iQOO 16 Price, Specifications: 2K 165Hz Display, 8400mAh Battery

• iQOO 16 features a 6.85-inch 2K+ LTPO AMOLED display with a 165Hz refresh rate.
• The flagship packs Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, Q4 gaming chip and up to 16GB RAM.
• iQOO 16 has an 8400mAh battery, 100W wired charging and 40W wireless charging.

The iQOO 16 has been officially announced in China with a focus on flagship performance, gaming and battery life. The new iQOO mobile comes with a 6.85-inch 2K+ Samsung M16 LTPO AMOLED display, Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor and a dedicated Q4 gaming chip.

The phone also brings an 8400mAh battery with 100W wired and 40W wireless charging, a triple rear camera system and OriginOS 7 based on Android 17. The iQOO 16 is already on sale in China, while the announcement does not provide India pricing or availability details.

iQOO 16 Display and Design

The iQOO 16 sports a 6.85-inch 2K+ Samsung M16 LTPO AMOLED display with a 3168×1440-pixel resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio and up to a 165Hz variable refresh rate. The panel supports HDR10+, Dolby Vision, 1.07 billion colours and DCI-P3 colour gamut.

iQOO says the display can reach up to 2,800 nits brightness in HBM mode and up to 10,000 nits peak brightness. It also supports DC dimming and high-frequency PWM dimming. The company says its 2K LEAD 2.0 technology can reduce power consumption by 31% compared with a similarly sized 1.5K display.

The phone is offered in Light Chaser, Racing Track and Legend colour options. Its rear camera housing uses a floating design beneath a glass cover, with the three lenses arranged in an interconnected triangular layout.

iQOO 16 Performance and Gaming Features

The iQOO 16 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 2nm Mobile Platform with an Adreno 850 GPU. It is paired with iQOO’s Q4 gaming chip for additional graphics and frame-processing capabilities.

The phone also includes an 8,500 mm² single-layer 3D vapour chamber and a three-layer graphite cooling structure with a combined area of 29,453 mm². iQOO says the Monster Hyper-Core Engine and Hyper-Core scheduler help regulate workloads during sustained performance.

The Q4 gaming chip supports full-scene ray tracing and the QNSS super-rendering engine. According to iQOO, the system can support simultaneous 2K resolution and 165fps frame interpolation across six major mobile titles, while 2K super-resolution is supported across 13 games.

iQOO 16 Camera Setup

The iQOO 16 has a triple rear camera setup. It includes a 50MP primary camera with a 1/1.3-inch sensor, f/1.68 aperture and OIS, along with a 50MP ultra-wide camera with an f/2.05 aperture.

The third rear camera is a 50MP periscope telephoto sensor with a 1/1.95-inch Sony sensor, f/2.65 aperture and OIS. The phone also gets a 32MP front camera with an f/2.2 aperture.

iQOO says the primary camera can take in 79% more light than the previous generation’s high-end benchmark. The camera system also uses the NICE 3.0 optical reconstruction engine, Super Light and Shadow HDR software, and supports 4K Ultra HD Live photos.

iQOO 16 Battery and Software

The iQOO 16 packs an 8400mAh Blue Ocean battery. Charging support includes 100W ultra-fast wired charging and 40W wireless charging. The phone also supports a direct-drive power supply feature that can bypass the battery during intensive gaming sessions.

On the software side, the iQOO 16 runs OriginOS 7 based on Android 17. Features include Atomic Workbench, which supports up to five applications on one screen, along with Little V Dynamic Components for task automation and desktop utilities.

iQOO 16 Specifications

iQOO 16 Price

The iQOO 16 price in China starts at 5999 yuan for the 12GB RAM and 256GB storage model. The 12GB + 512GB version costs 6799 yuan, while the 16GB + 512GB and 16GB + 1TB variants are priced at 7499 yuan and 8499 yuan, respectively.

• 12GB + 256GB: 5999 yuan
• 12GB + 512GB: 6799 yuan
• 16GB + 512GB: 7499 yuan
• 16GB + 1TB: 8499 yuan

iQOO 16 Availability

The iQOO 16 is now on sale in China. The FoneArena announcement does not list an India launch date, India price or India availability details, so those details remain unconfirmed in the information available at launch.

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Conclusion

The iQOO 16 brings a high-end hardware package centred on a 2K+ 165Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 platform and Q4 gaming chip. It also offers up to 16GB RAM, 1TB storage, a triple 50MP rear camera setup and an 8400mAh battery with 100W wired charging.

The phone is currently available in China across four memory and storage configurations. India pricing and availability have not been provided in the announcement, so Indian buyers will need to wait for official local details.

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