The iQOO 16 could be moving closer to a wider international rollout, with its reported global variant appearing on Geekbench and revealing key hardware and performance details.
The smartphone was spotted by tipster Abhishek Yadav under the model number ‘vivo I2607’. According to the tipster, this is the global version of the iQOO 16. The phone could launch in India, although iQOO has not confirmed a global or India launch.
The Geekbench listing shows a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset, identified as SM8975. It has 2 cores clocked at 5.01GHz, 3 cores at 4.03GHz and 3 cores at 3.74GHz, along with an Adreno 850 GPU.
The tested device had 12GB of RAM and ran Android 17. It scored 2,944 points in the single-core test and 10,029 points in the multi-core test on Geekbench V7.
The firmware carries an ‘EX’ tag, which the tipster said could indicate that the India launch is approaching because the test device was running the global ROM.
iQOO 16 price and specifications
The iQOO 16 was launched in China on September 29, starting at CNY 5,999, roughly Rs. 86,000, for the 12GB + 256GB model. It is available in 4 configurations: 12GB + 256GB, 12GB + 512GB, 16GB + 512GB and 16GB + 1TB. Prices range from CNY 5,999 to CNY 8,499, roughly Rs. 1,21,000.
The phone features a 6.85-inch 2K AMOLED display with Samsung’s M16 luminescent panel and a refresh rate of up to 165Hz. It uses LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1 storage.
For cooling, the performance-focused phone has an 8,500 sq mm vapour chamber and IP68 + IP69 ratings.
The rear camera setup includes a 50-megapixel primary camera, 50-megapixel periscope telephoto and 50-megapixel ultrawide camera. A 32-megapixel camera handles selfies.
The Chinese model packs an 8,400mAh battery with 100W wired and 40W wireless charging.
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