The iQOO 15 Ultra joins the game with a fan-cooled Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and a 7,400mAh battery

The iQOO 15 Ultra is now official – it’s the first iQOO phone with an active cooling fan and the first to deserve the “Ultra” moniker (previously, the “Pro” models were the top end).

The Ultra draws its power from the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, the same as the vanilla iQOO 15. However, here is the “Ice Dome” system – a fairly large 17x17mm fan that moves 0.315 cfm (cubic feet per minute). The chipset is paired with 10,667Mbps LPDDR5X RAM and UFS 4.1. The Qualcomm chip is paired with a Q3 gaming chip that handles resolution enhancement and frame rate production.

Sticking to the gaming side of the Ultra, there are 600Hz shoulder triggers to give you more controls (each supports customizable tap and swipe gestures). Plus dual-axis vibration motors and Dolby Atmos stereo speakers for immersive sound. And the RGB LED strip on the camera island on the back, of course. The phone was tested with seven popular games and held a solid 144fps while streaming live. It starts running The Glory of Kings on High Quality settings at 144fps (and can maintain a temperature of 41.5°C, measured from the back of the body).

The large 6.85″ 144Hz OLED display is a Samsung M14 LTPO panel. It supports Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR Vivid and Zreal and offers 118% P3 coverage. The maximum full screen brightness is 2,600 nits and DC dimming is supported. The screen offers a touch sample rate of 480Hz for most samp games 480 Hz.

The large 7,400mAh battery has a maximum capacity of 867Wh/L (the phone measures 8.7mm thick and weighs 227g). The phone supports 100W FlashCharge (55W PPS) and 40W wireless charging. In comparison, the vanilla iQOO 15 (8.1mm, 215g) has a 7,000mAh battery with the same charging capacity.

Moving on to the cameras, the iQOO 15 Ultra features a 50MP IMX921 1/1.56” main camera (CIPA 4.5 OIS), a 50MP 3x telephoto camera (1/1.95”, f/2.65 lens and CIPA 4.5 OIS) and a 50MP 107° (107de ultra-wide-angle) camera. f/2.05).The selfie camera is a 32MP module with f/2.2 lens.

One impressive spec on the Ultra is the IP68/IP69 water resistance rating – despite having a cool fan, the iQOO 15 Ultra offers full protection from dust and water.

Other details worth mentioning are the new, fast fingerprint reader, NFC support and three Wi-Fi sticks for a stable connection (even if your hand gets in the way).

iQOO 15 Ultra in 2049 (silver) and 2077 (black)

The iQOO 15 Ultra is currently available for pre-booking on the vivo online store in China. You can choose between silver colors (called “2049”) and black colors (“2077”). Check out the prices below (including direct conversions to other currencies). We haven’t heard anything about a launch outside of China yet, but we’ll let you know as soon as we find out.

The phone comes with a protective case, charger and data cable, and a fan cleaning brush:

Source (in Chinese)

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