iQOO 12 5G is the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 smartphone in Malaysia; Priced at RM3,399
The iQOO 12 5G will be the first smartphone in Malaysia to don the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor. For the less informed, iQOO is a brand specializing in gaming phones in both the affordable and flagship segments. The brand was launched in 2019 as a sub-brand of the more established vivo.
The iQOO 12 5G will play successor to the iQOO 11 launched about the same time last year.
As for pricing, the iQOO 12 5G will officially retail at RM3,399 in Malaysia. It is available for pre-order starting today until the 11th of December. There will be an early bird promo during this period, in which customers will get RM50 off on the device, as well as free gifts worth up to RM777 including an iQOO TWS Air2, 1 year extended warranty, and 1 year screen crack protection.
Another promotion will take place from the 12th – 18th December, where the iQOO 12 will again receive a RM50 price slash, along with up to 10% platform vouchers and free gifts worth RM408 (1 year extended warranty, and 1 year screen crack protection).
Customers who are interested can put their orders in for the iQOO 12 5G on iQOO’s official eStore, or on the iQOO official store on Shopee, Lazada, and TikTok.
iQOO 12 5G specs
The highlight of the iQOO 12 is undoubted the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 CPU, promising quicker processing speeds. Working in tandem with the Snapdragon is iQOO’s proprietary Supercomputing Chip Q1 chip, responsible for delivering high frame rates up to 144Hz and 900p resolution simultaneously.
The iQOO 12 comes with 16GB LPDDR5X RAM, with the option to add-on another 16GB via extended RAM; and 512 GB of UFS4.0 storage.
The device sports a 6.78″ AMOLED display with 1.5K resolution and 144Hz refresh rates, plus 3,000nits peak brightness. It also has 100% DCI-P3 colour accuracy and HDR10+ support
It is by all means a stylish phone, with rounded edges and a pretty large rounded-square camera module. iQOO calls this the Porthole Design, and in it houses its triple rear camera system.
The main camera is its 50MP Astrophotography Camera backed by a 1/1.3″ sensor with OIS. This is flanked by a 64MP Periscope Telephoto Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and a 100x Digital Zoom helped by what iQOO coins a Neural Image Computational Engine (NICE) for noise cancellation and detail enhancement. The third camera is a 50MP ultra-wide lens with 119° field-of-view.
The iQOO 12 packs a 5,000mAh battery with a speedy 120W FlashCharge.
Other improvements from its predecessor includes a larger vapour chamber, symmetrical dual stereo speakers, larger X-Axis Linear Motor for better haptics.
The iQOO 12 comes in two design variants: Legend (White), and Alpha (Black).
The Legend design was inspired by iQOO’s collaboration with BMW M Motorsport, and as such sports the tri-colour stripes synonymous with BMW M Series cars.
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