iQOO 15 running Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and OriginOS 6 launched in India
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Chinese smartphone maker iQOO on Wednesday (November 26, 2025) launched its flagship smartphone iQOO 15 in India. The new iQOO 15 is the third smartphone running Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 here and competes with OnePlus 15 and Realme GT 8 Pro.
iQOO 15 is also the first among Vivo and iQOO phones to run their newly unveiled skin, OriginOS 6, replacing FuntouchOS, based on Android 16 out of the box.
iQOO 15 uses a 6.85-inch Samsung’s 2K M14 LEAD OLED display with a peak brightness of 6,000 nits and a 144 Hz refresh rate. Further, iQOO 15 also supports Dolby Vision. It bears IP68 and IP69 ratings for water and dust resistance.
iQOO 15 ships with a 7,000 mAh battery supported by a 100W fast charger inside the box along with 40W wireless charging support. The company also claims that it will have India’s largest 8K VC cooling system for better thermal management.
The iQOO 15 runs on Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 with up to 16 GB LPDDR5x Ultra RAM and 512 GB UFS 4.1 storage. On top of it, the new phone will use a Q3 chip for gaming performance, and also supports ray tracing. The company will provide 5 OS and 7 years of security updates to iQOO 15.
iQOO 15 sports a triple 50 MP camera system with a 50 MP Sony IMX921 VCS main sensor, a 50 MP Sony IMX882 periscope telephoto lens with 3x optical and 100x digital zoom, and a 50MP ultrawide camera. It has a 32 MP front camera.
The iQOO 15 comes in Alpha Edition, featuring a matte black finish and Legend Edition, paired with tri-colour patterned logo.
The iQOO 15 starts at ₹72,999 for the 12GB/256GB variant and ₹79,999 for the 16GB/512GB variant. Sales start on December 1 on Amazon, the iQOO website, Vivo stores, and retail outlets.
Published – November 26, 2025 01:21 pm IST
