Tencent Digital | Li Xincao
iQOO released the Neo6 in mid-April, and less than a month later, it brought a product like neo6 SE. As a product supplement to the downward popularity of neo6, Neo6 SE clearly takes on the responsibility of iQOO to expand more into the mid-range market.
Since it is also a member of the Neo6 family, the new Neo6 SE uses almost exactly the same product design as the Neo6, and the biggest design recognition highlight of the whole phone comes from the design of the back lens module.
The lens module of the iQOO Neo6 SE adopts the design of the film cloud level, the rear triple camera system is covered with glass with black gloss treatment, and the module is treated with the same color treatment as the fuselage, and the NEO logo is printed with pixel-style font on the top. It is said that this design inspiration comes from the style of Polaroid photo paper.
The new machine is available in three exterior colors: interstellar, neon and blazing orange. The blazing orange color I got was the most recognizable of the three, and the dotted design on the back also hid silver particles.
If you are a user of vivo mobile phones, it is not difficult to find that they have used quite bold colors in the recently launched mobile phones, whether it is the orange of this iQOO Neo6 SE, or the turquoise color of the "holiday" on the previous X80, it is a very outstanding color, and it is obvious that vivo hopes to use such a bold color to attract the attention of more young people.
Some of the design details on the fuselage are also worth mentioning. In order to match the orange of the back shell, the middle frame part of this phone adopts a light gold treatment, so that the transition of the entire phone is relatively natural. The top retains an infrared emitter, a feature that has been taken seriously on recent vivo phones, whether it's a flagship or a Neo6 SE product for the ubiquitous market.
In the screen part, iQOO Neo6 SE uses a 6.62-inch 120Hz E4 AMOLED cut-out screen, and the 16-megapixel front camera is centered on the top of the screen. The screen supports 100% P3 color gamut display, HDR10+ and SGS Eye Care Display certification.
The global maximum brightness of the screen is 800nits, and the local peak brightness can reach 1300nits, which supports LTM local color mapping technology and local dynamic adjustment.
This is not the top screen in the current smartphone industry, but in the current mid-range machine market, the quality of this screen is quite GOOD.
In terms of performance, the iQOO Neo6 SE uses the Snapdragon 870 processor, which is also the biggest difference between this phone and the previous Neo6 (Snapdragon 8 Gen1). The memory uses the storage combination of LPDDR4X + UFS 3.1, and the system runs the OriginOS Ocean developed on Android 12.
At the same time, the phone also has an X-axis linear motor, which supports the current mainstream mobile games, which also means that you can get a better vibration experience when playing games such as "Glory of Kings" or "Peace Elite".
In the lens part, iQOO Neo6 SE has a three-camera module, including a 64-megapixel Samsung GW1P main lens, supporting OIS, which undertakes most of the photographic tasks in mobile phone use. In addition, the Neo6 SE includes an ultra-wide-angle lens with an 8-megapixel 116-degree field of view and a 2-megapixel macro lens, which will assist the main lens in specific use environments.
In terms of battery life and charging, the battery capacity of iQOO Neo6 SE is 4700mAh, using a dual-cell design, supporting 80W fast charging, and the official said that the fastest can achieve 30 minutes to 100%.
From the perspective of simple product experience, IQOO Neo6 SE is a product built for the mid-market, which retains the same design as Neo6 and continues to use more prominent colors to meet the aesthetics of young users. The overall hardware level is sufficient, the screen and charging speed are a plus at this level where it is, and in my opinion, this is a qualified mid-range smartphone new product.