As the main performance of the Neo series, more than half a year after the release of neo5 ushered in an upgrade, that is, iQOO Neo5S. From the name, it is just one more S, more like a small upgrade. Judging from the experience of more than three weeks, this small improvement in hardware configuration has been exchanged for a comprehensive upgrade of performance and user experience.
The moment you open the package, many people will find that iQOO Neo5S is no longer a thin performance faction, but a strength faction with exquisite workmanship. Nonsense is not much to say, a comprehensive talk about the use of experience, you want to change the phone users can focus on.
Appearance: Small changes in family design
Purely from the appearance point of view, iQOO Neo5S seems to have not changed, it is still a family design style. However, the texture upgrade in the hand is no different from the flagship mobile phone. In terms of some small details, there is a lot of improvement.
The fuselage cover uses a higher haze AG frosted glass, which is very comfortable to feel. The frosted treatment does not stain fingerprints and creates a metallic texture.
The rear camera module is made of metal and has undergone a matte sandblasting oxidation process, and below the module is the visual cloud design of the iQOO family. In different light, the word Neo sprayed on the frosted glass can be clearly seen.
In terms of color matching, iQOO Neo5S has three colors: sunset canyon, night space, and orange light jump, and this one in the author's hand is orange light jump color matching. There is no interface at the top of the fuselage, only a noise-cancelling microphone opening, which improves aesthetics and reduces unnecessary slotting.
The charging connector and SIM card slot are located at the bottom of the fuselage, and the speaker opening is on the far right. On the iQOO Neo5S machine, we also did not see the 3.5mm headphone jack, which is a little regrettable.
Three buttons are located on the left and right of the fuselage, namely the power key and the volume adjustment key. The touch of the three buttons is not bad, the damping is OK, which is also in line with the family design style.
Performance: Flagship chips deliver a great experience
Compared with the previous generation, the iQOO Neo5S processor has been upgraded to the Snapdragon 888, and the standalone display chip is also standard. Through the "game frame rate multiplication" technology, you can add a "transition frame" between the game's native two frames to achieve a high frame rate game experience.
First look at the performance of the Snapdragon 888 processor, at room temperature of 28 degrees, iQOO Neo5S Antu rabbit running score of more than 830,000. It seems that this performance is not covered. So, when playing games, can game interpolation technology bring users experience improvement?
In the case of the game "Glory of the King", the extreme picture quality mode is turned on, and the frame rate in the game has been stable at about 120 frames, and there will be fluctuations during the team battle, but the smoothness of the game has not been affected. It seems that the game performance of iQOO Neo5S is still very strong.
Look at the fever situation, after playing the game for more than half an hour, the temperature on the back of the phone can feel warm. Using an infrared thermometer to detect, the highest temperature is near the rear camera module, the average is about 40 degrees, and the power drops by 7%. It seems that the heat dissipation performance is still OK.
Since the extreme picture quality is already 120 frame mode, in order to test the performance of game interpolation, after opening the normal mode, let the independent display chip interpolate to 120 frames. Also in the Glory of Kings game, the frame rate does not fluctuate during the team war, and the heat is lower. After playing for more than half an hour, the fuselage temperature was at the highest around 39 degrees.
Through comparison, it is not difficult to find that the game interpolation frame function can reduce the load of the GPU, but also reduce the heat generation of the mobile phone, and the change in power consumption is not too obvious. Therefore, if you play the game for a long time, it is recommended to turn on the screen interpolation function.
With the help of independent display chips, as well as high thermal conductivity alloy heat dissipation materials for rare earth elements, the heat dissipation capacity of iQOO Neo5S is better than that of other Snapdragon 888 mobile phones, and the temperature of long-term game play is on average about 2 degrees lower.
Take photos: Low-light imaging capabilities that align with flagship phones
From the perspective of hardware configuration, iQOO Neo5S rear triple camera, the main camera of 48 million pixels, seems to be a bit non-mainstream. However, let's not overlook an important message, the main camera sensor is sony IMX598, support optical image stabilization and f/1.79 large aperture, tuning is more mature.
How strong, may wish to use samples to speak. In a well-lit environment during the day, the iQOO Neo5S sample color reproduction is accurate, and the bokeh effect is more natural. Even some lighter colors can be clearly restored in the sample. It seems that the imaging effect cannot be measured in pixels.
At night or in low-light environments, with excellent hardware stabilization technology and super night scene algorithm automatic adjustment, you can take clear photos without a professional tripod. What's more intimate is that the main camera, ultra-wide angle and even 2x digital zoom all support night mode.
There is no doubt that the imaging capabilities of the iQOO Neo5S in various scenarios are very good, not worse than the flagship phone. Of course, there are still some details to be improved, because the algorithm is not too perfect.
System: OriginOS Ocean makes surprises everywhere
From the interface layout, to some details of the icons and UI, OriginOS Ocean has surprised people. Compared to the previous generation of systems, Ocean is more mature, more compatible applications, and brings a lot of playability.
Unlike other mobile phone systems, Origin Ocean's desktop style is very personal, more in line with the pursuit of young people, "Huarong grid" desktop and traditional grid format desktop arrangement has been integrated, in the new OriginOS main screen, users can not only perform traditional icon arrangement, but also can enlarge and reduce the icon and other operations.
Moreover, each icon of the system can be widened or raised according to their own preferences. In contrast, the traditional icons are either square or round and don't have much tonality. Users define each icon autonomously, which is also a surprise brought by Origin Ocean.
In the lock screen state, there is a menu below, in addition to displaying information such as logistics and information, it also places the common functions of calling, camera and payment. If you want to make a call, you can directly drag the call function button to the unlock area, which is very convenient.
Richer themes allow users to highly customize their Origin screen desktop, from fonts to wallpapers, to video ringtones are freely customizable.
Speaking of battery life and fast charging performance, iQOO Neo5S has a built-in 4500mAh battery and supports 66W fast charging. For snapdragon 888 mobile phones, the battery capacity can only be said to be decent, and the charging speed is very fast. At room temperature of about 25 degrees, it can be charged 20% in 5 minutes, 45% in 10 minutes, and fully charged in about 40 minutes.
Throughout the charging process, the phone case remains in a slightly hot state. If you charge your phone while playing a game, the phone case temperature is higher, and the charging time will be slightly longer, after all, the game is too power-consuming.
Summary: Although a large wave of Snapdragon 8 Gen1 flagship mobile phones have been released, the Snapdragon 888 mobile phone is still the first choice for high cost performance, which is also the product logic of iQOO Neo5S. On the surface, this is just a small upgrade in the hardware configuration, and from the experience point of view, the performance, photography and battery life experience have been fully upgraded.
In the price range of about 3,000 yuan, the iQOO Neo5S experience is stronger than some entry-level Snapdragon 8 Gen1. Therefore, from the perspective of various factors such as price and user experience, the iQOO Neo5S with a slight upgrade is more worth starting.