iQOO Launches Z11 and iQOO Buds with AI-Powered Features and Long Battery Life

iQOO Launches Z11 and iQOO Buds with AI-Powered Features and Long Battery Life

New Delhi, August 20, 2026: iQOO, the high-performance smartphone brand, today launched the iQOO Z11 5G, designed to make students’ day-to-day lives more productive, efficient, and seamless. From summarising live lectures to polishing assignments, working across documents, content consumption, and staying connected with friends, the iQOO Z11 5G brings together AI-powered productivity features with segment-leading performance, a large immersive display, and dependable full-day battery life, all wrapped in a slim, durable design.

The iQOO Z11 5G is priced at INR 34,999 for the 6 GB + 128 GB variant, INR 39,999  for the 8 GB + 128 GB variant, INR 44,999 for the 8 GB + 256 GB variant, and INR 49,999  for the 12 GB + 256 GB variant. The smartphone will be available in two colour options: Celestial Blue and Aurora Green. The sale will start from 25th August 2026 on iQOO e-store, Amazon.in, vivo exclusive stores, Reliance Digital, and select retail stores. Moreover, the iQOO Buds will be available at INR 1,899 and will be available for sale starting August 24th on Amazon.in.

Talking about the iQOO Z11, Nipun Marya, CEO, iQOO, said,

“At iQOO, every product we build starts with listening to our consumers, understanding how they use their smartphones, the challenges they face, and what can make their everyday lives better. Smartphones play an essential part of how students learn, create, connect, and get things done. With the iQOO Z11, we have combined the performance, display, and battery life they expect from iQOO with practical AI experiences designed to make everyday tasks smarter and more effortless. From managing information to creating assignments, these AI features are built to enhance productivity and help students make the most of their time. We will continue to listen, learn, and innovate around the evolving needs of our consumers, because that is what keeps us moving forward.”

Segment’s Brightest Display with an Ultra-Slim Curved Design

The iQOO Z11 5G features a large 6.83-inch 1.5K 144Hz AMOLED curved display with 2000 nits HBM, making it the brightest display in the segment and ensuring clear visibility even in bright outdoor environments. For extended screen time, it also brings Flagship-Grade Eye Comfort, designed to help reduce eye strain and provide a more comfortable viewing experience across online tutorials, reading, streaming, and researching.

Complementing the immersive display is an ultra-slim 7.99 mm design weighing just 199g. The smartphone will be available in Aurora Green, inspired by the vibrant glow of the northern lights, and Celestial Blue, inspired by the cosmos and night sky. The compact horizontal camera module adopts a Skyline Design, complementing the curved body while helping the smartphone sit more steadily on a desk – useful when students are reading, taking notes, or attending classes.

AI-Powered Features Built for Student Productivity

At the heart of the iQOO Z11 experience is AI-driven productivity, with intelligent features designed to help students learn, create, and manage everyday tasks more efficiently. AI Captions, powered by a multi-engine AI framework combining Google Gemini and Microsoft Azure, delivers faster, more accurate, and context-aware transcription and translation. Leveraging multimodal AI processing, it captures nuances such as pauses, rhythm, emphasis, and pronunciation, helping students capture and revisit key insights from lectures, workshops, and discussions more effectively.

AI Creation helps students quickly understand lengthy documents, refine assignments, brainstorm ideas and create content with ease. Through skill-based AI routing, different Gemini variants are assigned to specific tasks such as writing, summarisation, brainstorming, and social content creation, enabling each request to be handled by the model best suited for the task. A real-time streaming AI architecture progressively generates responses, captions, and translations, while stateful conversation memory allows users to refine AI-generated content through follow-up prompts without starting over. Together with Circle to Search 2.0, these capabilities help students research faster, communicate across languages, create and refine content, and manage everyday academic tasks more efficiently.

India’s First MediaTek Dimensity 7500 Turbo with First Vapor Chamber Cooling System in Z Series

The iQOO Z11 is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7500 Turbo, making it India’s first smartphone to feature the processor. Built on a 4nm process and achieving an AnTuTu benchmark score of over 1.2 million, the platform is paired with LPDDR4X RAM and UFS 3.1 storage to deliver responsive everyday performance. The smartphone also introduces a 3800 mm² Vapor Chamber Cooling System, the first in the Z series, offering nearly 6 times higher thermal conductivity and 2.5 times larger cooling area compared to the graphite plate used in the previous generation.

Massive 7050mAh Battery with 44W FlashCharge

It packs a 7050mAh battery, designed to keep students going through classes, entertainment, social media, and studying. It supports 44W FlashCharge and can charge from 1% to 100% in approximately 66 minutes. The phone also includes intelligent battery management features such as 5-Year Battery Health and reverse charging support, helping preserve battery performance over the years.

50 MP Sony Camera to capture Everyday Moments

It features a 50 MP Sony IMX882 main camera with OIS, paired with an 8 MP ultra-wide-angle camera, supporting optical image stabilisation for sharper photos and steadier videos. The 32 MP front camera is designed for clear, detailed selfies. Both front and rear cameras support 4K video recording at 30 FPS. It also includes Night Mode, Portrait Mode, and AI Erase 2.0.

Software Support and Everyday Durability

Built for long-term use, the iQOO Z11 offers 3 generations of Android upgrades and 5 years of security patches, helping deliver a secure and up-to-date experience for years to come. It also comes with a 60-Month Smooth Experience, backed by comprehensive software and hardware optimisation for sustained smoothness over time. Designed to handle the unpredictability of everyday student life, it features IP68 & IP69 dust and water resistance. It has also undergone military-grade durability testing against multiple drops and impacts.

iQOO Buds with 50-Hour Battery Life

Alongside the iQOO Z11 5G, iQOO also launched the iQOO Buds, offering up to 50 hours of maximum playback time with the charging case. The earbuds come with AI Call Noise Cancelling for clearer voice calls with fewer distractions and Bluetooth 6.1 Dual-Device Connection, enabling simultaneous connection to two devices with seamless switching across music, gaming, videos and calls. The iQOO Buds also feature Double-Tap Remote Camera Control, allowing users to capture a photo when paired with a compatible vivo or iQOO smartphone. With an IP54 rating, the earbuds are also designed for added protection during everyday use.

Continuing iQOO’s commitment to ‘Make in India’, iQOO Z11 5G devices and iQOO Buds will be manufactured at vivo’s Greater Noida facility. To offer a hassle-free after-sales service experience, iQOO customers can visit any 700+ company-owned service centres across the country.