iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G Review: Best price-to-performance ratio

After testing the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G for about two weeks and using the smartphone, I can confidently say that this is probably the best price-to-performance ratio you can get in the market right now. For a ₹ 34,999 price tag, this smartphone takes the fight to devices that are twice its price or even more! 

iQOO has launched yet another smartphone with an outstanding price-to-performance ratio. The iQOO Neo 7 Pro comes as a smartphone centered towards the mobile gamers out there. The smartphone promises a lot. For example, one of the best gaming experiences with the help of an independent gaming chip, a premium AMOLED display, and more. The iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G is the "Pro" variant of the iQOO Neo 7 that was launched earlier this year, which itself had a gaming DNA.

So how much of an upgrade does the iQOO Neo 7 Pro offer in terms of the premium we pay on the device? How much of a difference does this secret Independent Gaming Chip offer? And finally, is the smartphone worth the ₹34,999 starting price? Let’s find out!

DESIGN

Design wise, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro looks very similar to its younger sibling, the iQOO Neo 7. The smartphone has a similar shape with the flat screen and a curved back. We also get the same square-ish dual tone camera module and a similar edge-to-edge hole-punch display. However, there are more premium touches here and there. 

First and foremost, the vegan leather back panel, which we only get in the orange colour. While I’m not sure if I like the colour, the vegan leather back provides a very premium in-hand feel. The orange is a bit too bright for my liking, but the golden hints here and there go with the orange colour well. We get a golden frame, the iQOO logo is golden on the back panel, so the colour combination is nice, but we aren’t sure how many people will prefer this over more traditional colours.

The weight of the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G is also pretty good. The smartphone is lightweight at just 197 grams, which makes it easy to carry and hold on to, for longer gaming sessions. Overall, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro has a very familiar design, which is very similar to its younger sibling, the iQOO Neo 7. 

DISPLAY

Coming to display, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G uses a 6.78-inch AMOLED display with an FHD+ resolution. The display on this smartphone is pretty much the same as the one on the iQOO Neo 7, so the experience is also similar. The FHD+ resolution is pretty much standardised in this segment with most devices having similar resolution. Here, we get a 1080 x 2400p resolution, which makes for a 381ppi pixel density. The detail and sharpness is as good as any other smartphone in this range.

While in terms of details and sharpness this display fares well, it does feel slightly dull in terms of the vibrancy and brightness as compared to some of the competing devices. For example, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro’s display isn’t as bright as competing devices like the OnePlus Nord 3 5G, which showed a maximum brightness of 868 nits in our Lux Meter test. The iQOO Neo 7 Pro showed a maximum luminance of 707 nits, which is even below the slightly cheaper Poco F5.

However, luminance is not everything. In terms of colour accuracy, this display is right up there with the competition. The iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G showed very impressive colour accuracy in our testing. The smartphone showed a brilliant DeltaE of 1.5 in the colour checker analysis in sRGB colour profile, which is too good for a smartphone. DeltaE signifies the error in the colours on a display, which means the lower it is, the better. For perspective, a DeltaE of under 4 is considered good for smartphones.

Even in the grayscale test, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G showed impressive results in the sRGB profile. Here, the RGB balance is very good and even with an Average Gamma of 2.27 and an average DeltaE of 1.7.

In DCI-P3 tests also, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G performed well, but the results weren’t as great as the sRGB colour profile. In the colour checker analysis, the smartphone showed an average DeltaE of 3, which is again pretty good, but since lower is better, it doesn't seem as good as the 1.5 DeltaE in the sRGB colour profile. It is also important to note here that the DCI-P3 tests were ran in the “Bright” colour profile on the smartphone, so we are not sure if it was actually the P3 colour profile.

Overall, this is a brilliant display. Yes, the display doesn’t seem as bright and as vibrant when put next to smartphones like the OnePlus Nord 3 5G, the Oppo Reno 10 Pro, or even the Poco F5, but the colour accuracy is brilliant, the responsiveness with the 120Hz refresh rate is absolutely slick, and we get nice and sharp details on this AMOLED panel. Good stuff.

PERFORMANCE AND BATTERY

Coming to performance, this is where iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G feels the most at home. The smartphone comes with Qualcomm’s second-latest flagship chip, the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 paired with up to 12GB of RAM. Further, we also get an “Independent Gaming Chip,” which acts as a secondary chip that supports the SD 8+ Gen 1 to offer a more seamless and smooth gaming experience, without putting much stress on the main chip.

The Independent Gaming Chip (IGC), is basically a hardware solution for frame rate interpolation, where the smartphone forces extra frames in games to be able to offer the highest possible FPS for a longer period of time. While there is no way to test this IGC independently, the gaming experience on the smartphone felt super smooth. I played games like Call of Duty: Mobile and Battleground Mobile India on the iQOO Neo 7 Pro, and the experience was nothing less than absolutely slick.

During my gaming sessions, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G kept the frame rates constant and the gameplay was absolutely smooth even on the highest graphics and frame rate settings. It did heat up a bit during long gaming sessions, but never was it “too hot to handle.” One thing I’d like to mention again here is that the weight of the smartphone made the gaming experience more than comfortable and I was able to hold on to the smartphone for long hours without things getting uncomfortable. Coming to benchmarks, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G, as expected, left the competition in the dust with some of the highest numbers we have ever seen on any mid-range smartphone. The iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G easily sets a new performance benchmark in this segment, coming above some of the most powerful smartphones in this range. Devices like the OnePlus Nord 3 5G and Poco F5, which were some of the top performing devices in this range now don’t seem as astonishing after the iQOO Neo 7 Pro’s numbers.

On AnTuTu, the smartphone gave an impressive score of about 1.23 million, which is not only the highest in the mid-range segment, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G also beats some flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S23 series, the Vivo X90 Pro, and even the iQOO 11, which is iQOO’s flagship for this year itself. This just proves how good of a performer the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G is.

On Geekbench, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G scored 1723 points in the single-core test and 4430 points in the multi-core test, which is again one of the highest in its segment and even above a few flagships of this year. Impressive. On PCMark Work 3.0, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G’s performance wasn’t up to the mark. The smartphone scored 11485 points, which is very good, but not the highest we have seen in the mid-range.

In GPU-based benchmarks also, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G leaves the competition in the dust. In fact, the smartphone punches above its weight here as well, with a 3D Mark Wildlife Extreme score of 2661 points, and the highest GFX Bench scores in the tests we ran on the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G.

So the performance of the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G is the best we have seen on a mid-range smartphone in a long time. It not only beats its competition by a margin, but takes the fight to the flagships of today with a solid performance across benchmarks and GPU tests. Brilliant stuff.

The battery on the iQOO Neo 7 Pro is also good. We get a 5,000mAh battery, which also seems optimised for gaming. For example, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G did not drain much battery while gaming or watching content, but the smartphone drained a significant amount while using GPS. In one hour of GPS navigation, the smartphone drained about 9 percent of the battery, but a 15-minute gaming session only drained 3 percent of the battery, which is very good for a smartphone.

The charging, however, makes up for any minor rough edges with the battery optimisation. The iQOO Neo 7 5G comes with 120W fast charging. I tested this from 0-100, and the smartphone only took 29 minutes to charge fully. Beautifully fast.

CAMERA

The camera on the iQOO Neo 7 5G is also decent. The smartphone comes with a triple rear camera setup, which has a primary 50-megapixel shooter, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide angle lens, and a 2-megapixel macro lens. The images from the primary shooter are very good. The smartphone clicks sharp and detailed images, just the colours are a bit washed out.

The portraits from the smartphone are also very good, just at times I found the edge detection to be a bit inaccurate, and here also the colours seem a bit washed out.

 

In low light shots also, the iQOO Neo 7 Pro performs well. Here also, the images remain sharp and detailed, and the colour retention is also okay, but not the best out there.

What I didn’t like about this camera is the ultra-wide shooter. The images in ultra-wide look slightly more soft as compared to the sharp images out of the primary shooter. The colours here are also a bit too saturated for my taste, which further makes it seem like the photos aren’t accurate.

VERDICT

So after testing the iQOO Neo 7 Pro 5G for about two weeks and using the smartphone, I can confidently say that this is probably the best price-to-performance ratio you can get in the market right now. For a ₹ 34,999 price tag, this smartphone takes the fight to devices that are twice its price or even more! So in terms of performance, the numbers speak for themselves.

Apart from this, we get a familiar design with a premium touch, a very colour accurate display, and on top of that, a pretty decent camera which will do very well if your usage is casual and mostly for social media. The battery is also optimised towards performance, and the 120W fast charging is as fast as it gets on a smartphone in this range.

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Nothing Phone 2 effect: Other brands follow suit with similar-looking smartphones

Nothing Phone 2 design is so unique that it not only managed to create a strong brand recall but also seems to have inspired other brands to come up with similarly-designed phones. The latest one to follow suit is Infinix. As per the renders shared on the Infinix Community XClub (spotted by Stufflistings), an upcoming Infinix GT-series smartphone is going to have an LED light interface on the back. 

Infinix GT phone with LED light show at the back

Besides that it will be from the Infinix GT lineup, we don’t know the full device name. 

As for the design, the renders suggest there will be two rear cameras arranged vertically. Right next to it and below it, we can see something that looks like a C-shaped LED arrangement and another small glyph unit at the bottom.

Also Read: Nothing Phone 1: 1 year later, but 1 day before the Nothing Phone 2 launch

We don’t know if they serve any use case like the Nothing Phone 2. However, we should know more details in the days coming forward. 

But, it is not the only phone with a Nothing Phone 1 or 2-like design. 

Unihertz Luna

Unihertz Luna made headlines when Nothing founder Carl Pei shared a phone from MWC 2023, holding a Nothing Phone 1-like design. Well, the LED arrangement and light show are different. The LEDs glow a blue hue. 

Also Read: Nothing Phone (2) sports 4 key upgrades over Nothing Phone (1)

Further, the Luna comes equipped with a 6.81-inch FHD+ LCD display, MediaTek Helio G99 processor coupled with 8GB of RAM, 256GB storage, a 5000mAh battery with 18W charging, Bluetooth 5.3, dual-band WiFi, a 32MP front camera, and a triple rear camera setup comprising a 108MP main camera, a 20MP Night Vision camera, and a 2MP macro module.

D-brand Something skin

Although not exactly an LED interface, the Something skin by D-brand lets you customize the iPhone and other phone backs to look something like the Nothing smartphones.

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An iOS browser with Chrome Extensions and Firefox Add-ons Here you go

No, it is not Safari. Although it is the de facto browser on an iPhone, iOS users can switch to other mobile browsers on App Store. However, most iOS browsers are very similar to each other, unlike their desktop counterparts. This is partly because Apple mandates all browsers on the platform to be on Webkit, which is the Safari web engine. This makes the iOS browser market very homogeneous. They lack the versatility and extension support of many desktop browsers. Safari has very limited extension support and if you want something more, you should check out the Orion browser.

Orion browser is like Safari with Chrome Extensions and Firefox Add-ons

1. Download and install the Orion browser from the App Store.

2. Open the app and click open the 3-dot menu on the bottom bar. 

3. Tap on the Extensions option.

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4. You will see the extension library and at the bottom, there is a Plus icon, tapping which you’ll see 3 options: Install from file, Install Chrome extension, or Install Firefox extension.

Note, not all extensions work at the moment. Like I tried Ublock Origin and Return YouTube Dislike and they weren’t working. Meanwhile, Momentum and Dark Reader seem to be working fine.

Since the browser comes with a built-in content blocker, I don’t mind the lack of support for 3rd party adblockers. Likewise, there are many in-built features here, that may entice you.

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Orion browser features

1. Focus Mode that lets you use the full screen while browsing.

2. Data Saver Mode that disables many resource-heavy elements on sites and thereby cutting down on the data consumption while you browse websites.

3. Low Power Mode that puts unused tabs in hibernation to save some juice.

4. Lockscreen for all or just private tabs, as you like. 

5. Block ads as well as trackers.

Note: This is not a paid promotion of the product.

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Best time to buy Apple iPhone: Amazon Prime Day has huge iPhone discounts

Amazon Prime Day 2023 Sale keeps getting better and better. During the sale, the iPhones will be available at much reduced prices. The Amazon Prime Day 2022 Sale will start from July 15 and expire on July 16. The iPhone 14 will be available on Amazon at a price of ₹66,499. Not just that, you will also get an additional discount through bank offers.

Here are some Apple iPhones which will be available at best price on Amazon during Prime Day 2023 Sale:

Apple iPhone 14

The iPhone 14 will be available on Amazon at a discounted price of ₹66,499. However the original price of the smartphone is ₹79,990. 

Apple iPhone 14 comes with a 6.1-inch XDR OLED display. It is powered by Apple’s A15 Bionic chipset. It has a dual camera setup on the back holding a 12MP+12MP. On the front, it sports a 12MP selfie camera too. The iPhone 14 packs a 3279mAh battery.

Also read: Top smartwatch deals on Amazon Prime Day Sale 2023

Apple iPhone 14 Plus

The iPhone 14 Plus will be up for grabs at ₹79,999 on Amazon during Prime Day Sale 2023. 

Apple iPhone 14 is equipped with a 6.7-inch XDR OLED display. It is packed with Apple’s A15 Bionic chipset. It has a 12-megapixel dual camera setup on the back and a 12-megapixel selfie shooter on the front. The iPhone 14 has a 4323mAh battery.

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

The Apple iPhone 14 Pro will also be available at a reduced price of ₹1,19,999 for the base variant. It was launched at a starting price of ₹1,29,900.

Apple iPhone 14 Pro has a 6.1-inch LTPO XDR OLED display. It works on Apple’s A16 Bionic processor. This comes with a triple camera setup of 48-megapixel primary camera and two 12-megapixel cameras. It packs a 3200mAh battery.

Also read: Great news for gamers: Alienware m16 AMD edition to debut on Amazon Prime Day sale

Apple iPhone 13

The Apple iPhone 13 will be available on Amazon at a price of ₹57,999 during the sale. 

Apple iPhone 13 has a 6.1-inch XDR OLED display. It is powered by Apple’s A15 Bionic chipset. It has a dual camera setup on the back holding a 12MP+12MP. It also features a 12MP selfie camera. The iPhone 13 comes with a 3240mAh battery.

If you are planning to buy any of these iPhones, this is the right time to grab it. However, Apple will soon launch the iPhone 15 series, so the prices of its predecessor will obviously go down. That time will also be a green light for interested iPhone buyers.

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Realme C53 to launch on July 19: Budget phone with 108 MP camera

Realme is all packed up to launch its new budget smartphone in India. Realme C53 will be launching in India on July 19. The Chinese brand has already launched this smartphone in Malaysia in May. The Malaysian version has a 50-megapixel primary camera but the Indian version will sport a 108-megapixel primary camera, claims Realme. The company also said that this will be the first smartphone with 108-megapixel camera in the budget smartphone segment. 

The specifications of the smartphone are not out yet but the launch poster from Realme reveals some details like there are three camera rings on the back panel. The poster also revealed the capacitive power button and volume rockers on the right side of the panel. It also shows the smartphone in Golden colour so we can expect this one smartphone colour option.

Also read: Leaks reveal Realme C53 launch: Specs suggest an attractive phone

Realme India posted a teaser on Twitter which revealed the front of Realme C53 which has a waterdrop notch. The Malaysian Realme C53 version also has the waterdrop notch so maybe the specifications of both of these smartphones could match except the camera configurations.

The specifications of the Realme C53 are not out yet but it could match with the specifications of Realme C53 Malaysian version. The Realme C53 which was launched in Malaysia works on Unisoc Tiger T612 processor paired with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. It is equipped with a 6.74-inch FullHD+ LCD display with 90Hz refresh rate. The smartphone operates on Realme UI T which is based on Android 13 OS. It packs a 5000mAh battery with 33-watt fast charging support.

Also read: Realme C53 to be announced soon officially as it gets certified by NBTC

Realme launches its C series smartphones under ₹15,000 and the Realme C53 launched in Malaysia at 599MR which is approx ₹10,000. The company is giving a huge camera lens in this price segment but the back panel didn’t excite me much, neither did the third ring in the camera module. But then asking for too much in a sub-15k phone is also not fair. Let's see while we wait and watch for the Realme C53's official launch very soon.

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iOS 17 is ready for the public and brings 2 new features we Indians will love

Apple has rolled out iOS 17 Public Beta which will be better suited for general folks who are not developers. This should have fewer bugs and be more comfortable to use. We have installed it on our iPhone 14 and now you can too. Let’s learn how to download iOS 17 Public Beta on your iPhone and try the new iOS features. We will also check out the India-specific features of this version.

Now some of you may be on iOS 17 developer beta and if you want to install the public beta, here’s how you do that:

How to switch from iOS 17 Developer Beta to Public Beta

1. Go to iOS Settings

2. Then General

3. Click on Software Update

4. Tap on Beta Updates and choose iOS 17 Public Beta. If Developer Beta is ticked, change that.

Once you select iOS 17 Public Beta, the download should show up. Press download now and install it once downloaded.

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Once it’s installed, the device will reboot. Once it restarts, unlock the device and you now have iOS 17 Public Beta on your iPhone.

2 new India-specific iOS 17 features that you may want to try 

1. Bi-lingual Siri in Hindi, Punjabi, Kannada, Telugu, and Marathi. You have to set the Siri language to English (India) and now you can interact with it in English mixed with the aforementioned languages.

Also Read: iOS 17 beta 2 lets you NameDrop contacts between iPhones: How it works

2. Transliteration keyboard now supports Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, besides Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi, Bengali, Marathi, and Gujarati. Go to iOS Settings > General > Keyboards > Keyboards (again) > Add New Keyboard. Now, say if I choose Malayalam, I will get an option to go with the standard Malayalam keyboard or Transliteration. Selecting the latter lets me type a Malayalam word in English and it will be automatically converted to Malayalam script.

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Top smartwatch deals on Amazon Prime Day Sale 2023

Amazon’s Prime Day Sale is just round the corner and will go live on July 15th and it extends till July 16th. As we excitedly await the sale to go live, it is also the best time to buy smartwatches. Amazon is offering some crazy deals on the smartwatches and you should look out for them. So, here are some unmissable deals that you can grab during the sale.

Fire-Boltt Infinity Luxe smartwatch:       

You can grab the Fire-Boltt Infinity Luxe smartwatch at just ₹3,499 during the said sale. The watch features a 1.6-inch round HD display offering 600 nits of peak brightness. It even has 300+ sports mode for all your moods and comes along with bluetooth calling and voice assistant. You’ll even get a 3.7V to 5V adapter.

Also read: Check out the deals on 4 TVs in the upcoming Amazon Prime Day 2023 Sale

boAt Wave Call 2:

During the sale, you can get your hands on the boAt Wave Call 2 starting at just ₹1,499 along with certain bank offers. Not just this, you can pre book this smartwatch for just ₹1 before 15th July. The watch runs on Crest+ OS and comes with a DIY watch face studio. It has 700+ active modes and comes with bluetooth calling. It has great health tracking algorithms.

 NoiseFit Halo Plus Elite Edition:   

The NoiseFit Halo Plus Elite Edition will be available starting at ₹4,499. This comes with bank offers and you can pre-book for just ₹1 before the sale goes live. The watch will feature a 1.46” super AMOLED display and also a drain less steel finish metallic straps. It has a 4-stage sleep tracker too. 

Also read: 5 attractive smartphone deals of Amazon Prime Day 2023

beatXP Unbound nova:  

The beatXP Unbound Nova can be bagged at a price range starting at ₹2,499 along with bank offers. This can be pre-booked too at ₹1. Speaking of the watch, it has a 1.96” AMOLED display and comes with over 100 in-built sports modes. It will have bluetooth calling and promises an uninterrupted battery life of 7 days.

These are some great smartwatches that are being presented at great prices during the sale. Be on time so that you don’t end up missing the deals. The Amazon Prime Day sale is available for prime users between 15 and 16th July.

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