iQoo tipped to launch Ultra version of its next-gen flagship smartphone in 2026
A number of flagship Android smartphones are tipped to go Ultra for the first time in their series' history in 2025 or 2026. They include the RedMagic 11, the Honor Magic8 - and the iQoo 15, according to the latest tip.
The typically accurate leaker Experience more on Weibo asserts that the 15 series will have 3 variants rather than the traditional maximum of 2, and that 1 of them will be the brand's first Ultra.
That has led to speculation that iQoo will leave its launch until early 2026 (as with the Oppo Find X9 Ultra), whereas the vanilla 15 might debut alongside the 15 Pro as soon as possible in the third quarter of this year, following the former's extremely early announcement (albeit by name alone) during ChinaJoy 2025.
The "15 Ultra" is projected to elaborate on the "Pro's" rumored 50W wireless charging and ~7,000mAh battery with advanced 'gamer' hardware tweaks such as shoulder buttons and a physical spinning fan (then again, the same could be said of the "RedMagic 11 Ultra").
Even the plain 15 is thought to be a world-beater, as it (and not the Realme GT 8 Pro as suspected earlier) is now the smartphone tipped to launch with "the industry's most expensive and best" display from Samsung.
The supposedly class-leading screen is thought to be 2K in resolution, and might function as the 15 series' prospective edge over other new devices with the same top-end Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 SoC such as the Xiaomi 16 series, the OnePlus 15 and the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra.
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