iQOO Neo10 Review: Unexpected Gaming Powerhouse?
Just about two weeks ago Vivo unveiled their another flagship lineup under the Sub-Brand iQOO, called the name iQOO Neo10. Back in December 2023, iQOO brought their Neo9, and this very device made news with its flagship performance while asking just the mid-level budget.
That is why this year’s Neo10 made headlines with its performance and overall design elements. In today’s in-depth review we deep dive into the amazing world of Neo10. Without waiting any longer let’s dive in:
Table of Contents
iQOO Neo10: Key Features

There are multiple factors which make the Neo10 really great for every user. Some of the key
features of the Neo10 are given down below:
iQOO Neo10: KEY FEATURES |
🔸 Snapdragon 8 Gen 3’s Powerful performance. |
🔸 1.5K + 144FPS superresolution and superframe concurrency |
🔸 Sony IMX921 large-bottom camera sensor |
🔸 Exclusive operation with new OriginOS 5 |
🔸 Self-developed gaming chip Q2 |
iQOO Neo10: Pros & Cons:

Before jumping into the overall iQOO Neo10, here’s a quick heads up about the iQOO Neo10’s good and bad sites:
Pros: | Cons: |
Ultimate multitasking performance with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | No memory slot for extra storing, although works fine with regular storage. |
Outstanding photos with superior camera chip from SONY | Lacks 3.5mm jack, for users seeking wired headphone connection will have to carry a dongle. |
Self-developed gaming chip Q2 for greater gameplay | No official water resistance from iQOO makes it vulnerable from sudden water splashes. |
BlueVolt fast charging technology gives you quick power ups. |
iQOO Neo10: Design & Build
To give you greater usability a device requires reliable design and build quality. Here’s few core factors down below:

Design |
☑️ Narrow Screen border; ☑️ Armor Back Cover | Satin AG Glass ☑️ Triple Color Finishing; ☑️ Rally Design. |
At first lets take your attention to the overall design aspects of the iQOO Neo10. At first glance you get slight changes from the last year’s iQOO Neo9. Specially few major changes are noticed in the camera portion. Instead of a separate camera lens, this time with the Neo10 iQOO brought the two lenses inside a single portion, making it look more unique. With a codename of “floating window design”, inspired by spaceship
Overall button placement looks just as the previous model. As like before, the buttons feels clicky and tactile in every volume controlling or power actions.
Instead of last year’s model, iQOO Neo10 gave you one distinct “Rally design” in their single model. Triple finishes are seen in this year’s model, black, white and an orange. The orange color looks different compared to the other two, especially due to its rally design pattern on the rear end.
Build |
☑️ 8mm Thickness; ☑️ 199 or 206 grams weight. |
Moving on to the build section of the Neo10, iQOO did not officially say anywhere about the material they used. Although you do get a solid in-hand feel to give you a premium experience.
There’s also no water resistance although the phone is durable for day to day wear. And it will be advised to keep the water out of its sight, just to be safe. You do get a reliable thickness of around 8 millimeter, which remains exactly like before. As for the weight, there’s 199 to 206 grams of weight of the Neo10 depending on the color variant you choose from.
iQOO Neo10: Display
Check out the core display feature of iQOO Neo10. They are:

Display |
☑️ LTPO AMOLED ; ☑️ 120Hz Refresh Rate; ☑️ 4500 nits peak brightness. |
Let’s talk about the display aspects of the iQOO Neo10 now. And there are few major changes you will notice compared to last year’s Neo9. While the display size and refresh rate remained similar to last year, which was okay from my end. You got a 6.78-inch screen with 144Hz high refresh rate, giving you smoother operation and greater viewing angle.
It is still an LTPO AMOLED display, giving you a vivid experience of the AMOLED while also saving your power with LTPO technology. There’s also HDR10+ within the display, meaning you will experience quality content consumption abilities during your next Netflix and Amazon Prime movie time.
For those who are always looking for greater brightness in your phones, you will be glad to know that iQOO brought 4500nits to their new Neo10. Giving you better visibility for your outdoor movies and overall usage experience.
Another chance iQOO did this year with the Neo10 is the unlocking sector. Instead of last year’s optical fingerprint scanning, now you get an upgraded one with “Ultrasonic‘ fingerprint scanning method. Giving you smoother and faster unlocking with your fingerprint.
iQOO Neo10: Camera
To give you an honest answer, iQOO did not primarily focus on camera improvement with their latest Neo10. Although you do get slight aperture improvement compared to last year’s model. Here’s a brief info down below about the camera lens:

Camera |
☑️ Rear: 50MP Wide | 8MP Ultrawide | 8K Recording; ☑️ Front: 16MP | 1080p; ☑️ Professional Grade Image Stabilization. |
As like the previous Neo9, the Neo10 also happens to give you two major camera lenses. Each of the lenses are capable of capturing greater quality photos. Either you like portraits or wider photos, with the powerful Sony lens you can now make your dream photography into reality.
There’s a IMX921 Sony main camera, which has 50 million pixels capturing power to ensure your photos are true to life. There’s also super optical image stabilization, which is ready to give you steady photos.
You get pretty good wider photos from the dedicated 8 megapixel ultra-wide angle camera lens, giving you greater capturing whenever it comes to large scenario moments. Portraits show some great results as well, you get natural skin tones and lighting.
For videography lovers, you will be happy to get the 8K recording capability with the latest Neo10, giving you higher resolution of vlogs and short film creations.
Now let’s talk about the front-facing camera, which iQOO kept just like before. There’s a 16MP front camera with 1080p recording power. Selfies looks sharp and quite natural for daylight photography. I agree, it would have been better if iQOO at least gave an upgrade to the front camera, hopefully they will bring this high resolution video power in their upcoming “Neo” series.
iQOO Neo10: Performance
Let’s take a quick look at iQOO Neo10’s powerful chip inside, improved processing and audio power:

Performance |
☑️ Snapdragon 8 Gen 3; ☑️ Up to 16GB RAM | 1TB ROM; ☑️ Adreno 750; ☑️ Wi-Fi 7 & Bluetooth v5.4 |
When you have a powerful chip inside the device, it is obvious the results will be greater too. iQOO Neo10 comes with last year’s flagship processor, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 gen 3 processor. A four nanometer chip capable of delivering outstanding multitasking and gaming performance.
It is in the third generation os Snapdragon 8 lineup, now this is a year old SOC in this device, but still packs the power to deliver smoother and stable performance for your everyday high-end applications. As per iQOO, you literally get up to 30% CPU performance improvement, and 20% CPU energy efficiency compared to last year’s chip.
Gaming with iQOO Neo10
For gamers out there looking for a device to deliver extraordinary gaming power, as gaming with iQOO Neo10 makes your gameplay most immersive than ever. Experience up to 25% graphics performance increased from the Adreno 750 GPU. Playing games like Genshin Impact or Fortnite mobile will give you reliable fps. There’s also a gameplay test of around 1 hour of new the “Honor of Kings”, and the results showed 120 frames. Even the temperature remained around 43.6° celsius, quite stable compared to a high-end game like this.
To give you swift processing and multitasking, there’s up to 16GB of LPDDR5X updated RAM inside this beast, giving you smooth operation for long-term usage. iQOO also used a self-developed gaming chip Q2, capable of delivering pc-like image quality to ensure vivid experience while you play your favorite games with immersive experience.
Now’s the time when the 144Hz refresh rate of the display will come in handy. While playing battle royale games, it is really a must to have a high refresh rate device. iQOO made it possible with their Neo10 as well, just like last year’s Neo10, it is good news they have kept this high refresh rate.
For ensuring better haptics and immersive experience, you get custom 4D gaming vibration, giving you quality touch-sensitive interaction while you play your games. You also have a rich listening experience and crisp sound with the closed stereo dual speakers. With this much details, you will experience significant enhancement while you play or stream your movies online.
As for connectivity, the iQOO Neo10 comes with all the latest features you might need to run apps and games effortlessly. There’s Wi-Fi 7 to give you faster download and upload speed. You also get the latest bluetooth version 5.4 technology to have an improved wireless connectivity with your wireless accessories like headphones and peripherals.
iQOO Neo10: Software & UI

There are multiple factors that make a great UI and software experience. With the new iQOO Neo10 you get an updated OS and the latest Android version. Here’s a quick view down below:
Software |
☑️ Android 15; ☑️ OriginOS 5 |
Here’s a section to discuss a lot, the software and the user experience of any device. And iQOO made their devices feel spectacular with their unique OriginOS. Overall operation and simple customization feels awesome with this outstanding operating system.
Instead of last year’s OriginOS 4, now you get the upgraded OriginOS 5 with the new iQOO Neo10. Performance seems smooth and swift for any kind of application operation and customization. There’s efficiency in memory management of the device as well as virtual graphics card 2.0 inside, giving you a smoother and seamless display.
Like Apple’s iPhone you get a similar notification display with the tag name of “Atomic Island”, showing your notifications will be quicker and simpler than ever. Giving you a convenient way to check taxi info, commuting conditions, navigation and more.
For gamers out there, you will be getting iQOO’s exclusive “Game companion”, giving you strategic guidance during your critical game moments, recommendations and situation analysis to have better performance while you play your favorite games.
There’s also a “Circle to Search” feature, which lets you circle a certain object with the camera lens and search online to know further about it. Get smooth and diverse customization with the lock screen and add widgets if necessary.
iQOO Neo10: Battery Life

Here’s a quick look at the battery capacity and charging info down below of the iQOO Neo10:
Battery |
☑️ 6100mAh Battery; ☑️ 120W Wired |
Lastly it’s the talk of power backup you will get with the iQOO Neo10, and you will get around an 18% increase in the battery segment compared to last year’s Neo9. As of now there’s a massive 6100mAh capacity with this device. Giving you longer productivity hours for any kind of multitasking or longer gaming sessions.
With iQOO’s “Blue Ocean Battery” method you will get improved battery life, fast charging and long-lasting usage while maintaining a slimmer build for your comfortable usage.
There’s also quicker power delivery, giving you almost 50% power boost in just 15 minutes of charging. Not so many phones can do this power bump up in this timeline, be sure about that. Even if you are facebook reels or youtube shorts lover, get up to 16 hours of shorts viewing experience in a single full charge.
Overall Specs
Specs | Attributes |
Body | 162.9 x 75.4 x 8 mm | 199g or 206g |
Display | 6.78-inch | LTPO AMOLED | 144Hz | HDR10+ | 4500 nits (Peak Brightness) |
Rear Camera | 50MP (Wide) | 8MP (Ultrawide) | Up to 8K |
Front camera | 16MP | 1080p Recording |
Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (4nm) | Octa-Core | Adreno 750 GPU |
OS | Android 15 | OriginOS 5 |
RAM & ROM | 12/256GB | 12/512GB | 16/512GB |
Battery Capacity | 6100mAh | 120W Wired Charging |
Audio & Video | Closed Stereo Speaker | |
Connectivity | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6/7, dual-band | Bluetooth Version 5.4 | NFC |
SIM | Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM |
Verdict
Long story short, the iQOO Neo10 is a perfect blend of style and performance at the same time. Giving you maximum productivity from the extraordinary processor, remarkable battery life which lasts a day easily.
Whether you consider yourself a gamer or a videography maker who makes short films and requires high-resolution videos, with the Neo10 you will get the best gaming performance as well as superior 8K recording in one single device.
To be frank with you, the Neo10 is truly a remarkable phone to get in this mid-budget price range in Bangladesh. Above all, keep your eyes at Apple Gadget’s blog page and remain updated with the latest smartphone and gadget deals.
Get the iQOO Neo10, if
- You want a flagship experience while spending less.
- You need powerful performance to run all sorts of high-end games.
- You require reliable battery life for more than a day’s charge.

Rabbi Rahman enjoys talking about tech, gadgets and especially smartphones. He’s been writing about them for four years . His favorite topic is discussing innovations in devices, engaging in conversations with others who share his passion for technology.