Originally thought that before the Lunar New Year, each family would "stop a little", the entire industry has been busy for a year, is it not good to wait for the New Year with a little rest? But the reality is that the market has demand (the Spring Festival consumption season is waiting there, waiting for it), and the supply chain has requirements (they can not put the Spring Festival holiday, including major exhibitions). In January, there were many new machines, and based on the marketing popularity of the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 platform and the attitude of each company to "make a good start to 2022", this wave of new models is basically the flagship of Snapdragon, and the rhythm of the spring conference is advanced again. In fact, this state has become more and more obvious since 2019, so let's keep up the spirit and continue to do it.
iQOO has just released Neo5S and Neo5 SE as the "concluding remarks" of 2021 (also the main force of the Spring Festival consumption season), and has launched its own New Year's flagship iQOO 9 series. In terms of rhythm, it is also normal, after all, each family will not take the release of the new Snapdragon 8 Gen1 platform model lightly, iQOO as the "first batch" brand, the action is slow.
If the iQOO 8 series, as the strongest work of iQOO in 2021, it is the "God of War Inheritance" (yes, not iQOO 7) inherited from the iQOO 5 Pro, then the iQOO 9 series is different from the iQOO 7 that "fought alone" in the same period of history from the perspective of product positioning and market expectations, and it is also different from the iQOO 8 series that has been passed down from the previous generation.
In fact, the iQOO 9 series (both models are the same, not limited to the Pro version) in 2022 just opened with a large number of benchmark configurations, the iQOO brand has always been at all cost style to a new dimension, in the most straightforward way very firmly expressed to "a battle to determine the situation", "how the opponent moves, I don't care at all.". Even the people who are most familiar with iQOO are a bit impressed by the fierceness of its thunderous momentum at the beginning of the year. According to the past practice, the focus of our writing, we would have been around the iQOO 9 Pro, but if you take "absolute performance" and "e-sports experience" as keywords, the product power of iQOO 9 this time has also reached a state of "horizontal ratio peak", which can't help but make people want to focus on it.
Defining "Serialization 2.0" by Requirement
In more than 70% of the application scenarios, the so-called "standard version" (low-end) models can meet the requirements, then the "Pro version" (high-end) market stamina is insufficient. However, in recent years, each head brand is exploring its own high-end route, and objectively they are in great need of high-end models. For example, the iQOO digital series has entered the more high-end flagship market, which has been known to the world. When Feng Yufei was interviewed by the media, he said that he hoped to use three to five years to sprint to the first camp and align with the excellent brands in the industry.
The previous view was that many brands' high-end routes did not go well because "high-end models are not high-end enough", but in fact, the crux of the problem is that the goal of the "second-level models" configuration is not clear - since you can get almost the same experience by buying the standard version, why spend more money, which is the mentality of a larger proportion of consumers. However, solving this problem is not the reverse operation as "If this is the case, then reduce the configuration of the same series of standard models". If it is so simple and rude, the brand will definitely be abandoned by the market and will be spat at by the public for "no wisdom and sincerity".
Obviously, the model positioning of the iQOO 9 series is sincere and thoughtful. It does not simply use the parameter level of hardware configuration to complete the division of "middle cup" and "large cup", but points to the demand category of the audience. On the basis of highlighting powerful computing performance and maintaining stylized aesthetic genes, the "all-round benchmark" iQOO 9 Pro with image as the core and the "competitive benchmark" iQOO 9 with the game as the core present two flagship postures with clear labels. This is the case with the so-called "clean tables". This way, in fact, in the previous iQOO 8 series, it was gradually clarified, and got good market feedback.
At a broader level, major brands also have this initiative - on the basis of the same platform, the segmented configuration orientation, rather than "simply based on the configuration level of self-solidification or even rigid consumer groups", in order to more effectively integrate supply chain resources, but also more rational use of marketing resources. To put it more simply, the past way of "using high and low configuration to determine the price range and obtain customers" cannot effectively get the "demand recognition" of consumers.
As a result, each company gradually has a clear new consensus: to subdivide the demand presumption, and on this basis, effective and orderly configuration segmentation is carried out. It seems that this is a superfluous move, the "Standard Edition" is still lower than the "Pro Edition" or higher "Ultra Edition", but the result of this low price is the demand backwards configuration combination, rather than "to open the difference and choose the configuration".
A change in philosophy, the pattern is very different. iQOO 9 shapes the state of "non-esports game console" with "the first E5 flexible direct screen" and "full sensor control system", and iQOO 9 Pro shapes the state of "all-round flagship" with "micro-gimbal dual main camera system" and "E5 2K resolution super retina screen". Not only iQOO, but also each company in 2022 will consider this in the subdivision model of the flagship model, and the "big and small screen combination" of the Xiaomi Mi 12 series is not long ago.
We call this way of defining flagship model series segmentation by demand "serialization 2.0". In practical terms, it is the reshaping of the "people-oriented" thinking after the development of hardware performance to a certain height. Otherwise, if you do not consider the 5G standard, the Snapdragon 855 and IMX586 two or three years ago are still enough for the needs of the vast majority of users, and the performance is not bad, and the initiative of the public to change mobile phones will be very weak. To be realistic, if each company wants to attract consumer behavior, it is also necessary to change the "demand side" of the new flagship's serial division idea.
After figuring this out, we will talk about the iQOO 9 series more rationalized and more clearly understand the configuration segmentation of iQOO's subsequent models in 2022 - for example, the more popular iQOO Neo product line.
The underlying commonality of "Qiankun Double Star"
As mentioned in the previous chapter, although the two models have a very obvious audience orientation difference, there is no room for compromise in the "performance base" of the iQOO 9 series itself. In the core configuration of the computing platform, image main camera, and endurance performance, it has achieved "willingness". In fact, in terms of screens, there are also fundamental commonalities, but this topic we will talk about later.
The first is the processor platform. The new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 is an inevitable presence, and the iQOO 9 series comes standard throughout the series. Regarding its technical specifications, there is really no need to spend time on it, and it is enough to understand that it is "one of the top presences (one) of mobile processor platforms in 2022". The newly designed Adreno graphics processor and Spectra image signal processor with 818MHz, the 4th generation Snapdragon X65 5G modem and RF system (supporting 10Gbps download), and the 7th generation Qualcomm AI engine are all good things at the annual level.
Paired with the Snapdragon 8 Gen1, it is the Samsung Enhanced Version of LPDDR5 RAM, a stable 6400Mbps. As for the ROM, there is more talk: the Samsung overclocking version of the UFS 3.1 ROM with the new Sovit intelligent control is first installed by the iQOO 9 series, which is 86% faster sequentially than the old version of the V6 UFS 3.1, the random write speed is increased by 42%, and the power consumption is reduced by up to 20%. Moreover, the new Sovit intelligent control write read, Turbo mode frequency increase to 1.3 times the previous generation; low load scenarios will "frequency conversion" to 50% of the conventional, or even as low as 25%; idle period can be switched to "eye rest mode", power saving "smarter". The starting ROM of the iQOO 9 Pro is 256GB, and the standard version of iQOO 9 retains a 128GB version to choose from, but we still recommend that you start with 256GB and above.
As the "strong partner" of Snapdragon 8 Gen1, the iQOO 9 series is equipped with an independent display chip Pro, which supports the increase of the native low frame rate game screen to 120 frames to obtain a smooth experience beyond the native frame rate; supports the native low frame rate game screen to 90 frames, obtains lower power consumption than the native frame rate, and adds more adapted games. At present, as many as 15 models are suitable. Regarding vivo's independent display chip Pro, we talked about iQOO Neo5S very specifically, and this issue of the magazine is also published simultaneously, so it will not be expanded here.
In terms of heat dissipation components, iQOO 9 Pro is equipped with an "eighteen-layer waterfall VC stereoscopic cooling system", which is the so-called "stronger hard power". Speaking of which, when we saw the title of "Eighteen Layers", a mysterious and unfathomable feeling suddenly arose in our hearts.
Analyzed, the heat dissipation scheme of iQOO 9 Pro is actually based on a large area VC heat exchange plate, which achieves efficient heat conduction through the phase transition of vaporization and liquefaction, and covers the core heating unit in a large area (even, the camera gimbal is also equipped with a fitted four-layer ladder graphite heat dissipation, which is closely fitted to the heat source and further reduces the front temperature of the fuselage). In the lower part of the screen, a 0.052mm thickness heat dissipation film is also superimposed, so that the heating situation of this top screen with excellent display effect has been improved in all bright screen scenes, and the charging power and stability of various bright screen states are improved.
The standard version of iQOO 9 uses a cascading VC stereoscopic heat dissipation system, and the oversized VC vaporizer is the foundation. This cascading waterfall VC stereoscopic heat dissipation system uses 100% stainless steel copper plated material + 99.999% pure water liquid medium, coupled with copper mesh capillary structure + Fiber power pump can increase liquid circulation power, covering the core heating unit, heat dissipation faster. With a large area of 3923 square millimeters, it ranks first in the industry. At the same time, iQOO 9 also has a laminated stepped graphite heat dissipation, which assists in heat dissipation.
What is more interesting is that the panoramic porthole of the image module behind the iQOO 9 series, at the beginning of the design, it takes into account the function and aesthetics, and the main body of the camera metal part is an aerospace-grade aluminum alloy material, which has a good heat dissipation effect, plus has a large size space under the multi-hierarchy design, the interior is full of air, and also has a good heat dissipation effect. Thanks to the panoramic porthole, the SoC heat source point on the back of the iQOO 9 Pro is about 2°C lower than that on the front, and the heat generation of the whole machine is well improved.
Next up is the range aspect. The iQOO 9 series comes standard with a 120W iQOO FlashCharge ultra-fast flash charge and a 4700mAh dual battery, surpassing the iQOO 8 series in terms of capacity. The iQOO 9 Series battery can be fully charged from 1% to 100% in as little as 20 minutes. And support smart charging 2.0, for the scenario of connecting the charger for a long time, charge the phone battery to 80% and keep it, and trickle down before the predicted unplugging time.
Like the iQOO 8 series, the Pro version of the iQOO 9 series also adds a 50W wireless flash charging module, which is a reasonable "differentiated configuration". It adopts intelligent dual coil, supports 50W wireless flash charging and up to 10W wireless reverse charging, and has been certified by Qi, the fastest 42 minutes can be iQOO 9 Pro's 4700mAh battery charge from 1% to 100%, and has multiple security protections.
By the way, the iQOO 9 Pro also has iQOO's first 120W GaN charger very generously. It adopts gallium nitride GaN material, weighs about 135g, measures 61mm×52.5mm×29mm, which is 26% smaller than the previous generation, and it is more convenient to carry it on daily trips and business trips.
Then there's the premiere of the Samsung GN5. Although the rear image components of the two models of the iQOO 9 series are not the same, their main cameras have chosen the Samsung GN5 outsole, which is a sensor that has attracted great attention in the industry and has a high popularity at the beginning of its release.
iQOO 9 series of 50 million pixels of the Samsung ISOCELL GN5 sensor, is a new generation of mobile phone main camera sensor with super sensitivity, the area of 1/1.57 inches, unit pixels 1.0μm, after the pixel 4-in-1, the size of a single pixel reaches 2.0μm, ultra-high-definition pixels and large pixels of the dual performance, so that GN5 whether in dark light or during the day can take photos with bright and accurate colors and rich details. GN5 supports true 8K video shooting. At the same time, the GN5 is equipped with ISOCELL 2.0 technology, which reduces color crosstalk between pixels by placing physical barriers, allowing small pixels to achieve higher color fidelity.
In addition, GN5's full-pixel dual-core focus technology Pro (Dual Pixel Pro) can greatly improve autofocus performance. The original full-pixel dual-core focus is to place 2 phase detection points vertically at each pixel on the CMOS, and the new full-pixel dual-core focus Pro adjusts the 2 phase detection points of half a pixel on the CMOS to be placed horizontally on this basis, with the help of the phase focus of the horizontal and vertical collocation When being photographed, you can quickly capture the phase difference between the upper and lower and left and right sides of the shooting target, and can identify the pattern changes in almost all directions to achieve faster focusing speed. Accurate and fast full-focus capture of objects in moving or low-light environments. We know that this year, each flagship model will emphasize "fast focus" and "capture" performance, and iQOO will naturally not lag behind.
What is the "ceiling of the screen"
People who know iQOO know that this brand "does not talk about martial arts", so don't be confused by its naming rules. According to the principle of reciprocal confrontation, iQOO's Neo series models are the standard version of the flagship models of each friendly business, while the iQOO "digital flagship" without the suffix of "Pro" (that is, the "standard version") is aimed at the Pro version of each flagship model, and as for the opponent of the "super cup", it is handed over to the current season's iQOO digital flagship with pro suffix. Saying this, I just want to clarify one problem - playing TianJi horse racing, iQOO has not missed every time.
Every time the "Tianji horse race", iQOO will choose a "superior horse" as the bottom card, this time the iQOO 9 Pro's bottom card is its "screen ceiling" 2K resolution E5 super retina screen. Of course, "ceiling" means the top level, not exclusive, in fact, the previous iQOO 8 Pro's 6.78-inch AMOLED E5 material in the pole flexible screen is already very "tone", and each competitor also has such a configuration. But at least it can be said that the iQOO 9 Pro is not inferior to any competitors in the bottom, and the next step is to fight for internal strength.
Of course, this 6.78-inch 3200× 1440 resolution Samsung E5 material OLED flexible curved screen is also an important configuration that distinguishes the iQOO 9 Pro from the iQOO 9. Needless to say, the E5 luminous material is also the OLED choice with the best performance and power control. This screen supports 100% P3 wide color gamut coverage and 10bit color depth, HDR10/10+ rendering. At the same time, it supports screen 120Hz refresh rate and 300Hz touch sampling rate. There are no shortcomings in the parameters.
The 120Hz screen refresh rate, combined with the latest LTPO Stepless Variable Speed Pro technology, is also the "top taste" that we are familiar with. It intelligently switches the screen refresh rate between 1Hz and 120Hz according to different use scenarios to achieve the experience of "low brush use scenario reduces power consumption, and high brush use scenario silky and delicate". Compared to 120Hz, LTPO CV Pro technology can save 47.4% in power consumption in 1Hz usage scenarios.
At the same time, iQOO 9 Pro brings more mature software tuning to this 2K E5 super retina screen, using the industry's top equipment, according to the strict screen color adjustment standards, each iQOO 9 Pro screen is individually corrected to ensure the accuracy of the screen color display. This is also the "standard action" of several major manufacturers to treat flagship models, dashan.
In terms of accessibility, the iQOO 9 Pro is equipped with a color temperature sensor, which detects the change of the color temperature of the ambient light, so that the display light is closer to the ambient light, making the overall performance more realistic and natural. The color temperature sensor also compensates the white displayed on the screen for color compensation, providing users with better eye protection effects and a paper reading experience. By the way, iQOO also launched the iQOO 9 Pro Frame Enjoy 2K Zone in conjunction with Frame Share Audio, which combines Frame Share 2K remake technology + aesthetic perception color reproduction technology to bring true 2K visual enjoyment.
As for iQOO 9, the choice of screens is also topical enough. Different from the traditional 2.5D flexible screen, iQOO 9 uses a 2D ultra-straight flexible screen with the same 6.78-inch size (the middle pole Samsung E5 super retina screen, the screen ratio is 92.76%, but not 2K resolution), which is compared to the previous iQOO 8, the improvement is too obvious.
iQOO makes a higher-quality, high-cost flexible screen into a straight screen, which not only brings a very clean look and feel, but also a better edge display effect. It is more friendly to scenarios with high control requirements such as esports and games. Compared with the hard straight screen, the flexible straight screen makes the mobile phone thinner and less heavy. Since there is a game demand, its screen refresh rate must be 120Hz, and supports four rate adjustments, which are 30/60/90/120Hz, and the screen touch sampling rate is 360Hz.
This should be iQOO's strongest imaging phone
Earlier, we said that the configuration of the iQOO 8 series in the image has completed a big improvement, especially the "dual flagship main camera" scheme of the iQOO 8 Pro, which is very attractive. Obviously, the iQOO 9 series is more aggressive in this regard.
The Samsung GN5, which we mentioned earlier, builds the imaging platform foundation of the iQOO 9 series, and on this basis, the two iQOO 9 models have made their own differences.
The iQOO 9 Pro's rear imaging system, known as the "Micro Gimbal Dual Flagship Main Camera Imaging System", consists of a 50MP Samsung GN5+50MP wide-angle Samsung JN1+16MP portrait 2.5x zoom lens. In addition to the excellent resolution of the GN5, it also has vivo's micro-PTZ stabilization technology. The iQOO 9 Pro's micro-gimbal technology uses a "double ball cross" structure, and the jitter scene coverage is 11.5% more than that of the general OIS. Micro Gimbal four-axis stabilization superimposed EIS electronic image stabilization technology has achieved a good reputation on the previous iQOO 8 Pro, which can achieve the "VIS five-axis video stabilization" effect, allowing users to take clear and bright photos at night, sports, video shooting and other scenes. Moreover, the micro-gimbal reset time is only 9ms, which is much lower than the 33ms of a single frame recorded at 30 frames, which can help iQOO 9 Pro capture more intense motion photography scenes, greatly inhibiting inter-frame smearing and motion blur, and arbitrarily pausing during editing and viewing can intercept a relatively clear picture.
At the same time, iQOO 9 Pro brings a 150 ° panoramic ultra-wide angle main lens main, with a wide shooting field of view, large image distortion and strong sense of spatial perspective, providing crystal balls, asteroids, sleepwalking wonderland and many other special fisheye effect modes, very suitable for Vlog, panoramic records, interesting photos, extreme sports records and other creations Thanks to the 150 ° ultra-wide angle main camera and EIS scheme, constant horizon 2.0 can provide more cutting space than 1.0, better picture quality presentation, More stable stabilization, no matter how the phone rotates, the horizon of the recording or preview screen does not change with the angle of the phone, but remains on the actual horizontal line.
The iQOO 9 is the 50-megapixel main camera Samsung GN5 + 13MP wide-angle + 12MP portrait lens solution. There is no 150° ultra-wide angle gameplay, which is different from the Pro version.
In terms of soft matching, Super Night Scene 4.0, Intelligent Motion Focus, Time-lapse Photography 3.0, Ultra Clear Documents, and other gameplay are more familiar to everyone.
"Console" is a "required option"
We know that iQOO sponsors KPL and becomes the official competition machine of KPL, and each generation of competition machines will upgrade the machine standards for the competition standards, the current game scenes and the needs of players to enhance the e-sports experience. The previous iQOO, iQOO 3, iQOO 5 are all the same, iQOO 7 also has a unique e-sports experience, iQOO 8 series and iQOO 9 series naturally maintain this tradition. However, as a realistic difference in model positioning, iQOO 9 has more specific measures in terms of games, and the aforementioned flexible screen is only one aspect. Of course, it's not that the iQOO 9 Pro isn't suitable for gaming, it's just that the iQOO 9 is more targeted.
One of the most obvious moves is that iQOO 9 has a full-sense control system 2.0 (an upgrade of iQOO 8), making the dual-control pressure sense under the screen a reality. iQOO 9's pressure sensitivity area is 6420 square millimeters, compared to the previous generation of iQOO 8 increased by 6.7%, the mobile phone screen supports left and right areas to press, corresponding to two pressure operations, the operation logic is the same as the pressure sense shoulder key; also supports the horizontal screen under the left and right screen two fingers are or pressed together, the left and right areas of the screen are mapped two buttons, as if adding a dimension of operation, can achieve "two fingers to four fingers", so that players in the game control more quickly and conveniently; support mapping recommendations, according to different games and button positions , recommend the user one-click setting.
At the same time, iQOO 9 also adopts a new dual X-axis linear motor, compared to the previous generation of products, steady-state vibration volume increased by 45%, vibration when starting and stopping faster, feel more crisp and clean, with the screen pressure sense, in the complex scene of the combination of vibration, so that the game vibration and player operation consistency is stronger, players can get real and timely feedback, enhance the immersion of the game.
TIPS
iQOO, together with NetEase and the industry's top motor suppliers, has carefully debugged and created the industry's first native stereoscopic sense, adapting to "Ace Racing" and "Celestial Oracle", integrating e-sports and racing, bringing players an unprecedented cross-border experience. In-depth into every control detail of the racing game, using a dual X-axis linear motor to simulate the immersive sense of control, collision, drift, props, acceleration and other touches into the mobile phone, so that each corner has a sense of drift direction.
In order to ensure the connection rate of the game, the Wi-Fi antenna of iQOO 9 enhances the Connectivity of Wi-Fi 5GHz through refined design and antenna layout optimization, obtains better transmission rate and better latency stability, and increases the transmission rate of the previous generation by 67%, which is also 2.68 times the rate of the Wi-Fi 2.4GHz band in the same scenario.
The refinement and pragmatism of "speed aesthetics"
In terms of design and aesthetics, iQOO's previous models have a lot of topics and changes, but they are very insistent on their own characteristics. It can be said that even if the iQOO model cannot immediately distinguish the specific model, it can be seen at a glance that "this is an iQOO mobile phone".
In terms of appearance, there is basically no difference between the two models of the iQOO 9 series. As the aesthetic design soul of the iQOO 9 series, its biggest shape topic is the sharp panoramic porthole method, which arranges the rear image area very characteristically - which is also the most symbolic explanation of "speed aesthetics".
The inspiration of this panoramic porthole comes from the "skylight" of the racing car, which has a simple, regular, layered sense of integration design and the impact of the large field of view, and the horizontal and vertical directions have achieved simple symmetry, so that the appearance is very scientific and technological and recognizable, to achieve the balance of function and form, the dialogue between personality and reality, the beauty of the order presented, and also to enhance the speed of the product has played a finishing role.
The metal parts of the panoramic porthole, including the metal base bracket, the metal edges around the porthole and the camera trim ring, are all made of the same space-grade aluminum alloy. After 24 processes, fourteen milling processes and physical sandblasting process, the designers have made this aerospace grade aluminum alloy into an excellent part, the surface has a frosted feel and AG light and shadow effect, as well as very good support, waterproof, heat dissipation performance. This space-grade aluminum alloy part surrounds the panoramic porthole and forms a slight step difference, which creates a sense of hierarchy and precision value in perception, while also reducing the protruding sense of prominence and feel of the gun, and the feel is better when holding the horizontal screen.
iQOO polishes the 0.6mm R angle for the windows lenses, while above the portholes, the dual main star rings outline two 0.3mm shiny silvers. Through the three-oxygen integration process, this piece of aluminum not only has higher strength and excellent reliability, but also forms a nano-level microporous channel on its surface, and the designer finally has three colors and three different surface textures by mixing special dyes to color its surface.
In terms of color matching and materials, the iQOO 9 Pro and iQOO 9 are different. Of course, the "Legendary Edition" is the common existence of the two, which is also the soul of the iQOO model. For the first time, the "Legendary Edition" of the iQOO 9 series combines glossy white glass with the classic carbon fiber texture to convey a more orderly and dynamic visual perception, creating a texture that implies the flow of light and shadow under the glass; while the iconic tri-color stripes are still dazzling, red represents the passion and blood of racing, black represents the pursuit of scientific and technological innovation, and blue represents the fun of exploring the unknown. The glass material back cover adopts the matte AG splicing process, and the glass surface has a micro-film condensation AG process, which collides with the tri-color stripes of the high-gloss treatment - the tri-color stripes under the glossy glass cover hide the diamond lattice texture, and the tricolor area is AG matte. Through the three-time extreme alignment process, the matte layer of glass, the splicing texture layer of the diaphragm and the color layer of the tri-color stripe are aligned with each other, so as to realize the virtual and real flow of the tricolor pattern and the battery cover, bringing exquisite and eye-catching effects.
In addition, the two models have their own characteristics. The orange re-conditioned by the designers of iQOO 9 Pro is also derived from the classic color of the car, the black and orange collision is full of power, and the classic orange element of iQOO is presented in the "plain leather" material, through special embossing treatment, restoring the carbon fiber touch on the car interior, with a delicate feel at the same time, it is also like driving a car on the track. This is the "Burning Engine" version.
iQOO 9 has three color versions, in addition to the "Legendary Edition", there are also "Sharp" and "Track Edition". Among them, iQOO 9 "Sharp Edge" adopts foggy AG glass, which brings a silky and warm touch like baby's skin, is not easy to leave hand sweat and palm prints, has a moderate sense of damping, and has a flexible geometric texture, which is achieved by parametric design. The "track version" is the carbon fiber texture that we are more familiar with, the steady posture of black, the use of micro-film condensation AG glass process, full of energy design symbolizes one after another arena legend.
The details are still fascinating
First talk about fingerprints under the screen. You should remember that the iQOO 8 Pro uses ultrasonic 3D wide-area fingerprint technology for the first time, which has been improved from the aspects of fingerprint recognition, entry, security and convenience, so that we can really feel the unlock worry-free. This time, the iQOO 9 Pro uses ultrasonic 3D wide-area fingerprint jointly developed based on Qualcomm's 3D Sonic 2nd generation sensor technology, which has been improved from the aspects of fingerprint recognition, entry, security and convenience, leading a new era of large-area fingerprint unlocking and adding a new support for epidemic prevention health codes. (Note: The fingerprint recognition area area is 578 squaremm, the unlock speed is as fast as 0.2s, supports wet hand and outdoor strong light unlocking, and is consistent with the iQOO 8 Pro from the parameters)
With a dual speaker configuration, iQOO has always been unsparing. At this time last year, the "standard version" of the iQOO 7 changed the traditional mobile phone earpiece to an ultra-linear large-amplitude 1210 speaker, with a 0.5cc amplitude speaker core, and a (1611+BOX) ultra-linear speaker with a separate sound cavity at the bottom, which is very flavorful. The previous iQOO 5 Pro is also equipped with 2 professionally customized ultra-linear large-amplitude 1210-core magnetic speaker units, the same 0.5mm amplitude speaker core. The previous iQOO 8 Pro is equipped with a newly upgraded stereoscopic dual speaker, which uses the 1210 closed Box for the first time, plus the independent sound cavity 1611+ Box super linear speaker combination at the bottom, which is perfect. Such a long foreshadowing is made to illustrate a problem: the iQOO 9 series will never "drive backwards".
iQOO 9 Pro is equipped with a new enclosed stereo double-beam, the upper speaker customized ultra-linear 0.55mm large amplitude speaker, cavity volume of 0.61cc, the bottom speaker equivalent cavity 1.02cc, bringing a better balanced, full high-fidelity surround sound effect, low frequency is fuller, the sound field is wider, significantly improving the user's listening experience. The standard version of the iQOO 9 is also equipped with a new enclosed stereoscopic dual-beam (which is also part of its full-sensing control system 2.0), the upper speaker is adjusted to closed, and the amplitude is increased to 0.55mm, which is consistent with the 0.55mm amplitude of the lower speaker, and the balance is better. At the same time, the upper chamber volume is 0.53cc, and the bottom lower speaker equivalent cavity is 0.87cc, bringing a better full high-fidelity surround sound effect. From the parameter point of view, the two models of the iQOO 9 series do have a high and low difference in speaker configuration, but this "low", for many competitors, is already "high".
Moreover, because of the role of the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 platform, iQOO used eNPU acceleration technology for the first time to port the audio processing AI algorithm from the CPU to the NPU, realizing chip-level full-scene audio noise reduction, bringing better noise reduction effects, higher voice reduction, clearer calls, and the optimization of voice chat effects in game scenarios is particularly obvious.
In terms of system, like iQOO Neo5S, the iQOO 9 series is also equipped with OriginOS 2.0, which is based on Android 12.0, which is OriginOS Ocean. Previously, we had a detailed special report on it, and spent a lot of time analyzing the experience. In addition, in the 2021 awards feature of New Wave Electronics, OriginOS Ocean was also named "Innovative Android OS of the Year" by us. So, we won't go into detail here. Whether it is a human-computer interactive interface (logic), or a main screen split screen system, or a live wallpaper and privacy system, OriginOS Ocean has a lot of innovations compared to the previous OriginOS. As far as the current feedback is concerned, word of mouth is good.
In terms of system enhancements, from the iQOO 8 series of Multi-Turbo 5.5 and iQOO 7 5.0 version, we feel that the maturity of Multi-Turbo has become higher and higher, and this time the iQOO 9 series of Multi-Turbo upgraded to version 6.0, the system is smooth and stable, the more "young" it is. Features such as the visual response priority mechanism, the application of seconds open 3.0, the 36-month system anti-aging, and the preloading of information flow have been continuously strengthened.
By the way, iQOO 9 Pro still has an infrared remote control function, which can replace a variety of electrical remote controls at home, support TV, projector, air conditioning, fans and other nearly 1600 brands of home equipment at home and abroad to identify the remote control, or manually add equipment. As for the full-featured NFC (with the Super Card Pack application), the convenience and applicability are very good.
EF reviews
In official words, "iQOO 9 series takes "enjoy control" as the core and experience pursuit of the product, bringing new sensory enjoyment and continuously satisfying the fun of user technology exploration." The truth is that the iQOO 9 Pro has evolved across the board, bringing breakthrough innovation and high-end quality in performance, handling, imagery and design; iQOO 9 continues to climb to the top of performance, bringing the ultimate esports-level direct-screen control experience of the next generation. The so-called "clean and tidy tables, always suitable", the taste is right.
Looking back at this time last year, since the release of iQOO 7, some people say that iQOO's digital flagship is "getting less and less fragrant", not that the configuration is not powerful, but the price has gone up. This in itself is not difficult to understand, and horses must eat more grass if they want to run. Moreover, everything must be compared horizontally to be objective, and under this horizontal comparison, the iQOO digital flagship has not yet deviated from the "law of true fragrance". Besides, doesn't iQOO still have Neo...
Specifically, around the outstanding screen and image components, iQOO 9 Pro's realistic task is to effectively balance the "Snapdragon 8 Gen1 platform premiere batch" from the "sub-project" to effectively balance the other competitors of the "Snapdragon 8 Gen1 platform launch batch", and then let the iQOO 9 standard version use a more affordable price and a clearer gaming experience (but not limited to this) to complete the "market thickness" construction.
In conclusion, it would be appropriate to understand the iQOO 9 series' product strategy as "a tactical adjustment by iQOO to the layout of its 2021 flagship model." The market in 2022 is even more intense than in the past, and if you first use the "standard version flagship" of iQOO 7 to play the outpost like last year, it is difficult and does not conform to the brand style of iQOO. The one-time arrangement of the "Standard Edition" and the "Full Blood Edition" is worthy of the iQOO fans who have grown over the years. Of course, as for whether there will be a "God of War Edition" iQOO 9 Pro+ next, you can wait and see.