MON, FEB 26
NimishAndAkriti
They keep making wisecracks about its name, but Vivo's sub-brand iQoo (which stands for 'I Quest On and On,' incidentally) has been coming out with some amazing devices of late. And the latest is the iQoo Neo 9 Pro. We will talk of its specs and all in due course, but right now, we will simply ask you to LOOK at it - have you ever seen a phone look like this? This is the fiery red version. There's another you do not need to see at all, This looks lovely!
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The back of the iQoo Neo 9 Pro with its dual colour theme of red and white is a sure eye-catcher. It has a rather Japanese feel about it and is a welcome change from the glossy and matte glass and solid colours that have been dominating our smartphone lives of late. It comes with a premium vegan leather finish and has stitched seams on it, and heck, even the frame is red, This is a very good-looking phone, And it is actually rather well-specced too!
The iQoo Neo 9 Pro comes with a very good 6.78 inch LTPO AMOLED 1.5K display with a surprisingly high refresh rate of 144 Hz. And it is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, which is still very much a flagship level performer. RAM and storage variants stand at 8 GB/ 256 GB and 12 GB/ 256 GB. You also get a massive 5160 mAh battery with support for 120W charging, with a 120W charger in the box that can also charge your notebook, if need be!
The cameras are a neat touch. Many phones these days tend to come with 2/3/4 cameras with only one or at the most two being of any actual use. The iQoo Neo 9 Pro sticks to two cameras - one a very good Sony IMX 920 50 MP main sensor with OIS, and the other a useful enough 8 megapixel ultrawide. No decorative cameras here. The phone runs on Android 14 with the rather risqué-ly named FunTouch OS, which is a little heavy but should fly on these specs!
We left the best for last - the iQoo Neo 9 Pro is priced at a surprisingly affordable Rs 36,999 for 8 GB/ 256 GB and Rs 38,999 for the 12 GB/ 256 GB variants. For that spec and design combination, those are crazy good prices. The OnePlus 12R has a similar processor but comes for Rs 39,999, although it does bring a curved display into play. We are still amazed by the design - it's been a while since so many people asked us "which is that phone?"
As always, feel free to ask us anything about this phone or any other. We will do our best to answer.