Since its launch in India, iQOO has taken the Indian smartphone market by storm , and its offerings frequently push the limits in terms of performance. For instance, the iQOO 9 series, for instance, was powered by flagship-quality Snapdragon chipsets, which makes the perfect phone for those who love to play games and other performance-oriented. Be assured, iQOO is keeping spec-heads at bay across the board and is hoping to bring more potential buyers towards its offerings by introducing its iQOO 9T. Equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 processor The iQOO 9T comes with everything that makes an incredibly fast Android phone. In this review let's take a close review of the phone and determine if it's actually worth the MRP of 49,999 dollars in India.
Display and design
The iQOO 9T is awe-inspiring in terms of aesthetics, and also incorporates features from iQOO 9 and the iQOO 9 Pro that was launched a few months in the past. I received the Alpha colorway to test that cleverly divides the phone's two-toned design, which includes a glossy carbon fiber back gradient as well as an edgy black, sandstone-like texture. The phone is very sturdy, even though it's more heavy than it appears and weighs 206g. The device's bulk is due to a huge vapour chamber, which ensures that the phone's temperature doesn't rise in a erratic manner under load, along with the huge battery that's 4,700mAh. Nonetheless, the slight curve on the back of the phone allows you to hold the device
In terms of the position of the I/O it comes with an audio volume control and an engraved power button to the right . The handset comes with a USB Type-C port in the bottom that is sandwiched between a grille for speakers and an SIM tray. In addition, the earpiece of the smartphone can double as a second speaker, thus paving the way to create a stereo sound effect while watching television or films at the moment. Be assured that the iQOO 9T is able to tick the majority, if not all, of the boxes in terms of design. In fact I'd prefer for the device to come with a higher-quality certification than IP 52, but given the price of the phone I'm happy to overlook any lack of certification.
The iQOO 9T comes with an 6.78-inch FHD+ E5 AMOLED panel that can refresh at 120 Hz. It isn't compatible with LTPO 2.0 technology, however it does have an intelligent switch feature that can oscillate the rate of refresh in between 120Hz and 60Hz as needed. Additionally the phone's E5 AMOLED display is more energy efficient than phones using Samsung's E4 displays. The 9T utilizes Samsung's V1+ display chip, which is, among other things improves the frame rate of specific Android games, and optimizes the colours too. To add to the list of advantages The iQOO 9T can support HDR10 playback, and the device comes with an Optical Enhancement toggle that is said to make more vibrant colours appear in media that are relayed via YouTube as well as Netflix. It was the first time that I watched "The Grey Man on Netflix and found my experience to be slightly better with the toggle off, however even without it however, it's a great device to watch HDR10 content. iQOO 9T is an excellent machine for consuming media. Furthermore, with the highest brightness at 1,000 nits (which can increase to 1,500 nits when watching HDR10plus content) and sunlight visibility, it will not be a problem for the device. The screen is bordered by elegant bezels on both sides, and the panel's punch-hole camera fades in the background after you've used the phone. It is also worth noting that the display's resolution is fast and the panel's 144Hz touch sampling rate is sure to be appreciated by all gamers who are in the room.
Camera
The iQOO 9T comes with an all-camera setup that includes 50 megapixel Samsung ISOCELL GN5 camera with OIS and an ultra-wide camera with 13MP and a portrait lens of 12MP. When it comes to images come from the main sensor images, they provide plenty of clarity and detail however they do show moderately saturated colours. However, the camera provides a decent dynamic range and an excellent exposure calibration, making sure that the camera doesn't smother the finer portions of the image. I'd like to add that the camera can be quick to pinpoint the subject, and the shutter speed is also fast.Although pixels-binned 12.5MP pictures are the standard option to capture a photo however, you can increase the resolution to 50MP in order to enhance the crop of a photo. On the other hand it's possible that the phone's low light photography capabilities could benefit from some tweaking. For instance, the phone reverses an image that has been sharpened too much after sunset. While the image has minimal noise, the result appears highly processed and edited. The device struggles to get details from shadows as well and exposes the scene in poor quality often, which robs the scene of its natural aesthetic. Thankfully, the Night mode tool is pretty good in terms of bringing out the details however the colors are to be a little too soft for my taste.
In the case of images captured using the ultra-wide sensor those with edges show an effect similar to a fish's eye. The bright side is that there's a minimal colour temperature differences between images captured using the main and ultrawide sensor. This isn't all because buyers can utilize the ultra-wide sensor for closer-up macro photos. The camera's portrait lens can be used to take click-passable images too, but I was not impressed by the quality of the bokeh cutouts around the subject. It is a good thing that you can alter the blur effect manually to achieve the most optimal result, which is an excellent.
To the front In the front, toward the front, 9T comes with a 16-megapixel selfie camera that can take good-looking photos with precise colours, but is prone to oversharpening the face of the person being photographed. For video recording it can record videos the 4K format and at 60 frames per second. However, the phone restricts it to Full HD if you toggle the smartphone's ultra stabilisation function.
Software and performance
The iQOO 9T is one of the few Android phones that is powered with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. Actually, with the exception of the brand-new ROG Phone Series, this phone is the only phone in the world to be equipped with the chipset. For those not familiar with the technology who are not familiar, the more recent SoC is slightly overclocked compared to the 8 Gen 1 CPU and this time , the ultra Cortex X2 core has been clocked to 3.2GHz instead of the 3GHz. It is interesting to note that it was plagued with thermal throttling issues , and most of the time devices powered by the processor would throttle to a significant extent when under heavy workload. However, after having had a look at my iQOO 9T, I've discovered that at most, the 8+ Gen1 processor is more capable of maintaining its maximum performance even under the most demanding tasks.The CPU Throttle benchmark, the 9T was throttled to 75 percent its max capacity after 30 minutes of. Similar to 3DMark's Wild Life Extreme Stress test and the device surpassed its healthy 91.6 percentage stability. Both of these scores are higher than those of the 8. Gen 1 devices, which makes me believe that Qualcomm has indeed optimized energy usage on the latest chipset. In any case it is true that even the phone's huge vapour cooling chamber is struggling to keep temperatures within a reasonable range. In 3DMark's Extreme Stress test run, the phone's temperatures increased to 19 degrees by the end of the test.In addition, on Antutu it appears that the iQOO 9T reaches 1,000,000 in score, and in Geekbench 5 the multi-core result is 4,110. The short version is that this device is sure to effortlessly complete any task that requires performance without issue. It's the same in gaming, too as it supports the BGMI(the official application is available to downloading) running at an Extreme (60fps) frame rates and HDR graphics. iQOO has also improved the speed of instant response in CoD Mobile and BGMI. COD Mobile and BGMIto 1,200Hz This is a great improvement.A little bit on haptics and haptics, the 9T is equipped with Dual X-axis linear motion that provides better feedback than other devices, especially while playing games or typing on the screen. It also has the phone's Dual Monster touchscreen control system that lets users assign game-specific toggles to the right and left edges of the display. In addition the phone is equipped with the capacity of up to 12GB LPDDR5 memory that can be increased by 4GB with virtual RAM. It also has up to 228GB in UFS 3.1 memory.
Other functions of the device are stereo speakers that is great to listen to. The device has an integrated fingerprint sensor which is fast to authenticate. 5G services are compatible with the iQOO 9T if the telecom infrastructure in India can keep up. However, on the positive side, I was pretty satisfied with the speeds of 4G LTE offered by Noida's Jio network. The headset and microphone functioned just as I was expected. The phone runs Vivo's FunTouchOS 12 which is based on Android 12. It is possible to learn more about the software's features on the evaluation on the IQOO 9 Pro. There are the usual problems with bloatware that plague the device , however you can remove the majority of apps that are preloaded on the phone. iQOO will also offer minimum three years worth of security upgrades, and 2 years worth of Android updates on the device.
Battery
The iQOO 9T is powered by a battery of 4,700mAh that will charge at 120W. I usually got about 6-hours or so screen-on time , and that's even with the display's refresh speed set at 120Hz. For those who are interested I primarily watched the latest shows available on OTT platforms and playing a few games of BGMI, and surfing different social media sites. The phone has an excellent score on PCMark's Battery test and the phone maintained its lights for 17 hours and 33 mins. If that's not sufficient, it can be charged fully in less than 25 minutes thanks to the 120W adapter for charging which is fantastic.
Final decision
The iQOO 9T is the most efficient phone so in terms of benchmarks it has surpassed it by a mile. Vivo X80 and its Dimensity 9000 SoC. It is also apparent that some of the issues with thermal throttling that caused problems with the 8 Gen 1 devices have seemingly been solved by the new 8+ Gen 1 chipset. However that the phone isn't completely done in terms of low-light photography is concerned, and the operating system is still loaded with unnecessary software. However, the phone's daylight photography is better than average and so is the viewing experience with the phone's E5 AMOLED screen. It's easy to say that it's the iQOO 9T can be the ideal device for spec-heads . The phone will not make you want more in terms of performance.
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