The iQOO Z11 family is already bursting at the seams, and yet there’s room for one more. The brand has kicked off the teaser campaign for the iQOO Z11i in China, and rather than dribbling out specs one at a time, it has gone straight for the eye candy — showing the phone in all three of its colorways from the outset.
Those finishes are Green Peak, Desert Gold, and Ink Shadow, each captured in official imagery that leans into the kind of textured, premium-looking backs that have become a staple of this price bracket. It’s a confident way to open a teaser run: lead with the looks, let the curiosity build, and save the technical details for later.
For now, iQOO itself is staying tight-lipped on what’s inside. The company hasn’t confirmed a single hardware spec, which leaves the rumor mill to do the heavy lifting. A tipster on Weibo claims the Z11i is essentially a rebadged vivo Y60, the model that arrived back in April.
If that lineage holds up, the picture starts to fill in quickly. The same tipster’s logic would point to the Z11i carrying over the Y60’s hardware, which is said to include:
- A 6.74-inch LCD touchscreen
- 720×1600 resolution
- A 120Hz refresh rate
- Up to 1,200-nit brightness
That combination reads like a textbook budget-to-midrange panel: a large, sharp-enough display with a high refresh rate for smoother scrolling and animations, plus enough peak brightness to stay legible outdoors. It’s the sort of spec sheet built to feel responsive in daily use rather than to chase flagship bragging rights — exactly what you’d expect from a device slotting into an already-populated value lineup.
It’s worth keeping the usual caveat in mind, though: rebrand rumors are common in this corner of the market, where manufacturers frequently spin a single hardware platform into multiple regional or sub-brand variants. Until iQOO confirms the details itself, the vivo Y60 connection remains a well-informed guess rather than a done deal.
What’s not in doubt is that the Z11i is on its way, and that iQOO wants you looking at it. By front-loading the color reveal, the company is doing what teaser campaigns do best — building anticipation while holding the meaningful specs in reserve. The colors are here; the substance is, presumably, coming next.
For anyone already tracking the sprawling Z11 range, the Z11i looks set to be another affordable entry rather than a headline grabber. We’ll get the full story once iQOO decides to talk numbers.
