iQOO has been teasing the arrival of the Z9s series of smartphones in India. Today, the brand released an official confirmation that the series will break cover on Aug. 21 in India.
According to reports, the iQOO Z9s series will include two models: the iQOO Z9s and the iQOO Z9s Pro. Like other iQOO phones, the Z9s models are expected to be sold via Amazon in the country. However, its landing page has not appeared on the retailer site.
Recently, an upcoming iQOO phone with model number I2305 was spotted in the database of the Geekbench benchmarking platform. This phone could be a member of the Z9s smartphone series.
The listing revealed that it comes with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, 12 GB of RAM, and Android 14. It scored 1137 and 3044 points in the single-core and multi-core tests of Geekbench, respectively.
The same device was also found listed in the Camera FV5’s database and India’s BIS certification platform. The former disclosed the possibility of an OIS-enabled 50-megapixel primary camera. Unfortunately, nothing else is known about the device.
There is a possibility that the said device could be a rebranded version of the iQOO Z9 5G, which debuted with the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chip, in China. The device has a 6.78-inch curved-edge AMOLED screen that offers a 1.5K resolution, a 144Hz refresh rate, and an in-screen fingerprint sensor. Under the hood, the device has LPDDR4x RAM, UFS 2.2 storage, and a 6,000mAh battery with 80W charging support. It has a 16-megapixel front camera for selfies, and its rear panel is equipped with a 50-megapixel primary camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.
