iQoo 8 Series Teased to Feature 120W Fast Charging, Pro Model Also Gets 50W Wireless Charging

iQoo 8 Pro model will feature a 50-megapixel primary sensor along with a 48-megapixel sensor with an ultra-wide-angle lens.

By Vineet Washington | Updated: 13 August 2021 12:56 IST

iQoo 8 Series Teased to Feature 120W Fast Charging, Pro Model Also Gets 50W Wireless Charging

Photo Credit: Weibo/ iQoo

iQoo 8 series will support 120W fast charging, at least in China

Highlights

iQoo 8 series will launch on August 17
iQoo 8 Pro will support 10W reverse wireless charging
iQoo 8 is said to cost CNY 5,299 (roughly Rs. 60,700)

iQoo 8 series will feature 120W fast charging and the Pro model will additionally come with 50W wireless charging, the company has confirmed. iQoo 8 series is set to launch in China on August 17 and the company has been teasing specifications of the two phones. The iQoo 8 and iQoo 8 Pro will be the two models in the series with the latter having a BMW M Sport colourway. Recently, the company teased the design for the Pro model with the BMW M Sport livery.

The Vivo-sub brand iQoo will be launching its flagship iQoo 8 series in China on August 17. The company's latest teaser for the upcoming phones revealed via Weibo says that both models — iQoo 8 and iQoo 8 Pro — will feature 120W fast charging. The Pro model will also support 50W wireless fast charging and 10W reverse wireless charging.

Notably, the iQoo 7 series models launched in China also feature 120W fast charging but the Indian variants only pack 66W fast charging support.

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Till now, the iQoo 8 series has been confirmed to come with Samsung's E5 display with a 2K resolution. The two models will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ SoCs, LPDDR5 RAM, and UFS 3.1 storage. iQoo 8 Pro will feature a 50-megapixel primary sensor along with a 48-megapixel sensor with an ultra-wide-angle lens. The phone will feature a triple rear camera setup but the details for the tertiary sensor are unclear.

The company has also shown off the design of the iQoo 8 Pro's BMW M Sport colorway and it comes with the iconic tri-colour strip at the back.

As per leaked pricing for the iQoo 8 Pro, the phone is said to cost CNY 5,299 (roughly Rs. 60,700) for the 8GB RAM + 256GB storage model.

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The iQoo 8 could soon launch in India with a known tipster recently claiming that a model number associated with the phone spotted in an IMEI database listing is of the Indian variant of the vanilla model.

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iQoo 8

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Display 6.56-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Front Camera 16-megapixel

Rear Camera 48-megapixel + 13-megapixel + 13-megapixel

RAM 8GB, 12GB

Storage 128GB, 256GB

Battery Capacity 4350mAh

OS Android 11

Resolution 1080x2376 pixels

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iQoo 8 Pro

KEY SPECS
NEWS

Display 6.78-inch

Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+

Front Camera 16-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 48-megapixel + 16-megapixel

RAM 8GB, 12GB

Storage 256GB, 512GB

Battery Capacity 4500mAh

OS Android 11

Resolution 1440x3200 pixels

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