Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro full review
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Description:
Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro, is it a good upgrade from the last-gen? or just another phone from Vivo also, I’m going to review its Display, Design and build, Performance, Memory, Storage, Software, Battery, Camera, Main camera, Lenses, Selfie camera, Connectivity, Network, Sound, and pretty much everything that comes in this device. And at the end, I will tell you my final thoughts about this phone also I’m going to tell you price.
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Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro:
Display:
| Type | AMOLED, 90Hz, HDR10+, 1300 nits (peak) |
| Size | 6.44 inches, 100.0 cm2 (~85.1% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2404 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~409 ppi density) |
| Protection | Schott Xensation glass |
Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro has an amazing 6.44 inches AMOLED, 90Hz display, HDR10+ support, and a peak brightness of 1300 nits. It is also Full HD+ with a PPI density of 401. This display is accurate and fast with 90Hz support. The gaming experience is also going to be very good because of its 90Hz refresh rate and also the content watching will be good with deep blacks and high contrast ratio. Thanks to DCIP3 technology. Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro is using the AMOLED panel. Which is good and can deliver faster performance with no touch lag issuers. The display is also protected by the Gorilla Glass 5. Vivo is known for its good software optimization with their new custom ROM.
DESIGN & BUILD:
| Dimensions | 159.7 x 73.6 x 8.5 mm (6.29 x 2.90 x 0.33 in) |
| Weight | 180 g (6.35 oz) |
| Build | Glass front, plastic frame, plastic back |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
Vivo is known for its amazing new designs. Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro has a new design with new textures on the back, which makes it more futuristic and strong. The rear is made of Glass. The frame is also made of plastic, which makes it a little heavier than other MId-Flagship smartphones. There’s no IP68 water and dust resistant. In this Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro. The phone is protected by a plastic frame that’s why it makes it heavier by 180 grams. Talking about the design, the Camera bump takes up so much space for the camera itself. I mean we are talking about so many fingerprints on the backside of this phone because it’s not a matte finish. The camera bump looks familiar with the OPPO Reno 8 Pro. Talking about the fingerprint scanner it’s located in the in-display and has some amazing speeds.
Performance:
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G |
| Max. clock | 2400 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | – 4 cores at 1.9 GHz: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55) – 3 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78) – 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78) |
| Lithography process | 6 nanometers |
| Graphics | Adreno 642L |
| GPU clock | 490 MHz |
Now let’s talk about this performance. Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro lunched with the new chipset from Samsung, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G. Which scores great on Antutu 9 benchmarks. It also makes the smartphone experience much smoother. The gaming experience is also going to be good thanks to its optimization. Thanks to a Super Amoled display and 90 Hertz refresh rate with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G. The Adreno 642L is one of the powerful GPUs in a mid-range phone, which makes the Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro more powerful than the last gen Samsung Galaxy A72 5G. You can play PUBG Mobile on high frame rate thanks to that two big cores of Cortex A78. The two big cores of Cortex A78 are clocked on 2.4GHz which is fast for a mid-range chipset. This chipset is fabricated using 5NM which will help to save battery and produce less heat. The GPU clock is 490MHz which is fast. I already made an article on this chipset hers the link Snapdragon 778G.
MEMORY AND STORAGE:
| RAM size | 6, 8, 12GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4x |
| Channels | 2 |
| Storage size | 128, 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 |
| Memory card | No |
Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro is launching with 3 variants of ram and 3 variants of storage which are 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM of ram. And with the new Snapdragon 778G the performance will be much smoother. The ram is LPDDR5 with a memory frequency of 2750MHz. Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro has the fastest UFS 3.1 storage. Which will load the apps much faster. There is no SD card support which is no issue because you can get a 256GB model.
Benchmarks:
Antutu 9 Benchmarks
| CPU | 162847 |
| GPU | 155153 |
| Memory | 82164 |
| UX | 130287 |
| Total score | 527180 |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G shows best Antutu 9 scores. We can see the big jump in the GPU and CPU performance. The total performance of the GPU is 155153, which is a slower than the Snapdragon 778G Plus. The CPU also shows one the best scores. It is 162847 which is a bit slower than the Snapdragon 788G Plus. The memory scores also shows a significant boost. Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G memory is faster than Snapdragon 765G, and Snapdragon 768G. The Ux is also showing one of the best performances. It is 130287, which is faster than Snapdragon 765G, and Snapdragon 768G. Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G total scores are above 527180. It will depend on which smartphone manufacturers using this chipset with which type of ram. Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G is considerably gaining a performance boost and beating every processor in the Mid-rand category.
Software:
| Operating system | Android 12 |
| ROM | Funtouch 12 |
The Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro is going to be launching with Android 12 straight out of the box. Which is more customizable than the Android 11 and has tons of new features. This new custom ROM is optimized well with new cool animations and wallpapers. This new Funtouch 12 fix old bugs like touch lags, camera app improvements, new layouts, improved dark mode, and a new gaming turbo engine.
Battery:
| Capacity | 4700 mAh |
| Charge power | 66 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po |
| Wireless charging | No |
| Reverse charging | No |
| Full charging time | 0.40 hr |
Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro comes with 66watts of the charger. Which can fully charge the Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro in just 40 minutes which is amazingly fast. There is also wireless charging support of 50 watts. The charging speeds are so good that on 10 minutes of charge this Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro can last up to 8 hours thanks to that massive 4700MAh battery. Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro is a full-day phone I mean this phone can last all day long. I can eat my breakfast and watch YouTube, I can eat my lunch and watch YouTube, I can eat my dinner and watch YouTube well what I am trying to say is this is an all-day phone. And after all-day use, this phone will still have a 30-40% battery.
MAIN CAMERA:
| Matrix | 64 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9248 x 6920 |
| Zoom | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No |
| 4K video recording | 30 FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 120FPS |
| Lenses | (64 MP +8 MP +2 MP) |
Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro has 3 cameras at the back and main the camera is so amazing that it can take some amazing shots. The Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro main Camera is 64 megapixel F/1.9. What makes this camera setup even more awesome is that this camera lens is combined with the wide aperture of F/1.9, the wider the aperture the more light will it collect and the more sharp the image and video quality will be. This Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro can record video at 4K at 60 FPS. This is amazing the video will contain more details thanks to its good optimization software and the high-end processor. You can also record 1080P at 120FPS which will be slow motion. There is Digital image stabilization on the main lens only. Which is no impressive as the optical image stabilization but, this will make the camera experience more stable and more accurate. The Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro has 3 more camera lenses. Let’s talk about that in detail.
Lenses:
| Triple | 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 117˚ (ultrawide) 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro) |
| Features | Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama |
As I mentioned above that this 64 MP sensor is good. But this Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro has 2 more camera lenses. There is another camera sensor of 8MP which is an ultra-wide camera. And it’s so wide the field of view is 120 degrees which are wider than other smartphones. This camera sensor also has some amazing autofocus. This sensor can take amazing shots with high accuracy. Its aperture is F/2.2, which makes it sharp and contains good tons on subjects. This Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro has an amazing camera setup, with fast autofocus lenses, high sensors, and good software optimization.
SELFIE CAMERA:
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 5312 x 2988 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 |
| Sensor type | CMOS |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
When it comes to selfie cameras I’m a little disappointed. Because it’s a MId-Flagship smartphone from Vivo and it only has a 16MP camera. I mean Samsung and Xiaomi are giving 32MP selfie cameras on their Midrange smartphones. And what makes me more concerned is about its aperture because its aperture, which is only F/2.0 which means the photos will look accurate as other smartphones, also this camera will catch a lot of light in night because of that wider aperture. The camera video capabilities are also kept at 1080P at 30FPS only. Which is also not enough for a higher MId-Flagship smartphone from Vivo.
Connectivity:
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.2 |
| USB type | USB Type-C |
| NFC* | Yes |
This Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro is launching with the Wi-Fi 6 which is faster, more efficient and gives you less latency when compared to the Wi-Fi 5. Which will make the user experience smoother and faster. There is also the support of Bluetooth 5.2. Which is also faster and more efficient than version 5.1. Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro has the USB type C gen 3.1 support which makes sense because of the 66 watts of fast wire charging so it must need more bandwidth for charging speeds. It also helps with the data transfer because it helps with the faster read and write speeds. Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro also has NFC support which is also useful. You can pay, and transfer files at high speeds thanks to the NFC support.
SOUND:
| Speakers | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No |
The Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro comes with stereo speakers. This Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro has nice sound quality with a nice amount of bass in it. This will help in gaming because there are two speakers one at the bottom and one at the top which will help gamers. Video watching and hearing to music also going to be good. There is no 3.5mm headphone jack which is neither good nor bad.
Colors:
| Colors | Phantom Dusk, Legion Sky |
The Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro is going to lunch in three different colors. Phantom Dusk, Legion Sky. Vivo is known for its premium colors with good contexts. I like the Phantom Dusk color because it looks better than these two colors.
Price:
This smartphone is costing around $400 which is great at this point. You got better specs with better design, which is totally worth it.
Final Thoughts:
If you are looking for a good camera phone, good gaming phone, good design, good display, and amazing performance then this Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro is worth buying. Because it has all the needs that a good consumer needs.
So, this was my full review of this Vivo iQOO Z6 Pro.
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