The iQOO 9 and iQOO 9 Pro, released on the evening of January 5, are the second and third Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 flagships of 2022. This generation of iQOO, the two versions of the unified screen size, replaced by a very special camera matrix design, the selling point is 4700mAh battery + 120W fast charge + the first GN5, the starting price is 3999 yuan and 4999 yuan, respectively.
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The ignition engine (orange plain leather) and the legendary version (glass white) are two colors, 164.81x75.2mm, the legendary version is 8.83mm, 209.98g, and the fuel engine version is 9.21mm, 203.92g.
6.78 inch 120Hz center punched double curved screen, 3200X1400, second generation LTPO, claimed to reduce power by 15%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, 4700mAh dual cell battery + 120W fast charging + 50W wireless charging, factory distribution of 135g portable C-port Gallium nitride charging head, the latter supportS PD 3.0, PPS and QC5 protocols
3D ultrasonic large area fingerprint recognition and infrared
Front 1600W, F2.45
First Samsung GN5 sensor, 5000W, 1/1.57'', 1μm, with micro-gimbal and enhanced video recording stabilization, 7P lens, 23mm, F1.75 aperture
150 degree ultra-wide angle, 5000W, JN1, 1/2.76", '0.64μm, 120 degrees after distortion correction, equivalent 15mm, 6P lens, F2.27
1600W 2.5x telephoto, S5K3P9, 1μm, 1/3.1", with OIS, equivalent 60mm, 6P lens, F2.23
The pricing is almost the same as that of the previous generation (100% cheaper in the middle), 1000 yuan more expensive than the iQOO 9, 4999 yuan in the 8+256 version, 5399 yuan in the 12+256 version, and 5999 yuan in the 12+512 version.
Appearance and accessories
The familiar carbon fiber grain packaging, the ignition (orange plain leather) version of the phone case also has carbon fiber grain.
iQOO 9 Pro This factory-equipped 120W portable C-port Gallium nitride charging head, 135g weight, support PD 3.0, PPS and QC5 protocol, can give notebooks and other PD equipment 65W fast charging, and even the distribution of double C-port cable, is also a notebook-level length, unprecedented, environmentally friendly!
The camera matrix of the iQOO 9 series has been replaced by a huge piece of glass from the previous "cloud level", and the cyberpunk is very good. The frame under the glass on the right also has a cutout weight reduction design (you can't see it outside).
iQOO 8 Pro, Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra, iQOO 9 Pro, OnePlus 10 Pro
Even vivo, who has always been low-key and introverted, has begun to pursue recognition
The iQOO 9 Pro matte metal frame, still flattened up and down, power buttons with orange embellishments and twill, SIM card slots are distinguished from microphones in position and shape, and there is an infrared emitter on top (the second flagship of the Blue Factory that supports infrared).
OnePlus 10 Pro, iQOO 9 Pro, Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra
iQOO 9 Pro still follows the front profile of iQOO 8 Pro/vivo X70 Pro+, the normal flagship border thickness, and the slope of the curved screen is the largest in the "blue-green-orange" three homes.
Workmanship: the button is slightly empty, and the gap control is better;
Feel: The iQOO 9 Pro has the best plain leather washer in the history of the Blue Factory, which almost perfectly transitions with the middle frame, more harmonious than the junction of the screen and the middle frame. The curved screen slope is slightly larger, the corners are slightly square, and the weight is slightly larger than that of the previous generation, which affects the holding comfort;
Fingerprint: The only domestic large-area 3D ultrasonic fingerprint (the other is iQOO 8 Pro), the core difference is a press to complete the fingerprint entry, two-finger recognition and recognition area. The recognition speed is similar to that of normal fingerprints, but the area is really large, and it can be hit at any time, which is a good civilization, and I hope that one day it will be popularized:
Vibration motor: 9595 X-axis linear motor, force OK, compactness is OK
External discharge: the volume is larger, the frequency bias and direction difference between the upper and lower speakers are more obvious, and the overall external discharge performance is general;
Audio chip: Although the chip was replaced by the AK4377A from the previous generation of high-end CS43131, after the death of the LG mobile phone, the blue factory flagship is one of the very few machines that insist on audio chips, and it is used and cherished.
screen with LTPO
iQOO 9 Pro Pro mode sRGB color accuracy, average color cast of 1.6, better performance
The screen of the iQOO 9 Pro is replaced by Samsung E5 material, full white manual brightness 463nit, automatic full white 936nit, compared with the previous generation slightly improved. I don't know if there is a brightness limit, because the Xiaomi Mi 12 Pro, which is also an E5 screen, can be rushed to 1062nit automatically all white.
In terms of color accuracy, iQOO 9 Pro surpasses iQOO 8 Pro and vivo X70 Pro+ in professional mode, with an average color cast of 1.6, becoming the best mobile phone in the blue factory color accuracy. The default standard mode has an average color cast of 5.3 and a maximum color cast of 8.9 when displaying sRGB content, which is more colorful than the previous generation. For users who have requirements for color standardization, it is recommended to manually switch to professional mode.
Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra, iQOO 9 Pro, OnePlus 10 Pro, can be compared with viewing angles
Samsung says the E4 consumes 10% less power than the E3 and the E5 25% lower than the E4. Characterization is a more advanced luminous material with higher peak brightness; at the same brightness it is more power efficient.
The new microlens used in this generation of E5 do have a certain negative impact on the viewing angle. Although the degree is still within the acceptable range, compared with the E4 screen, there will be a more obvious blueish and cold at a large angle, and there will be a rainbow pattern at a large diagonal angle.
The static refresh rate at different brightness, the B station list page is 120Hz
The video playback page is 30-60Hz jumping
It is 60Hz when there is a barrage
Vivo's second-generation LTPO is also a hardware solution, which does not require software adaptation (in fact, only Xiaomi's solution needs App adaptation).
In the new firmware, the "Show Refresh Rate" of the developer option can also show the real-time refresh rate of the screen.
When approaching the maximum brightness, the minimum refresh rate can be reduced to 1Hz, and the normal minimum refresh rate is 10Hz.
Still third-party maps and music apps lock 60 frames.
Test the LTPO strategy of the iQOO 9 Pro with the Egg Cube 'Egg LTPO' RefreshRateTester. The test simulates 1/10/20/24/30/48/60/72/90/96/120Hz, a total of 11 gear animations, iQOO 9 Pro's settings are completely different from OnePlus/True Self, and all gears will not bounce back to 120Hz due to touch:
1/10/20/24/30Hz animations are the corresponding frame rates
The 48Hz animation is 36 to 42Hz
The 60Hz animation is 44 to 48Hz
The 72Hz animation is 48-60Hz
The 90Hz animation is 60Hz
96 animation 60-72Hz
The 120Hz animation is 72-84Hz (after experiencing screen off unlocking, it will return to 120Hz, and the frame rate display or its logic seems to have a small bug)
So far, vivo and OPPO each have a set of LTPO 2.0 schemes, vivo scheme is a complex scene with fast frame rate changes that saves power (eggs LTPO can see that its gear is more and better controlled), OPPO scheme is a regular scene that saves more power.
According to the interview with Egg Ding, the iQOO 9 Pro turned off the hardware FLD function of the display chip (Low Frequency Driving, hard flip is low-frequency drive), and the SoC will only refresh when the frame is output, at the cost of allowing the SoC to complete the work of regularly refreshing the TFT charge when the still frame is completed (this was originally the work of the display chip), so the iQOO 9 Pro frame rate display numbers are irregular, and there will often be numbers that are not exactly ten.
As for the LTPO power saving effect, although the iQOO 9 Pro uses a 4700mAh battery, it is slightly weaker than the endurance of the OnePlus 10 Pro 5000mAh battery, but there is also the Adjustment of snapdragon 8 Gen 1, and the more power-saving Samsung E5 material screen help, it is still difficult to judge which side of the credit is greater (according to Samsung at that time, LTPO can reduce power consumption by 5%-15%, while E5 saves 25% more power than E4).
In addition, iQOO 9 Pro will switch the dimming mode with about 60% of the brightness bar (corresponding to the normal office lighting environment), and the developer option has a DC switch, and the fluctuation depth after opening the DC is also relatively large.
Objective data: Performance & Endurance & Charging & Heat
Android camp SoC performance comparison
SoC performance comparison
The enthusiasm of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has led to many strange phenomena this year, such as OnePlus to transform "game phones", iQOO instead scheduling has become conservative, "no optimization is the best optimization" moto into the most active Scheduling Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.
Version 12.0.13.2 system at the time of the deadline, Monster mode + specific running score whitelist, some apps can let the CPU of iQOO 9 Pro run (even GeekBench's version number is not matched, it will not run at full strength), the CPU part refreshed the record of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 model in our database. The GPU part is obviously conservative, which is an "algorithm compensation" for the GPU bias of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1?
The iQOO 9 Pro has a running sub-machine that adheres to tradition, while daily scheduling is a strong commitment to battery and battery life. iQOO 9 Pro may be the most conservative scheduling Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 model, iQOO 9 Pro set the snapdragon 8 Gen 1 X2 super core instantaneous maximum frequency at 2.8G, the daily limit is generally 2.2-2.4G, and the call is not active; the most active is 3 A710, often 2.4G. Fortunately, the A710 and A510 have absolute performance OK, and they can still maintain fluency in the "3A masterpiece" of Taobao.
The temperature control line is about 60 degrees (note that it is the internal thermosensor temperature), the phone will only be on the junction line of "warm to hot", resulting in 24 degrees room temperature, and the stability test of 3D Mark has not been successfully completed so far.
Conservative scheduling, the direct effect is heat control. At room temperature of 21.4 degrees, the iQOO 9 Pro has a maximum temperature of 38.9 degrees on the front and 36.6 degrees on the back after 20 minutes of Peace Elite (HDR HD + Extreme Frames + Anti-Aliasing).
The iQOO 9 Pro is a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 + second generation LTPO + 4700mAh dual battery cell. 200nit brightness, after 30 minutes of "Peace Elite" (HDR HD + extreme frame number + anti-aliasing), 30 minutes of B station 1080P video playback, 30 minutes of Weibo short video, 30 minutes of Wi-Fi and 5G surfing, a total of 2.5 hours of endurance test, iQOO 9 Pro remaining 72% of the power.
Among the 4 LTPO 2.0 models, xx has a battery life second only to the 5000mAh battery of the OnePlus 10 Pro, which performs better, stronger than many mid-range machines with 1080P screens, and is significantly stronger than the previous generation.
The iQOO 9 Pro is a 4700mAh dual battery + 120W fast charge. Honest blue factory, iQOO 9 Pro out-charge time and system power display 100% time almost the same time. 19 minutes show 100% of the power and offcharging, peak 104.5W, maintain for 2 minutes; 85W 4.5 minutes; 57W 10 minutes; "trickle" after 16 minutes.
Although the break charging time suffers due to sincerity, the speed of each time node of iQOO 9 Pro is faster than that of the previous generation with a smaller battery, and the actual 5 minutes are 34%, 10 minutes 59%, 15 minutes 84%, and the fast charge is very enough.
photograph
The iQOO 9 Pro replaced the previous generation of the IMX766V with a GN5 close to the specification, and the ultra-wide angle was changed from the IMX598 to the 150-degree JN1, completing the transformation of the Samsung Family Barrel:
First Samsung GN5 sensor, 5000W, 1/1.57'', 1μm, with micro-gimbal and enhanced video recording stabilization, 7P lens, 23mm, F1.75 aperture;
150 degree ultra-wide angle, 5000W, JN1, 1/2.76", '0.64μm, 120 degrees after distortion correction, equivalent 15mm, 6P lens, F2.27 (with fisheye mode, asteroid mode similar to panoramic camera);
Although the ultra-wide angle of the recent Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is JN1, the lenses and software usage of the manufacturers are not the same.
Vivo is more comfortable to use, and the 150-degree mode is placed on the far left of the zoom button of the main interface, and there is no need to go to the secondary menu like the green factory. Ultra-wide angle provides "fisheye, crystal ball, asteroid, sleepwalking wonderland" 4 functions, the latter two are similar to 360-degree panoramic cameras, and even can be customized to zoom, rotate, fuse, one step in place belongs to yes.
Oh, yes, the JN1 ultra-wide angle lens module of the blue factory is obviously different from the green factory, except for the difference in the degree of barrel distortion (the central object of the green factory is larger), the ultra-wide angle of the blue factory has focus and macro functions...
iQOO 9 Pro Ultra Wide Angle Center Magnification, default 0.6x on the left and 150-degree mode on the right
The iQOO 9 Pro Ultra Wide Angle left edge is magnified, with a default 0.6x left and a 150-degree mode on the right
The iQOO 9 Pro Ultra Wide Angle mode has multi-frame compositing, and the picture quality is not large.
Ultra-wide angle comparison 1 (pay attention to the difference between left and right visual fields)
Ultra-wide angle contrast 1, center magnification (note the size of the boat)
Ultra-wide angle contrast 1, left edge enlarged
Ultra-wide angle contrast 2 (pay attention to the size of the scene)
Ultra-wide angle contrast 2, center magnification
Ultra wide angle contrast 3
Ultra-wide angle contrast 3, central amplification (iQOO 8 Pro's algorithm helped, while the two JN1s on the right can intuitively see the difference in algorithms)
Although they are all 150-degree JN1 ultra-wide angle, because of the different lens schemes, the field of view loss before and after the iQOO 9 Pro distortion correction is also smaller than that of the Real My GT2 Pro and the OnePlus 10 Pro. The green plant plan is to protect the central area, and after the scale-up, the scenery of the central area is larger and the discernment is better.
Although the iQOO 8 Pro wins a lot with the IMX598 ultra-wide-angle specifications, it has a larger field of view, and with the smear algorithm, the picture details are difficult. The disadvantage of JN1's small bottom is actually obvious, the dim light scene will trigger the night scene algorithm, sacrificing the camera experience and capture performance, relying on a slower shutter and stack to win over the IMX598.
Harm, whether it is vivo, OPPO, or xiaomi, 1/2-inch outsole ultra-wide angle (IMX586/IMX598) seems to be incompatible with the ultra-wide angle eight, after all, it has been wrongly paid.
Main camera comparison 1
Main camera contrast 1, center magnification
Main camera comparison 2
Main camera contrast 2, center magnification
Main camera comparison 3
Main camera contrast 3, center magnification
Compared with the previous generation of main camera, the most obvious improvement of iQOO 9 Pro is actually the imaging speed, iQOO 8 Pro shutter response is slow, and there will be "shutter stiffness" after continuous shooting, iQOO 9 Pro's shooting experience is even better than X70 Pro+.
Imaging, iQOO 9 Pro with a more stable and strong multi-frame synthesis algorithm, although the discernment is average, but the highlight and shadow details under light/low light, the performance is obviously the strongest in the 3 units. As for the white balance, it is also the number of X70 Pro+, which is not intended to be close to the truth, and pleasing the eyeballs is the first priority.
Ultra-wide-angle hardware is weaker, but the algorithm and experience are improved. In 3 units, if I really want to choose a daily camera, I will not hesitate to vote for the iQOO 9 Pro.
summary
As we all know, the supi version of the heat dissipation is not good, gamers recommend choosing the legendary version of AG glass. But even so, I personally like this unabashed orange, "like a firefly in the dark, sharp and outstanding." Before using their own social fear, but holding it, it turned out that they were social cows, always wanted to buckle the mobile phone on the desktop, passers-by will always come to look at the mobile phone of this commotion.
Vivo's second-generation LTPO is very special, but also has a certain effect, plus a larger battery and extremely conservative SoC scheduling, the endurance improvement is immediate, iQOO 9 Pro is the first 2K screen flagship with endurance standing up. The screen color accuracy performance is still top-notch, but the microlens of the E5 screen do have a certain impact on the viewing angle. In terms of photography, although the ultra-wide-angle hardware is weakened, the gap in CMOS will be seen under low light, but most of the time the overall experience and effect are better. The main problem with iQOO 9 Pro is snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and scheduling is really too conservative, I hope that the OTA can be loosened in the later stage.