iQOO 3 launched in India: First look at 5G gaming smartphone

Realme yesterday launched the India's first 5G smartphone and even though the country is not yet 5G ready, another 5G smartphone has made it to India today. The iQOO 3 is now official and it is available for a starting price of Rs 36,990. (Express Photo: Hansa Verma)

The iQOO 3 will be available exclusive to Flipkart and the sale will start from March 4, 2020. The device is priced at Rs 36,990 for 8GB/128GB model, Rs 39,990 for 8GB/256GB model, and Rs 44,990 for 12GB/256GB model. (Express Photo: Hansa Verma)

The iQOO 3 sports a 6.44-inches FHD+ Super AMOLED screen, which is HDR+ certified and has a punch hole to sport the 16MP front camera. The iQOO 3 is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 processor paired with Adreno 650 GPU. (Express Photo: Hansa Verma)

The smartphone also ships with gaming features such as monster touch buttons, which are two pressure-sensitive buttons on the side frame for multi-finger operations during gameplay, 4D game vibration, and 180Hz touch response rate. (Express Photo: Hansa Verma)

The iQOO 3 features four cameras at the back-- a combination of a 48MP main sensor, secondary 13MP telephoto lens with 20x digital zoom, another 13MP super-wide angle lens with 120-degree field of view, and a fourth 2MP bokeh camera. (Express Photo: Hansa Verma)

The iQOO 3 is backed by a 4440mAh battery with support for 55W Super FlashCharge, which is claimed to charge the phone to 50 per cent in just 15 minutes. The phone runs the Android 10 out of the box with the company’s own iQOO UI 1.0 on top. (Express Photo: Hansa Verma)