At its India launch, the iQoo 7 Legend immediately made the extra inexpensive iQoo 7 smartphone look barely underpowered. For a further Rs. 4,000 over the price of its sibling, the Legend version incorporates a refreshing design, with accents and cues from BMW’s Motorsport vehicles, which give it a singular feel and appear. After which there’s the spec sheet, which sounds inconceivable to ship at this worth level.
Once we take a look at the competitors, it is solely Xiaomi’s Mi 11X Pro (Review) that comes shut by way of specs. It packs in the identical Snapdragon 888 processor, but in addition has a 108-megapixel major digital camera and a barely larger battery.
At slightly below Rs. 40,000, neither smartphone affords the whole premium package deal, as they each lack options equivalent to wi-fi charging and an IP score. However these telephones are all about efficiency, design and digital camera high quality, and with that in thoughts, we will take a more in-depth take a look at the iQoo 7 Legend as a result of it’s nearly an all-rounder… with some minor shortfalls.
iQoo 7 Legend design
India is the one market that noticed the launch of an iQoo 7 smartphone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 processor and barely watered-down digital camera {hardware}. Globally, there’s only one mannequin and it is known as the iQoo 7. This makes the iQoo 7 Legend extra of a beauty variant in worldwide markets.
The iQoo 7 Legend options an attention grabbing design with a brushed-metal body and a matte glass again
Nevertheless, consumers in India have a greater cause to go in for the BMW-inspired iQoo 7 Legend because it packs within the {hardware} of the worldwide mannequin, which is rather a lot higher than what you get with the bottom iQoo 7 offered in India.
The iQoo 7 Legend appears to be like fairly clear, with a brushed steel body and a matte-glass again. The steel body is sort of attention-grabbing as a result of it options well-polished edges, cutouts, and indents that make it feel and appear very premium. The facility button on the fitting facet has advantageous ridges and a blue accent that makes it stand out. The matte-glass again options purple, black and blue racing stripes on a white floor that resembles the end of a typical BMW M Motorsport racecar. Whether or not you’re a fan of the model or not, the color mixture does look distinctive. There are not any choices in terms of the color or end of this telephone.
The amount rocker and energy button are situated on the fitting facet
The mix of steel and matte glass does hold fingerprints away, nevertheless it additionally is sort of slippery, so I might suggest slipping on the included TPU case. With a 6.62-inch show, the telephone didn’t really feel overwhelming to carry provided that it’s simply 8.7mm skinny, however is reasonably heavy at 210g.
The iQoo 7 Legend options stereo audio system. The first speaker on the backside sits subsequent to the Sort-C USB port, whereas the earpiece doubles as the second, and is hidden in an nearly invisible slit between the show glass and the steel body.
iQoo 7 Legend specs and software program
The iQoo 7 Legend is on the market in two variants. The bottom 8GB RAM + 128GB storage variant is on the market at Rs. 39,990, and a 12GB RAM + 256GB storage choice is priced at Rs. 43,990. This smartphone, similar to the Xiaomi Mi 11X Professional, makes use of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor and doesn’t enable for expandable storage. It helps a number of 5G bands and affords twin 5G standby as effectively. It additionally has an in-display fingerprint reader, which labored reliably.
The telephone has a 5,000mAh battery, which helps 66W charging speeds. There is a 6.62-inch AMOLED show providing a most refresh charge of 120Hz and is HDR10+ licensed. Connectivity choices embrace Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 6 (dual-band) and NFC.
The iQoo 7 Legend runs Vivo’s Funtouch OS, which relies on Android 11
The iQoo 7 Legend runs Vivo’s Funtouch OS, which relies on Android 11. The software program ran easily in on a regular basis use, with no signal of lag or stutter, and felt fairly fluid due to the 120Hz refresh charge show. Funtouch OS affords some distinctive customisation choices equivalent to the flexibility to vary the animations for the unlock display screen, face recognition, charging, USB insertion, and when placing the telephone into standby and waking it.
There’s even a contact display screen animation choice, which provides customisable particle trails (hearts, circles, squares) everytime you work together with the notifications tray, house display screen and app drawer. This function didn’t seem to have an effect on using native or third-party apps.
Preinstalled third-party bloatware consists of Moj, Dailyhunt, PhonePe, Snapchat and Flipkart. These apps may be uninstalled if not wanted. The V-Appstore will throw up a couple of promotional notifications each day, however these may be switched off within the app’s settings.
iQoo 7 Legend efficiency and battery life
The 6.62-inch FHD+ AMOLED show sports activities a 120Hz refresh charge. Contact sensitivity was spot on and I confronted no points when scrolling by apps or taking part in graphics-heavy video games. I had no issues viewing the show in vibrant daylight. The colors appeared pure, and sharpness at 394ppi was not an issue. iQoo claims that the 7 Legend’s show is HDR10+ licensed. Nevertheless, solely the YouTube app supplied HDR10 streaming; Netflix didn’t.
The iQoo 7 Legend’s 6.62-inch AMOLED show is HDR10+ licensed
Each audio system can get fairly loud and sound very clear with balanced output, which makes them nice for gaming, but in addition good for watching films or listening to music.
When it comes to benchmarks, the iQoo 7 Legend carried out on par with different premium smartphones that function the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor. It managed 8,23,003 in AnTuTu, in addition to 1,138 and three,668 in Geekbench’s single and multi-core assessments.
Gaming efficiency was additionally fairly stable. Name of Obligation: Cell carried out flawlessly with no trace of lag on the highest settings doable. The telephone didn’t heat up shortly both. Issues solely started to really feel heat after about 40 minutes of intense gameplay, which is sort of good. Asphalt 9: Legends ran impressively at Excessive High quality with the 60fps mode enabled.
The iQoo 7 Legend options ‘4D Recreation Vibration’ utilizing the telephone’s twin linear vibration motor. This function labored effectively when taking part in Asphalt 9: Legends, letting me really feel the impression when my automobile landed and ran into issues, just like the suggestions you’d get from a sport controller. Nevertheless, I switched it off when taking part in Name of Obligation: Cell, because it turned very distracting, particularly the very jarring vibration every time I received hit by a bullet.
The bundled 66W charging adapter takes the iQoo 7 Legend from a lifeless battery to 100 per cent in 31 minutes
The 4,000mAh battery did fall a bit wanting expectations and solely lasted a day on a single cost. With an hour of gaming, a couple of telephone calls, some pictures, and steadily shopping by social media apps, the iQoo 7 Legend ran out of energy by the top of the day. Switching the show’s refresh charge from 120Hz to Auto or 60Hz solely prolonged battery life by an hour and a half or so. Our HD video loop battery check solely lasted 13 hours and three minutes, which is sort of low for a premium smartphone nowadays.
Whereas this is likely to be a dealbreaker for energy customers, iQoo has supplied a really quick charging adapter within the field. The 66W charger can take the iQoo 7 Legend from a lifeless battery to a 100 per cent cost in simply 31 minutes.
iQoo 7 Legend cameras
The iQoo 7 Legend incorporates a triple rear digital camera setup, which features a 48-megapixel f/1.79 major digital camera, a 13-megapixel f/2.46 telephoto digital camera (with 2X optical zoom) and a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle f/2.2 digital camera. Selfie duties are carried out by a 16-megapixel f/2.0 digital camera. The digital camera interface is typical of what we’ve seen on Vivo and iQoo smartphones to date, with all vital controls obtainable at a single faucet.
The ultra-wide-angle digital camera has autofocus and does double obligation as a macro digital camera
The digital camera modes may be customised relying on what you want. What aggravated me a bit in regards to the digital camera interface is the Portrait mode. It appeared to be a bug within the software program, however the aperture choice management was all the time set to f/16 when utilizing the selfie digital camera. Taking a photograph utilizing this aperture setting meant that there was no depth impact in any respect. I needed to manually set the aperture each single time I needed to take a portrait selfie, which was fairly irritating.
iQoo 7 Legend daytime photograph samples. High to backside: Extremely-wide, commonplace, 2X zoom (faucet to see full measurement)
iQoo 7 Legend Portrait mode digital camera pattern (faucet to see full measurement)
Photographs taken in daylight got here out sharp with good dynamic vary and good element within the textures. Regardless of which digital camera I selected, the outcomes have been spectacular. Nevertheless, I did discover some purple fringing within the brighter areas of the body when utilizing the ultra-wide-angle digital camera. Portrait pictures of mates and pets got here out fairly sharp, with good edge detection and nice dynamic vary. Whereas the Portrait mode defaults to the 2X telephoto digital camera, I might additionally shoot utilizing the primary digital camera at 1X. Autofocus was fast with all three cameras.
iQoo 7 Legend close-up digital camera pattern (faucet to see full measurement)
The ultra-wide-angle digital camera on the iQoo 7 Legend additionally does double obligation as a macro digital camera as a result of it has autofocus. This meant that I might shoot objects as shut as 2cm away. And with a 13-megapixel sensor, the outcomes have been spectacular and loaded with element.
iQoo 7 Legend Night time Mode digital camera samples. High: Extensive (1X), backside: Extremely-wide (0.5X) (faucet to see full measurement)
In low gentle, the iQoo 7 Legend’s cameras held up fairly effectively. The first digital camera captured pictures with low noise however fell a bit quick on element within the darker areas. The Night time mode takes care of this and even brightens up pictures a bit. The ultra-wide-angle digital camera additionally carried out effectively when some gentle was obtainable within the neighborhood, however struggled with textures in dimly lit environments.
iQoo 7 Legend low-light selfie portrait digital camera pattern (faucet to see full-size picture)
iQoo 7 Legend selfie portrait digital camera pattern (faucet to see full-size picture)
Selfies got here out clear and sharp in daylight with good dynamic vary permitting the topic and background to be uncovered accurately. In low gentle, particulars took fairly a success and the photographs regarded flat. Night time mode helped, supplied there was an enough supply of sunshine.
The standard of video recorded by this telephone was fairly good total. The iQoo 7 Legend managed 1080p video at 30fps and 60fps effectively, with a great deal of element and good stabilisation. 4K movies additionally confirmed loads of element and good stabilisation even when strolling or panning. Movies recorded in low gentle regarded fairly good and had low noise, however I seen a light-weight shimmery impact when strolling. Whereas the ultra-wide digital camera managed respectable high quality in daylight and low gentle (although with some purple fringing), the shortage of stabilisation resulted in actually shaky footage.
Verdict
Given its {hardware} specs and aggressive price ticket, the iQoo 7 Legend is sort of laborious to disregard within the premium smartphone section. The one different smartphone that comes shut by way of uncooked energy is Xiaomi’s Mi 11X Pro (Review). Whereas the Mi 11X Professional has a 108-megapixel major digital camera, it doesn’t supply OIS, and charging is a bit slower at 33W.
The OnePlus 9R (Review) can be various. It might function a barely underpowered Snapdragon 870 processor, however is an efficient mixture of efficiency and options in a package deal that’s simply 8.4mm thick.
The iQoo 7 Legend affords the Snapdragon 888 processor, 120Hz refresh charge OLED show and wonderful construct high quality, plus cameras that carry out fairly effectively. It’d fall quick by way of battery life, in case you are an influence consumer, however though the battery is comparatively small, it positive expenses shortly!