hotwav Note 16 vs Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
hotwav
Note 16
Vivo
iQOO 15 Ultra
At a glance
- Brand
- Hotwav
- vivo
- Release date
- September 2025, 9 months ago
- February 2026, 4 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 235.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 57% of devices
- 4.518.403 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 100% of devices
- Launch price
- —
- CN¥ 5,699.00 ($ 832.57)
Display
- Size
- 6.9"
- 6.85"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1640 px HD+
- 1440 x 3168 px WQHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- AMOLED Samsung
- Density
- 260 ppi Medium Density
- 508 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Water Drop Notch, Brightnes 450 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 500 cd/m², 2.5D curved glass screen, Panda glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, 2160 Hz PWM, TÜV Low Blue Light, 1-144 Hz refresh rate, Refresh rate 144 Hz, Touch sampling rate 480 Hz, Brightnes 1000 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 2600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 8000 cd/m², 8000000:1 contrast ratio, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, DC dimming, 10 Bits panel, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
Performance
- Chipset
- Unisoc Tiger T606
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- CPU
- 2x1.6 GHz Cortex A75 + 6x1.6 GHz Cortex A55
- 2x4.61 GHz ARM + 6x3.63 GHz ARM
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 3 nm
- Frequency
- 1.6 GHz
- 4.61 GHz
- GPU
- ARM Mali-G57
- Adreno 840 1.2 GHz
- RAM
- 4 GB
- 16 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR4X RAM
- RAM LPDDR5X
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 13 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.8
- ƒ/ 1.88
- Flash
- LED
- Quad LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 960 fps
- Features
- Dual camera, Autofocus, Touch focus, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- UIS, Flicker sensor, Noise reduction, Time-Lapse, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
- Sensor
- —
- Sony IMX921
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- —
- 1/1.56"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 5 Mpx
- 32 Mpx
- Aperture
- Unknow
- ƒ/ 2.2
- Sensor
- —
- GalaxyCore GC32E1
- Pixel size
- —
- 0.70 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 5160 mAh
- 7400 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 10.0W
- Yes , 100.0W
- Charge cycles
- 800 cycles
- —
- Runtime
- ~ 36h
- —
- Features
- Non-removable
- Wireless charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Wireless charging
- —
- 40W Wireless charging
Storage
- Capacity
- 64 GB
- 256 GB
- SD slot
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
- No
- Type
- —
- UFS Storage 4.1
Body
- Dimensions
- 78.3 mm 171.8 mm 8.2 mm Print 3D Model
- 76.8 mm 163.6 mm 8.7 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 208 g
- 227 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Glass , Aluminium
- Colors
- Black Blue Gold
- Blue Gray
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 57 drops without defects
- —
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- —
- Usable surface
- 82 %
- 90 %
- Water/dust resistance
- —
- IP68
Software
- Operating system
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- Android 16 OriginOS 6 (Android 16)
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Without Google Mobile services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 5 years, Security updates: 5 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.4 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), QZSS (L1 + L5), Galileo (E1+E5a+E5b)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B32 (1500), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B43 (TDD 3700), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n18 (850), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n26 (850), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n75 (1500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n80 (1800), n81 (900), n83A (700), n83B (700), n84 (2100)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- Yes
- Audio
- —
- Stereo Speakers
