iQOO Neo9 Premiere Review: Crazy! The standard model can be rolled up like this

     In the past, when we thought it was a "portable ID card", mobile payment came out, and later, when we thought it was a "portable wallet", the launch of Honor of Kings made us realize that mobile e-sports seems to be the most important carrier at the moment. Although the "mobile camera" was later launched, and now we have seen the clues of the "mobile model", as long as the user's pursuit of the mobile phone experience does not stop, there is still room for mobile phone performance to continue to explore.

     The time is about to come in 2024, and many triple-A mobile game masterpieces are blooming, and now mobile game players need to be "easy to use both horizontally and vertically", which requires not only portable size and weight, but also the performance of playing large-scale games at any time, preferably not too expensive. Thankfully, mobile phone manufacturers can also pay attention to our needs for "stinky games", and the iQOO Neo9 is such a mobile phone that meets my needs. What exactly attracts me to the new iQOO Neo9?

[Appearance] is not as mature as a performance flagship

     As a tech digital blogger, it stands to reason that it is difficult to be interested in a Neo series or a standard model, but when I took out the Neo9, I was frankly surprised by its detail control and product finish.

     First of all, Deco, who has two rear aircraft portholes on the design elements, has to say that it makes people think of iQOO12, this Deco, which was first released in iQOO12, officially ended the appearance design language of 3D cloud steps, but I didn't expect iQOO Neo9 to get two in one go, and the shrunken "porthole" seems to look more pleasing to the eye than the large porthole of iQOO12.

     This time, the iQOO Neo9 has three colors: red and white soul, marine blue, and fighting black. It looks low-key and high-end, this design doesn't have much to do with the game and performance, and it is this kind of serious performance that will be impressive, as if a friend said it, that is, "thug in suit". In fact, when it comes to fluorite AG glass, this is already a very mature process, the biggest advantage of AG glass is to take into account the damping feeling of particles and the flexibility of glass, not easy to stain fingerprints, and feel smooth. With a tough right-angle bezel and a 2.5D back cover, the grip experience will come up.

     The front of the fuselage is a 6.78-inch 1.5K resolution 144Hz high brush straight screen,From the perspective of parameter indicators,It is likely to be vivo X100、iQOO 12The same screen。 The left and right bezels of the screen are 1.54mm, which is really narrow, and the upper and lower bezels are slightly wider, which also conforms to the anti-mistouch design of holding the phone horizontally.

     This screen has a 10bit color depth and also supports HDR10+, which makes it not only in games, but also in the effect of watching movies and dramas, which is quite OK, for example, in the picture, when I tested it with a 4K resolution documentary, I can see that this screen not only presents bright colors and rich details, but also 0.23JNDC can also ensure that the screen has quite excellent color accuracy.

      In addition, the regular brightness of the Neo9 screen is about 600nit, and the excitation brightness can also reach 1400nit, which allows you to see the screen clearly in the sun during the day. The more dynamic change sensitive 8T LTPO can also deduct some power consumption for you through the refresh rate.

     As for the size, the iQOO Neo9 in Fighting Black is less than 8mm thick and weighs 196g makes it hard to believe that this is a performance machine, and you could even call it a top-of-the-line flagship if it had been two months ago. Although the metal middle frame is not used, this is completely different from the feel brought by the flagship machine that is about 220g. It can be said that the iQOO Neo9 feels more comfortable and mature in appearance, and it is a back-to-basics design with no carving.

[Performance] Top-level combat power beyond the price segment

     As mentioned earlier, it was still a top flagship 2 months ago, and you should have guessed that the SoC of iQOO Neo9 is equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen2, which is also the strongest combat power in the Android camp in the past year. It can be seen from the GeekBench5 running score of single-core 1504 multi-core 5128 that Neo9 stands out among all 8Gen2, and even surpasses many 8Gen2 leading models.

     At the storage level, iQOO Neo9 uses LPDDR5x RAM and UFS4 ROM, and in the Antutu running score, the running score of less than 1.7 million is also among the best in 8Gen2.

     In our gaming performance tests, we tested Genshin Impact and Star Iron as usual. In the highest image quality60Frames of Genshin Impact test, what is measured is the running map of the Fontaine World to kill monsters,There is no obvious jamming in the foreground of both water and underwater games,It can also be seen from the curve that the frame rate has been relatively stable,The average frame rate in half an hour60,Only 0.1%The jamming rate is also a small jam, and the front desk is basically not felt,In addition5.2WThe power consumption is also relatively normal。

     In the test of "Honkai: Star Dome Railway", which has the highest image quality of 60 frames, the frame rate of the first half of the frame rate curve is stable, and the frame rate of the second half fluctuates; In addition, in the test star iron, the CPU core temperature once reached 70 degrees, which also made its power consumption 5.6W in half an hour.

     It is worth mentioning that iQOO Neo9 is equipped with a self-developed gaming chip Q1 this time, and it is visually tested that it is better than the previous V2 gaming chip on iQOO 11s in terms of processing efficiency and power consumption. However, in terms of function, the Q1 chip also brings the improvement of the frame rate and image quality of the game that the blue factory is good at. Taking "Genshin Impact", which I often play, as an example, with the blessing of the e-sports chip Q1, the actual game picture effect can achieve 1.5K+72 frames or 900P+144 frames of super-resolution and super-frame improvement, thereby bringing about an improvement in game feel and visual effects.

      In addition, I heard that the cooling back of iQOO can achieve 1.5K resolution and 144 frames in Monster+ mode, and you can play Genshin Impact stably for 30 minutes, which is enough to see the power brought by the Snapdragon 8 Gen2 and the gaming chip Q1. However, since the retail version is packaged and comes as standard, it has not been tested here.

      Judging from the two most high-performance games, iQOO Neo9 still performs relatively steadily in the face of mobile game stress tests, especially with the cooperation of Snapdragon 8 Gen2 and self-developed e-sports chip Q1, the frame rate and image quality of mobile games are obviously guaranteed. In the future, there will be more games adapted to iQOO Neo9's dual-core game ecosystem. It can be said that the gaming experience of iQOO Neo9 is not only capable of coping with current games, but also a kind of rainy day in the face of the subsequent launch of more high-performance mobile games.

      In terms of battery life, iQOO Neo9 has a built-in 5160mAh lithium battery, which can be fully charged in Monster mode for 1 hour (16%), Peace Elite for 1 hour (11%), Genshin Impact for 1 hour (28%) and Star Rail for 1 hour (35%), with 10% of the remaining power. However, it should be noted that I don't know why Peace Elite didn't open 90 fps when playing, which also caused its power consumption to be lower than that of Honor of Kings at 120 fps.

      In terms of charging, the Neo9 comes with a 120W charger as standard, and the measured time consumption from 0 automatic shutdown to 100% full charge in 32 minutes is also satisfactory as a standard model of the Neo version.

[Image] may be the strongest main camera in the 2,000 yuan file

     Do you remember the last time you saw a dual-camera phone?iQOO Neo9 is equipped with dual cameras as standard this time,To be honest, I was quite surprised,Didn't make up a number of lenses like some manufacturers,But say two is two。

   The two lenses are a 50-megapixel main camera and an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle. Among them, the main camera1/1.49-inch IMX920 sensor is the same as vivo X100, with f/1.88 large aperture, 23mm equivalent focal length and OIS optical image stabilization, and this 8 million pixel ultra-wide angle is shorter 16mm, and the sensor size can also reach 1/4 foot, but because the pixels are not high, you can also send Moments and Weibo when shooting. As for the shooting effect, it still depends on the sample.

     From the sample footage, we can see that the shooting effect of iQOO Neo9 is very good for the details, the analysis ability of the picture is excellent, and it can also restore the shooting characteristics well. In terms of color tendency, it is biased towards the visual effect of the human eye, and it is relatively easy for both novices and veterans to shoot good results, and with optical image stabilization, it can effectively capture wonderful pictures.

Write at the end

     In actual use, my feeling about iQOO Neo9 is a "pig and tiger" product, it has a mature appearance, mature appearance is suitable for all kinds of potential audiences, and its strong performance is destined to stand out from the crowd at the same price, in the face of Redmi K70, Honor 90GT to maintain such as IMX920, self-developed e-sports chip Q1, 1.5K 8T 144Hz screen and other unique selling points, it can be said that the blue factory mobile phone has formed enough differentiated competition with other brands.

      And iQOO Neo9, as a model positioned at 2,000 yuan, can bring enough shock to the market. If you need a performance phone with sufficient parameters, usually have needs for shooting but do not need to be too professional, and have higher requirements for cost performance, then iQOO Neo9 will definitely become your choice.