iQOO 3: Design and Display
In terms of design, the iQOO 3 features an all-glass design — from the front to the back — with Corning’s Gorilla Glass 6 on top for better protection. It comes in three colorways: Volcano Orange, Quantum Silver, and Tornado Black. Taking into consideration the growing gaming scenes in the country, the company has included Monster Touch Buttons on the device with two pressure-sensitive buttons along its side frame to aid with better multi-finger operations while gaming. Towards the front, the handset flaunts a 6.44-inch Polar View SuperAMOLED display that offers a 91.4% screen-to-body ratio with up to 1200 nits of brightness, HDR 10+ support, and 180Hz touch response rate. The display comes with TUV Rheinland eye protection and also includes a cutout on the top-right corner to house the front-facing camera and an in-display fingerprint scanner for authentication.
iQOO 3: Performance
Under the hood, the iQOO 3 has the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor with Adreno 650 GPU, running at its core. The Snapdragon 865 is the latest offering from Qualcomm, built on a 7nm process, with an X55 modem for 5G capabilities. Besides, the phone comes with 8GB / 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 128GB / 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. To fuel up the internals, it includes a pretty impressive (on paper) 4440 mAh of battery, with 55 W FlashCharge support, which according to the company, can charge 50% of the battery with just 15 minutes of charge. The handset comes with a 3.5mm audio jack and a Hi-Fi chip (high-quality audio DAC) — which is something to cheer for if you’re into Hi-Fi audio — and is claimed to be Hi-Res audio certified. Additionally, it has Monster Touch Buttons (as already mentioned) along with 4D Game Vibration for offering an immersive gaming experience. Among other things, the iQOO 3 includes an in-display fingerprint scanner for authentication that claims to unlock the device in 0.29sec (with screen ON) and 0.31sec (with screen OFF) and a bunch of other gaming-enhancement features like ultra-game mode, iQOO multi-turbo, and a vapor cooling system — to keep the device cool and prevent throttling. On the software front, the iQOO 3 runs on iQOO UI 1.0 based on Android 10, out of the box. The iQOO UI is the company’s in-house skin that comes with a range of features and enhancements. To begin with, it offers a dark mode — adopted by most brands these days, an always-on display, a dedicated Monster mode – that suggests offering better performance out of the device, quick launch apps, Jovi Smart Scene, and Game Assistant, along with a bunch more.
iQOO 3: Camera
In the camera department, the iQOO 3 sports a quad-camera setup on the rear, with an LED flash. This setup includes a 48MP primary (Sony IMX582) sensor with f/1.79 aperture, accompanied by a 13MP telephoto lens with f/2.46 aperture and 20x digital zoom, a 13MP ultra-wide sensor with f/2.2 aperture, and a 2MP macro lens with f/2.4 aperture. The camera comes with a bunch of enhancement features like super night mode, super anti-shake, portrait bokeh, portrait light effects, AR stickers, and a lot more. On the front, the phone includes a 16MP front-facing (Samsung) camera with f/2.45 aperture — housed within the cutout on the top-right of the display — for selfies. Similar to the rear camera, the front camera also gets a range of enhancement features such as super night selfie, portrait light effects, AI makeup, AR stickers, gender detection, and a few more.
iQOO 3: Pricing and Availability
The iQOO 3 (5G) comes in only one configuration: 12GB + 256GB, priced at Rs 44,990. Alongside the 5G variant, iQOO has also launched a 4G version of the iQOO 3, which comes in two configurations: 8GB + 128GB and 8GB + 256GB, priced at Rs 36,990 and Rs 39,990, respectively. As for availability, the device will be available starting March 4 on Flipkart.
