1. Foreword: Born for e-sports iQOO Neo and Dimensity 9300 are coming.
The iQOO Neo series released its first Pro in May this year - iQOO Neo8 Pro, bidding farewell to the 12GB low-memory version, starting with 16GB, once again redefining the "cost performance" in the same class of mobile phones.
After half a year, the second Pro of the iQOO Neo series is also ready to go, although it has returned to the 12GB memory version, it has won the Dimensity 9300, an all-large core SoC that is only available in the top flagship, and also used the iQOO self-developed e-sports chip Q1 for the first time in the series, making a perfect trade-off between the high-performance release of the game and low power consumption, which is the new volume king of the performance machine at the end of 2023-iQOO Neo9 Pro.
1. The strongest performance of NEO series.
iQOO Neo9 Pro is the strongest mobile phone in the Neo series so far, it uses the same chip that was first released in the vivo X100 series, Dimensity 9300, which created a chip with a full large core, in terms of single-core and multi-core performance release, directly surpassing the Qualcomm flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen3 in the same period, which is also the first time for Fa Ge.
Secondly, the Neo9 Pro never subtracts in terms of performance, and the whole series comes standard with LPDDR5X 8533Mbps memory and UFS 40 specification storage, with this Dimensity performance iron triangle combination, it can be called the king of performance in this segment.
2. The largest 5160mAh battery in NEO history.
Neo9 Pro has the largest dual-cell battery in the history of NEO, with a capacity that breaks through 5000mAh in the same gear and goes directly to 5160mAh, while the weight of the whole machine is only 190G, which perfectly balances battery life and feel.
3. X100 with IMX920 main camera.
As a performance flagship, iQOO Neo9 Pro even gives IMX920 main camera, combined with VCS bionic spectrum technology, it can achieve better noise performance and color reproduction, and its image ability is directly equal to vivo X100, which also makes the image no longer a shortcoming of the performance flagship.
4. The NEO series is the first to use LTPO screen.
iQOO Neo9 Pro is the first Neo series mobile phone to use LTPO substrate, with a new 8T circuit driver technology to achieve finer and faster adaptive refresh rate gear switching, with smooth and low power consumption, full-level high brush suitable for high-frame games, and bright and delicate display effects.
Here are the detailed specifications of iQOO Neo9 Pro:
2. Appearance: The texture of the micro four-curved glass back cover is full at one time.
The iQOO Neo9 Pro is equipped with a 6 on the frontThe 78-inch 8T LTPO screen, which is also the first time that the iQOO Neo series uses LTPO substrate, and the 8T circuit driver technology is supported to bring a more detailed refresh rate display and lower power consumption to the screen.
In addition, this screen has a 144Hz adaptive high brush, 15K resolution and 1400nit global excitation brightness, 2160Hz high-frequency PWM dimming is achieved at 2 600nit brightness, which is the first echelon of all-high-frequency dimming mode in the industry.
We looked at the iQOO Neo9 Pro's screen pixel arrangement, which is a tripod arrangement with a maximum of 15K resolution (2800 1260), standard PPI of 453, equivalent PPI of about 370.
The iQOO Neo9 Pro we received is in marine blue color, and the back of the phone is made of flagship-level micro-quad curved glass, diffuse texture and nano-level optical coating, polishing a blue glass back plate like a porcelain enamel texture, which is as warm as jade in your hand.
The Neo9 Pro has two huge lens groups on the back, the top is the same IMX920 main camera as the vivo X100, the bottom is the 50-megapixel Samsung S5KJN1 high-pixel ultra-wide-angle camera, and on the right is the Flicker anti-flicker sensor, a single LED fill light, and a color temperature sensor.
The top of the phone has an infrared remote sensor and a noise-cancelling microphone.
At the bottom is the SIM card slot, microphone, Type-C charging port and speaker, and the micro-slit earpiece speaker on the front and the independent speaker at the bottom form a stereo field.
The power button and volume button are located on the right side of the fuselage.
The iQOO Neo9 Pro comes standard with a 120W fast charging kit.
3. Performance and games: Antutu broke 2.1 million points, and the power consumption of the game was ridiculously low.
iQOO Neo9 Pro is equipped with the same Dimensity 9300 mobile platform as the vivo X100 series, and the CPU part of the all-large-core design brings a new breakthrough to the single-core and multi-core performance of the mobile phone, compared with the previous generation Dimensity 9200, the performance is increased by 15% under the same energy consumption, the peak multi-core performance is increased by 40%, and the energy consumption is reduced by 33% under the same performance.
The GPU uses ARM's most powerful Immortalis G720 to date, increasing the number of cores to 12 cores compared to the previous generation, and the main frequency has been increased to 13GHz, the theoretical peak performance is increased by 46%, and the power consumption is reduced by 40% at the same performance.
The iQOO Neo9 Pro in our hands is configured with 16GB LPDDR5X 8533Mbps + 1TB UFS4The 0 storage version, combined with the Dimensity 9300, forms the most powerful performance triangle in the Android camp to date.
In this regard, we tested the theoretical performance and gaming performance of the Neo9 Pro, and during the test, we adjusted the screen brightness of the phone to 50%, turned off auto-brightness, turned off memory expansion, and turned on performance mode (boost mode).
Performance testing. The first is the Antutu comprehensive performance test, which measured a total score of 215 at room temperature60,000, compared with the previous generation of iQOO Neo8 Pro equipped with Dimensity 9200+, the comprehensive capacity has increased by about 35%, of which the CPU sub-project is 5110,000 points, and the GPU child is 8810,000 points, memory is 4180,000 points, UX is 34With a score of 60,000 points, the iQOO Neo9 Pro is among the best among the main performance phones.
Then use Geekbench6 to conduct a single CPU performance test, the single-core score is 2249 points, and the multi-core score directly breaks the 7500 mark and comes to 7528 points, which is an improvement compared with the Dimensity 9200+. 1%, it seems that the multi-core performance improvement is still very large.
Finally, the GPU performance test, we used six 1080p projects from GFXBENCH to test, and the Dimensity 9300 has a performance improvement of up to 29% compared to 9200+.
Gaming testing. In the game test session, we conducted the game test in an office environment of 25 degrees Celsius, using the two mobile games "Genshin Impact" and "Honkai: Star Railway", which are very popular recently, and selected the highest frame rate at the highest image quality (image quality first) during the test period, and recorded the frame rate, power consumption, energy efficiency ratio and temperature performance of the camera during the game.
1. Genshin Impact. Genshin Impact mobile game, under the premise of 60 frame mode + full image quality, fighting monsters while running the map for 15 minutes, the average frame rate is stable at 596fps, the detected window resolution is 810 1800, and the average fluctuation is only 23. Although there are some slight fluctuations during the game, it does not affect the smoothness of the overall picture.
The average power consumption is 44W, frame energy consumption 746MW, energy efficiency ratio 135FPS W, iQOO has inherited the fine tradition of vivo, low power consumption + high frame rate + high image quality games, which has been realized in iQOO Neo9 Pro again.
The most intuitive advantage of low power consumption is that the temperature is very low, and the maximum on the front of the fuselage is only 407 degrees Celsius, 40 on the back5 degrees Celsius, if you don't say that this test is Genshin Impact mobile game, most people think that this is the body temperature brought by the glory of kings!
2. Honkai Impact 3: Star Dome Railway.
Honkai: Star Iron Mobile Game, at 60fps frame rate + highest image quality, also carried out a test of running pictures and fighting monsters, and the average frame rate was stable at 594fps, the average fluctuation is only 25fps, the release of the ultimate during the game is surprisingly stable.
In terms of power consumption, the average is 3About 5W, the energy efficiency ratio is 1697fps W, still very good, the Dimensity 9300 chip's capabilities have been seen in the vivo X100 series, nearly 40% ahead of the third-generation Snapdragon 8's energy efficiency ratio, in one sentence: the frame rate is surprisingly stable, and the power consumption is ridiculously low.
The flagship chip looks at Dimensity, and the Dimensity tuning looks at the blue factory, this sentence is really not bragging.
In terms of temperature, the front of the fuselage is only 371 degree Celsius, only 36 on the backAt 3 degrees Celsius, holding the phone with both hands when playing games is almost inextricable.
In addition, the iQOO Neo 9 Pro integrates the IQOO 12 series gaming chip Q1, which can not only increase the frame rate for us when gaming, but also reduce power consumption for us, and enhance the image quality of the game, so that we can play large-scale 3D mobile games every day.
Boost the frame rate. Next, we tested the game's performance with the frame rate increased.
At this time, the game will output the frame rate at 45fps hardware, and interpolate the frame twice to 90fps to achieve a high frame rate.
In terms of power consumption, the average is 376W, which is only 0 fps higher than the high-quality 60 frames26W, the energy efficiency ratio is about 239fps W, which is about 40 year-on-year8% improvement in energy efficiency ratio.
In terms of temperature, it is only about 1 degree Celsius higher than the default image quality, and it is still not felt to hold the phone with both hands.
Optimize power consumption. Then we start the power optimization test, at this time, the native image quality of the game is reduced to about 30fps, and the real-time frame rate screen will be inserted through the Q1 gaming chip, and the frame rate of the game will be supplemented to 60fps, so the real-time rendering of the picture through the Dimensity 9300 is only 30fps, so as to achieve the effect of reducing power consumption.
Through the screen frame rate software, you can capture the real-time picture at this time, and the frame rate has reached 61fps.
In terms of power consumption, the average is only 306W, which is about 23% lower than the default image quality, and the energy efficiency ratio is about 196fps W, an increase of 155%。
At this point, the temperature on the front of the phone drops by 09 degrees Celsius, only 362 degrees, playing games can be said to be stable and cool.
Fourth, the image measurement: X100 with the same CMOS decentralization, so that the night turns into day.
iQOO Neo9 Pro rear dual camera module + Flicker sensor.
The main camera is vivo X100, vivo S18 Pro with the same 50 million pixels (54 million cuts) Sony IMX920 CMOS, 1 156 inches (1 1.)49 inches cut) actual photosensitive unit, 10 M single pixel, equivalent focal length of 23mm, support OIS optical image stabilization + EIS electronic image stabilization dual image stabilization.
The ultra-wide-angle lens is our common 50 megapixel Samsung S5KJN1 CMOS, 1 276-inch sensor with 15mm-equivalent focal length.
Next, let's follow the lens to feel the actual photo performance of the iQOO Neo9 Pro.
The main camera is in the daytime scene, and the first feeling of the sample shot is that the whole picture is very pure, the color saturation is slightly higher, the picture is more gorgeous, and it is easier to show rich colors, giving people a pleasant visual enjoyment.
50 million pixel midsole CMOS, zoom in and look closely, the picture is not too much noise, like shooting some small text, the picture is cropped to 3 times 5 times no problem.
Ultra-wide-angle lens, thanks to 1 276-inch image sensor unit,The amount of light entering is higher than that of the previous generation OV08D10,1 4-inch bottom,Accurate white balance adjustment under full light conditions,There is no obvious color cast compared to the main camera,And in the case that the sun is about to set,The picture still maintains enough brightness,Much better than the previous model。
At night, the control of bright light is relatively in place, in the face of direct light, the picture is glare-free, and the overall transparency is bright, there is basically no noise, and the performance of capturing details, noise reduction processing and dynamic range control is very good.
5. Charging and battery life: full charge within half an hour, comprehensive battery life up to 7 hours.
iQOO Neo9 Pro has the largest battery in the history of the NEO series, equivalent to 5160mAh, supports 120W dual-core ultra-fast flash charging, and the original charger also supports up to 100W PD protocol and 100W PPS protocol, with very strong compatibility, mobile phones, tablets, and computers can achieve fast charging, and go the world with this charger.
In this regard, we have also done a series of tests on the charging ability and battery life of the iQOO Neo9 Pro.
Charge test. Charging test, from 1% charging, 5 minutes to 27%, 10 minutes to more than half of the battery, to 54%, 20 minutes to reach 90%, and finally full charge in 27 minutes.
During charging, we measured a maximum charging power of 1019w。
Endurance test. For the endurance test, we use a professional endurance test tool - the battery dog produced by Fast Technology for testing.
In the test items, the default will be 20% of the power test, at the same time, including CPU high voltage, CPU multi-threading, AI identification, **browsing, ** and web browsing all test items will be checked, by simulating user use scenarios, to restore the real load to the greatest extent, infinitely close to the real power consumption.
During the test, in order to keep the environmental variables of all models tested in order to maintain the same and ensure the accuracy of the test results, Battery Dog automatically adjusted the brightness of the screen to 50%, and turned off the auto-brightness and adjusted the volume to 30%.
After continuous and uninterrupted measurement of the battery dog, the power consumption from 100% to 20% took 5 hours, 26 minutes and 20 seconds, and after conversion, the full battery life can reach nearly 7 hours.
6. Summary: The Dimensity 9300 performance flagship with the most comprehensive experience so far.
iQOO Neo9 Pro is no longer only a pile of performance like the previous generation, from the devolved X100 with the same main camera, the first series of LTPO high-quality adaptive high brush screen, and the first to use the largest battery of the NEO series, it can be seen that the new generation of iQOO Neo series Pro is to ensure high performance at the same time, but also take into account the comprehensive use experience of mobile phones.
Combined with the actual experience, we make the following summary of this second Pro model of the iQOO Neo series:
In terms of performance, there is no doubt that the Dimensity 9300 all-large core flagship-level SoC can only achieve 4Ultra-low power consumption of 4W, which is almost unthinkable in a Snapdragon platform.
Secondly, in terms of gaming, iQOO Neo9 Pro achieves a perfect trade-off between high image quality, high frame rate and low power consumption, all thanks to iQOO's backing on the "blue crystal chip technology stack", from chip tuning to experience the deep integration of closed-loop product style.
Moreover, thanks to the e-sports chip Q1, under the premise of ensuring ultra-high image quality, we can choose the high fluency and low power consumption of the game, and truly put the choice in the hands of the user, rather than just giving you an option to improve the image quality and improve the fluency like other mobile phones that focus on performance, while ignoring the importance of low power consumption.
This time, the iQOO Neo9 Pro's imaging capabilities have made a major breakthrough, with a large bottom main camera + high-quality ultra-wide-angle lens group, which has been applied in the NEO series for the first time.
In addition, the ultra-wide-angle lens of iQOO Neo9 Pro has also gotten rid of the nature of "making up numbers", with 50 million pixels with sufficient resolution, and the picture presented is not blurred, it is no longer limited to "as a performance phone, I have an ultra-wide-angle lens", but is promoted to "as a performance phone, my ultra-wide-angle lens quality is the best in the same gear".
On the whole, iQOO Neo9 Pro is in the 3500 yuan price segment, it is the strongest dual-core performance flagship you can find, there is no one, If you want to have a flagship configuration of mobile game parties, don't you hurry up and rush a wave!