iQOO Neo9 Pro with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 launched in India

The new iQOO phone also comes with a SuperComputing Chip Q1, which is capable of intelligently boost and accelerating the device's performance during heavy-duty tasks.

Emerging smartphone maker iQOO on Thursday (February 22) unveiled the new premium phone Neo9 Pro series in India.

The company also offers Fiery Red model with AG Glass coating. It has a visually appealing white-red dual-tone design. There is also another variant- conqueror black, which comes with a premium vegan leather cover.

On the front, it sports a 6.78-inch 1.5K (2800×1260p) AMOLED LTPO display, supports up to 144Hz refresh rate, 3,000 nits of peak brightness and pixel density of 452 ppi (pixels per inch).

It also features an in-display fingerprint sensor, dual-SIM slots, an infrared sensor, type-C port and comes with IP54 certification, which means the device can survive accidental water splashes.

Inside, iQOO has incorporated Qualcomm's reliable 4nm class Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and is paired with SuperComputing Chip Q1. The latter is capable of intelligently boost and accelerating the device's performance during heavy-duty tasks. It also features an Adreno 730 GPU, 8GB/12GB LPDDR5X RAM, 128GB (UFS 3.1) / 256GB (UFS 4.0) storage, and a 5,160mAh battery 120W fast-charging capability.

iQOO Neo9 Pro.

The company says the device comes with just Android 14-based Funtouch OS 14 and there are no bloatware and third-party apps as such. Also, the Neo9 Pro is guaranteed to get three years of Android OS updates (up to 2027) and four years of software security support up to 2028.

As far as the photography hardware is concerned, it hours a dual-camera module-- main 50MP camera (with 1/1.49-inch IMX920 VCS bionic, f/1.88, OIS: Optical Image Stabilisation) + 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera (f/2.2, 116-degree field-of-view) with LED flash. It supports 4K video recording and night video mode.

On the front, it features a 16MP snapper (f/2.45) and supports up to 1080p full HD video recording.

The company is offering the iQOO Neo9 Pro in three variants-- 8GB RAM + 128GB storage, 8GB RAM + 256GB storage and 12GB RAM + 256GB storage-- for Rs 35,999, Rs 37,999 and Rs 39,999, respectively.

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