Thoughts about IQOO 13..
Hey IQOO 13 users!! I recently purchased IQOO 13 12/256 variant. Here are my thoughts and questions. Please share your inputs as well
Phone build quality is good. I don't see any panel gap issues. In the box its mentioned as February 2025 manufacturing date. No complaint in the build quality
Camera - I am not a photographer or use various photo modes. My usage is just point and shoot. Camera is good according to my use and opinion. I might be wrong since I never compared it with any other phones.
Display - Display is good. Its smooth and multimedia consumption is good ( Netflix, Youtube). I always use 2k resolution with Memc option and visual enhancement options. So overall it's good.
Battery - In the battery part I am bit confused. I am getting an average 8-9 hrs of SOT ( attached ss - Day 1, day 2 sot respectively). I tested 3 days. My usage will be social media scrolling, watching movies/videos in Netflix, youtube. And gaming for around 2 hrs ( Cod mobile, eFootball, Asphalt). Also I used Nova Launcher for the first two days. I feel the battery idle drain was bit unusual. I used Kgwt widget and Nova launcher for 2 days. Then I tried default launcher for a day. But I am getting sot around 9hrs. Is it good or bad? Considering screen resolution, high refresh rate setting it's good I guess.Please comment your thoughts about this. And the charging time is around 45 - 50 min without Fast charging option and with fast charging it's around 40mins. Also while charging phone gets bit warm ( not too hot). Is this the same for everyone? Let me know.
Gaming - So far, Gaming was smooth and I yet to test more games. But with monster mode, I can push cod mobile 120fps ( Ultra framerate and Medium graphics), 60fps constant in eFootball. So, no complaints yet.
Software is were I feel that we need more features. Only basic customisation is available and more options are not available. I hope they might add more in the next Os update.
Benchmark - I also ran Antutu benchmark and got around 2.4M in balanced mode (ss attached). I yet to try it with Monster mode. While running the benchmark the phone gets extreme hot. The back panel and all the sides of the phone. I know it will be hot but I felt it was bit more. Let me know if this is normal or not.
P.S - Please tell me if anyone using Nova launcher in IQOO 13 and how's your battery backup. Also, is there any way to use the "swipe back to previous app" gesture with Nova launcher? If not suggest me any other launchers which supports all the gestures.
TIA