iQoo's Neo 11 is a Snapdragon 8 Elite-powered gaming smartphone with a 7500mAh battery

Following the launch of the iQoo 15 earlier this month, the Vivo sub-brand has announced the iQoo Neo 11 as a more affordable alternative. That lower price tag means there are trade-offs, but there is also one area where it surpasses the new flagship.

The iQoo Neo 11 has a 6.82-inch 8T LTPO AMOLED display with a 144Hz refresh rate and a QHD+ (3168 × 1440) resolution. The spec sheet says it is a BOE Q10+ display, an upgrade over the BOE Q10 used in the OnePlus 13 (curr. available on Amazon for $783.37).

Powering the iQoo Neo 11 is the Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. There's 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage on the base model, and the configuration maxes out at 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 1TB of UFS 4.1 storage. There's also iQoo Q2 gaming chip inside the device.

There are two cameras on the back of the iQoo Neo 11 — a 50MP Sony LYT700V sensor with OIS and an 8MP ultrawide angle camera. It also has a 16MP front-facing camera that sits inside a center punch hole in the display. iQoo positions it as a gaming smartphone, so to keep things cool, the phone has an 8,000 mm² Ice Dome VC liquid cooling system. iQoo claims this helps reduce the temperature by up to 15°C.

The iQoo Neo 11 has a 7,500mAh battery capacity housed inside a body that is 8.05mm thick. While it is larger capacity than the 7,000mAh battery inside the iQoo 15, it is smaller than the 7,800mAh battery inside the OnePlus Ace 6. It also charges at 100W but lacks support for wireless charging. The phone ships with OriginOS 6 and has Bluetooth 5.4, Wi-Fi 7, NFC, stereo speakers, and a dual IP68 and IP69 dust and water resistance rating.

The iQoo Neo 11 is available in four colors, including one which is called Facing the Wind (machine translated) which has a color-changing back. Pricing starts at ￥2599 (~$366/€314) for the base model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, ￥2899 (~$408/€352) for the 16GB + 256GB version, ￥2,999 (~$422/€364) for the 12GB RAM + 512GB variant, ￥3,299 (~$464/€401) for the 16GB RAM + 512GB variant, and ￥3799 (~$534/€462) for the 16GB RAM version with 1TB of storage.