How the iQoo Neo 9 Pro Performed in Our Initial Camera Tests

The iQoo Neo 9 Pro is coming to India quickly, and the firm is already teasing the smartphone’s key specs forward of its debut. This cellphone boasts a number of notable specs, together with a twin rear digital camera setup that includes a 50-megapixel main digital camera and an 8-megapixel secondary digital camera. It can also be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, which was launched in late 2022. When the smartphone is launched in the nation subsequent week, it’s anticipated to compete with telephones like the OnePlus 12R and the Nothing Phone 2.

I’ve had some hands-on time with the iQoo Neo 9 Pro, and I’ve been testing the handset’s cameras for a number of days now. Let’s take a fast take a look at the upcoming smartphone’s digital camera specs. Unlike the extra highly effective iQoo 12 that the firm launched in December 2023, this cellphone solely contains a twin rear digital camera setup. It has a 50-megapixel main digital camera with a Sony IMX920 sensor and optical picture stabilisation (OIS), paired with an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle digital camera.

The Textured mode outcomes in photos with extra element than the Natural mode (faucet to enlarge)

You get three image-capturing modes on the iQoo Neo 9 Pro — Natural, Textured, and Vivid. As the names recommend, the first mode offers you the most colour-accurate photos, whereas the Textured mode produces extra detailed and sharpened photos with hotter colors. The Vivid mode allows you to seize images with larger color saturation.

While testing the cameras on the iQoo Neo 9 Pro, I discovered myself clicking images utilizing the main digital camera with the Natural or Vivid mode for out of doors surroundings, whereas the Textured mode is kind of helpful whereas clicking photos of buildings or topics the place you want the digital camera to seize extra element. It additionally labored nicely when capturing indoor topics.

Images captured utilizing the main digital camera and ultra-wide-angle digital camera (faucet to enlarge)

The main digital camera allows you to take detailed photos at 1x and 2x zoom. Colours are correct when capturing photos utilizing the pure color mode, however the Textured mode allows you to get many particulars in case you do not thoughts the change in color temperature. There’s additionally a high-resolution mode that takes 50-megapixel pictures as a substitute of the default pixel-binned photos, which I’ll cowl in my full smartphone evaluate.

On the different hand, the ultra-wide-angle digital camera on the iQoo Neo 9 Pro allows you to seize photos with respectable element, however there’s some warping at the edges. This digital camera will not provide the similar stage of element as the main digital camera, and there is a distinction in the color temperature in comparison with the main shooter.

Portrait photos are clear, and the bokeh impact is not very aggressive (faucet to enlarge)

Portrait photos captured with the iQoo Neo 9 Pro are fairly sharp, with ample element. The digital camera interface for portrait pictures exhibits that the pores and skin enhancement options are disabled by default. The bokeh impact is not too aggressive by default and may also be adjusted earlier than and after capturing the picture.

The handset additionally contains a devoted night time mode, and it captures respectable photos utilizing the main digital camera. In a restaurant with dim overhead lights, the cellphone managed to seize a specific amount of element, though there is a little bit of softening, blurring and noise in case you zoom in — particularly round mild sources. I’ll additionally check the iQoo Neo 9 Pro’s digital camera in tougher low mild eventualities in the coming days.

The built-in night time mode can seize photos of dimly lit rooms (faucet to enlarge)

It’s price noting that these are my preliminary impressions of the handset’s digital camera, which is ready to launch in India subsequent week. The cellphone might additionally obtain software program updates in the days main as much as its debut. Stay tuned to Gadgets 360 for a extra conclusive verdict on the iQoo Neo 9 Pro’s digital camera’s efficiency, in addition to its design, efficiency, and battery effectivity — these will all be a part of the full evaluate of the smartphone.