iQOO 14 review: 7,000 mAh + SD 8 Elite + 144 Hz — the gaming flagship to beat in 2025.
Gaming flagship king of 2025.
iQOO 14 packs the biggest battery, fastest charging, brightest screen and Snapdragon 8 Elite into one $575 (China) frame — beating ROG Phone 9 Pro on the spec sheet at less than half the price. The trade-off is zero global retail presence and an ad-heavy OriginOS skin.
01Display
90/10090/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.
02Camera
80/10080/100 trails the 84-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2025.
03Performance
96/10096/100 puts it above the 90-point average for flagship phones of 2025.
04Battery
94/100At 94/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2025 — 8 points above the cohort average.
05Build
84/10084/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2025.
06Value
90/100At 90/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2025 — 9 points above the cohort average.
- 7,000 mAh + SD 8 Elite is a rare combo.
- 144 Hz + 5,500-nit peak.
- Dedicated Q3 gaming chip.
- 120 W charging.
- iQOO has no global sales channels.
- OriginOS 6 ad-heavy in CN ROM.
- Camera secondary to performance.
- 214 g.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 229-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .