2,699 yuan kills flagship performance? This new iQOO phone made me lock the X300 Pro in a drawer
Last month, a friend came to my house with a newly acquired iQOO Z11 Turbo. I was stunned the moment I turned it on and the screen came on – not because it was so flashy, but because the 6.69-inch straight screen was comfortable to scan at a glance. The 144Hz sliding screen was like Dove. With a single swipe of your finger, even the WeChat pull-down refresh made a "whoosh" sound. He smiled and pushed the phone over: "Don't you think that flagship phones are expensive and you are afraid of lag? Well, I got it for the country's premium price of 2209."
This has to be said backwards. On the day the AnTuTu list came out in February, many people’s WeChat Moments were flooded with news: iQOO 15 Ultra topped the list with 4.2 million points. But if you look carefully at the small print at the bottom of the parameter list – it starts at 5,499 yuan. I looked through my salary slip last month, then touched the unopened vivo X300 Pro in the phone case, and silently stuffed the box into the innermost shelf of the bookcase.
But just a week before it became popular, iQOO quietly appeared on the stage as a "quiet player": Z11 Turbo. It was released on January 15th. There was no celebrity platform or a press conference with tens of thousands of people. It relied on a white background parameter chart to spread among the digital community. Starting from 2699 yuan, 12+512 is only 3199. Now the national subsidy is directly reduced by 200, and 2549 is taken away – a full half of the flagship of a certain manufacturer with the same configuration.
It uses Snapdragon 8Gen5, which is not the "8 Extreme Edition" but the real next generation. The running score of 3.59 million is not a false mark. I personally watched it run AnTuTu three times, and the temperature control is more stable than my noodle pot. LPDDR5X Ultra memory + UFS 4.1 flash memory, coupled with the Q2 e-sports chip, the barrage on Bilibili does not shake, the WeChat video account does not stop, and even the Xumi City running map of "Genshin Impact" is silky smooth. A friend said that when he was playing ranked last night, the signal dropped to two bars. As a result, the "Global E-Sports Network" automatically cut off another channel, and the microphone was not even interrupted.
7600mAh battery? Real and real. I actually measured that I had 43% left after lying flat on my back, browsing Douyin, watching dramas, and replying to WeChat messages. The fast charging is even more amazing – 0 to 100 can be charged in 20 minutes and 17 seconds. Just plug in the charger and the phone will be resurrected with full blood in the time it takes to make cup noodles. It doesn’t have a telephoto, and the ultra-wide angle is 8 million, but the main camera is a 200-megapixel Samsung HP5 with OIS optical image stabilization. It has a sense of depth when scanning supermarket price tags. 32 million selfies, beautiful face without any pretense, my mother said after trying it, "she understands me better than I can retouch pictures."
Metal middle frame + glass back panel, IP68 + IP69 dual waterproof. First impression upon first hand: heavy, but not falling in your hand. Because the carbon-silicon anode battery density has been increased to 4200mAh/g, it is thicker but does not become bulky. The ultrasonic fingerprint is as fast as pressing a switch, and it is similar to DC+4320Hz PWM dimming. When you turn off the lights at night and read the Little Red Book, your eyes will not feel sore.
After he left that day, I stared at the Z11 Turbo on the table for a long time. It's not because it's perfect, but it's so "understanding" – it doesn't pile on image parameters or play with conceptual design, but just packs all four things, namely performance, battery life, texture, and price, into a shell that starts at 2699. You touch the micro-arc of its back cover, listen to the vibration of the X-axis motor, and the "beep" sound when you swipe NFC to enter the subway gate…and you suddenly understand what "enough and just right" means.
By the way, infrared can also control the air conditioner. I woke up from the heat in the middle of the night last night. When I pressed the button in the dark, the wind came up at 26 degrees Celsius.
