensor, gimbal stabilization, LED flash, 50MP 150° ultra-wide Samsung GN5 sensor with f/2.27 aperture, 16MP 60mm equivalent portrait camera with f/2.23 aperture, OIS, 2.5x optical zoom, 30x digital zoom
- 16MP front-facing camera with f/2.45 aperture
- In-display fingerprint sensor
- USB Type-C audio, 0.87cc Stereo speakers, Hi-Fi audio
- Dimensions: 164.81×75.2x 8.83mm (Legend Edition) / 9.21mm (standard);Weight: 209.98g (Legend Edition) / 203.92g(standard)
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6 802.11 ax, Bluetooth 5.2,GPS/GLONASS, USB Type-C, NFC
- 4700mAh (Typical) battery with 120W ultra-fast flash charging, 50W wireless charging and 10W reverse wireless charging
Pricing and availability
The iQOO 9 comes in Black, Orange and Legendary colours and is priced at 3999 yuan (US$ 629 / Rs. 46,675 approx.) for 8GB + 256GB, 4399 yuan (US$ 692 / Rs. 51,415 approx.) for 12GB+256GB and 4799 yuan (US$ 755 / Rs. 56,090 approx.) for 12GB+512GB.
iQOO 9 Pro comes in Orange and Legendary colours and costs 4999 yuan (US$ 786 / Rs. 58,430 approx.) for 8GB + 256GB, 5499 yuan (US$ 865 / Rs. 64,195 approx.) for 12GB+256GB and 5999 yuan (US$ 943 / Rs. 70,030 approx.) for 12GB+512GB. Both the models are now available to order and will go on sale in China from January 12th.