iQOO expanded the Z9 lineup in India at present by launching two ‘s’ fashions – iQOO Z9s and iQOO Z9s Professional. We had been invited to a media briefing in Baku, Azerbaijan final month, the place we bought to discover the Z9s Professional’s cameras. However now that the smartphone is formally unveiled, let’s examine what it is all about.
The iQOO Z9s Professional is available in a black-colored retail field with a protecting case, a SIM ejector instrument, a charging cable, and an 80W energy adapter.
The iQOO Z9s Professional is constructed round a 6.77″ curved AMOLED show of two,392×1,080-pixel decision, having a 120Hz refresh price and 4,500 nits native peak brightness. It comes with HDR10, HDR10+, and HLG codecs, and has Widevine L1 help for 1080p video streaming on suitable apps.
The Z9s Professional’s display screen is protected by Schott Xensation glass and helps Moist Contact know-how. It may well additionally show 1.07 billion colours and has a centered punch-hole for the 16MP selfie digital camera utilizing Samsung’s S5K3P9SP04-FGX9 sensor.
The show additionally has a fingerprint scanner embedded, which labored effectively throughout our utilization. Nonetheless, it ought to have been positioned barely larger for ease of attain.
Across the again, we’ve got a squircle-shaped digital camera island housing a round flash and two working cameras – 50MP major (Sony IMX882 with OIS) and 8MP ultrawide (OmniVision OV08D10-GA5A-001A, 120° FOV).
We obtained the Luxe Marble model, which, as evident from the identify, has a marble-like sample on its again cowl. It is made from plastic however has a glass-like really feel.
The opposite mannequin is Flamboyant Orange with a vegan leather-based again – a primary for the Z collection. At 190g, it is 5g heavier than the Luxe Marble mannequin however offers a greater grip. Regardless, each variations have an IP64 score.
Concerning ports and controls, the iQOO Z9s Professional has the ability button and quantity rocker on its right-side body, and on the backside is the USB-C. It is flanked by the SIM card slot, major microphone, and speaker grille. Up high is the secondary mic. The smartphone options stereo audio system however would not sport a 3.5mm headphone jack. It does have Hi-Res Audio help for earphones, although.
iQOO Z9s Professional’s ports and controls
Underneath the hood, the iQOO Z9s Professional has the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC with as much as 12GB RAM and 256GB storage. It runs Android 14-based Funtouch OS 14 out of the field. iQOO has promised two years of Android model upgrades and three years of Android safety updates however hasn’t dedicated something relating to the rollout frequency of the latter.
Fueling the whole package deal is a 5,500 mAh battery with 80W charging help. iQOO says the bundled 80W adapter can fill the cell as much as 50% in 21 minutes.
The iQOO Z9s Professional has a base value of INR24,999 ($300/€270) and will likely be accessible in India beginning August 23 by way of iQOO’s Indian web site and Amazon.in.
