The iQOO Neo 9 was launched in India last year in February with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset and 120W fast charging. The phone was launched as the most affordable Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-powered device in the Indian market. Today, the iQOO Neo 10 was launched in India, and the phone brings some big upgrades over its predecessor. It is worth mentioning that the iQOO Neo 10 for the Indian market is the same phone as the iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro in China.
Design-wise, the iQOO Neo 10 features a similar design as the flagship iQOO 13. There is a square camera module with a dual camera setup and the ring flash, a flat display with a hole-punch cutout, a flat frame, stereo speakers, an IR blaster, and an IP65 certification. The phone comes in two colors in India – Inferno Red, and Titanium Chrome.
The main USP of the phone is its performance. The iQOO Neo 10 is powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, which scores over 2.4 Million points on the AnTuTu benchmark, as per iQOO. It is paired with an LPDDR5X Ultra RAM with speeds up to 9600Mbps, and UFS 4.1 storage. The phone also gets the iQOO’s Q2 chip, which improves the gaming experience.
The battery gets a massive upgrade from last year. While the iQOO Neo 9 was launched in India with a 5,160mAh battery, the iQOO Neo 10 features a 7,000mAh battery. This is a silicon-carbon battery hence the thickness of the phone is just around 8mm. There is 120W fast-wired charging support.
There is a 6.78-inch 1.5K TCL C9+ OLED panel with a 144Hz refresh rate, 4320Hz PWM dimming, 2000 nits global peak brightness, 5500 nits local peak brightness, and an optical under-display fingerprint scanner.
The cameras are the least interesting part of this phone. The iQOO Neo 10 has two rear cameras. The primary camera has a 50MP Sony LYT-600 sensor with OIS, and the secondary camera has an 8MP sensor with an ultrawide lens. The selfie shooter has a 32MP sensor. The phone can shoot 4K 60fps videos from both the front and rear cameras.
The phone runs on FuntouchOS 15, based on Android 15. It will get three major OS updates.
Here is the pricing for the Indian market –
- 8GB + 128GB – ₹31,999
- 8GB + 256GB – ₹33,999
- 12GB + 256GB – ₹35,999
- 16GB + 512GB – ₹40,999