Last month, Vivo officially revealed that it will be launching iQOO Pro 5G in China in August. Now the company has confirmed that the iQOO Pro 5G will be debuting in China on August 22.
Vivo has taken to Weibo to confirm that the iQOO Pro 5G will be made official on August 22. The handset will be debuting as the first Vivo smartphone to support 5G connectivity.
The poster on Weibo just confirms the launch date, it does not reveal any specification of the upcoming smartphone. The iQOO Pro 5G will be an advanced version of the iQOO gaming phone which was launched in March this year in China.
Vivo iQOO Pro 5G is said to be powered by Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset. After the ASUS ROG Phone 2 and Xiaomi Black Shark 2 Pro, the iQOO Pro 5G will be the third smartphone to come with Snapdragon 855+ SoC. The phone will be the first Snapdragon 855+ fueled smartphone to come with support for 5G connectivity. For 5G, the SoC will be coupled with Snapdragon X50 5G modem.
The Vice President of iQOO brand, Feng Yufei has claimed that the iQOO Pro 5G will be coming improvement performance, better cameras, enhanced battery life, better gaming experience and impressive sound quality. It is expected that the upcoming phone will comes with some same specs as of Vivo iQOO.
The phone will feature a triple camera setup on its rear, and it will come equipped with an in-screen fingerprint sensor. The phone is said to be loaded with 4500mAh battery and it will come loaded with 44W ultra-fast flash charge support. The phone could have 6GB of RAM and 128 GB internal storage. Price-wise, the phone is expected to cost 4,498 Yuan.