The iQOO Neo series with cost-effective "small steel cannon" has finally ushered in an iterative update, and this time the iQOO Neo6 has made a strong appearance with a comprehensively upgraded hardware configuration and trendy exterior design. How does the iQOO Neo6 perform as a performance flagship series?
Hardware configuration is the primary condition
The iQOO Neo6 processor has been upgraded to the Snapdragon 8 mobile platform with a new 4nm process. At the core, the Snapdragon 8 chip uses a Cortex-X2 super core with a clock frequency of up to 3GHz, in addition to three A710 large cores and four A510 energy-efficient cores. The powerful performance output brought by the chip has enabled the iQOO Neo6 to reach 1.01 million points in Antutu.
I believe that everyone is tired of watching these parameters, we directly on the game test data, in the room temperature of 26 degrees of the scene, the "Glory of the King", "Peace Elite" and "Original God" these three popular mobile games frame rate test.
The first is Glory of Kings, where we set the frame rate to an extremely high, which is the native 120 frames, while setting the resolution to high, and the overall picture quality was adjusted to ultra-clear.
It should be noted that the two dropped parts in the middle of the frame rate table are the preparation steps for the restart after the game is over, and the last drop is the end of the last game. During this half-hour test, the iQOO Neo6 averaged a frame rate of 118.3 frames, and the graphics in the game were very smooth, with no obvious frame drops.
▲ Half-hour frame rate data of "Glory of Kings"
Next up was the Peace Elite test, where we adjusted the frame rate to 90 frames for smooth picture quality. After half an hour of testing, the average frame rate is 89.6 frames, which presents almost a straight line on the frame rate table, and the performance is very good, whether it is in the scene of the steel gun or driving the car in the game, the picture frame rate is very stable.
▲ Half-hour frame rate data of "Peace Elite"
Since the frame rate performance of the first two games is so good, we went directly to the half-hour test of "Original God", setting the overall picture quality to be high, and the frame rate was adjusted to 60 frames.
Half an hour later, the early stage lasted a full 11 minutes at 60 frames, and there were some fluctuations in the combat scene, but the game screen dropped frame phenomenon was not obvious. After 11 minutes, due to the heating of the fuselage, although the overall frame rate performance is above 45 frames, the fluctuation is larger, and the frame drop phenomenon is more obvious than the previous 11 minutes.
▲ Half-hour frame rate data of "Original God"
Three games tested down, iQOO Neo6 on the Snapdragon 8 tuning is more radical, take the "original god", in the fuselage heat did not appear when the lock frame rate phenomenon, but in the constant attempt to find a balance between temperature control and increase the frame rate, as far as possible to bring users a high frame rate game experience.
In the frame rate test of the previous game, we also measured the back temperature of the fuselage at the same time, thanks to the six-layer graphite heat dissipation and large-area VC heating plate equipped with iQOO Neo6, you can see that the temperature of the three games can be maintained at around 40 degrees after half an hour of testing, and the maximum temperature of the "Original God" that compares the performance can also be controlled at 41.4 degrees.
▲Left "Glory of Kings", Middle "Peace Elite", Right "Original God"
It is worth mentioning that the high thermal conductivity rare earth alloy on the motherboard is optimized from the atomic level to further improve the heat dissipation capacity, and it can be said that this heat dissipation system brings a very good heat dissipation effect to iQOO Neo6.
In addition to the Snapdragon 8 chip, iQOO Neo6 also has the blessing of the independent display chip Pro, which brings two modes of improving frame rate and optimizing power consumption. In the frame rate increase mode, the game's native 60Hz or 90Hz can be increased to 120Hz by interpolating frames, bringing a smoother game effect; in the optimized power consumption mode, the unique chip Pro will share half of the GPU's computing power, effectively reducing power consumption and reducing mobile phone heat, and the game is more durable.
Also under the test of "Glory of Kings", the same frame rate setting is extremely high, the resolution is set to high, and the picture quality is set to ultra-clear. The difference is that this time we turned on the game interstitial frame to increase the frame rate mode, although the frame rate table shows 60FPS, but in the game screen is 120FPS effect, compared to the native 120Hz has a lower power output.
Also note that there are five segments on the frame rate scale that go back to 120 frames and reopen after the game is over. This set of data made me very surprised, after an hour of continuous game, iQOO Neo6 because of the blessing of the unique chip Pro, the frame rate table presented is a straight line, the game scene whether it is a line or a team battle did not drop the frame, very stable.
▲"Glory of the King" opens the half-hour frame rate data of the frame rate mode
What surprised me even more was the one-hour test of Protoshin, this time we turned on the optimized power consumption mode. Note that because the standalone display chip shares half the GPU's hash rate, only 45FPS is displayed on the frame rate table, but 90FPS in the game.
This set of data does not need me to say more, the straight line on the frame rate table is also very straight, the average frame rate of 44.7 frames in one hour of play, the running map and the battle scene are very smooth. Judging from the interpolation performance of the two games, the blessing of the unique chip Pro allows iQOO Neo6 to bring more stable frame rate performance in the game, so that players can feel a more immersive and durable game experience.
▲"Original God" turns on the optimized power consumption mode for half an hour frame rate data
Surprises are not only the dual-core flagship, iQOO Neo6 also has a dual pressure mode under the screen, which divides the screen horizontally into left and right sides, and the pressing of each side can be customized, and the game experience is more immersive.
The iQOO Neo6 with dual pressure sensation under the screen is more integrated in appearance than mobile phones with physical shoulder keys, and the pressing operation will be more ergonomic than the multi-finger operation of the shoulder button, and the operation in the game is smoother.
The iQOO Neo6 has dual-linear motors, located on the left and right sides of the phone, for a full range of vibrations. For example, in the "Peace Elite" game, the direction of the source of damage can be quickly located through shock feedback, and in the two MOBA games of "Glory of kings" and "League of Legends Mobile Game", the hero releases the skill direction will have vibration feedback, so that the skill has a sense of direction and the game is more immersive.
In terms of battery life, iQOO Neo6 uses a 4700mAh large battery and is equipped with 80W flash charge. The combination of dual-cell solution and FFC technology can significantly reduce charging time.
From the measured data, the iQOO Neo6 is charged with 25% of the power in 5 minutes, and it has been charged to 100% in 34 minutes. It is worth mentioning that the interface position is plated with a rare metal "rhodium ruthenium", which has the characteristics of anti-corrosion and anti-wear, effectively prolonging the service life of the interface.
The charging speed is very good, so how does the 4700mAh battery performance of the iQOO Neo6 is? After an hour and a half of endurance testing, iQOO Neo6 consumes 4% of weibo traffic in half an hour, 3% of half an hour of 1080P video playback, 16% of power in 90 frames of smooth mode of peace elite in half an hour, and 77% of the remaining power.
iQOO Neo6 is very satisfied with the power consumption of the flash stream and video playback in the case of low performance requirements, but in the game scene, the power consumption will be faster because of the 90-frame load screen.
Excellent performance should be shown in all aspects
The iQOO Neo6 features a 6.62-inch AMOLED screen, E4 illuminated material, and supports a high refresh rate of 120Hz. This screen minimizes the impact of the screen hardware on the display of content through screen calibration and the color reproduction capabilities of the Monochromatic Chip Pro.
In terms of imaging, the iQOO Neo6 uses a three-camera combination of 64MP main camera + 12MP ultra-wide-angle lens + 2MP monochrome lens. The main camera uses a Samsung GW1P sensor with OIS optical image stabilization, which can effectively reduce image blur caused by jitter.
iQOO Neo6 in the sample taken during the day in the color reproduction is very good, but the saturation is high, both the sky and the blue of the building appears bluer than the naked eye sees, the green plants below are greener than the naked eye, although the overall color is more intense, but the overall picture is still very pleasing to the eye.
▲Main photo daytime sample
▲Main photo daytime sample
The ultra-wide angle lens of the iQOO Neo6 has a 116° ultra-wide viewing angle, and in this sample, there is also a problem of high saturation with the main camera, the colors are more vivid, and the better point is that the distortion is well controlled, and there is no obvious distortion at the edges.
▲Ultra wide angle lens sample
Thanks to the main camera using a 1/1.72" outsole sensor, with the self-developed AI Deglare algorithm, the color saturation in the night sample of iQOO Neo6 has become normal compared to the sample during the day, and the overall picture purity is also very good, but the sky dark light suppression of the two samples is not very good, showing a gray sky.
▲Sample of the main night scene
▲Sample of the main night scene
The appearance of iQOO Neo6 is also very worth mentioning, with "punk", "blues" and "black knight" in the color matching, and the one we got is the "punk" color.
What I didn't expect was that the "punk" and "blues" color schemes this time used a plain leather material that had never been seen in the Neo series before, and the lychee design brought a very comfortable touch. There is also a "Black Lord" color scheme using fluorite AG glass process.
The iQOO Neo6 camera module features a "Film Cloud" design inspired by film and Polaroid paper. The metal part of the camera module matches the orange plain leather color matching, the transition is very natural, and the pixel-style "NEO" character and the metal module present a matte collision effect, which is very retro.
To sum up, iQOO Neo6 brings a very good gaming experience under the flagship dual-core blessing of Snapdragon 8 and Unique Chip Pro, as well as a new exterior design, and the back cover of plain leather material brings a more comfortable touch. Finally, the addition of OriginOS Ocean can optimize the game experience while also meeting the needs of daily use, it can be said that iQOO Neo6 is a mobile phone with both appearance and performance.