iQOO 13 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite launched in India

The company is offering the iQOO 13 in two colours-- Legend (white) and Nardo Grey-- with prices starting at Rs 54,999 in India.

iQOO on Tuesday (December 3) unveiled the new premium smartphone iQOO 13 series in India.

It sports a 6.78-inch Quad HD+ (3168×1440p) curved BOE Q10 LTPO AMOLED 20:9 aspect ratio screen with HDR10+, 144Hz variable refresh rate, support up to 4500 nits peak brightness.

It also features an in-display ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, infrared sensor, type-c port, and dual-SIM slots and the device comes with an IP68+69 water-and-dust resistant rating.

Inside, it houses a 3nm class Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite octa-core processor with Adreno 830 GPU, 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5X RAM with 256GB / 512GB / 1TB (UFS 4.0) storage, Android 15-based Funtouch OS 15, and a massive 6,150mAh battery with 120W charger.

iQOO 13 series.

It should be noted that the new Snapdragon 8 Elite is Qualcomm's latest and most powerful chipset for phones to date. It can clock whopping CPU speed up to 4.32GHz, which is more than sufficient to run any app and also supports most power-guzzling graphics-rich gaming titles available on the Google Play Store.

It also boasts of triple-camera module--main 50MP camera (with 1/ 1.49-inch Sony IMX921 sensor, f/1.88 aperture, OIS: Optical Image Stabilisation) with 150-degree 50MP ultra-wide-angle camera (with f/2.0) and a 119.4-degree 50MP telephoto camera (with f/1.85, 1/2.93-inch IMX816 sensor, OIS, up to 4x lossless zoom) with LED flash.

On the front, it houses a 32MP front-facing camera with f/2.45 aperture.

The company is offering the iQOO 13 in two colours-- Legend (white) and Nardo Grey,

It will be available in two configurations-- 12GB RAM + 256GB storage and 16GB RAM and 512GB storage-- for Rs 54,999 and Rs 59,999, respectively.

It can be pre-order starting today at iQOO e-store and Amazon India and is slated to hit stores from December 4 onwards in India.

iQOO 13 vs competition

It will be up against Apple's iPhone 15 Plus (review), iPhone 16 series, Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus (review), OnePlus 12 (review), Google Pixel 9 (review), and Realme GT 7 Pro among others

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