iQoo 12 was launched by the corporate in India right now and is the corporate’s newest flagship telephone to debut within the nation. The Chinese smartphone maker beat Xiaomi, OnePlus, and different OEMs to launch the primary smartphone with Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in India — additionally it is paired with the corporate’s in-house Q1 coprocessor. This smartphone will compete with upcoming flagship telephones such because the OnePlus 12 and Xiaomi 14 which are each anticipated to launch in India within the coming weeks.
The firm has launched its newest flagship handset in Alpha and Legend colourways. The former is black with an AG Glass rear panel, whereas the Legend — that is the mannequin we obtained for evaluate — is white with a white colored porcelain enamel glass materials. Unlike its predecessor — the iQoo 11 5G — this flagship handset doesn’t have the elongated BMW Motorsport-inspired racing stripes throughout the rear panel.
iQoo 12 is obtainable in Alpha and Legend (pictured) colourways
The iQoo 12 has flat metallic edges which are clean with a barely curved rear panel that’s straightforward to carry. It has a flat 6.78-inch LTPO AMOLED show with very slim bezels on all 4 edges and iQoo says the show has a peak brightness of 1,400 nits (3,000 nits in excessive brightness mode) — you may see the contents of the display screen clearly even in vibrant daylight.
This is a telephone with a big show, and it is difficult to achieve for the highest of the display screen with one hand — I’ve pretty giant arms. There’s a built-in characteristic that scales down the show output to the decrease nook which helps just a little, however you can find your self utilizing the telephone with each arms regularly.
On the rear panel, iQoo has geared up the handset with a triple rear digicam setup that’s housed in a squircle-shaped digicam island that the corporate says is impressed by a submarine porthole. The glass on the digicam module protrudes barely, the metallic edge has small ridges. When you place the telephone on a flat floor, it’s principally secure, regardless that the digicam island is aligned to at least one facet.
This 12 months, the iQoo 12 comes with some notable upgrades over its predecessor, the iQoo 11 5G. The handset is supplied with a 1/1.3-inch OmniVision OV50H sensor. It additionally has a 50-megapixel ultra-wide-angle digicam with a 120-degree field-of-view; together with a 64-megapixel periscope telephoto digicam with 3x optical zoom, 100x hybrid zoom.
The firm has geared up the iQoo 12 with the 4nm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip that’s paired with as much as 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and as much as 256GB of inbuilt storage. The telephone is supplied with a 5,000mAh battery and ships with a charger within the field.
iQoo 12 is supplied with a 50-megapixel triple rear digicam setup
The handset comes with a clear TPU cowl within the field, which seems to offer ample safety with raised edges, together with the display screen and cameras. It additionally comes with a big charging brick and a USB Type-C to Type-C cable that may cost the telephone at 120W. You should toggle a setting to permit the telephone to cost at 120W, and it will get just a little heat if you’re performing a full cost.
In the time that I’ve spent with the iQoo 12 to this point, the telephone feels straightforward to make use of whereas packing plenty of high-end specs. The handset will face competitors from many flagship smartphone makers within the coming weeks and its comparatively lower cost level is probably going to assist the corporate provide higher worth for the specs on provide. iQoo has touted the efficiency of the smartphone’s processor and its battery effectivity, and we are going to put these claims to the take a look at in our full evaluate which can be out on Gadgets 360 quickly.
