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iQOO 16 Launch Date Confirmed for September 29 in China, Three Colours Revealed

iQOO 16 Launch Date Confirmed for September 29 in China, Three Colours Revealed

iQOO 16 will be available for purchase in China via the Vivo online store.

Written by Dhruv Raghav, Edited by Rohan Pal | Updated: 15 September 2026 16:42 IST

iQOO 16 Launch Date Confirmed for September 29 in China, Three Colours Revealed

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iQOO 16 will feature a triple rear camera unit

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Highlights

iQOO 16 will be offered in three colour options
iQOO 16 will sport a Samsung AMOLED display
iQOO 16 could be powered by a Snapdragon chip

iQOO 16 will be launched in China in the last week of this month, the Vivo sub-brand announced via a social media post. Apart from this, the tech firm has also revealed that the iQOO 16 will be available for purchase in the country in three colour options. This comes shortly after iQOO and Samsung announced that the iQOO 16 will be equipped with the latest Samsung OLED display, with the M16 luminescent material. The smartphone will also sport a redesigned square-shaped rear camera module. It will carry a triple rear camera unit. The phone is teased to offer notable camera upgrades over its predecessor.

iQOO 16 Will Launch in China on September 29

On Tuesday, the Vivo sub-brand announced in a post on Weibo that the iQOO 16 will be launched in China on September 29. The launch event is scheduled to commence at 7:00 pm local time (4:30 pm IST). Separately, the company also revealed that the iQOO 16 will be available for purchase in the country in three colour options, namely “Chasing Light”, “Legendary”, and “Racing Track” (translated from Chinese).

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The Chasing Light colourway will feature a laser holographic back with hues of red and blue shades over a silver background. Meanwhile, the Legendary option uses the “magnetron sputtering electroplating technology” and 670nm thick electroplating film on the back over a shade of white. Lastly, the Racing Track colourway, the tech firm says, has been inspired by the purple paint of F1 cars.

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Recently, during a dedicated event, iQOO announced that the iQOO 16 will be launched as the world's first phone to boast a 2K resolution display that refreshes at up to 165Hz. The handset will arrive with Samsung's latest AMOLED panel with the new M16 luminescent material. It will also get Samsung's second-generation LEAD [Low Power, Eco-Friendly, Augmented Brightness, and Design Slim and Light], or LEAD 2.0, display technology. The screen will offer up to 2,800 nits global peak brightness and up to 10,000 nits local peak brightness.

The iQOO 16's Samsung M16 AMOLED display will also provide up to 3,300Hz PWM dimming, along with TÜV Rheinland certifications for Global Eye Protection and Unpolarized Light. In terms of design, the iQOO 16 is confirmed to get a redesigned rear camera module, featuring a triple camera system. The company says that the phone will feature a “robotic arm” (translated from Chinese) design that visually connects the phone's camera lenses.

iQOO 16

KEY SPECS
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Display 6.85-inch

Front Camera 50-megapixel

Rear Camera 50-megapixel + 50-megapixel + 50-megapixel

Battery Capacity 7500mAh

OS Android 17

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Dhruv Raghav is currently working as a Senior Sub Editor at Gadgets360. He has previously covered the North American financial markets as a Headline News Correspondent for a major news agency. After taking a sabbatical to prepare for the Civil Services examination, he returned to journalism to cover tech policy, with a special focus on AI laws and online gaming regulation. Now, he is back in Gadgets360 to write features and edit stories. To unwind, he likes to spend time with his PS5, listening ...More