The India version of the Z11 isn’t the same phone China got. Different design, different chipset, and iQOO made a point of that in the teasers. It runs the MediaTek Dimensity 7500 Turbo, not the Dimensity 8500 from the Chinese model, with LPDDR4X memory and UFS 3.1 storage in configurations up to 12GB and 256GB.
Battery is the headline feature here. 7,050mAh with 44W wired charging, which is a lot of capacity for this segment, though iQOO claims over 22 hours of YouTube playback and that number always deserves a pinch of salt. Odd footnote: last year’s Z10 actually carried a slightly bigger 7,300mAh cell.
Up front, a 6.83-inch curved AMOLED running at 144Hz, with an optical fingerprint reader under the glass. Cameras are a 50MP Sony IMX882 with OIS and an 8MP ultrawide on the back, 32MP in the punch hole. The ultrawide is the real upgrade, since the Z10 shipped a near-useless 2MP depth sensor in that slot.
Software gets more attention than usual for a Z-series phone. OriginOS 6 on Android 16, three years of OS updates and five years of security patches, which is the longest commitment iQOO has given this line. Add IP68 and IP69 ratings, Wi-Fi 6, dual SIM.
The earbuds are the cheap surprise. iQOO Buds cost Rs 1,899, with 10mm drivers, dual mics per bud, Bluetooth 6.1, multi-device pairing, and a claimed 12 hours per charge or 50 with the case. Flame Yellow only. Codec support stops at AAC and SBC, so nothing fancy for anyone chasing higher-bitrate audio.
The Z11 goes on sale August 25 through Amazon India, iQOO’s own store and offline retailers, in Aurora Green and Celestial Blue. Buds arrive a day earlier, August 24.
