iQOO 13 — the upcoming flagship smartphone from the Vivo subsidiary — might be launched in India by the tip of the yr, in accordance with particulars shared by a tipster. It’s anticipated to be unveiled in China subsequent month, as one of many first handsets to be outfitted with Qualcomm’s next-generation chipset. The iQOO 13 has additionally surfaced on benchmarking web site Geekbench, with the purported Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC, that’s anticipated to be unveiled later this month, giving us an thought of what to anticipate from the upcoming handset.
iQOO 13 May Launch in India in December
A Smartprix report citing tipster Yogesh Brar claims that the iQOO 13 will likely be launched in India on December 5. The smartphone will likely be powered by Qualcomm’s subsequent flagship chipset, which is predicted to be unveiled by the chipmaker later this month because the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 (or Snapdragon 8 Elite) in accordance with the publication.
It is value noting that the Vivo sub-brand is but to announce a launch date for the iQOO 13 in China or in international markets. Final yr, the corporate unveiled the iQOO 12 in China in November, whereas the handset made its solution to India a month later.
iQOO 13 Surfaces on Geekbench With Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 Chipset
A list for a smartphone with the mannequin quantity V2408A on Geekbench provides a glimpse of the efficiency of the upcoming iQOO 13. The Geekbench entry reveals that the cellphone will likely be outfitted with an octa-core processor with two efficiency cores clocked at 4.32GHz and 6 effectivity cores clocked at 3.53GHz.
Purported listings for the iQOO 13 and Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely
Photograph Credit score: Screenshot/ Geekbench
The Geekench itemizing for the purported iQOO 13 states that the machine has 14.76GB of RAM, which signifies that will probably be out there in a 16GB reminiscence variant. Additionally it is proven to run on Android 15, and is prone to function Vivo’s FuntouchOS 15 pores and skin.
The benchmark consequence reveals that the handset scored 3,142 factors within the single-core check and 10,052 factors within the multi-core check. These scores are a lot larger than the Samsung Galaxy S25 Extremely that reportedly scored 3,069 factors and 9,080 factors within the single-core and multi-core checks, respectively, with an ‘overclocked’ Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset.
On Geekbeench, the newest benchmark outcomes for the iPhone 16 Professional Max present the handset scored 3,562 factors within the single-core check, which is larger than what the purported iQOO 13 managed to attain. Nevertheless, Apple’s flagship smartphone scored 8,814 factors within the multi-core check, which is considerably decrease than iQOO’s upcoming smartphone.
These benchmark outcomes counsel that the iQOO 13 might be probably the most succesful smartphones to be launched within the coming months. We will anticipate to be taught extra in regards to the efficiency of the handset and the way it fares in opposition to its rivals as soon as extra smartphones with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Dimensity 9400 chipsets are launched.
