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The iQOO 15 Apex Edition was introduced in India on Wednesday. This special version is part of Vivo's sub-brand and is based on the latest flagship phone, the iQOO 15. The iQOO 15 Apex Edition adds to the existing Alpha and Legend color options. Similar to the original model, it is equipped with Qualcomm's top 3nm octa-core Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor. The phone features a 6.85-inch screen that has a 2K resolution and can refresh at rates up to 144Hz. The iQOO 15 Apex contains a 7,000mAh battery. In India, the starting price for the iQOO 15 Apex Edition is Rs. 72,999 for the model with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. There is also a variant with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, which is priced at Rs. 79,999. Customers who pre-book can take advantage of an instant discount of up to Rs. 6,000, which lowers the effective prices to Rs. 66,999 and Rs. 73,999 for the two models, respectively. Pre-orders for the iQOO 15 Apex Edition start today. People can buy the phone on April 6 at 12pm IST from the iQOO India website, Amazon, Vivo exclusive stores, Reliance Digital, and various retail shops across the country. Those who pre-order will also receive a free iQOO TWS that is valued at Rs. 1,899. There is an option for no-cost EMI for up to 12 months.

The dual-SIM (nano + nano) iQOO 15 Apex Edition operates on Android 16 with OriginOS 6. It guarantees five Android version updates and seven years of security updates. The phone has a 6.85-inch Samsung M14 8T LTPO AMOLED display with up to 144Hz refresh rate, 2K resolution, a pixel density of 508 ppi, and a local peak brightness of 6,000 nits. It is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, along with up to 16GB of LPDDR5x RAM and up to 512GB of UFS4. 1 internal storage, and a Q3 supercomputing chip. In terms of photography, the iQOO 15 Apex Edition features a triple rear camera setup, which includes a 50-megapixel Sony IMX921 main camera with optical image stabilization (OIS), a 50-megapixel Sony IMX882 1/1.95-inch periscope telephoto camera that offers 3x optical zoom, and a 50-megapixel ultra-wide camera. There is a 32-megapixel front-facing camera for selfies. The iQOO 15 Apex Edition has a build with an IP68 + IP69 rating. It includes a 7,000mAh silicon-carbon battery with support for 100W wired and 40W wireless fast charging.