As scheduled, iQOO has officially announced the brand new iQOO Neo5 Lite (aka iQOO Neo5 Vitality Edition) smartphone in the Chinese market that’s slightly more affordable than the iQOO Neo5 which was launched back in March this year.
Starting with the front, the iQOO Neo5 Lite features a 6.56” LCD display that offers a FHD+ screen resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, HDR10 support, as well as a peak brightness of 480 nits. For context, it’s iQOO Neo5 counterpart carries an AMOLED display instead.
For photography, the iQOO Neo5 Lite sports a slightly redesigned camera island at the back which brings along a triple-camera setup that includes a 48 megapixels main camera, 8 megapixels ultra-wide camera, as well as a 2 megapixels macro camera. It will be rounded out by a 16 megapixels front-facing camera for selfie and video-callings.
Under the hood, the phone is retains the same Snapdragon 870 chipset which is paired with up to 12GB LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB UFS 3.1 storage in the memory department. On top of that, there’s also an advance liquid cooling system to ensure a smooth and consistence performance for it’s users.
The iQOO Neo5 Lite draws power from a 4,500mAh battery that comes with 44W fast-charging support that’s capable of charging the phone from 0 to 70% within a short span of just 33 minutes. Other than that, the phone also features a 3.5mm headphone jack, side-mounted fingerprint scanner, NFC support, as well as OriginOS 1.0 (based on Android 11).
For those who’re interested, the iQOO Neo5 Lite is priced at 2,299 Yuan (US$358), 2,499 Yuan (US$389) and 2,699 Yuan (US$420) respectively for it’s 8GB+128GB, 8GB+256GB and 12GB+256GB variants.
