Not everyone has 4,199 yuan or more lying around, and that’s why the iQOO Neo11 exists. To be honest, after going through the specs, I’m not quite sure why anyone would drop the money for the iQOO 15. Let’s just say that the Neo11 is possibly the flagship of the last generation, which isn’t bad considering the asking price. But more on that in a bit.
Anyhoo, I see the Neo series as a way of getting the young hooked on iQOO. It’s trendy, affordable, and has specs that aren’t too far off from the flagship. For starters, it benefits from the Snapdragon 8 Elite along with the brand’s own Q2 gaming chip for a “native-grade” image experience.
Other key selling points include a 7,500 mAh super-thin “Blue Sea” battery, a 2K 144 Hz display, an 8K VC “ice dome” cooling system, and an all-new design that is durable and drop-resistant. Basically, everything a young person with a limited budget could wish for.
Like the flagship iQOO, the new Neo11 [CH] shares the trending design language of a metal straight-edge center frame with subtly rounded edges and large R corners. It also rocks the floating camera module design, but this time, it’s not the camera bump that appears to be floating. iQOO calls it a “floating mirror design,” which, at a glance, makes the two cameras appear to float.
Leading the dual-camera setup is a 50 MP super-stabilized Sony LYT700V large sensor and an 8 MP super wide-angle camera. The device is billed as the “Godly Standard Edition” to express that it doesn’t cut corners and is loaded with features as a standard model.
And true enough, while the AnTuTu benchmark isn’t as blazing as the 5 Gen chip, it’s still a very respectable 3,540,324. Moreover, it has fast memory like LPDDR5X Ultra and UFS 4.1 to back it up. And then there’s the MONSTER Super Core Engine that promises stable frame rates during intense gaming.
It has a 6.82-inch AMOLED display, rocking a 3,168 x 1,440 resolution, 1 billion colors, an 8,000,000:1 contrast ratio, support for the P3 wide color gamut, and up to a 144 Hz refresh rate. On this display is a 16 MP hole-punch camera for selfies/wefies and video calls, and believe it or not, a 3D ultrasonic fingerprint sensor.
Other notables include 2G–5G radios, dual nano-SIM, tri-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.4, USB 2.0 with a Type-C interface, the usual positioning and sensors (including IR), symmetrical three-dimensional dual speakers, a high-vibration X-axis motor, and military-grade durability featuring IP68 and IP69 ratings—affording it the ability to survive torrential rain, submersion in water up to 1.5 meters, and withstand a 10,000 kPa 80 °C high-pressure, high-temperature continuous water jet test. It’s also scratch-resistant thanks to the rock-solid glass, and it can survive a 1.2-meter drop onto a marble floor.
It runs on OriginOS 6, which boasts a bunch of AI features (but of course). The new iQOO Neo11 has been launched in China with a choice of five colors and five configurations (12+256, 12+512, 16+256, 16+512, and 16+1 TB), starting at just 2,599 yuan [CH] (about US$365 at the time of this post).
Images: Vivo [CH].
