iQOO to Launch 5G-Enabled Smartphone With Snapdragon 865 SoC in India Next Month

iQOO, which is known as the sub-brand of Vivo in China, is all set to make its way to the Indian market as an independent brand next month. Interestingly, iQOO confirmed that it would launch the country’s first 5G-enabled smartphone powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset. For the unaware, Snapdragon 865 SoC does not ship with integrated 5G modem which allows manufacturers to use an LTE modem as well. So iQOO will launch both 5G and 4G variants of its flagship device in India next month. The company officially confirmed this news ahead of the official arrival. Notably, iQOO will operate as an independent brand in the Asian sub-continent, but it will still make use of Vivo’s manufacturing facility to control the costs. That said, OnePlus is going to get yet another competitor in India. Xiaomi also stated its intentions of launching flagship Mi smartphones in India this year, so the price point of above Rs 30,000 is going to heat up this year.

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iQOO 5G Smartphone Will Be Powered by Snapdragon 865

Qualcomm is doubling down its efforts on 5G this year. At the end of 2019, the chipmaker announced Snapdragon 765G, Snapdragon 765 and Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platforms. Both the Snapdragon 765G and 765 feature an integrated 5G modem, which means the chipset may not feature in any smartphones launching in India this year or early next year. That’s not the case with Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform as there is no integrated 5G modem.