iQOO Neo 3 5G with 144Hz Display, Snapdragon 865 & 44W Fast-Charging Goes Official

It’s merely been a couple of months since the launch of the flagshipiQOO 3 5G. It also landed in India and is a feature-rich offering, except for one little caveat — a standard 60Hz display. Yes, a gaming phone without a higher refresh rate in 2020. Well, iQOO Neo 3 5G was unveiled in China today to write this wrong. It features a 144Hz display, Snapdragon 865 chipset, 44W fast-charging, and a lot more.

iQOO Neo 3: Specs and Features

Starting off with the design, iQOO Neo 3 5G does not look a whole lot different from the iQOO 3. You still get a punch-hole display on the front and a rectangular camera cutout on the rear. But, the device now has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, which also doubles as the power button.

iQOO Neo 3 5Gfeatures a6.57-inch Full-HD+ LCD displaywith a punch-hole cutout at the top right and a144Hz refresh rate. The company has swapped out a 60Hz AMOLED panel, found on the iQOO 3, for an LCD panel but I’m in favor of this decision due to the higher refresh rate. This display touts a 20:9 aspect ratio, 1080 x 2400 resolution, and HDR 10 support.

iQOO Neo 3 5G is the company’s first phone to support a higher refresh rate.

No, this is not a mid-range gaming phone. Instead, iQOO Neo 3 5G can be seen as the slimmed-down version of iQOO 3. It is powered by the Snapdragon 865 chipset, same as the iQOO 3. It has dual-mode 5G (SA/NSA) support and the chipset is coupled with up to 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. The device runsAndroid 10-based iQOO UIout-of-the-box.

Further, the device features atriple camera array helmed by a 48MP (f/1.79) sensoron the rear. There’s an 8MP ultra-wide camera and a 2MP macro camera onboard as well. You will also a 16MP (f/2.0) selfie snapper housed in the punch-hole at the top right.

iQOO Neo 3 5G comes equipped with a4,500mAh battery pack and Vivo’s 44W Super FlashChargefast-charging support. You can fully juice up your device from 0% to 100% in just 58 minutes, says the company.

You get dual-stereo speakers, a USB Type-C port, and all of the essential connectivity features, including WiFi 6, Bluetooth high power mode, NFC, and more onboard as well.

Price and Availability

iQOO Neo 3 5G ispriced starting at 2,698 yuan (around Rs. 29,000)for the 6GB+128GB base variant. The price tag for all other configurations is listed below:

The smartphone will be available in three colorways (translated from Chinese), namely Dark Night and Sky Blue. iQOO Neo 3 5G is now up for pre-order and will go on sale starting from 29th April.

Anmol

Getting my start with technology journalism back in 2016, I have been working in the industry for over 7 years. Currently, as the Editor of Beebom, I’m leading the coverage on the website. While my expertise lies in Android, Windows, and the apps world, find me reading manga, watching anime, and playing Apex in my free time.

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