iQOO12 unveiled, it's time for iQOO11s to be eliminated? Nothing like that! Older products may be more worth buying

Recently, some friends are wondering about a question, I originally wanted to buy iQOO11s, but iQOO12 actually sneaked out at the vivo developer conference, and the release time of the product was set for November 7, which directly made it difficult to choose. Q: How do I choose? I would most likely still buy iQOO11s.

From the price point of view, the future iQOO12 is likely to start at 3999 yuan, and the current iQOO11s can be obtained at 3499 yuan. To this, I directly gave a negative answer. What's going on here?

Generally speaking, the premise of buying new digital products instead of buying old ones is that the new products are always upgraded compared with the old ones, and you can get a better experience at the same price. But it is also necessary to analyze specific problems, after all, the entire industry is raising prices, and no one can figure out what changes will be made in new products.

In contrast, I found that the iQOO11s are likely to be stronger than the new ones, which naturally became a reason to buy it. Since we asked about the specific mobile phone, let's make an analysis and prediction, and wait for the release on November 7 to see if this is the case.

First of all, in terms of hardware configuration and appearance, iQOO12 is indeed stronger than the iQOO11s on sale. The performance of the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 is crushing compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen2, and the new appearance of the iQOO12 is really attractive. The key is whether the rest of the phone also has such an upgrade.

In fact, if you calculate it, iQOO11s has only been on the market for 4 months now, and iQOO11 will be delisted after it is listed. This mobile phone has been upgraded compared to iQOO11, and it cannot be said that it is upgraded, but the product positioning is more specific, and it is a model with a full gaming experience. The most intuitive example is to replace the vivo V2, which is responsible for both display enhancement and photo enhancement, with a single-function display enhancement chip. The new chip achieves super-resolution enhancement for a better gaming experience.

But with such a change of chip, the self-developed chip that vivo has always advertised will not be optimized for photography, plus Samsung GN5 has been replaced with IMX866, which is difficult to say is an upgrade. On the iQOO12, it is still an independent display chip that is not optimized for taking pictures, and the camera has been replaced with OV50H and the whole OV64B periscope telephoto, and the camera has been upgraded, but if you want to say that this upgrade is good, I don't know.

In the screen part, the 2K144Hz E7 screen claimed by the poster actually refers to iQOO12 Pro, and iQOO12 uses a 1.5K144Hz E7 screen. Compared with the iQOO11s series, what can I say - from 2K "upgrade" to 1.5K, which should be the most intuitive change. If I have to choose between brightness and resolution, I choose resolution, after all, the brightness of mainstream flagships is enough.

In terms of battery life, the iQOO12 is equipped with a 5200mAh battery and 120W fast charging, compared to the iQOO11's 4700mAh battery and 200W fast charging, it is difficult to say whether this is an upgrade or a downgrade. The capacity has increased, and the fast charging has decreased.

There are some other selling points on the iQOO11s, and it is not known if they will be carried over on the iQOO12. For example, dual-control pressure-sensitive screens, symmetrical X-axis linear motors, etc. The iQOO12 officially announced a large-size X-axis motor, and if this is the case, it is likely to change from a dual motor to a single motor.

Based on the above information, if I had to choose one of the two, I might be more inclined to choose iQOO11s, after all, the performance upgrade brought by iQOO12 may be more obvious in large games such as Star Iron and Genshin Impact, and it is a bit difficult to say whether other experiences have been upgraded. 3999 yuan of new products compared with 3499 yuan of the previous generation, I feel that the new product is not very attractive. Unless iQOO officially hides any selling points that affect the experience more unrevealed, the answer can only be found at the press conference.