iQOO Z9 series debuts: Z9 Turbo leads the pack with SD 8s Gen 3 and 6,000 mAh battery

2024-05-02

The iQOO brand has a trio of new devices aimed at the midrange segment. Z9 Turbo leads the pack with its iQOO 12-inspired design, Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset and 6,000 mAh battery with 80W fast charging. The vanilla Z9, not to be confused with the one launched in India, features a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip and the same 6,000 mAh battery and 80W fast charging. The Z9x is the affordable entry with Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoC and 44W charging.

iQOO Z9 Turbo/iQOO Z9
iQOO Z9 Turbo/iQOO Z9

iQOO Z9 Turbo and Z9 feature 6.78-inch AMOLED displays with FHD+ resolution and a 144Hz refresh rate. Both phones pack 16MP front-facing cameras and embedded fingerprint scanners. Z9x gets a 6.72-inch IPS LCD with a 120Hz refresh rate and an 8MP selfie cam.

Z9 Turbo and Z9 house 50MP LYT-600 main sensors with the former also getting an 8MP ultrawide lens while the latter gets a 2MP depth helper. Z9x comes with a 50MP main shooter and 2MP depth sensor.

iQOO Z9x
iQOO Z9x

Z9 Turbo is the most capable performer out of the bunch thanks to its Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset which is also paired with a display chip that takes some strain off the chipset during intensive gaming sessions. Z9 Turbo also gets a larger vapor chamber, faster UFS 4.0 storage and LPDDR5X RAM compared to UFS 2.2 and LPDDR4X on the Z9 and Z9x.

All three phones boot OriginOS 4 based on Android 14 and come with IP64 ingress protection

iQOO Z9 Turbo starts at CNY 1,999 ($275) in its 12/256GB trim and comes in black, white and green colors. Open sales in China are scheduled to begin on April 29.

iQOO Z9 series debuts: Z9 Turbo leads the pack with SD 8s Gen 3 and 6,000 mAh battery

iQOO Z9 is available in the same three colors and has a starting price of CNY 1,499 ($207) for the 8/128GB model.

iQOO Z9 series debuts: Z9 Turbo leads the pack with SD 8s Gen 3 and 6,000 mAh battery

iQOO Z9x is also available in black, white, and green and starts at CNY 1,299 ($180).

iQOO Z9 series debuts: Z9 Turbo leads the pack with SD 8s Gen 3 and 6,000 mAh battery

iQOO Z9 and Z9x are expected to launch internationally tomorrow in Malaysia.

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