The iQOO Z9 Turbo was launched in China in May last year with a Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset. Later in September, we got the iQOO Z9 Turbo+ with a MediaTek Dimensity 9300+ chipset. In January, the iQOO Z9 Turbo Endurance Edition was launched with a massive 6,400mAh battery. Today, the iQOO Z10 Turbo and iQOO Z10 Turbo+ were launched in the Chinese market, and these are performance-centric mid-range phones from the brand.
iQOO Z10 TURBO
Starting with the more affordable of the two, the iQOO Z10 Turbo looks identical to the recently launched iQOO smartphones, so it has a square-ish camera module on the rear with a dual camera setup and the LED flash, a flat frame, and a flat display. The phone has a stereo speaker setup, and it is IP65-certified.
Under the hood, the Z10 Turbo has the MediaTek Dimensity 8400 chipset, which scores around 1.9 Million points on the AnTuTu benchmark. The phone has up to 16GB LPDDR5X RAM with up to 512GB UFS 4.1 storage. There is a massive 7,620mAh battery with 90W fast wired charging. Despite having such a large battery, the thickness is 8.09mm and the weight is 212g.
For better thermals, there is a large 7000mm square vapor chamber cooling system.
The display has a 6.78-inch 1.5K TCL Huaxing C9+ OLED panel with a 144Hz refresh rate, 2000 nits global peak brightness, 4400 nits local peak brightness, 4320Hz UHF PWM dimming, and an optical under-display fingerprint scanner.
Speaking of cameras, there are two on the rear. The primary camera has a 1/2″ 50MP Sony LYT-600 sensor with OIS, and the secondary camera has a 2MP sensor. There is a 16MP selfie camera. The phone can shoot 4K videos from the rear camera.
Finally, the phone runs on OriginOS 5 out of the box, based on Android 15.
Here is the pricing for the Chinese market –
- 12GB + 256GB – ¥1799 (~$245)
- 16GB + 256GB – ¥1999 (~$275)
- 12GB + 512GB – ¥2199 (~$300)
- 16GB + 512GB – ¥2399 (~$330)
iQOO Z10 TURBO PRO
Coming to the “Pro” model, it looks the same as the iQOO Z10 Turbo. So, there are some upgrades in the internals. Speaking of the similarities first, the iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro has the same display, the same 50MP Sony LYT-600 sensor, a 16MP selfie camera, a 7,000mm square vapor chamber cooling system, and Android 15-based OriginOS 5.
The differences include performance, camera, battery, and charging. The iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro has a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chipset, which scores over 2.4 Million points on the AnTuTu benchmark. The battery is smaller at 7,000mAh, but the charging speed is upgraded to 120W. Finally, the phone has an 8MP ultrawide camera on the rear.
Here is the pricing for the Chinese market –
- 12GB + 256GB – ¥1999 (~$275)
- 16GB + 256GB – ¥2199 (~$300)
- 12GB + 512GB – ¥2399 (~$330)
- 16GB + 512GB – ¥2599 (~$355)