The current landscape is dominated by Ultra smartphones, but compared to rivals the vivo brand has decided to take a different path. Rather than offering a Camera Phone, its iQOO 15 Ultra chooses another category and joins the ranks of Gaming Phones.
Performance and style come together, giving rise to a futuristic aesthetic, clearly without sacrificing features that are distinctly gaming-oriented. Here are all the details of the new flagship, including technical specifications, price and availability, for now only in China.
iQOO 15 Ultra Official: Everything You Need to Know About Technical Specs, Price and Release
The look of the flagship echoes that of the iQOO 15 standard, but it enriches it with a futuristic style: the back cover is equipped with the Texture on Fiber technology, with light play creating a honeycomb pattern on the shell — depending on the viewing angle (as happens with the silver/red finish of the iQOO 15).
Inside the camera module there is a small customizable RGB strip, the only luminous addition on the back of the phone. The final effect is sober and elegant, without the typical sharp and aggressive lines of Gaming Phones—but without sacrificing a tech edge.
The iQOO 15 Ultra’s specs are unchanged: the chipset and the display come straight from the standard version. On the front we have a large Samsung OLED M14 display, 6.85″ diagonal and 2K resolution. The refresh rate at 144 Hz offers top-level fluidity, and thanks to LTPO technology it can switch from 1 Hz up to the maximum, depending on the scenario.
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 needs no introduction: it is the Android world’s flagship chipset, with the new-generation Oryon cores, a maximum frequency of 4.6 GHz, improved NPU and GPU, and much more.
The battery grows from 7,000 mAh in the standard model to 7,400 mAh, still with 100W wired charging and 40W wireless charging. The camera setup remains unchanged: a triple 50 MP sensors with optical image stabilization (CIPA 4.5), an ultra-wide 150°, and a periscopic telephoto with 3x optical zoom.
Gaming Phone Features
Its Gaming Phone essence isn’t due solely to its aesthetics and the powerful Qualcomm SoC, but also to the innovations added compared to the base version.
The iQOO 15 Ultra improves the cooling system (liquid cooling with a large vapor chamber) by also introducing an integrated fan. It isn’t visible — as with REDMAGIC — but hidden inside the chassis; air circulates thanks to two intakes, located beneath the camera module and along the edge of the device.
The fan is extra large for the category: it measures 17 mm in diameter, has 59 blades, delivers an airflow of up to 0.315 CFM, and features 3 speeds and quiet operation.
The other addition is positioned along the right edge: it is a pair of rear shoulder buttons with a 600 Hz touch sampling rate. Just like the iQOO 15, the Ultra version mounts the proprietary Q3 chip — to enhance gaming-related features.
Price in China
The starting price of the iQOO 15 Ultra starts at 5,699 yuan (€695) for the 16/256 GB version, up to a maximum of 7,699 yuan (€938 at current exchange) for the flagship 24 GB RAM and 1 TB storage version. For now the launch has taken place only in China but a Global counterpart is likely — aimed at markets where iQOO is present, such as India.
iQOO 15 Ultra – Technical Specifications
- Dimensions and weight: 163.65 x 76.80 x 8.7 mm, 227 grams
- Colors: 2077 Flowing Orange, 2049 Cold Blue
- Certification: IP66/IP68/IP69
- Display: Flat AMOLED Samsung M14 6.85″ 2K (3,168 x 1,440 pixels), LTPO 144 Hz refresh rate, touch sampling at 3,200 Hz, 10-bit color, PWM Dimming 2,160 Hz and peak brightness up to 8,000 nits
- Security: under-display fingerprint reader (ultrasonic)
- Liquid cooling with vapor chamber 8,000 mm2 + integrated fan
- SoC: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, 3 nm TSMC
- CPU: Octa-core
- 2 x 4.6 GHz – Oryon Gen 3
- 6 x 3.62 GHz – Oryon Gen 3
- GPU: Adreno 840
- RAM: 16/24 GB LPDDR5X Ultra Pro
- Storage: 256/512 GB/1 TB UFS 4.1 non expandable
- Battery: 7,400 mAh
- Charging: 100W, wireless 40W
- Camera: triple 50 + 50 + 50 MP (f/1.88-2.05-2.65) with OIS, 150° ultra-wide and periscopic telephoto with OIS and 3x optical zoom
- Selfie camera: 32 MP (f/2.2)
- Connectivity and others: Dual SIM 5G, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6, NFC, Dual GPS, stereo speakers, USB-C 3.2 Gen 2, rear shoulder buttons
- Operating system: Android 16 with OriginOS 6
