The shortening of the update cycle of each mobile phone product line means that the market competition is becoming more and more intense. As we all know, the previous product line was usually changed once a year, and now it is generally two times a year, or even three times a year, indicating that if a product wants to maintain market share for a longer period of time, it must have a configuration that is significantly ahead of the rest of the models.
The newly released iQOO 9 Pro in January has been recognized by users with its top performance, independent display chip Pro, ceiling-level screen, 120W flash charge combination, 50 million pixel dual main camera and other configurations at the beginning of the release, and has also become one of the flagships in the hearts of users.
Now that more than a month has passed since the release of the new machine, and the updated flagship is also on the way, is it still the most powerful and worthy of the performance flagship at the moment? With this question, we look for answers through performance, gaming, battery life, charging, imaging and other aspects of measured performance.
Performance: The running score is directly to the top
The iQOO 9 Pro is equipped with a new generation of 4nm process of Snapdragon 8 platform, with an enhanced version of the LPDDR5 and an overclocked version of UFS 3.1, with a top-of-the-line hardware package. Under the optimization of the iQOO team, the performance of the processor was stimulated more comprehensively, and finally on the Antutu platform, it scored a good score of 103W+, which was higher than the flagship of the other first Snapdragon 8 platforms on the market.
In fact, the iQOO 9 Pro is also equipped with a standalone display chip Pro, which mainly provides two modes of "improving frame rate" and "high frame low power consumption", and has a "no one has me" experience in the field of high frame games. For example, the "Original God" game is currently adapted to the maximum 60 frame mode, but with the help of the interpolation function of the unique chip Pro, we can experience the "Original God" game comparable to 90FPS or 120FPS extreme visual effects on the iQOO 9 Pro.
Also closely related to the visual and auditory aspects of the gaming experience, the iQOO 9 Pro provides a 2K curved screen with E5 luminous materials and a closed stereoscopic double beam, ensuring a strong sense of immersion in the game. In terms of touch, it also has an X-axis linear motor, which provides a very delicate vibration feeling.
Game: The actual test is very smooth, and the full frame is very easy
The hardware and software are strong, and the game is naturally not afraid of the stage. We tested the mainstream games on the market on the iQOO 9 Pro, and the average frame rate score was as follows:
In the 120 frames of "Glory of the King", the average frame rate is 117.9FPS, the trend is stable, there is no obvious frame drop; in the 90 frames of "Peace Elite", the average frame rate is 89.9FPS, the trend is also stable to the end; in the 60 frames of "Original God", the frame rate fluctuations are more obvious, and the final average frame rate is 47.6FPS, although there is still a gap from the full frame, but it is also the first echelon level of the main flagship in the market.
Thanks to a good visual and auditory experience, the color expression of the game screen is more accurate, because the iQOO 9 Pro also has a visual effect enhancement option, if you eat chicken and other games with higher color requirements, it is easier to find Voldemort, and eat chicken is one step faster. At the same time, the e5 screen of the iQOO 9 Pro supports LTPO Stepless Variable Speed 2.0 technology, which allows for better control of power consumption, making the screen more power-efficient, and allowing us to play games longer on a single charge.
As mentioned earlier, the machine has an interpolation mode, in the 60-frame "Original God" game, we opened the "reduce power consumption" function, the system can multiply the frame rate in 45FPS mode, to achieve 90FPS visual rendering, the actual power consumption is lower than the native 60 frames, killing two birds with one stone.
(The actual frame rate is 90FPS, the frame measurement software cannot detect the interpolated frame part of the data, so it must be multiplied by 2)
Since the e-sports experience is one of the main selling points, the heat dissipation of iQOO 9 Pro is also very exquisite, it is equipped with a cascading waterfall VC stereoscopic heat dissipation system, a larger area of heat source coverage, to ensure the timely discharge of heat. After a "Glory of Kings" and a "Proto-God" we measured the temperature of the back cover respectively, and the maximum temperature was 37.6 °C and 39.0 °C, which performed well.
(Temperature measurement after a round of Glory of kings)
(Temperature measurement after a round of protoshin)
Battery Life & Charging: Still the same line
Since the iQOO 5 Pro began mass production using 120W flash charging, subsequent iQOO digital flagships have also used the same technology, and the iQOO 9 Pro is the same. Of course, after many generations of development, the technology is obviously more mature, such as the use of gallium nitride material for this 120W charging head, the volume and weight are significantly reduced, whether it is storage or going out to carry, it is more relaxed.
(Comparison of front and rear generations of 120W charging heads)
In addition, the newly upgraded 120W flash charging technology supports PD 3.0 and PPS protocols, which is compatible with fast charging of more mainstream devices. In terms of this machine, in the actual test, it only takes 18 minutes, and the iQOO 9 Pro can be charged from 0% to 100%. In addition, the machine also supports 50W wireless flash charging and 10W wireless reverse charging.
By the way, it is equipped with a 4700mAh battery, which is 200mAh more than the previous generation battery. In the battery life test, iQOO 9 Pro after a total of four and a half hours of online video, online Bluetooth music, game play, 4K video recording, etc., the remaining 50% of the power.
Images: Not only can you shoot, but also interesting
Imagery isn't the iQOO 9 Pro's biggest strength, but it's also a remarkable performance. It is equipped with a three-camera system composed of "50 million pixel micro-gimbal main camera + 50 million pixel ultra-wide angle fisheye main camera + 16 million pixel portrait lens", except for the lack of ultra-telephoto focal length, the rest of the part basically reaches the flagship level.
The main camera uses a 1/1.57-inch outsole sensor to provide a clear finished picture. In order to solve the glare and ghost problems such as urban night scene shooting, on the surface of the camera, iQOO 9 Pro also added two processes of UAR ultra-low reflection coating and absorption pigment spin coating liquid to ensure the purity of the sample.
Ultra-wide angle main camera, support fisheye macro and 150 ° fisheye ultra-wide angle two functions. Taking advantage of the characteristics of large image deformation and strong spatial perspective of the fisheye lens, we provide innovative four shooting modes, from which we can get a more interesting shooting experience. That is, the four functions of fisheye, crystal ball, asteroid, and rabbit hole (wonderland).
The specific effect can be seen in the following figure.
(Asteroid Mode)
(Rabbit Hole/Sleepwalking Wonderland Mode)
With a wider framing range, you can also capture more pictures at once, as shown below. In addition, the last lens of the iQOO 9 Pro completes the need for portrait and zoom, supporting up to 2.5x optical zoom and 30x digital zoom.
(Ultra Wide Angle Sample)
These differentiated details of the experience can not be unaware
The key to the iQOO 9 Pro's success lies in these differentiated experiences. For example, ultrasonic 3D wide-area fingerprint unlocking, due to the different principle of optical fingerprint unlocking under the screen commonly used by our Android users, it has the advantages of fast recognition speed, wet hand oil hand unlocking, large area of unlock area, but also supports the quick start of WeChat / Alipay sweep and other functions, increasing the convenience of daily life.
(Left: iQOO 9 Pro Ultrasonic Fingerprint Unlock Right: Optical Fingerprint Unlock under Traditional Android Screen)
It is worth mentioning that iQOO 9 Pro adapts to the OriginOS Ocean system, and there are also new functions in the lock screen system. As can be seen from the left side of the following figure, around the fingerprint unlock area, the entrance of the rest of the applications is placed, which is the shortcut launch function of the lock screen, everyone will drag the corresponding icon to the fingerprint area to unlock and enter the application interface with one click, and the two shortcut applications on the right side can be customized.
In addition, the atomic privacy system on the right side of the picture is also worth noting. We can slide left from the DOCK bar to see the entrance, after entering the password can enter the privacy system, which can store pictures, videos, documents and other files, so that private or confidential files are more securely stored in our mobile phone, even if others get our mobile phone, they often can not find the files in the privacy system. The system also has built-in independent control of cameras, recorders, etc., and only with the consent of the user, the relevant permissions will be activated, and the security is high.
Finally, back to the beginning of the question, is the iQOO 9 Pro still the most heavily stacked and most worth buying flagship? As can be seen from our evaluation process, performance, it uses Android's latest Snapdragon 8 flagship, the screen uses Samsung's latest E5 luminous material, the game field has a rare unique chip Pro in the industry, the charging uses the highest power 120W flash charge in the main machine market at present, the image innovatively adds a 150 ° fisheye lens, good shooting is also fun, the operating system is also a newly released OriginOS Ocean at the end of last year, fingerprint unlocking uses a better ultrasonic 3D wide-area unlock technology...
All in all, the hardware of the iQOO 9 Pro will most likely not be obsolete in the next year or two, and the experience will be the first step, which is undoubtedly worth buying.