iQOO 12 5G has officially launched in India today, per schedule. As largely expected, iQOO is beating OnePlus, Samsung and virtually every other Android phone maker in launching the country’s first smartphone with the brand new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor. The iQOO 12 also becomes the first non-Pixel smartphone in India to ship with Android 14 right out of the gate. The rest of the hardware, too, is equally impressive. But what’s more impressive is despite being a sizeable upgrade over the iQOO 11, iQOO has managed to price the “12” more aggressively than its predecessor. The iQOO 12 price in India starts at Rs 52,999.

iQOO 12 5G price in India, availability

The iQOO 12 comes in a choice of 12GB/256GB and 16GB/512GB memory configurations at a price of Rs 52,999 and Rs 57,999 respectively. You will be able to buy it directly from iQOO and Amazon starting December 14 (those who purchased a priority pass get it a day early).

Flip over to the front and you’ll find a 6.78-inch LTPO AMOLED display with a 1.5K (2800x1260p) resolution and 144Hz refresh rate. The panel can peak 1400nits in sunny outdoors and up to 3000nits when playing HDR content (up to HDR10+ is supported). You get 2160Hz PWM dimming and an in-screen fingerprint reader for biometrics. iQOO has also equipped the 12’s screen with wet touch technology, which seems mostly similar to OnePlus uses on its own 12.

Under the hood, you get the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor paired with up to 16GB of LPDDR5x RAM and up to 512GB of TB of UFS4.0 storage. Running the show is Android 14-based Funtouch OS 14. iQOO is committing three years of major OS and four years of security updates and promises all units sold in India will ship without any Hot Apps and Hot Games folders, reducing bloat.

The iQOO 12 has a trio of 50-megapixel, 50-megapixel, and 64-megapixel sensors sitting behind a 23mm wide (with optical image stabilisation), 150-dgree ultrawide, and 70mm periscope-style telephoto (for 3x optical and up to 100x digital zoom). There is another 16-megapixel selfie camera on the front.

Rounding off the package is a 5,000mAh battery with 120W fast wired charging.

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