Chinese smartphone iQOO on Tuesday (October 28, 2025) announced the launch of its next flagship smartphone, iQOO 15, in India. This will be among the first phones to ship with newly launched Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.

The iQOO 15 will succeed the iQOO 13, since the company skipped the 14 in the series.

Even though the iQOO 15 has been launched already in China, Nipun Marya, the CEO of iQOO India shared on X, “Some moments define the year. This will be one of them!”

The iQOO 15 will also bring the company’s revamped skin (operating system) Origin OS 6, based upon Android 16, ditching Funtouch OS.

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The Chinese variant of iQOO 15 ships with up to 1 TB storage which is likely to remain up to 512 GB in India. The RAM is expected to be capped at 16 GB.

The iQOO 15 uses a 6.85 inch AMOLED flat screen in China with refresh rate up to 144 Hz. The Indian variant may use the same sized display along with a peak brightness stretching up to 5,000 nits.

The iQOO 15 is likely to feature a 7,000 mAh battery in India as it does in China, supported by a 100W fast charger.

iQOO 15 is more likely to repeat the same triple rear camera set up in India as the Chinese unit has. It may be headed by a 50 MP main along with a 50 MP telephoto and a 50 MP telephoto lens. A 32 MP front camera is also expected.

The iQOO 15 will be launched on November 26 in India, and likely to have an above 60k pricing.