Users familiar with iQOO mobile phones should know that compared with digital flagships, the Neo series will usually choose flagship chips from six months to 1 year later to make the price more affordable. The iQOO Neo6, which has just been released, has very unexpectedly used this year's latest Snapdragon 8 Gen1 platform, and the digital flagship dual linear motor and dual pressure sense have also been delegated to it, and the price is closer to its own big brother. As the preferred brand of many mobile game lovers, iQOO this year these two new products should make many friends feel entangled, this issue we will through the comparison of all aspects, to answer everyone's confusion.
01/ Appearance
In terms of appearance, the rear camera part of the two mobile phones adopts a family-style metal cloud level design, the difference is that the area of iQOO Neo6 is relatively small, and the cloud level is also engraved with the word Neo of the pixel wind, which is more exquisite; and iQOO9 almost covers the entire horizontal area of the module, and the official said that the design will be more conducive to heat insulation.
On the back cover material, iQOO Neo6 optional glass, both mobile phones use 3D curved back cover, iQOO Neo6 optional glass and plain leather material, iQOO 9 legend and track color are glass material. If the same glass material contrast, iQOO Neo6's silk AG is more delicate, and iQOO 9's AG is more advanced but ordinary to the touch.
In terms of frame material, iQOO Neo6 is made of plastic, while iQOO 9 uses an all-metal middle frame. However, in the transition and connection with the middle frame, iQOO Neo6 has a smoother transition and a more rounded feel; iQOO 9 can feel a more obvious paragraph feeling when the finger is crossed.
Overall, combined with design and feel, the author generally prefers iQOO Neo6 in terms of appearance.
ΔiQOO Neo6
ΔiQOO 9
02/ Screen
First of all, it is reflected in the appearance, iQOO 9 uses a flexible screen, through the COP package to achieve four narrow-sided vision; and the use of hard screen iQOO Neo6 in the control of the chin there is still a significant gap, coupled with the screen protector itself is relatively wide, the total screen ratio is significantly lower.
ΔiQOO Neo6
ΔiQOO 9
In terms of display effect, the look and feel of the hard screen is also slightly inferior to that of the flexible screen. When looking at the screen, there is little difference between the two screens, but when you look slightly obliquely, the hard screen will have more obvious color casts and rainbow patterns. In addition, iQOO 9 also specially supports DC dimming at low brightness, which is more user-friendly to strobe sensitivity. So in the screen, the advantages of iQOO 9 can be said to be very obvious.
03/ Performance
Gamers are most concerned about the performance and heat dissipation of these two Snapdragon 8 mobile phones, and the author has also done a more detailed test of them. First of all, the heat dissipation specifications of the two, iQOO Neo6 uses a six-layer stereoscopic graphite + high thermal conductivity rare earth alloy + 2356mm VC vapor plate combination, iQOO 9 is a laminated stereoscopic graphite + shunt power pump + 3923mm VC vapor plate combination.
The reference value of the running score is limited, and we directly test the game. The following tests were performed at room temperature at 27°C, with performance mode turned on and frame rate priority turned off. 【Frame rate test supported by PerfDog】
For games with low loads such as "Glory of Kings" and "Peace Elite", the flagship positioning of these two games is naturally handy, and the whole process runs through 120 frames and 90 frames respectively without pressure.
And their temperature control in these two popular competitions is also relatively good, early 40 ° C, the heat is relatively mild.
ΔiQOO Neo6
ΔiQOO 9
The performance in the highest quality "Original God" can more see the performance difference between the two mobile phones. The test scenario is a 15-minute reciprocating map of the main road of Liyue Port.
In terms of frame rate, iQOO 9 averages 48.5 frames, compared with iQOO Neo6's 44.6 frames more than 4 frames; although the frame rate of both is not very high, but there is no frequent large fluctuations, rarely less than 30 frames; iQOO 9 to 45 frames of time accounted for 74.8%, higher than iQOO Neo6, the overall fluency perception is also slightly better.
Looking at the core frequency, both mobile phones adopt a very similar scheduling strategy: the starting frequency of the large core and the super core is about 1.7GHz, and the trigger temperature wall will drop to 1.44Hz + 1.6GHz after running for a period of time, of which iQOO 9 maintains the high frequency for a slightly longer time.
In terms of temperature, the maximum temperature of the fuselage of both mobile phones can reach about 47 ° C, and it is best to match the heat dissipation back clip if you play for a long time. A slight difference is that the iQOO Neo6 uses a plastic frame, and the heat is mainly transmitted to the screen, while the iQOO 9 heat in the metal frame is more concentrated on the frame.
ΔiQOO Neo6
ΔiQOO 9
Overall, the performance of the two phones is at an approximate level, and for low-load games, you can choose either one, while in high-load games, iQOO 9 will continue to perform slightly better.
In addition, we can also see that the use of rare earth alloys makes the iQOO Neo6, which is much smaller in VC, still approach the performance of iQOO 9 in terms of heat dissipation performance, which may also become an important direction for improving the efficiency of the heat dissipation floor in the future.
04/ Game interstitial frames
After all, "Original God" is an audiophile-level configuration of the game, there is almost no conventional design of the mobile phone can continue to run full frames without frequency reduction, in this case, in order to achieve "high frame freedom", iQOO series flagship machines are equipped with a unique display chip, the low frame rate game interpolation frame, to achieve low load and high fluency effect.
Measured down, after the two models opened the interpolation frame to 90 frames, the visual fluency has indeed been significantly improved. However, under the high heat of the original god, the frame-repair chip stopped working after a few minutes (iQOO Neo6 about 6 minutes, iQOO 9 about 8 minutes), and returned to the initial frame rate. Therefore, if you want to play with really high frames, you still have to reduce some of the picture quality appropriately, and extend the duration of the frame preparation by reducing the load.
In addition, it should be noted that after the two mobile phones open the interpolation frame, the operation delay will increase, and the RPG game like the original god has little impact, but it is not very suitable for e-sports games with higher response speed requirements.
05/ Take a photo
Among the flagship mobile phones with partial game positioning, the camera performance of the iQOO series has always been more prominent, especially the iQOO Neo series, which is difficult to meet opponents in the entire two or three thousand yuan file. Who is better at this upgrade of the 64MP GW1P iQOO Neo6 and the iQOO 9 with a larger bottom? Let's look directly at the sample (see watermark for the model).
Main Camera:
Ultra Wide Angle:
5x zoom:
Auto Mode Night Scene:
In terms of hair color tendencies, both are bright and pleasing styles; glare control and dynamic range performance at night are good enough. The slight difference is that the iQOO Neo6 has a slightly higher resolution and higher color saturation for night scenes, but the tone is relatively warm; the iQOO 9 has a more natural tone, slightly better highlight suppression and dynamic range in complex light sources, and has a twice the telephoto lens, which is obviously better than the digital zoom Neo6.
In contrast, the camera strength of the two mobile phones can be said to be quite online, the gap is not particularly large, in their respective price segments can be regarded as the level of the first echelon, iQOO 9's advantages are mainly concentrated in the telephoto lens.
06/ Fast charge battery life
In terms of battery life, both mobile phones are equipped with 4700mAh batteries and similar performance configurations, and the performance is basically comparable.
But in terms of charging, the iQOO 9 is equipped with a 120W super flash charge, which can be charged to full power in 18 minutes, which is nearly half the time compared to the 80W of the iQOO Neo6.
07/ Other details
iQOO Neo6 also supports the screen double pressure sensitivity mapping this time, which can help players achieve four-finger operations such as firing while pressing the gun with two fingers, and with the X axis + Z axis bilinear motor, it can provide feedback comparable to the physical button when the pressure sense is triggered. This makes the gap between it and the flagship even narrower.
Both mobile phones are adapted to the high-quality vibration of the peace elite, but the vibration feedback of the iQOO Neo6 is clearer and crisper after personal experience, while the iQOO 9 with a dual X-axis motor will have a slight shock spring-like feeling, and the daily gestures and typing vibrations are also similar experiences.
Both mobile phones use closed stereo dual speakers, which better solves the problem of shaking hands when the volume is released, and the sound quality is not much different. In addition, the iQOO Neo6 supports infrared remote control, while the iQOO 9 is not equipped.
08/ Summary
In general, the gap between iQOO Neo6 and iQOO 9 in terms of performance and photography is not very large, but iQOO 9, as the flagship of the brand, has a very prominent advantage in terms of screen and fast charging; and neo6, which is mainly cost-effective, also has small details such as vibration and infrared, and the appearance will be more accepted by the public, and it also has a relatively good competitiveness.
Finally, I have to mention the price, whether it is a game enthusiast or a photo party, 128GB is basically not enough, I believe everyone will choose 256GB to start. Among them, iQOO 9 is a model that has been listed for a period of time, and the price of third-party e-commerce such as Taobao Juhuasuan's tens of billions of subsidies will be more favorable, and the difference between the 8+256GB version is only 250 yuan, which is more worth buying in the case of budget permitting; and for users whose budgets are really tight, they can also choose iQOO Neo6 with a lower starting price.