Vivo’s sub-brand iQOO has now added a new Z-series smartphone to its Indian portfolio, and the device is called the iQOO Z11 Lite 5G. It becomes the second smartphone under the Z11 series in India, following the previously launched iQOO Z11x 5G.
Read more about it below.
iQOO Z11 Lite 5G – Specs and Features
The iQOO Z11 Lite 5G features a 6.74″ LCD display with an HD+ resolution of 1600 × 720 pixels, a 120Hz refresh rate, and up to 1,200 nits of high-brightness mode. The device measures 167.40 × 77.10 × 8.39mm and weighs 209gm and has been made available in Midnight Blue and Solar Flame colour options, with the latter bringing a distinctive patterned finish. A Dynamic Light is also present on the rear panel for calls, notifications, music, and other alerts.
Under the hood, the smartphone is powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 5G processor, paired with either 4GB or 6GB of RAM and up to 256GB of internal storage. The storage can be further expanded using a microSD card through its hybrid SIM card slot. On the AnTuTu benchmark, the phone has achieved 579K+ points.
Moving to its camera specifications, the iQOO Z11 Lite 5G brings a 50MP Sony IMX852/LYT505C primary camera with an f/1.8 aperture, paired with a 0.08MP auxiliary sensor having an f/3.0 aperture. For selfies and video calls, a 5MP camera with an f/2.2 aperture is given at the front. Its available camera features include Night, Portrait, Panorama, Documents, Slow Motion, Time-lapse, Professional, Live Photo, and a dedicated 50MP mode.
The device is backed by a 6,500mAh battery and supports 44W wired fast charging, reverse wired charging and Bypass Charging 2.0 as well. Moreover, the company claims that the battery can retain at least 80 per cent of its original capacity even after five years of usage.
Furthermore, the iQOO Z11 Lite 5G comes with an IP65 rating for dust and water resistance, Wet-Hand Touch, Greasy-Hand Touch, SGS Five-Star drop resistance, and military-grade durability. Though it doesn’t come with NFC support, it does offer several connectivity features such as Dual-SIM 5G, dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS, OTG, FM radio, and a USB Type-C port with the USB 2.0 standard.
On the software side, the smartphone runs on Android 16-based OriginOS 6.0 and brings several AI-based productivity features.
Its Office Kit, which is available on variants above 4GB RAM, includes Screen Mirroring, Free Transfer, and Notes Sync.
Google Gemini integration with camera and screen sharing during Gemini Live conversations is also available, with Screen Translation with Google Lens, AI Creation for rewriting, content generation, summarisation, and grammar correction, AI Captions with real-time speech-to-text conversion and translation, and AI Transcript Assist for converting recordings into text and extracting key points.
Pricing and Availability
Although it has launched, actual sales will begin on July 30th 2026, and it is priced at INR 19,499 for the 4GB/128GB variant, INR 21,499 for the 6GB/128GB variant, and INR 24,499 for the 6GB/256GB variant.
As part of its launch offers, iQOO is giving a flat INR 1,500 instant discount when using selected Axis Bank and SBI cards; additionally, three months of no-cost EMI is also being offered, and the smartphone will be available for purchase in India through Amazon India, iQOO India website, and other major retailers.
Stay tuned for more updates!
