iQOO Z9Turbo+ In-Depth ReviewPowered by Dimensity 9300+, 6400mAh Battery for Unbeatable Endurance, A New Benchmark for Entry-Level Flagships

iQOO Z9Turbo+ In-Depth ReviewPowered by Dimensity 9300+, 6400mAh Battery for Unbeatable Endurance, A New Benchmark for Entry-Level FlagshipsIn September 2024, iQOO welcomed a new member to its Z9 series - the iQOO Z9Turbo+. This phone builds upon the iQOO Z9Turbo with comprehensive upgrades, featuring the Dimensity 9300+ processor, iQOO's largest ever 6400mAh ultra-thin Blue Sea battery, and a brand-new Moon Shadow Titanium color option

iQOO Z9Turbo+ In-Depth ReviewPowered by Dimensity 9300+, 6400mAh Battery for Unbeatable Endurance, A New Benchmark for Entry-Level Flagships

In September 2024, iQOO welcomed a new member to its Z9 series - the iQOO Z9Turbo+. This phone builds upon the iQOO Z9Turbo with comprehensive upgrades, featuring the Dimensity 9300+ processor, iQOO's largest ever 6400mAh ultra-thin Blue Sea battery, and a brand-new Moon Shadow Titanium color option. So, how does this phone perform in real-world usage? Below, we will conduct an in-depth review of the iQOO Z9Turbo+, covering aspects such as its appearance design, performance, battery life, camera capabilities, and system experience.

Appearance Design: Moon Shadow Titanium Colorway Adds a Touch of Elegance

As a member of the Z9 series, the iQOO Z9Turbo+ inherits the classic design language, featuring a square-round porthole camera module on the back. Its star-track markings seamlessly blend with the body, offering a greater sense of distinction compared to the vertically arranged camera modules found in previous models. The flash is located on the outer side of the camera module, further enhancing the unity of the camera area.

It's worth mentioning that the iQOO Z9Turbo+ introduces a new Moon Shadow Titanium colorway, featuring a fine matte light and shadow effect achieved through chip-level lithography. This not only exudes a sense of elegance but also provides a premium feel to the touch. The phone's middle frame adopts a right-angle edge design, matching the color of the back panel. Its surface undergoes a special treatment, resulting in a texture that closely resembles the back cover, creating a strong sense of unity.

On the front, a 6.78-inch C8 straight screen is fitted, boasting a 1.5K resolution and an ultra-high refresh rate of 144Hz. Our tests reveal that the iQOO Z9Turbo+ reaches a peak brightness of 3960nit, covering 113.89% of the P3 color gamut. Even under strong light, text remains clear and sharp.

Beyond its elegant appearance, the iQOO Z9Turbo+ demonstrates excellent protection capabilities. It has passed rigorous IP65 dust and water resistance tests, supporting 12 hours of long-lasting rain resistance and featuring wet finger touch functionality, delivering a safer and more reliable mobile phone experience for users.

Performance: Dimensity 9300+ Powerhouse, Antutu Benchmark Scores Reach 2.18 Million

The iQOO Z9Turbo+ is powered by the Dimensity 9300+ processor, supporting LPDDR5X+UFS4.0 storage, starting with 12GB+256GB configuration. The Dimensity 9300+ is a flagship chip from the first half of the year, manufactured using a 4nm process. Its CPU maintains a high-performance full-core architecture, boosting the main frequency of the X4 super-large core to 3.4GHz, achieving a higher performance ceiling. Additionally, the iQOO Z9Turbo+ integrates the self-developed Q1 esports chip, supporting 41 native high-frame rate games, including 27 games at 144FPS, and over 100 games that can be super-framed to 144FPS.

Using Antutu for benchmark testing, the iQOO Z9Turbo+ achieves an impressive score of 2,184,300, ranking 9th in the PChome 2024 overall benchmark rankings, even surpassing many top flagship phones.

Gaming Experience: Stable and Smooth, Excellent Temperature Control

To evaluate the actual gaming performance of the iQOO Z9Turbo+, we subjected it to tests with "Genshin Impact" and "Tower of Fantasy."

Under the PChome standard testing model, the iQOO Z9Turbo+ ran "Genshin Impact" for 30 minutes, achieving an average frame rate of 59.7fps with a power consumption of 4.5W, maintaining stability throughout without noticeable fluctuations. Thanks to the 6K Tiangu VC liquid cooling system, after 30 minutes of "Genshin Impact" gameplay, the highest temperature on the front of the device was 42.2C, while the highest temperature on the back was 41.7C, feeling only warm to the touch.

When testing "Tower of Fantasy," we enabled the 144FPS ultra-frame quality settings. During a 15-minute run in the Guangying Plaza, the average frame rate reached 47.56fps. After triple frame interpolation, the actual game frame rate was approximately 142fps, with a power consumption of 5.9W, and no noticeable lag throughout. Due to the high scene load, the iQOO Z9Turbo+ reached a maximum temperature of 44.5C on both the front and back while running "Tower of Fantasy." Although slightly higher than when running "Genshin Impact," it didn't impact usage.

Battery Life: Powered by a 6400mAh Large Battery, Long-Lasting Endurance without Worry

To address the persistent battery anxiety common among gamers, the iQOO Z9Turbo+ is equipped with iQOO's largest ever 6400mAh ultra-thin Blue Sea battery. The Blue Sea battery technology has been implemented in vivo phones multiple times. In essence, it involves enhancements to materials and structure to increase battery capacity within a given volume. For instance, the Blue Sea battery's energy storage layer utilizes high energy density graphite material to increase capacity by 9% compared to traditional graphite negative electrode materials, ultimately achieving a high energy density of 776Wh/L.

PChome's 2024 three-hour battery life model test reveals that the iQOO Z9Turbo+ consumed 5% battery playing "Genshin Impact" for 30 minutes, 3% watching movies for 30 minutes, 3% for social media and music for 30 minutes, 7% for browsing Douyin for 60 minutes, and 6% for rear camera use for 30 minutes. This totals 24% power consumption, leaving 76% remaining at the end of the test, ranking 2nd in this year's battery life rankings.

In terms of charging, the iQOO Z9Turbo+ comes standard with 80W wired fast charging. Our screen-off test shows that it takes 49 minutes to reach a full charge on the UI, and a full charge is achieved in 58 minutes, placing it 30th in this year's charging rankings. While it may not be in the top spots, considering that a full charge can be achieved within an hour, the iQOO Z9Turbo+'s 80W wired fast charging is likely to satisfy the fast charging needs of most users.

Camera Experience: Dual Camera Module, 5x Zoom with Impressive Resolution

The iQOO Z9Turbo+ sports a 50MP main camera + 8MP ultra-wide-angle dual camera module, identical to its predecessor. On the software side, the iQOO Z9Turbo+ supports the NICE algorithm, the same as the flagship phones from the blue camp, enabling computational optics to perform inverse calculations and deblurring. It fundamentally rewrites the ISP image algorithm, AI-izing the noise reduction and detail enhancement process, allowing the phone's camera to achieve high-definition image quality comparable to professional cameras.

Real-world photos demonstrate that the iQOO Z9Turbo+'s ultra-wide-angle lens excels in color reproduction, accurately capturing the vibrant blue sky and lush green grass. Moreover, the ultra-wide-angle photos exhibit excellent edge distortion control, with no significant warping. In main camera scenarios, photos exhibit good dynamic range, with natural contrast between the darker green plants in the distance and the sky above.

While there's no telephoto lens, the iQOO Z9Turbo+'s 2x and 5x zoom photos boast impressive resolution, free from noticeable blurring, deserving praise. Pushing the focal length even higher leads to some over-sharpening, making it suitable for occasional emergency use but not recommended for daily use.

System Experience: Built-in Blue Heart Large Model, OriginOS 4 System Delivers Humanized Experience

In recent years, AI has become the most significant direction of evolution for smartphone systems. The iQOO Z9Turbo+ comes with OriginOS 4, showcasing exceptional AI capabilities.

The iQOO Z9Turbo+ is equipped with the "Exclusive Personal Assistant" Blue Heart XiaoV, powered by vivo's self-developed Blue Heart large model, offering powerful intelligent assistance capabilities. Our tests reveal that Blue Heart XiaoV can quickly compose a high-quality Xiaohongshu recommendation article. Furthermore, the OriginOS 4 system on the iQOO Z9Turbo+ supports instant cutout functionality, enabling users to long-press and select the subject. The cutout image can be copied, shared, saved, and supports cross-device collaborative creation, essentially functioning as