Text/Yang Yue
What do I need to consider when choosing a flagship phone? Better performance must be the most important, in addition to a high refresh rate screen, better shooting ability and so on... iQOO launched the iQOO 9 series at the beginning of this year, which is also one of the few products in the market based on qualcomm's new generation of Snapdragon 8 mobile platform dual flagship products, the author has also experienced this phone for a while, may wish to share some experience with you here.
Appearance: Both the inside and the outside are full of personality
This generation of iQOO mobile phones still uses a box with an irregular lid design, full of personality, and has become a major feature of iQOO.
iQOO 9 back camera module using "panoramic porthole" as the core, it is said that the "panoramic porthole" borrows from the car sunroof, overall, the back is indeed very simple, the porthole on both sides of the transition with a stepped structure, so that the camera module does not look particularly obtrusive. I have this "sharp" version with orange as the main color on the back and added a triangle pattern, which is also very delicate.
The iQOO 9 body weight and thickness are 206.1g and 8.37mm respectively, which is not too cumbersome to hold in the hand for a long time, and the built-in dual X-axis linear motor and dual pressure feeling under the screen can also enhance the control experience when holding the game horizontally.
The iQOO 9 also offers a complete range of accessories, including a power adapter, data cable, and a shimizu case. Among them, the power adapter can provide 120W ultra-fast flash charge wired fast charge, charging cable is a length of about 1.5 meters USB-A to USB-C cable, it can be said that it is very thick.
The bottom of the phone can see the USB-C interface, SIM card slot, microphone opening and speaker opening, the side through a certain arc design, holding in the hand will feel more slim, volume adjustment key and power key design on the right side of the fuselage, press it is also very handy.
The front of the iQOO 9 adopts a 6.78-inch 2D flexible material Samsung E5 super retina screen, with a resolution of 2400*1080, supporting intelligent switching, 60Hz, 120Hz three refresh rate modes. The large straight-screen structure of iQOO 9 ensures the display of edges, while also making the control of game edges more friendly.
The iQOO 9 has a screen manual brightness of up to 500nit, an excitation brightness of up to 1000nit, a local brightness of even 1500nit, a contrast ratio of 8000000:1, and a 25% reduction in power consumption compared to E4 materials.
Performance: More expressive
iQOO 9 uses Qualcomm's new generation Snapdragon 8 mobile platform with a built-in eight-core Kryo CPU, which achieves a 20% peak performance increase and a 30% reduction in energy consumption compared to the previous generation of flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processors. iQOO 9 adopts The Cascading VC stereoscopic cooling system, built-in 3923mm large area heating plate, to help reduce the surface temperature of CPU and mobile phone.
Through the Antutu running score test, the score performance exceeded 1 million, and the score results of parameters including CPU, GPU, storage and other parameters were the strongest performance.
In terms of game experience, iQOO 9 also has a stronger performance, trying to open the highest quality to play the "Original God" for half an hour, the whole process of the screen is very smooth, did not encounter the problem of stuttering.
It is worth mentioning that the mobile phone has a built-in dual X-axis linear motor, and vibrates and adapts to the hero skills in the game, and using iQOO 9 to play "Glory of the King" will have a completely different game experience from other mobile phones.
In addition, iQOO 9's dual-control pressure sense under the screen can achieve more action through the pressure operation on both sides of the screen, and the pressure sensing area range is 6.7% higher than that of iQOO 8.
Endurance: 120W fast charge blessing, power is not a problem
iQOO 9 has a 4700mAh battery, belongs to the flagship machine with a large battery capacity, fully charged, in the case of playing games and watching videos for an hour in a day, other times to browse the web, chat WeChat and other operations, at night before going to bed, the power is actually more than 50%.
iQOO 9 also performs well in charging speed, 120W fast charge, power from 2% to 100% only takes less than 20 minutes, 10 minutes or so can be fully half, large capacity battery with 120W fast charge, perfect solution to power anxiety.
Camera: Meet the needs of daily shooting
The iQOO 9 features a 50MP Samsung GN5 main camera with optical stabilization, a 13MP 120-degree ultra-wide angle lens, and a 12MP 2x portrait/telephoto lens.
In terms of finished film, the GN5 main camera imaging effect of iQOO 9 is quite good, the picture is very transparent, the color performance is very natural, even in the case of insufficient indoor light can restore the real color.
OriginOS System: Rich in components and highly playable
iQOO 9 is powered by the OriginOS Ocean operating system based on Android 12, which has been greatly upgraded in both appearance and interactive experience.
OriginOS Ocean incorporates a wealth of components to make the phone more convenient to use, and the system is light and smooth, and the mobile phone process is really enjoyable.
OriginOS Ocean can set up commonly used applications on the lock screen, and if you want to open any application, drag it directly to the fingerprint unlock area, eliminating the need for cumbersome steps. In addition, you can also view flight information, logistics information, taxi information, etc. directly on the lock screen interface, you can also directly open the music player and payment code, health code, etc., and you can achieve the desired function with a single swipe.
OriginOS's small window mode is entered by sliding from the sitting corner to the middle of the screen, and it is equally simple and easy to use after getting used to it.
Not only that, but usually Android phones swipe from the side of the screen to return, but on OriginOS Ocean, swiping and holding for a second can also bring up shortcuts to other apps.
Summary: Owning it won't disappoint you
Overall, iQOO 9 not only shows distinctive features in appearance, but also brings excellent performance in terms of user experience. Starting from the iQOO 5 series, the outstanding shooting and fast charging capabilities have made iQOO officially step into the real flagship camp, and the next few iterations have not disappointed users.
Today's iQOO 9 is a better continuation of this experience, display, energy consumption, system and other aspects of the performance are quite outstanding, can not help but look forward to the next "10" milestones, iQOO can bring what breakthroughs.