Rumor has it that Feng Yufei, vice president of vivo and head of iQOO, has resigned

On December 14, according to Tech Planet, an insider revealed that Feng Yufei, vice president of vivo and head of iQOO, has resigned.

Moreover, the "iQOO Brand General Manager" certification on Feng Yufei's Weibo account has been cancelled. Generally speaking, when iQOO is about to release a new phone, Feng Yufei will warm up the new product on Weibo and announce some features of the new phone in batches, but this time he did not make any statement.

In addition, on December 13, according to a domestic digital blogger, two iQOO 9 models passed the CQC certification, and the page information showed that its battery manufacturer was Dongguan Xinnengde Technology Co., Ltd. The blogger said that both iQOO9 and iQOO 9 Pro will be equipped with a 4700mAh dual-core battery and support 120W wired fast charging.

iQOO9 and iQOO 9 Pro have previously passed network access certification, with model numbers V2171A and V2172A respectively, and will be the first to be equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chips.

The latest news shows that the iQOO 9 series will be equipped with a Samsung AMOLED screen with a refresh rate of 120Hz and support 120W high-power fast charging. It will also be equipped with second-generation independent graphics, dual X-axis linear motors, dual speakers and dual pressure sensing, and will also have certain optimizations in micro-gimbal and heat dissipation.

It is worth mentioning that on December 13, the well-known market research organization Counterpoint Research published an article stating that the Chinese smartphone market will achieve a slow growth in 2021. In order to cope with the situation of hardware homogeneity, leading mobile phone brands will join the "chess game of increasing overall revenue and average selling price (ASP)". Among them, vivo doubled its share in the mid-to-high-end market in September, which is mainly due to its product portfolio planning in the segmented market.

Ivan Lam, an analyst at Counterpoint, said: "Vivo has made significant progress in the mid-to-high-end segment in China over the past year. Its market share in the US$500 to US$599 price range has increased from 10% in September 2020 to 20% in September 2021. This was driven by the strong performance of the X70 Pro launched by vivo in September. Vivo continues to push up its value chain through its unremitting efforts in research and innovation in camera technology, including establishing a strategic partnership with optical technology leader Zeiss."