Today the i QOO 16 has become official in China as the brand's latest flagship smartphone. It comes with a 6.85-inch Samsung-made M16 AMOLED display with 1440x3168 resolution and a 165Hz refresh rate. The panel goes up to 10,000 nits of peak brightness and 2,800 nits full-screen.

The i QOO 16 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset, paired with LPDDR5X Ultra RAM and UFS 4.1 storage. On the rear there's a triple camera setup with three 50MP sensors: main with OIS, ultrawide with autofocus, and periscope telephoto with OIS offering 3x optical and up to 100x digital zoom. For selfies there's a 32MP snapper.

The device sports an 8,400 mAh battery with support for 100W wired and 40W wireless charging. It runs Android 17 with vivo's Origin OS 7. The i QOO 16 is IP68 and IP69 rated and has an ultrasonic in-display fingerprint scanner. It comes in three colorways with thickness from 8.3 mm to 8.55 mm and weight from 222.5g to 229.8g.

The i QOO 16 is offered in four RAM/storage configurations: 12/256GB for CNY 5,999 ($894), 12/512GB for CNY 6,799 ($1,013), 16/512GB for CNY 7,499 ($1,117), and 16GB/1TB for CNY 8,499 ($1,266). A global release hasn't been announced yet, but should happen since predecessors also launched outside China.