OnePlus 12R competitor: iQOO Neo 9 Pro with 144Hz OLED screen, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip and price starting from $435 has debuted outside China

By: Myroslav Trinko | 22.02.2024, 10:26
OnePlus 12R competitor: iQOO Neo 9 Pro with 144Hz OLED screen, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip and price starting from $435 has debuted outside China

The company vivo showed the iQOO Neo 9 and iQOO Neo 9 Pro smartphones in China at the end of December, and now has launched one of the new products in the global market.

Here's What We Know

We are talking about the iQOO Neo 9 Pro model. The smartphone debuted in India and has the same specs as the base model for China.

The iQOO Neo 9 Pro is powered by last year's flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. The newcomer packs up to 12GB of RAM (LPDDR5X) and up to 256GB of ROM (UFS 4.0). The smartphone comes with an OLED display. The panel has a 6.78-inch diagonal, 144Hz refresh rate and a peak brightness of 1400 nits.

iQOO Neo 9 Pro is equipped with three cameras: dual main camera at 50 MP (IMX920 with OIS) + 8 MP (wide-angle lens) and single frontal at 16 MP. The novelty has an under-screen fingerprint scanner, stereo speakers, 5G modem, Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3. The smartphone is powered by a 5160 mAh battery. iQOO Neo 9 Pro supports 120W charging. Out of the box, the device runs Android 14 with Funtouch OS 14 interface.

Price & When We Can Expect It

The iQOO Neo 9 Pro is already available for pre-order in India. The novelty will compete with the OnePlus 12R.

  • iQOO Neo 9 Pro, 8/128 GB - $435
  • iQOO Neo 9 Pro, 8/256 GB - $460
  • iQOO Neo 9 Pro, 12/256GB - $480

Source: iQOO