Upcoming phone launches in India for August 2022: Specs, launch date, and price

We are in the month of August – and we will be getting some exciting launches this month.

The last couple of months have been comparatively silent, however, various smartphone makers have already announced the launch dates of their much-awaited phones.

Among these phones will be the OnePlus 10T - OnePlus' next T variant smartphone. This phone will bring some changes that OnePlus loyalists won't like.

iQoo has been teasing the launch of its next flagship smartphone iQoo 9T in India. It might be the first phone to go on sale with Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 in India.

Then there is the much-awaited launch of foldable phones from Samsung. Let's talk more about the upcoming phones for the month of August.

IQOO 9T

Status: Launched
Launch date: August 2
Price: Rs. 49,999

iQoo launched iQoo 9T in India on August 2. It is the second phone in India to come with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC after Rog Phone 6. But this phone might be the first phone to go on sale.

This is rumoured to be a rebadged version of iQoo 10 that was launched in China recently. Talking about the features, there will be a 6.78-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. And there will be a 50MP triple camera setup on the back. The phone will be backed up by a 4,700mAh battery which gets charged by a 120W fast charger.

INFINIX HOT 12 PRO

Status: Launched
Launch date: August 2
Expected price: Rs. 10,999

Infinix has launched its next phone Infinix Hot 12 Pro on Flipkart(opens in new tab). It comes as an addition to the Infinix Hot 12 Play in the Hot 12 series.

The phone will come with a 6.6-inch HD+ LCD display with a waterdrop notch. And it will be having a 180Hz touch sampling rate, the company has revealed.

Infinix hasn't revealed the chipset of the phone. But it will come with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage, and it will be a UFS 2.2 storage. The phone will come with a 5000mAh battery and supports 18W fast charging.

It will be the first phone in the segment to come with an 8GB/128GB variant.

ONEPLUS 10T

Status: Launched
Launch date: August 3
Price: Rs. 49,999
OnePlus 10T has been launched on August 3 in India. OnePlus has chosen to skip the OnePlus 10 and go directly to the OnePlus 10T this time.
OnePlus 10T comes with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. It is also coming with a 6.7-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate.
It is confirmed to feature a 50MP Sony IMX766 sensor with OIS. We can expect the usual 8MP ultra-wide and 2MP auxiliary sensor to come with this setup, which we saw in the OnePlus 10 Pro too.
The ultra-fast 150W fast charging will also be present, like the OnePlus 10R. Which will be paired with a 4,800mAh battery.
It is now revealed that OnePlus will be ditching the alert slider in this phone as they did with the OnePlus 10R and other budget Nord phones.
SAMSUNG GALAXY Z FOLD 4
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- Status: Launched
- Launch date: August 10
- Expected price: Rs. 1,30,000
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 is getting refreshed this August 10. The design of the phone has been leaked recently and it might not look so different to the previous model. But it is rumoured to come in lower pricing as compared to Z Fold 3.
It is expected to come with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 like the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S23 series. Pre-reserves are already live for the phone on the Samsung website(opens in new tab).
Though the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 does not get any major changes in terms of design, it comes with an updated display of 7.6-inch, which comes with a resolution of 1812 x 2176 pixels and a 120Hz refresh rate. The outside display is now a 6.2-inch one with a resolution of 904 x 2316 pixels and a 120Hz refresh rate.
Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 powers the phone, which is a welcome update from the company as it is much improved from the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset, the previous edition of the SoC.
SAMSUNG GALAXY Z FLIP 4
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- Status: Launched
- Launch date: August 10
- Expected price: Rs. 90,000
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 is also getting refreshed on August 10, Galaxy Unpacked event has been scheduled for the date.
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 will not be having any design updates compared to the previous model. It comes with the same but refined design and foldable hinges from the last year.
The internals has been updated, and like Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4, this phone comes with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. The display is a 6.7-inch Full HD+ foldable display with a refresh rate of 120Hz. There is a small cover display on the outside too like the previous Flip phones.
Coming to cameras, there is a dual 12MP camera setup with a normal wide and ultra-wide combo. And there is a 10MP selfie camera.
MOTO G62 5G
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- Status: Launched
- Launch date: August 11
- Expected price: Rs. 17,999
- Motorola is launching its latest phone Moto G62 in India on August 11.
  Moto G62 will come with a 6.5-inch 120Hz LCD display and it will be powered by Snapdragon 695 SoC. The phone will be having a 50MP triple camera on the back.
  The phone will be backed up by a 5,000mAh battery and there will be support for 20W fast charging.
  VIVO V25 PRO
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  - Status: Launch date announced
  - Launch date: August 17
  - Expected price: Rs. 40,000
  Vivo has teased its next phone in its V series of smartphones, the Vivo V25 Pro. In this series, the bigger brother Vivo V25 Pro's details have been revealed officially by the company.
  Vivo V25 Pro will come with a curved display. And it will be powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1300 SoC.
  Coming to the cameras, there will be a triple camera setup. The primary camera will be a 64MP one, which supports OIS.
  The phone will be backed up by a 4830mAh battery and it will come with fast charging support of 66W.
  REALME 9I 5G
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  - Status: Launch date announced
  - Launch date: August 18
  - Expected price: Rs. 15,000
  - Realme teased its latest 5G phone to be launching on August 18. The phone will be coming with Mediatek Dimensity 810 SoC.
    The phone will be coming with a refreshing design, which might resemble some of you of Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. There will be a triple camera setup on the back of the phone. And it will have a side-mounted fingerprint scanner.
    Realme is yet to reveal more details about the phone. We'll wait for more info.
    POCO M5
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    - Status: Teased by the company
    - Launch date: Not yet announced
    - Expected price: Rs. 12,000
    Poco has started teasing a new smartphone in India. It will come with Mediatek Helio G99 SoC, and it will be a budget gaming-centric smartphone. And it will be a 4G phone as the Helio series of chipsets are 4G chipsets.
    No other details for the phone have been confirmed. But as it is a successor to Poco M4 in India, we can expect the phone to come with a high refresh rate FHD+ display, a 50MP camera and a 5,000mAh battery.
    Mediatek Helio G99 is the latest chipset from Mediatek in the Helio G series of SoCs. It improves upon the previous Helio G96 SoC with an improved clock speed of 2.2Ghz versus 2.05Ghz on the Helio G96.
    REDMI 11 PRIME 5G
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    - Status: Teased by the company
    - Launch date: Not yet announced
    - Expected price: Rs. 13,000
    - A new report suggests that Redmi could be launching a new phone in the Redmi 11 series of smartphones, Redmi 11 Prime 5G. And it will be a budget 5G phone from the company, possibly one of the cheapest 5G phones too.
      It is also tipped to be a rebranded variant of the Redmi Note 11E 5G that was launched earlier in China. Going by that, Redmi 11 Prime 5G would be coming with a 6.58-inch Full HD+ LCD with a refresh rate of 90Hz. And it will be powered by the Mediatek Dimensity 700 SoC and we would be getting a 50MP dual camera with the phone. The battery would be the usual 5,000mAh one. Interestingly, the same phone was launched earlier in Indonesia as Redmi 10 5G.