Recently there has been a lot of noise about disassembling the iQOO Neo9, and today, it's here!
The reason why I chose it is that I wanted to go through the standard version to see what kind of quality foundation iQOO's brand new series of products have, what level of materials and workmanship they are made of, and what the internal structure is like.
When I first got my hands on the iQOO Neo9, I couldn't help but marvel at how thin and light the phone is. In fact, if you look at the data on paper alone, the hand of this red and white soul version, on the contrary, is the thickest of the three color schemes, the other two are thinner than it 0.35mm.
The main reason why it can still bring a thin and light feel, mainly because of the overall lines of proportionality, slightly curved back cover and right-angled edge frame, so that the thickness and weight of the entire machine is evenly distributed, no center of gravity shift or head-heavy problem, the thin and light characteristics have been effectively highlighted.
Another reason for the light weight is the plastic center frame. At the visual level, it gives the impression of simplicity and cleanliness, a design style that has a wider audience, and the contoured shape of the rear camera can still be seen in the shadow of the iQOO 12 series. The red and white soul version, no matter the color combination, or the detail decoration, is very pleasing to the eye, and should be favored by many young users.
Here begins the disassembly, after turning off the phone, take out the SIM card tray, mainstream stacked structure, metal spacer + plastic frame, with a blue dustproof and waterproof rubber ring.
Although the rear camera protrusion is not obvious, you have to start with the flat lower center when heating. As long as the temperature is in place, when the adhesive is softened, the breach in the rear cover is easy to open, and you don't even have to use a metal pry bar, you can just take a plastic pry bar and stick it in.
All four sides of the de-gluing is very smooth, however, the four corners are a bit stubborn, from the hands of the strength of the feedback, combined with the analysis of the material of the back cover, the corners should have a separate for the reinforcement of the adhesive, as well as the clips to assist in the reinforcement. This time still have to please out of the metal thin pry piece, a little bit of de-gumming, and then pry open all the snaps, you can remove the back cover, overall it is still relatively easy.
In terms of structure, the back cover of the iQOO Neo9 is similar to the Honor 100 Pro, consisting of three parts. The entire red plastic lining, equivalent to the main frame of the back cover, a circle of wrapped edges along the outer edge, and a red line in the center, which maps out the contours of the two outer parts, the red vegan skin on the right, which takes up about two-thirds of the area, and the white plastic panel on the left, which is roughly half the width of the vegan skin, which are all fixed in their respective positions by a large amount of adhesive.
The material properties of the three parts make the back cover as a whole extremely flexible and malleable, allowing it to be easily bent at large angles, and the back cover fits nicely along with the shape of the center frame edge.
Rear camera on the outside of the two silver mirror ring is made of metal, there is also a layer of slightly smaller black mirror ring stacked on top of it, somewhat similar to the Vivo cell phone's cloud step effect, the two small openings on the right side of the modeling is also similar to the lens, with the iQOO 12 series of that set of "Miles of portholes" design language.
The red leather is very thin and has a uniform surface texture, but the texture is a bit hard. In order to enhance the aesthetics and differentiation, the red and white Soul version also has a few details, such as the embossed marks on the dividing line between the red and white parts, which mimics the stitching effect of leather products, to enhance the texture.
There is also a faintly visible "Neo" logo underneath the lens, and the words "TIME TO PLAY" point out its gaming label.
The logo on the lower left looks like four silver "iQOO" letters pasted on it, but it's not. The process is much simpler and more efficient, with a particularly thin rectangular piece of silver plastic placed between the white plastic plate and the red lining, and then the "iQOO" logo gouged out in the white area. iQOO" hollowing effect in the white area, corresponding to the exposed silver letters is sandwiched in the middle of the plastic sheet, in the inner side of the outline can still be seen, the corresponding position also appeared to be a slight bulge.
The adhesive used to hold the back cover in place is very sticky and thick, as evidenced by the degree of residual adhesive and clumping on the inside edges.
There is a small detail in the adhesive next to the ultra-wide-angle lens, where there is an empty piece without adhesive, replaced by a small piece of white plastic sticker, which corresponds to the FPC of the side keys that extends under the cover, which is a kind of cover to protect and at the same time to avoid the adhesive sticking to the FPC.
Each corner has 2 snaps, their core role is to limit the assembly will not be stuck particularly tight, fixed mainly rely on adhesive.
The flash position has a circle of half-black, half-transparent plastic liner, fixed by adhesive, slightly taut back cover can also be seen transparent traces of adhesive.
Because the back cover frame is made of plastic, the original DECO liner structure and the back cover into one, direct one-time injection molding, to provide limit and protection for the rear lens, there should be recessed, protruding, molding, as well as the lower right and upper left corner of the limit column, all the same.
This is a case unique to the Red and White Soul version, while the other two glass-backed versions retain the traditional black plastic DECO liner, which is secured to the camera area by adhesive. Both the main and ultra-wide-angle lens locations feature foam rings, and there's a cross dust screen in between the two that's hollowed out underneath, but curiously, there are no holes in the corresponding locations on the outside of the back cover, and there are no parts in the corresponding locations on the cover, which was similarly the case with the previous Redmi K70E.
The edge of the phone's center frame, you can still see a lot of adhesive residue. The most striking thing on the outside of the cover is the NFC coil, whose FPC is received from the top right to the inside of the cover.
The flash is located in the upper center, with a single LED bead configuration and a Flicker sensor on top. The main body of the cover is made of metal + plastic, with multiple metal plates showing on the surface and an FPC antenna on each left and right side.
There's a piece of cooling film above the battery that's small in size and only covers half of the battery, it also extends upwards and passes underneath the NFC coils to where the top speaker is, the top half basically covers the core area of the motherboard and important chips. The secondary board area also has a piece of thermal film applied to it, covering the speakers and the center area, with a blue coaxial line pressed underneath and running through the entire secondary board area.
Unscrewing all the fixing screws of the cover plate and prying it up to remove it, a lot of metal plate can also be seen exposed on the inside.
The speaker location is not only sealed with a full foam ring, but also protected by a small foam pad cushion. The 2 contacts on the top left correspond to the NFC coil, and the contacts on the bottom left and center right correspond to the antenna FPC. the foam ring on the top center corresponds to the front lens and its BTB, and the metal plate here is also deformed to fit the front lens, and the BTB connector next to it corresponds to the flash. The foam pad at the bottom right corresponds to the ultra-wide-angle lens BTB, and the long strip of foam below corresponds to the bottom row of BTBs on side A of the motherboard.
The noise-canceling microphone is located above the main camera, with a metal cover on the outside, and the IR emitter is to the left of it. There is a heat dissipation film attached to the back of the front lens, the blue and white coaxial cables are located on the right side, there are three pieces of copper foil attached to the shield, and some capacitors and small parts in important locations have been spot glued.
Disconnect the BTBs of the battery, main and secondary FPCs, and screen FPCs in turn, as well as the 2 coaxial wires. Followed by the BTBs for the front and rear cameras, and after disconnecting them, all the lenses can be removed.
50-megapixel Sony IMX920 main camera, vivo X100 same sensor, 1/1.49-inch area, support OIS optical stabilization and VCS Bionic Spectrum technology, aperture f/1.88. 8-megapixel ultra wide-angle lens, aperture f/2.2. 16-megapixel Samsung S5K3P9 front-facing lens, 1/3.1-inch sensor area, aperture f/ 2.45. iQOO Neo9 and Neo9 Pro main camera, front lens are the same, the main difference is the ultra-wide-angle lens, Neo9 this 8-megapixel wide-angle belongs to the number of lenses, but also the various brands used for many years of the routine, the number of basic is 8 million + 2 million combination.
Pry up with tweezers to remove the motherboard, which uses a single-layer PCB, more conducive to heat dissipation, the weak position are equipped with a metal sheet reinforcement, from the lower left corner of the "COMPEQ" logo, the PCB supplier for the "Huatong Computer Co.
Battery BTB has a foam ring, the other is not, the protection measures are placed on the inside of the cover, through the foam cushion cushion protection. The front ambient light sensor is integrated on the B-side of the motherboard, the microphone next to it has a layer of dust mesh, and further to the right is the IR emitter. The core area is covered with copper foil, and the processor location is coated with silicone grease to aid in heat dissipation. some of the capacitors on the B-side, as well as around the shield, can be seen as visible traces of dispensing.
After tearing away the copper foil, there's another layer of heat dissipation material underneath. After wiping off the silicone grease, the biggest one in the center is LPDDR5X running memory from Magnesium, the green chip pressed underneath is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, and there's another chip of about the same size next to it, which is UFS 4.0 flash memory from Samsung. The three major core chips have been spot-glued, including the capacitors in the vicinity. There's also a smaller chip that's the power IC from Qualcomm.
The frame of the phone is made of CNC injection molding process, the main body plate is made of metal, and the red center frame is made of plastic.
There is a foam ring at the microphone and front lens position, a small foam pad at the ambient light sensor position, and a sealed foam ring next to the speaker to protect the sound quality effect.
The main camera, WiFi Bluetooth chip and processor corresponding position, have done hollowing out processing, the lens and chip can directly contact the VC even heat plate, to enhance the heat dissipation efficiency, a certain degree of hollowing down, but also can help to control the thickness of the fuselage.
The main camera and the ultra-wide-angle lens, are equipped with a limiting device. The side button is connected to the motherboard via four contacts, surrounded by multiple black motherboard limit posts, and scattered circular contacts for signal overflow. Pry up to remove the top speaker, which is secured by a ring of adhesive underneath, it comes from Rasonic and is 1012 specification, connected to the motherboard via 2 contacts.
Unscrew all the fixing screws in the sub panel area, tear off the bottom heat sink film, after prying up the cover plate, remove the small plate next to the sound chamber and pick off the blue coaxial cable. The cover plate is made of plastic + metal, the speaker is integrated in the inner side of the cover plate, the supplier is Gore Acoustics, with 1116 specifications, connected to the secondary board through 2 contacts, the two pieces of foam in the middle correspond to the motor, fingerprint module and the BTB of the FPC of the main and secondary boards respectively.
Disconnect the main sub-panel FPC, screen and fingerprint identification BTB in turn, the sub-panel is stuck very tight, when you remove it, pay attention, it is best to start from the motor next to the pry up to remove the sub-panel.
All of the above BTB bases do not have a foam ring, the microphone is in the middle of the lower position, there is no metal cover on the surface, but the B-side of the dust net is added, and the important capacitors and small parts have been done with a spot glue treatment.
The Type-C connector is USB 2.0 standard, wrapped with a black rubber pad and sealed with adhesive at the bottom. Pry up and remove the vibration unit, it is fixed by a circle of adhesive, the supplier is Ruixing Technology, model number ELA9595.
Remove the fingerprint identification module next to the iQOO Neo9, iQOO Neo9 adopts a short-focus lens program, the back has a thick piece of foam cushion protection. On the empty frame, there is a piece of heat dissipation film at the speaker position, the sound outlet hole is equipped with a foam ring and a dust net, there is a red rubber ring at the position of the microphone, and the sound collection hole is designed with a nerd-proof design to avoid the card pin from damaging the microphone.
According to the illustration, tear off the easy-open adhesive that fixes the battery, and lift it upward with force on both sides to remove the battery. It adopts a dual-cell single interface program, dual-cell equivalent total capacity of 5160mAh, supports 120W wired fast charging, the manufacturer is Xindanda Technology, the cell supplier is ATL.The frame below the battery has a large hollowed-out area, which is in direct contact with the VC equalization plate, to dissipate the heat for the battery and the main and vice board FPCs.
Here, the disassembly of the iQOO Neo9 is basically complete. This time, the Neo series continues the previous configuration routine, with the standard version using the previous generation Snapdragon flagship chip, and the Pro version using the new Tenguet flagship chip, mainly through the processor to differentiate the positioning of the two products. The difference is that, as the standard version of the iQOO Neo9, the overall configuration up half a gram, the paper parameters have been very close to the Pro version, in addition to the SoC, the most obvious difference is the ultra-wide-angle lens, Neo9 is 8 megapixels, Neo9 Pro is 50 megapixels, but in the case of the two cell phones are using a dual-camera program and the same main camera, the difference in the ultra-wide-angle lens, the difference between the The difference in the ultra-wide-angle lens doesn't have a big impact on the average user's daily photography.
There are also some detailed differences, such as some mobile network bands, Bluetooth standards, Bluetooth audio specifications, GPS, usually basically not perceived. Another is the memory combination, both phones have four memory versions, the difference is the penultimate version, the Pro version is set to 12GB + 512GB, the standard version is 16GB + 256GB, the remaining three versions are the same, combined with the price, it is clear that the standard version is more cost-effective. Another small detail that reflects the upgrade of the standard version is the vibration unit, the Pro version from the previous generation of dual motor changed to a single motor, from the actual experience, belongs to the operation of the reduction, while the standard version of the motor is the same as the Pro version.
Therefore, in terms of purchasing, I personally prefer the standard version, because the main difference between the two machines is the processor and the ultra-wide-angle lens, and the rest include the color scheme, the screen, the memory standard, the flash memory standard, the battery capacity, the fast charging, the main camera, the front lens, the motor, and even the three-dimensional dimensions and the weight are all the same, but the price is 700-800 yuan difference in each grade. Obviously, the standard version is a bit more flavorful this time around. By the way, I personally like iQOO Neo9 series of dual camera combination, if the cost is limited, there is no need to hard on the triple camera, even if you add a lens, there is nothing to say about the experience, the result can only be that, either reduce the main camera standard, or get a 2 megapixels to make up for the number of lenses, rather than to do this kind of "useless work! Instead of doing this "useless work", it would be better to save the budget to ensure that the standard of the main camera, and then the rest of the money to strengthen the details of the configuration and workmanship, this is more practical.
The old rules, the end of the chat a disassembly-related topics, this issue to say is the iQOO Neo9 equipped with that Flicker sensor, that is, the anti-flicker light sensor, it is a kind of ambient light sampling sensor, can be in the indoor light, artificial light environments, to monitor the frequency of ambient light sources of the stroboscopic flicker, to provide real-time exposure deployment, so as to inhibit stroboscopic flicker generated when taking pictures. For example, stroboscopic flicker is often seen when taking pictures of TV screens or projection images. A cell phone equipped with the Flicker sensor can avoid stroboscopic flicker problems and capture normal images. It works by detecting the frequency of the light source, obtaining the light source period, calculating the light source time, and adjusting the exposure time to eliminate the strobe effect. In fact, this is not a new technology, not to mention black technology, before the iPhone 7 series, Honor Magic 3 series, Honor Magic 5 series, Xiaomi 10 series, Redmi K50 series, Nubia Z40S Pro, Nubia Z60 Ultra have been used. iQOO's products are not the first time to use it, and the last generation of iQOO Neo8 series Both models are equipped with Flicker sensors, and Vivo's latest X100 series also uses them.
