iQOO is all set to announce the iQOO 13 on Oct. 30 in China. A new leak that has emerged today has leaked the pricing of the phone’s base model. Several reports have claimed that Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered phones will be costlier than the previous generation. Surprisingly, the latest iQOO 13 leak reveals that it will not witness a price hike.
iQOO 13 price tipped
Digital Chat Station’s latest leak suggests that the iQOO 13 with 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of built-in storage, which appears to be its base variant, will be priced at 3,999 Yuan ($560). To recall, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3-powered iQOO 12, which debuted in November 2023 in China, was also priced at 3,999 Yuan ($560) for the 12GB+256GB base model.
iQOO recently held a press event in China to confirm several details about the iQOO 13’s display and performance. According to the brand, the iQOO 13 comes with an advanced BOE Q10 OLED display, delivering a sharp 2K resolution (1440 x 3168) and a smooth 144Hz refresh rate. With 8T LTPO 2.0 technology and a custom display driver chip, it offers dynamic refresh rates and professional-grade Color Management 2.0 for accurate colors (?E?0.27, JNCD?0.24) alongside HDR 10+ certification.
The phone also introduces OLED circular polarization eye protection—the first on an Android device—along with 2592Hz high-frequency dimming similar to DC dimming, adaptive color temperature, and a very low stroboscopic frequency (SVM 0.03).
The iQOO 13 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, supported by LPDDR5X RAM (9600Mbps) and UFS 4.0 storage, and is equipped with an Adreno 830 GPU enhanced by a frame rate perception engine, Adreno Motion Engine 2.0, and hardware-level ray tracing 2.0.
The device achieves a remarkable AnTuTu score of 3,159,448 and consistently delivers 61.4 FPS with only a 0.69 frame variance during gameplay, maintaining a maximum temperature of 43.1°C. It supports stable frame rates during charging, with an impressive 12-hour stable performance in “Genshin Impact,” while also being the first to enable 90fps in “Area Breakout” with full-scene ray tracing, and offers a 60fps action mode in “Naraka: Bladepoint Mobile.” Enhanced by iQOO’s Q2 supercomputing chip, the device offers PC-grade 2K texture super-resolution, VAA anti-aliasing for smoother graphics and a high-efficiency 144 FPS experience with minimal latency and ultra-low power consumption. Unique to the iQOO 13 is its frame loss prevention feature, which delivers a seamless gaming experience at the industry.
