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iQOO Neo 8 Pro review: First phone with the Dimensity 9200 Plus.

Item: iQOO Neo 8 Pro
Rating: 86
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2023·$480

Overall

86/100

Class rank

#37 of 241

Tier

Flagship

Buy?

Yes

The verdict, up front

Dimensity 9200+ debut.

iQOO Neo 8 Pro launched the Dimensity 9200 Plus — MediaTek's answer to Snapdragon's best — at an aggressive $480 with 144Hz, 120W charging and OIS. The Neo line's clearest flagship-killer moment.

01Display

88/100

88/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2023.

TypeAMOLED, 144Hz, 1300 nits

Size6.78 inches

Resolution1260 x 2800 px

02Camera

78/100

78/100 trails the 81-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2023.

Main50 MP Sony IMX866V, f/1.79, OIS

Ultrawide8 MP, 120 deg

Macro2 MP

Selfie16 MP

03Performance

94/100

At 94/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2023 — 6 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetDimensity 9200 Plus (4nm)

GPUImmortalis-G715 MC11

04Battery

88/100

88/100 puts it above the 83-point average for flagship phones of 2023.

Capacity5000 mAh

Charging120W

05Build

82/100

82/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2023.

What works

First Dimensity 9200 Plus phone — flagship-tier speed
144Hz + 120W + 5000 mAh at $480
OIS 50 MP main

What doesn't

2 MP macro filler
Funtouch 13 niche
No 3.5 mm jack

Cross-shop it against

iPhone 16 Pro Max

$1,199 · score 91/100

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 241-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .