iQOO 12 review: Kicking off the 2024 flagship race early
Live MintFrom “iQOO who?” to being widely acknowledged as the brand that fills the void left by OnePlus for the enthusiast and gamer community, Vivo’s performance-first sub-brand iQOO has come a long way. With the flagship iQOO 11 launched in early 2023, iQOO delivered a device that featured Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset at a sub-Rs60,000 price point, and the brand has pulled one out of the hat yet again, closing the year with the launch of the iQOO 12 with the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip – among the first to do so. The IP64 water ingress protection is a step up from last year’s complete lack of IP rating, so while the IQOO 12 can survive splashes and rain, it won’t take submersion in water too well. Display Around the front, the iQOO 12 retains the same 6.78-inch screen size as the iQOO 11, but the AMOLED panel sees significant upgrades all around, with up to 3000 nits/1400 nits in high brightness/regular use, and a quad-HD screen that dynamically refreshes between 1Hz and 144Hz depending on what’s on the screen. Chipset and battery Of course, the headlining feature on the iQOO 12 is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, the first phone in India to launch with Qualcomm’s latest silicon, which makes it the most powerful Android phone at the time of writing.