Last Updated: November 27, 2023, 17:52 IST
iQOO 12 would be the first cellphone from the model to return with out advertisements and likewise get Android 14 out of the field
iQOO 12 is launching in India subsequent month and will probably be the primary cellphone with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset and non-Pixel cellphone with Android 14 out of the field within the nation.
More smartphone manufacturers are realising the necessity to take away bloatware from their telephones and iQOO would be the newest to hitch the ranks by ditching these irritants from its subsequent system launching in December. iQOO 12 will come with out apps like Hot Apps which have been the catalyst for advertisements on earlier iQOO units.
For a few years individuals have contended with advertisements and bloatware on telephones that value as a lot as Rs 20,000 however lately you see advertisements in telephones that value round a lakh which is rarely a great look on the corporate doing this stuff.
iQOO needs to indicate that it’s listening to clients and eradicating these apps is an efficient transfer. But that’s not all, iQOO 12 may even get a number of OS updates, three to be exact and the same timeline for safety updates.
These updates come a number of days after iQOO confirmed that its subsequent flagship cellphone launching in India on December 12 will include Android 14-based mostly Funtouch OS model out of the field.
As of now, solely the Google Pixel 8 collection have launched with the brand new Android model with others solely providing the model by an OTA replace. OnePlus has dedicated further years of OS updates to its new fashions, whereas Google has promised 7 years of OS and safety assist for the Pixel 8 collection launched this 12 months.
iQOO 12 may even be the primary cellphone within the nation to launch with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, one thing that might be accessible with the OnePlus 12 and Xiaomi 14 collection fashions in early 2024. Realme is a serious offender for pushing bloatware and advertisements, so we’re hoping that different manufacturers observe iQOO in altering these options and eradicating them, particularly on their excessive-finish telephones.
