vivo iQOO 5 Specifications and Price

vivo’s sub-brand iQOO has today launched the iQOO 5 series of flagship phones in China. The lineup includes two phones such as iQOO 5 and iQOO 5 Pro. The iQOO 5 series comes with with high refresh rate display and top-notch cameras. The major difference between the duo is that the Pro version supports 120W fast charging.

vivo iQOO 5

The iQOO 5 series has a 120Hz refresh rate supporting AMOLED display that measures 6.56 inches. While the vanilla version comes with a flat display, the iQOO 5 Pro features a screen with curved edges. The 20:9 aspect ratio display with punch-hole design supports 1,300nits brightness, 100 percent P3 color gamut, and HDR10+ These phones are equipped with in-display fingerprint readers. The series measures 8.32mm in thickness and weighs 197 grams.

As per the camera department, iQOO 5 and iQOO 5 Pro phones are equipped with 16-megapixel front cameras. The rear side of the iQOO 5 series features a triple camera system. It comprises of the Samsung GN1 50-megapixel as the primary lens. It is the same primary shooter that is available on the vivo X50 Pro+.

The rear camera setup of the iQOO 5 Pro includes a 13-megapixel ultrawide lens with 120-degree field-of-view, and a 13-megapixel periscope telephoto lens. The other lenses in the iQOO 5’s camera setup include a 13-megapixel ultrawide lens and an 8-megapixel portrait lens. The iQOO 5 supports EIS and 20x digital zoom whereas the iQOO 5 Pro comes with support for OIS, 5x optical zoom, 60x hybrid zoom, and 8K video recording.

The iQOO 5 series are both powered by the Snapdragon 865, coupled with LPPDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 storage.  It comes with a larger VC liquid cooling heat dissipation system with thermal conductivity gel. The iQOO 5 series runs on iQOO UI 5.0 based Android 10 OS.

The iQOO 5 houses a 4,500mAh battery with 55W fast charging support. On the other side, the Pro edition is packed with a smaller 4,000mAh battery that comes with 120W fast charging. As the company has previously claimed, the 120W charging technology takes only 15 minutes to completely charge the iQOO 5 Pro. Checkout the full specification of the iQOO 5 series below;

vivo iQOO 5 Specifications

Network Properties

• 2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
• CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
• 3G bands: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
• 4G bands: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41
• 5G bands: 1, 3, 28, 38, 41, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA
• Speed: HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A, 5G

Launch

• Announced: 2020, August 17
• Status: Exp. release 2020, August 24

Design

• Dimensions: 160 x 75.6 x 8.3 mm (6.30 x 2.98 x 0.33 in)
• Weight: 197 g (6.95 oz)
• Colors: Blue, Gray
• SIM: Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

• Type: AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size: 6.56 inches, 104.6 cm2 (~86.5% screen-to-body ratio)
• Resolution: 1080 x 2376 pixels (~398 ppi density)
• HDR10+
• 120Hz refresh rate

Operating System

• Android 10, IQOO UI 1.5

Hardware

• Chipset: Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 (7 nm+)
• CPU: Octa-core (1×2.84 GHz Kryo 585 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 585 & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 585)
• GPU: Adreno 650
• Storage, RAM: 128GB 8GB RAM, 128GB 12GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM
• Memory Card slot: No
• UFS 3.1

Cameras

• Main Camera: Quad
  • 50 MP, f/1.9, (wide), 1/1.31″, 1.2µm, Dual Pixel PDAF
  • 13 MP, f/2.5, 50mm (portrait), 1/2.8″, 0.8µm, PDAF, 2x optical zoom
  • 13 MP, f/2.2, 120Ëš, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm
• Features: Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama
• Video: 8K, 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, gyro-EIS
• Selfie Capacity: Single – 16 MP, f/2.5, (wide)
• Features: Panorama
• Video: 1080p@30fps

Multimedia

• Radio: No
• Loudspeaker: Yes
• Audio 3.5mm jack: No
• 32-bit/192kHz audio

Connectivity

• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
• Bluetooth: 5.1, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
• GPS: Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO
• NFC: Yes
• USB: Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go

Features

• Sensors: Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Battery

• Battery Type & Capacity: Non-removable Li-Po 4500 mAh battery
• Charging: Fast charging 55W, 100% in 50 min (advertised)
• Reverse charging

Price and Availability

• 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage – 3,998 Yuan (~$576)
• 12 GB RAM + 128 GB storage – 4,298 Yuan (~$619)
• 12 GB RAM + 256 GB storage – 4,598 Yuan (~$662)

The pre-sales of the iQOO 5 smartphones have started in China. The sales of both models will begin on Aug. 24.