Last year, I was impressed by the iQOO 7 Pro's 120W fast charging and the iQOO 8 Pro's extremely fast fingerprint entry speed. This year's iQOO 9 Pro not only inherits these features, but also adopts a new generation of Snapdragon 8 5G mobile platform, while optimizing many features.
For example, it debuted the Samsung ISOCELL GN5 50MP main camera, the ISOCELL JN1 50MP 150° ultra-wide angle lens, and the new OriginOS Ocean system. In addition to the product itself, the iQOO 9 Pro also uses a smaller 120W GaN charger, which can be said to be a comprehensive improvement from the inside out.
Now let's first look at the "outside" of the iQOO 9 Pro, that is, the appearance.
The iQOO 9 Pro features a 6.78-inch E5 AMOLED curved screen with a resolution of 3200x1440. The E5 panel's lower power consumption allows it to achieve higher brightness, up to 1500/1000nit locally and globally, respectively, fully meeting the display needs of HDR content.
It is also equipped with a color temperature sensor that can be adjusted according to the color temperature of the surrounding environment, as well as color compensation for white, providing a reading experience closer to paper.
Based on the 120Hz refresh rate, the iQOO 9 Pro also adds LTPO Stepless Variable Speed 2.0, which allows the screen to switch from 1-120Hz. Not only can it meet the high refresh rate requirements of sliding and gaming, but it can also effectively balance power consumption and achieve longer standby.
We got the color of the ignition engine this time, its back is made of orange plain leather material, the official said that its color matching comes from the classic black and orange collocation of racing, which can effectively reflect the speed of the whole machine. If you look closely, you can also see that the plain leather on the back of the iQOO 9 Pro seems to be "woven", making the overall detail more abundant.
The iQOO 9 Pro's rear image module is covered by a large black area, but the lens and flash are still concentrated on the left side, which is a more standard matrix arrangement.
▲ Front: iQOO 9 Pro (Burn Engine), Rear: iQOO 9 (Track Edition)
Among them, the first 50-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL GN5 sensor in the main camera industry is a 1/1.57-inch sensor. As a product released by Samsung in September 2021, it has a 1μm unit pixel size and supports the full pixel dual-core focus Pro, which can effectively improve the accuracy and speed of autofocus. Of course, iQOO's iconic micro-gimbal stabilization in recent years can not be missing, which can effectively improve the stability of the picture when handheld photography.
The ultra-wide-angle lens uses a 50-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL JN1 sensor, on the basis of which the iQOO 9 Pro achieves a 150° large-scale capture, while providing asteroids and other fisheye effects, which is suitable for Vlog enthusiasts to record large scenes and cutscenes.
The final telephoto portrait lens features a 16MP Samsung ISOCELL 3P9 sensor with OIS optical image stabilization and 2.5x optical zoom. With a 60mm focal length, it's perfect for photographing yourself or accompanying friends on everyday travel.
Overall, the appearance of the iQOO 9 Pro continues the design language of the series of products, and overall it is more recognizable.
In addition to mobile phones, the iQOO 9 Pro also features a GaN charging head. On the basis of the same 120W, not only is it smaller, but it also weighs a lot less. Its interface has also been replaced by USB-C, which can charge the iQOO 9 Pro at the same time, but also for tablets and thin and light books, which is much more convenient.
As one of the first products to adopt a generation of Snapdragon 8 5G mobile platform, the performance of the iQOO 9 Pro should also be the focus of many people.
In the conventional running software link, the iQOO 9 Pro can be said to be the best performing Snapdragon 8 model at present. AnTutu has more than 1.03 million running points, which is the highest score on our hands at present.
GeekBench is stable with a single core of more than 1200 points and a multi-core of around 3800 points. Among the 3DMark Wild Life, which is more focused on GPU performance, its overall performance is also very good.
In addition to this SoC, the iQOO 9 Pro also features a standalone display chip Pro. It is able to boost the game from a native low frame rate to 90 or even 120 frame output by supplementing frames.
For a game with a high load like "Original God", it can improve the stability of long-term gameplay, and for mainstream high-frame rate games such as "Glory of the King", it can ensure the smoothness of the game with lower pressure, improve the endurance and reduce heat and power consumption.
In the on-frame rate boost mode (only supports 1080P resolution), the iQOO 9 Pro can maintain a temperature of around 40°C after running "Glory of kings" and "Original God" for half an hour, and the power consumption is about 3% lower than that of 1440P resolution.
This is naturally inseparable from the eighteen-layered waterfall VC stereoscopic cooling system adopted by iQOO 9 Pro, which is composed of a large-area VC vapor plate and a laminated stereoscopic graphite, and the lower part of the screen is also fully covered with a heat dissipation film. The large panoramic porthole of the imaging system not only makes the whole machine recognizable, but also part of the heat dissipation of the whole machine, which makes the temperature of the player holding part above the SoC on the back of the iQOO 9 Pro lower, and the measured area is about 2°C lower than the plain leather area below.
Next is charging, iQOO 9 Pro supports 120W super fast charging, officially said it can be fully charged in 20 minutes.
We tested at 20°C room temperature and went from 1% fully charged in 18 minutes, which is very fast.
As the first batch of products of the Snapdragon 8 5G mobile platform, iQOO 9 Pro's control of temperature and endurance has left a deep impression on me. At the same time, its display effect is also very good, very suitable for watching all kinds of videos.
The iQOO 9 Pro also inherits the excellent genes of many series of products, such as a 4700mAh battery and 120W super fast charge so that power is no longer a problem, OriginOS Ocean brings unique playability in the desktop of the Android market, and micro-gimbal makes it more suitable for recording videos.
From the results of the running score, we can see that the performance release of the iQOO 9 Pro is still good. In addition, with the 150° ultra-wide angle camera support, the playability of the image system is also worth looking forward to. After that, we will conduct a more specific test of the iQOO 9 Pro for the game and video.
So if you're interested in how it performs, keep an eye out for what's next.