iQOO 5G Phone India Launch to Happen This Month Last month, iQOO revealed that it would be entering the already crowded Indian market in February. Going by the reports, iQOO 5G phone will be launched during the second week of February, while the brand will officially launch before that. Already, three iQOO smartphones with model numbers- iQOO Pro, iQOO Neo and iQOO Lite received trademarks in India. Also, two iQOO smartphones with model numbers- I1927 and I1928 received BIS certification in India. The iQOO Pro could be the brand’s 5G smartphone, whereas the iQOO Neo could be the 4G smartphone powered by the same Snapdragon 865 SoC. The iQOO Lite may arrive with a mid-range SoC, probably the Snapdragon 730G chipset. Qualcomm recently launched Snapdragon 720G chipset in India, but we are not sure whether iQOO will be using it already. 5G Smartphone in India Will Not Make Any Sense Now iQOO will be coming up with India’s first Snapdragon 865 smartphone which will have 5G support. At this point, 5G smartphones in India doesn’t make any sense as the government is yet to conduct 5G spectrum auction. Telecom operators are backing off from 5G spectrum auction, thanks to mounting losses. Vodafone Idea already stated its intentions of strengthening 4G network itself for now before heading for 5G launch. For now, the DoT is in the process of allocating 5G spectrum required for trials. We are not expecting telcos to launch 5G in India this year.
