iQOO launched the Neo10 and Neo10 Professional final November, and in the present day, the model unveiled the Neo 10R after a month-long promo marketing campaign. Nevertheless, whereas the Neo10 and Neo10 Professional stay China-exclusive, the iQOO Neo 10R will probably be bought in India – at the least initially. We spent a while with the iQOO Neo 10R, and listed below are our first impressions of the smartphone.
The iQOO Neo 10R – geared toward college students, particularly these taking part in video games – is available in a black-colored retail field, together with a protecting case, a SIM ejector instrument, some documentation, a USB cable, and an 80W energy adapter.
The iQOO Neo 10R is constructed round a 10-bit 6.78″ AMOLED show of two,800×1,260-pixel decision and a 144Hz refresh price, which is proscribed to pick out video games since the remainder of the UI goes solely as much as 120Hz. The show has 4,500 nits peak brightness and is protected by Schott Xensation Up glass. It additionally helps HDR10, HDR10+, and HLG codecs and comes with Widevine L1 certification, enabling 1080p video streaming in supported apps.
The display screen has a centered punch-hole for the 32MP selfie digicam utilizing a GC32E1-WA1XA sensor. It has an f/2.45 aperture and might report movies up in 4K decision at as much as 30 fps.
The show additionally has a fingerprint scanner beneath for biometric authentication. It is quick and correct, however we might have preferred it to be positioned greater for a greater phone-unlocking expertise.
Flip the cellphone round, and also you see a digicam island harking back to iQOO 13‘s. It homes two cameras – 50MP main and 8MP ultrawide. The first digicam has f/1.79 aperture and makes use of the Sony IMX882 sensor, whereas the ultrawide digicam has f/2.2 aperture and makes use of the GC08A3-WA1XA sensor. The 50MP unit has OIS and might report movies in 4K decision at as much as 60 fps.
We have acquired the iQOO Neo 10R’s Raging Blue mannequin, which is “crafted solely for India.” The opposite model is known as MoonKnight Titanium. Each are 7.98mm skinny, weigh 196g, and have plastic builds.
The rear panel of the iQOO Neo 10R would not really feel as premium because the Indian Neo9 Professional‘s again cowl – particularly the Fiery Pink mannequin that featured a pretend leather-based again – and that is anticipated given the worth distinction. Apart from, within the brief time we spent with the cellphone, the rear cowl bought smudged simply.
The iQOO Neo 10R’s Raging Blue mannequin has a two-tone white-blue design with pixel texture. It is impressed by the racing observe and appears cool. There’s additionally an iQOO emblem on the intersection of the 2 colours, and beneath the digicam island is a textual content that reads “Neo Energy To Win.” Nevertheless, it is solely seen at sure angles, so you will not even discover it is there more often than not.
The iQOO Neo 10R’s right-side body has the amount rocker and energy button with first rate suggestions. On the backside is the USB-C port, flanked by a SIM card slot, main mic, and a speaker grille. Up high is the IR blaster, joined by one other microphone.
Ports and controls
Below the hood, now we have the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 SoC with as much as 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Ours is the top-end mannequin with 12GB LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB UFS 4.1 storage, and no matter which reminiscence configuration you decide, you will get the iQOO Neo 10R with Android 15-based Funtouch OS 15 out of the field. iQOO has promised three years of Android upgrades and 4 years of safety updates for the Neo 10R, and the latter will probably be rolled out each month.
The iQOO Neo 10R was clean throughout our utilization, and whereas we could not play our common set of video games on the Neo 10R earlier than penning this publish, we had a number of one-hour Name of Obligation: Cell classes and the cellphone remained fairly cool throughout and after that with none vital drop in efficiency. Our graphics settings had been set to “Very Excessive” graphic high quality and “Max” body price for the gameplay.
It is also value mentioning that the iQOO Neo 10R would not include an impartial show chip just like the Neo9 Professional’s Supercomputing Chip Q1. iQOO mentioned there are two causes for that: 1) The Neo 10R prices much less; 2) The wants of the shoppers on this section are completely different by way of gaming. They like secure FPS as an alternative of upper FPS, which is what the Chip Q1 on the Neo9 Professional was for. The Neo 10R is not a successor to the Neo9 Professional, in any case.
You possibly can verify the chart beneath for the iQOO Neo 10R’s efficiency in artificial benchmark assessments.
The iQOO Neo 10R packs a 6,400 mAh battery, and it is spectacular how slim the Neo 10R is contemplating the battery capability for the reason that Neo9 Professional with an identical thickness ships with a 5,160 mAh battery. Notice that the Neo 10R’s battery is not the Silicone-Carbon sort. We’re speaking concerning the Li-Ion cell right here.
The Neo 10R has 80W charging help, and iQOO says it will possibly cost as much as 50% in 26 minutes and 100% in 55 minutes. In our testing, it charged from 1% to 11% in 5 minutes, 21% in 10 minutes, 30% in quarter-hour, 39% in 20 minutes, 50% in 27 minutes, 56% in half-hour, and 100% in 58 minutes. Notice that this check was run with cell knowledge and Wi-Fi hotspot turned off however All the time-On Show turned on. Your mileage will possible range relying in your utilization and ambient temperature when charging the cellphone.
Different highlights of the iQOO Neo 10R embrace stereo audio system, Hi-Res Audio, 4D Sport Vibration, and an IP65 ranking. The smartphone additionally helps bypass charging, which is appreciated.
The iQOO Neo 10R is up for pre-booking in India by means of Amazon.in and iQOO’s official India web site, with gross sales commencing from March 19. The smartphone has three reminiscence choices – 8GB/128GB, 8GB/256GB, and 12GB/256GB, priced at INR26,999, INR28,999, and INR30,999, respectively.
