To say that the e-sports model that is most unlike e-sports mobile phones is probably iQOO. The reason why it is not like an e-sports product is because iQOO is not just focusing on high performance and abandoning other just needed experiences, after all, e-sports mobile phones are not game handhelds, from the portability and mobile communication capabilities of mobile phones to the intelligent experience and image performance of smart phones, iQOO positioning is a full-featured flagship product with performance and configuration of the top grid, and the iQOO 9 series that came out with the new Snapdragon 8 platform is closer to this incomparable form. And then we will talk about this e-sports flagship product that debuted this year.
The iQOO 9 standard edition we have in our hands is not like other exclusive game market products, but a normalized design that is close to the aesthetics of the young masses and the all-weather experience. In fact, e-sports mobile phones tend to lose some other directions of experience when they overemphasize performance, and even in the state of market competition, in order to ensure the effective constraints of cost, this phenomenon will be more serious, so that most game phones are now sacrificing thinness and thinness in exchange for performance. Compared with ordinary smartphones, the iQOO 9 has not seen a significant increase in weight and thickness, and compared with the earlier models, it has not further increased the volume because of the high-performance Snapdragon 8, but like many flagship smartphones, the overall control is very in place.
It is worth mentioning that iQOO 9 has made a big change in the design language. Front straight screen ultra-narrow border can be said to be the narrowest of all the current e-sports models, before many e-sports products because of the estimation to the horizontal screen grip and left more top and bottom border, obviously iQOO this time the design is unusual, more bold use of narrow edge design, so that the overall visual sense of progress is very obvious.
The design form of the back is also very unique, first of all, the main material, the track version of the color matching using microfilm condensation AG glass material, the bottom texture structure is very similar to the carbon fiber body texture of the track sports car, and on the other hand, the camera area at the top also adopts a new panoramic porthole design, the entire camera area uses an aviation aluminum alloy material as the bottom, the surface is covered with the same glass as the rear three cameras, and the entire glass surface is coated with a coating process, which can be described as a huge stroke. In fact, in order to be able to increase the transmittance of the lens, Vivo has been maintaining the exterior coating treatment on the rear camera, which is a part of the process that many smartphones can ignore in order to save costs.
Overall, the size of the iQOO 9 is just right, the width of the entire size is slightly wider than the mainstream products, but it does not affect the holding comfort, coupled with the overall control of the weight and thickness, to provide an excellent premise for the all-weather experience of this product.
As one of the most critical core components in e-sports products, iQOO 9 uses a 6.78-inch Samsung E5-level AMOLED direct screen, as a widely used straight screen in game models, which can eliminate the phenomenon of false touch relative to the curved screen, and effectively avoid distortion of the edge of the screen. The screen itself has a dynamic refresh rate, up to 120HZ, the same touch sampling rate of 360HZ, and has a peak brightness of 1500nit, the biggest difference compared to iQOO 9Pro is 1080p in the resolution, so it is already the sub-top existence.
In terms of performance, Snapdragon 8 on the Antu rabbit to break the million rating of performance is obviously no longer a secret, due to the introduction of the new ARMv9 architecture and 4nm process technology, so that this chip in the performance and heat are very prominent, and even some models in the high-strength full load can achieve only 40 ° C heat performance, which for the e-sports platform, obviously can not be sought.
In the actual test, iQOO 9 Antutu score of more than 1.03 million, AI test score of nearly 100,000 points, while the storage because the first use of the overclocking version of UFS 3.1, and with Turbo mode, performance test performance is also very prominent, in the daily game and application loading can greatly enhance the sense of speed experience, it can be said that there is no pressure to deal with the current mainstream games.
Under the highest special effects 60fps frame rate setting of "Original God", iQOO 9 basically completely realized the full frame rate operation, the average frame rate reached about 55 frames, except for some high-density rendering scenes with slight frame rate fluctuations, most of the scenes did not appear stuttering, and even so, iQOO 9 fluctuation frequency is also very low, which will not have a significant impact on the overall long-term experience of the game.
It is commendable that we found that iQOO 9 in the high-voltage test of "Original God" temperature performance is surprisingly abnormal, in the 21 ° C room temperature environment, after nearly half an hour of game operation, the maximum value of the infrared temperature scanning point of the entire fuselage is only about 38 ° C, compared to the one plus 10Pro we tested before, it is 3 ° C lower, and the temperature of the entire fuselage when holding the horizontal screen is only a micro-temperature state, which will not bring discomfort to the experience. It can be seen that the temperature control design of iQOO 9 is indeed worthy of praise, and in addition to its own large-area heat uniform heat design, the aviation aluminum of the large-area rear-capture module mentioned above is also used as a fuselage dispersion material, which plays a key and positive role in the rapid cooling of the whole machine.
In terms of game features, iQOO 9 brings a miraculous gaming experience with the "Full Sense Control System 3.0". One of the most concentrated functional performance is the dual control pressure sense under the screen, its pressure sensor area is greatly improved compared to the previous model, through the left and right two areas of the button mapping, can directly realize the operation mode of two fingers to four fingers, compared to many models of multi-finger operation is easier to get started, the scope of customization is also wider.
In addition to the control, this product has also improved its tactile perception and auditory positioning, respectively, introducing a new dual X-axis linear motor and an enclosed stereoscopic dual speaker, of which the new motor increases the steady-state vibration by 45%, and adds differentiated skills to release the shock sense for many mainstream mobile games, while the dual speaker's auxiliary positioning of the enemy's stereo sense is more obvious, bringing a more excellent immersive experience.
In fact, in addition to the performance and excellent gaming experience, the entire product is not only closer to the appearance of the all-weather, iQOO 9's image performance is to break the game phone like the tablet version of the camera performance.
Among them, the front shot is a 16 million pixel lens with a punch hole in the middle of the screen, and the main shot in the rear triple shot is 50 million pixels, the lens is first launched with Samsung GN5 pixel sensor, with a 1/1.57-inch outsole, supportS optical image stabilization, and comes with a 13 million pixel ultra-wide angle lens and a 12 million pixel portrait lens. In addition to the iQOO 9 Pro using the same pixel sensor for the main camera, it also lowers the micro-gimbal into the iQOO product, while the secondary camera is also upgraded to a 50-megapixel fisheye wide-angle lens and a 16-megapixel portrait lens, which shows that the entire series is not weak even in the face of conventional flagship models.
In terms of actual imaging effects, iQOO 9's focus, color, and sharpness performance are very good, especially the distortion performance of the wide-angle end is very commendable, which not only effectively avoids the problem of wide-angle lower edge distortion, but also prevents the negative effect of out-of-focus attached to distortion correction, it can be said that the entire picture performance in addition to the white balance is slightly cold, almost can not pick out any faults.
Endurance fast charge is a very important upgrade point when the iQOO 9 series was released, this time the product added 4700mAh 6C cell dual battery, but also continued the previous generation of gallium nitride 120W top grid fast charge, both cruise time and charging efficiency are in the current smartphone market to sit in the top position.
In the actual measurement, iQOO 9 is expected to easily cope with up to 8 hours, and in the medium and heavy scenes of the game, the battery life of one day is obviously not a problem. The fast charging performance is more eye-catching, in the state of automatic shutdown of power loss, the first ten minutes of charging volume is close to 70%, until the full time takes only about 20 minutes, providing excellent conditions for uninterrupted experience.
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In fact, in addition to the core advantages of the above experience, the soul of iQOO 9, OriginOS Ocean, is also a concentrated difference point for this product from the product that emphasizes performance alone. Including atomic components with zero-level operation, a naturalized interactive experience, and a more secure privacy protection and isolation system, and a borderless, high visual affinity UI style, the iQOO 9 series is clearly an all-round product that goes beyond the definition of esports phones.
Overall, as the first Snapdragon 8 new platform model aimed at the game market in 2022, the positioning of the iQOO 9 series is based on the difference classification of the game mobile phone market, which not only opens up the difference with other models, but also makes a universal expansion in the game market, making the series of products in terms of cost performance and comprehensiveness have won extremely high scores, and the balanced performance can be described as living up to expectations, whether it is e-sports players or users who prefer daily game hobbies, it is a product worth considering.