Last week we reported exclusively on that sub-brand vivo iQOO will debut in Malaysia this month, and judging by the social media posts, we assumed that the company would make its Malaysian debut with at least one smartphone from the number series. Well, we were right, as iQOO has announced that the iQOO 11 is coming to Malaysia soon.
iQOO has not revealed the launch date yet, but it confirmed that the iQOO 11 will support 5G networks and the newly announced Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC at the helm, which could make it the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 smartphone in Malaysia and one of the first smartphones to launch outside of China with Qualcomm’s latest flagship silicon.
A few days ago we exclusively unveiled the iQOO 11 Pro’s key specs, which could launch in India in January. It comes with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC, 6.78-inch E6 AMOLED display and Android 13. The iQOO 11 Pro also flaunts the BMW M Motorsport inspired design and has the live V2 chip onboard, which will debut with the vivo X90 series launched in China on November 22.
It’s unclear if iQOO will launch the Pro version alongside the iQOO 11 in Malaysia, but we’re hearing the vanilla model may also come with the V2 chip in tow. In addition, it is worth noting that the iQOO 11 spotted on Geekbench with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and 12 GB RAM had model code V2243A, but according to our source, the Malaysian iQOO 11 has model designation I2212, which means that the Chinese and Malaysian iQOO 11 may have different specs.
You can hear more about the iQOO 11 series in the coming days.