iQOO Z3 goes official with Snapdragon 768G, 120Hz LCD display

iQOO Z3, the new smartphone in the iQOO’s Z-series has finally been unveiled by the Chinese smartphone maker. The smartphone has been launched in China.

iQOO Z3 Pricing, Availability

iQOO Z3 comes in three variants: 6GB + 128GB, 8GB + 128GB and 8GB + 256GB. These models are priced at 1,699 yuan(approx. Rs 18,806), 1,799 yuan(approx. Rs 19,913) and 1,999 yuan (approx. Rs 22,127) respectively. 

The smartphone is already up for pre-orders and it will go on the first sale on April 1 at 10:00 AM local time. The phone will go on sale in Deep Space Black, Cloud Oxygen Blue, and Nebula Gradient color options through Jingdong, Tmall, Vivo shop, Suning, and other major partners across the country.

iQOO Z3 Specifications

Specs-wise, the iQOO Z3 sports a 6.58-inch FHD+ LCD waterdrop display with a 2408×1080 pixels screen resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, and 180Hz touch sampling rate. The panel has HDR support, 401 PPI has a 90.61% screen-body ratio, covers 96% NTSC color gamut, and has a 1500:1 contrast ratio.

Powering the phone is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 768G 5G processor that is coupled with 6GB/8GB LPDDR 4x RAM and 128GB UFS 2.2 onboard storage. In terms of software, the handset runs iQOO 1.0 based on Android 11. Other key features of the phone are a five-fold liquid-cooled cooling system, Multi-Turbo 5.0, Eagle Eye Mode 2.0, multi-channel support, and 4D game vibration along with a Game Box function.

On the imaging front, iQOO Z3 equips a 64MP primary camera with f/1.79 aperture which is accompanied by an 8MP f/2.2 ultrawide with 120-degree FOV, and a 2MP f/2.4 macro lens. For selfies, the phone offers a 16MP (f/2.0) sensor. Camera features on the device are; support for 10x digital zoom, Night mode, AI polar night selfies, Vlog creation templates, the style filter, Big movie mode, EFB continuous focus tracking, old photo repair 2.0, and more.

The iQOO Z3 gets a backup of 4,400mAh and includes 55W FlashCharge support. Other features on the new phone include- 3.5mm audio jack, Type-C port, a side-mounted fingerprint scanner with face unlock support, Wi-Fi 5GHz, Bluetooth 5.1 with aptX HD code support, and SA/NSA 5G.