iQOO Z9s 5G (Onyx Green, 8GB RAM, 128GB Storage) | 120 Hz 3D Curved AMOLED Display | 5500 mAh Ultra-Thin Battery | Dimesity 7300 5G Processor | Sony IMX882 OIS Camera with Aura Light

This is my first iqoo device and i must say its amazing. There are more pros in device than cons and I must say no other phone can beat this in this particular price segment. Design and Build (9/10)- The phone feels quite sleek and comfortable in hand. Weighing just about 180g and about 7.5mm thick. This phone is by far the slimmest and lightest 5500Mah phone I have ever seen. Even slimmer and slighter than many 5000Mah phone is the market. Ther design language is taken from newly launched Vivo v40 series and this phone is exact replica or little toned down version of Vivo V40e. So you are getting a 28k V40e phone under 20k. A sweet deal right. Display(8.5/10) -- The display is a typical 120Hz, Oled panel with deep black and around 1000 nits of peak brightness which is more than enough in outdoor environment. Colours are punchy and crisp. You get different colour modes which you can set as per your taste. Camera (9/10)- Camera is just outstanding. I have never seen such an amazing low light performance from any 15-20k phones in the recent times. The camera balances light very well and even in backlite situation the photos are amazing. The 2x potraits are awesome coupled with various background bokeh modes. Colours are good and dynamic range is fantastic. This phone is camera beast in 18k and I must say Well done Iqoo. They focused on giving 1 very good camera rather than two or three average cameras. Many brands give useless 8MP wide angle camera and mediocre primary camera in this range. If wide angle is your priority than you can go with Iqoo z9s pro model. Performance(9/10)-- This phone can handle days to day task very smoothly with no zitter or lag. Games run smoothly and 60 fps constant in BGMI. Not much cpu throttling or heating issue seen so far. This phone has antutu of around 700k which is very good for mid rangers under 20k. Battery (10/10)-- Battery is just another major USP of this phone. I don't know how they were able to provide such high quality 5500mah battery in such a slim and lightweight phone. The battery backup in normal usage with 120Hz and 5g enable is around 12 Hours(SOT) and if you disable 120Hz and use Wifi the SOT can reach as high as 16Hours(Look at the screenshot). Mind blowing right?. I too was shocked when I used this phone full 2 days with sot of 16 hours. For gamers this can last about 7-8 hours of continuous gaming and for casual users like me easily 1.5 to 2 days on wifi and 1.5 days on 5g. No heating issues while charging and time taken for full charge is 1hour with 45W vivo flash charger. Software and other features (7/10)-- The funtouch os 14 though very feature rich is not regarded among the top skins in android world but I must say funtouch has been improving a lot in past 3-4 years and is slowly adopting to stock android looks. The main issue which I faced is animation are not very smooth and UI elements lack a consistency in design language (edit-After funtouch OS15 ui is very smooth and animation are silky smooth now). Sometimes minimising an app shows double animation. Btw I have not faced any hanging issue in this phone. Bloatware are present and many can't be disabled as well like vstore,vivo browser jovi home etc. color os or realme os atleast allow user to disable such bloatwares. Vivo should introduce origin os in India as well. Widgets are very poor and there is no option of big app folders as well(after android 15 feature is added) Speakers, Haptics and connectivity- Speakers are stereo and quite loud. Not louder than many realme or moto phones but when increasing the volume boost upto 300 percent the sound is indeed very loud though bass is less. Haptics are not x axis linear 4d motor which you see in many midrange and flagship these days but normal Ghurr Ghurr type vibration motor. Connectivity is very good no issues with 4g or 5g. Even VoNR is supported in this phone. Overall it is a very good phone under 20k. Hope all the software optimisations like animation, icons and widgets get polished in funtouch os 15. Update- After funtouch os 15 update animation is now more smoother than before and new widgets are also added.

1. Look wise premium as curved AMOLED 120 Hz display and curved back pannel provided. 5/5 2. Camera decent rating 4/5 3. Battery 5500 mah lasting 1.5 day for heavy users and charged 💯 % in 50 minutes. 5/5 4. Performance - App opening fast, games run smoothly and not heating. Should be better if given UFS 3.1 storage. 4.5/5 5. Weight Light, handy to use as well gripped in one hand. 6. Network quality Very good either in low network areas 5/5 7. Price should be less by 1 or 1.5 k, that will definitely make it a value for money phone. 8. Sound quality nice 👍 Loud enough to hear clearly in even noisy places. 9. No heating in using or charging. 9. Using it from 15 days and no issue with performance.

After 12 months of heavy daily use—including social media, multitasking, and occasional gaming—I can honestly say the iQOO Z9s 5G feels as snappy as day one. The MediaTek Dimensity chipset has aged very well. I haven't noticed any significant UI lag or app crashes, which speaks volumes about the optimization. Battery Drain: Even after a year of charge cycles, I still get a full day of heavy use comfortably. Charging: The fast charging is still consistent. The phone doesn't overheat excessively during charging, which has likely helped preserve the battery health. Camera: The primary sensor still takes great daylight shots with good dynamic range. It’s reliable for quick social media posts. Updates: I’ve received regular security patches and software updates over the year, which has kept the phone feeling "fresh" and secure.

Best budget smartphone, best performance, best battery, nice camera, good display, overall compact device ❤️❤️

After approx 2 years of use . Phone is excellent under 20k , perfomance is good ,battery survive upto 8 hrs on normal use ..only 4% battery health down in 2years .. Camera is good under 20k ... Bgmi runs smoothly but on high setting it heats little for something Overall a good phone .

After a long wait, finally I get the oynx green z9s. This is just my first day review, I will update it after a week of usage and then again after one or two months as long term. Now, as a first day usage, I am overall satisfied with the device. Below I am dividing the pros and cons of the phone as per my observation. Pros: 1. The screen is really good and vibrant, so people will like the big colourful screen for sure. 2. The app animations and other transitions are really smooth. 3. The aura light feature, though feels more like a gimmick, it's a cute touch of added feature, I kind of like it while it lights up with the orange whitish colour. 4. I am happy with the update speed, I mean right after the phone is set up, I got latest security updates of October, whereas many costlier devices couldnot provide a timely update. 5. The sound is also good as per price and the sound boost option does help in noisy conditions. 6. The design is really sleek, even with 5500mah battery, it feels so light to hold, the curved displays in both sides make it even slimmer to hold. Cons: 1. The 120hz refresh is not optimized fully, I feel like that, I mean in many apps, it's not that smooth, I felt some jitter while scrolling fb, YouTube. 2. I saw frame drops a lot while playing 4k HDR videos in YouTube and 2 to 4 times the app even shuts down on its own. 3. If you are not a person, who likes to tinker around the settings, then you will be disturbed a lot with many notifications. I myself have to manually turned off so many notifications and permissions. 4. Yes, I know the processor is not that powerful, so I request you not to deal with more than 4 apps at a time, basically do it little slowly, otherwise you will feel some lag. 5. The call quality is very average, I mean the sound is very low, even in speaker mood, it feels like a normal call sound. Now, coming to battery life and camera, this, I have not tested yet, so won't comment now, but from 100 to 69%, as of now I am getting 3.30 hrs of SOT, so let's see, I will update after first complete discharge. This is regarding the battery back up, from 100% to 15%, I got around 10hrs of SOT, without playing games, mostly used fb, insta and lots of HDR and non HDR videos on YouTube, everything with 120hz on. This is after first time charging, now I am mainting 95-30% charging cycle, with this I will update after 1month. Photos are coming soon. After one month update, I am still getting close to 7.30 to 8 hours of SOT, it hardly heats up, the only thing I encounter is, sometimes it feels laggy, this is probably due to ufs 2.2, rest everything is fine. After the Android 15 based funtouch os 15 update, I am getting around 10.30 hrs of SOT, with variable screen refresh rate. This is not continuous test, rather, it's my normal day to day usage with 6 hours of sleep time at night. Animations are a bit smoother than previous versions. The 8hrs 54 minutes screen on time (SOT) is after Android 15 update and 65% on 5g network and 35% on wifi. Jan 3, 2025.

If you want to buy a phone under 25k this is the unbeatable monster from IQ it's name is i20 as 5G its camera is like a monster and it's battery life remains charge even after 5 days this phone is a be unbeatable monster under 25k I purchase this phone I am proud of it

Review after almost 1 month of Usage. Display: The 120Hz Curved Amoled 10Bit Display is really excellent but there is a Display Grey issue that Happens usually in low brightness mode and many times in battery saver mode where the dark & grey parts of the display turns complete grey and the phone shifts the colors. I went to the service centre with this issue but they said that this is not an issue! It's a software feature in the FUNTOUCH OS. Performance: Excellent- Best Performance in the Price. Camera: Great- Portrait photos are amazing, Normal camera & Night Mode is also good. "Wide Angle Camera" is missing which is a must have for this price segment. Portrait Mode has some lag in it but that is because of the UI. Also the Video lags in the Preview but there is no lag in the time of playback. Video quality is Great. Battery: Good- I had expected more from this 5500mAh battery. I used a 5000mAh battery phone earlier which gave a better battery backup. This phone has 4nm processor, amoled display and a better battery still is not able to provide a little extra. Moreover the idle drain is more than average. It drains 5% battery overnight(8hrs) when kept on wifi. (Battery saver on & Autostart for all apps off). Sound: Okay- The Speaker does not have Bass. At 100% The sound is low compared to any other phone. The sound quality is fine but not upto the mark. At 300% The Volume is Great, but with zero bass there is no fun in the Audio. So you need to plug in earphones or use speakers to enjoy music because this phone will really disappoint you in terms of Sound. Connectivity: Great: Never had issues with connectivity so good for me. In hand Feel: Great- With the Slim Design and Curve Display, the phone Looks Gorgeous. All Cons in One Line: No Wide Angle Camera, Sound Quality is Not Satisfactory, Software is Not Smooth, Camera App is Laggy, Display Grey Issue (See the video Attached).