Yesterday, Realme launched India's first 5G phone. You can learn more about the phone here, but there's a new brand in town called IQOO and they're the next one to launch a 5G phone in the country. 

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So IQOO's new phone is called IQOO 3 and here's everything that you need to know about it.

The IQOO 3 5G sports a 6.44-inch display, but surprisingly it's not a high refresh rate panel. We're looking at a 60Hz panel with a 180Hz touch sampling rate. But apart from that, we're looking at a phone with really powerful internals.

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The phone is powered by Snapdragon 865 SoC, which is currently the best chipset that Qualcomm makes. It's coupled with up to 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage. The IQOO is also a gaming phone and it even has pressure sensitive buttons on the top to act like air triggers.

As for the optics, we're looking at a quad camera setup which includes a 48MP sensor, two 13MP sensors and a 2MP camera. On the front, there's a 16MP selfie shooter. The phone has a bunch of camera features like night mode, pro mode and more. It packs a 4,400mAh battery with support for fast charging which is more than welcome.

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IQOO has launched the phone for a starting price of Rs 36,990 for the 8GB, 128GB variant, Rs 39,990 for the 8GB, 256GB variant and Rs 44,990 for the top-end 12GB, 256GB 5G variant. It'll be available starting March 4 on Flipkart.

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