iQOO Neo 5 review: A Snapdragon 870 gaming phone with an "independent display chip".
Gaming phone with a display co-processor.
iQOO Neo 5 paired the loved Snapdragon 870 with a custom display co-processor for higher in-game frame rates — a creative gaming-flagship pitch at $430.
01Display
84/10084/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.
02Camera
70/10070/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2021 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
84/10084/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2021.
04Battery
76/10076/100 trails the 79-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2021.
05Build
72/10072/100 is one of the weaker build results among flagship phones of 2021 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
80/100At 80/100 this is one of the strongest value showings among flagship phones of 2021 — 6 points above the cohort average.
- Snapdragon 870 + 120 Hz AMOLED.
- Custom independent display chip for frame interpolation.
- 66 W charging.
- Stereo speakers + 5G.
- No jack.
- 2 MP macro filler.
- OriginOS heavy.
- Plastic frame.
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 206-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .