Friends, do you know what my favorite value-for-money flagship phone of this year was? It was the iQOO 12! And the iQOO 13 is its successor, and I was very excited about it!

When the iQOO 12 came out, we said that the performance and cameras were amazing. Considering its price, it was an absolutely phenomenal phone! And let me tell you, the iQOO 13 takes it even further!

I have one reservation, but in terms of everything else, the iQOO 13 really impressed me! In fact, regarding performance, this phone has achieved things that other flagship phones couldn't.

I'm going to tell you everything in today's video; this is going to be an exciting unboxing and first impressions! Let's open it, but before that, if you're new to our channel, please hit SUBSCRIBE! And if you're an iQOO fan, send them this video

because they're going to love it! We're going to love it! Alright, a black box with BMW lettering. I went to Dubai to test this phone. I visited the Dubai Autodrome, and we drove BMW cars.

And we tested many of its features, so I'll show you some glimpses of that as well. But this phone is exciting, trust me! It has a 6000mAh battery, and you don't even feel its weight when you hold it

It's in your hand. And that's because of the silicon battery, which is high-density and has a better, bigger capacity. But it's smaller in size and weight. This is the case; it's good quality and has documentation. Then you have iQOO Motorsport branding, which is a BMW collaboration.

It has a 120W FlashCharge and a big flash charge, so that's nice. And a USB Type-C to Type-C charging cable, so that's nice. It's not USB Type-A to Type-C; it's Type-C to Type-C.

Let's keep this aside and look at the phone—that's exciting! First of all, it has a completely flat display. Obviously, it's focused towards gamers. Let's open this; I don't like to tear it. So I'm going to open it slowly and lovingly.

Alright, if I talk about the design, it's not much different from the iQOO 12. But there's one good thing: it has monster halo lighting. Yes, this lights up, and it's RGB, not a single color.

And that's interesting, as you can customize it. But there's another color, Nardo Grey, which is plain. If you're a fan of motorsports, you can look at this. Otherwise, this is a beautiful color. It's understated; actually, I like this.

In-hand feel, it doesn't feel like it's a 6000 mAh battery phone. Let me tell you, the China variant is 6150 mAh, and this is 6000 mAh. Due to certifications and government regulations, they had to

reduce the battery capacity. But that's what it is. If I talk about the weight, all the phones with big batteries are around 215-218 grams. But I'd say it's around 207-206 grams.

I don't think it's more than that, let's see. This is also 215 grams, and its weight distribution is much better than other phones. Because its camera module isn't that big and protruding, so the front doesn't feel heavy.

In-hand feel is extremely good. It has a glass and metal sandwich design and a metal frame. I don't know about the glass protection at the back, but there's a Schott Xensation Alpha at the front. Whatever the protection, we're going to drop it.

But there's a scratch guard, so it's a satisfying moment. It should make that satisfying sound, I hope. Yes! Nice! Alright, let's drop it. 1, 2. No, nothing. 1, 2, and 3.

It's wooden, so it's a mock drop test. But think about it, when the phone has so many small sensors, if it drops hard, anything can happen. There's a SIM card tray at the bottom and a USB Type-C port.

There's a speaker grill on the bottom. There's a power on/off button and a volume rocker on the right side. There's a noise-cancelling microphone at the top and a speaker grill. And yes, there's an air blaster, but it's inside the camera module.

module. There's nothing on the left side. Let's start the device. Look at the display; it's a big 6.82" 2K resolution, 144Hz fast refresh rate AMOLED display. Yes, it has HDR10+.

It has a 93.9% screen-to-body ratio. Look at the bezels; they're very thin. It has a peak brightness of 4500 nits. The HBM mode is 1800 nits. And yes, it supports PWM dimming of 2592Hz.

The quality of this display is excellent. It's a flat display; nowadays, flagships have a quad-curved display, which is also excellent. But this is flat, which is absolutely fantastic for gaming. At the start of this video, I said that the performance is

actually surprising. I'll tell you why; as we know, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Elite has amazing performance. But phones aren't able to tame the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Elite beast. But the iQOO 13 did it beautifully. It has a 7000mm² vapor cooling chamber, but I'll

tell you what—with that, they've managed to keep the thermals in check. That's the biggest thing, because the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Elite phones that we've tested so far do give performance, but they're seriously hot. This is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Elite.

It's an LPDDR5X Ultra RAM type. Basically, it's the 5X version, and Qualcomm calls it 5T. Then you have UFS 4.1 storage type. It has a 6000mAh battery & 120W charging.

There's no support for wireless charging. By the way, the battery will last for a whole day with moderate to heavy usage. You shouldn't have any problems. We had expected a little more, but with the 6000 mAh battery,

we were thinking it would last for two to two and a half days. But it's not like that; it'll last for one to one and a half days. If I talk about the Antutu score, it's 2.8 million.

But let's not talk about benchmarks. In the real world, when gaming, you'll be able to play BGMI at 120 FPS on extreme ultra settings. And even after gaming for a long time, the phone won't get

too hot. And that can be seen in the benchmark test. We ran the CPU throttle test, and it was excellent; we got an 88% score. But more than that, we ran the GPU throttle test, and we got an 80-81% score.

But that's not the surprising part. The temperatures didn't go above 38°C. When we ran the same test on other 8 Elite phones, we saw temperatures of 44-45°C. Sometimes we had to keep other phones in the refrigerator because they were

so hot. But not this one; it just barely got warm, and that was impressive. We also tested Ray Tracing games on Solar. We got the highest FPS score of any 8 Elite phone—above 44; in fact, we got 44.69 FPS, which is excellent!

And because this display supports 144Hz, when you play games on it, it's amazing! And do you know why this phone is so good at gaming? Because it comes with a dedicated GPU chipset. So things like frame interpolation are done very well.

That's why you can play games so well on this. If we talk about the variants, the base variant is 256GB and the higher-end variant is 16GB + 512GB. Now there's another surprising part. You get this performance at a price which is one of the

most affordable for a flagship phone. This phone is going to come under Rs 55K! I'm going to talk about the camera, and there are a lot of interesting things. But before that, it comes with Funtouch OS 15, which is

based on Android 13. You're going to get 4 years of major updates and 5 years of security updates. And if I talk about the AI features, there's Circle to search, but there's a Live Call Translation feature. Meaning, if you're talking on the phone and someone is

speaking in English, and you have to listen in Hindi. With the help of AI, you'll be able to hear it in Hindi. It's not heavy in terms of AI features, but these one or two features are quite good. And the rest of the standard features like AI Eraser, AI

Photo Enhancement, etc., are available. And the Monster Halo Lighting is customizable. Meaning, if you have a phone and you get a call, you can customize it. You can customize the colors; if you get a notification, you can do that.

You can also keep it on the music and assign different colors. That's nice; it's a good touch. Multimedia: The display is great, the sound quality is excellent, and there are stereo speakers. So even for multimedia, you're going to enjoy it.

Connectivity: There are superb connectivity options: 13 5G bands, WiFi 7 support, Bluetooth 5.4, NFC support, and an IR blaster. Sensors: There's an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, which is good.

It's not a Rs 70,000-80,000 phone; it's a Rs 55,000 phone, yet it has an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor. There's face unlock; both work well. Features: There's Schott Xensation Alpha glass support.

There's no notification light, but there is Monster Halo Lighting. There's no FM radio, but that's a minor issue. For gamers, this is really nice. It has a USB 3.2 port, meaning higher data transfer speeds.

Let's see if other flagship phones also have USB 2.0; this is a nice feature. Camera: The primary sensor is Sony's; the secondary ultrawide is Samsung's JN1 50MP. And they've got a third 50MP sensor, but it doesn't

have a 3x optical periscope lens. They call it a portrait sensor, where you can do 2x optical zoom, but you can shoot lossless zoom up to 4x. The selfie sensor has been upgraded from 16MP.

But now it's 32MP. The good thing is that you can shoot 4K 60FPS with all the sensors. We've shot a lot of photos and videos; I'm giving you the G-Drive link. If you're thinking of buying, please go and check these

photos out. One thing I found positive is that the colors and photos in low light are good. Even in normal light, the colors are good. The dynamic range is good, but the sensor relies more on processing. When I did the iQOO 12 video, the most surprising part was

the camera output, and it was excellent. Even this one is quite good. And there's a reason: the Vivo X series and its algorithms have all the intelligence in the iQOO phones. And it definitely has an advantage, and it's visible.

Camera features: Snapshot, Night Mode, Photo, Portrait, Video Mode, Slow Motion, Time Lapse, Long Exposure, Ultra HD Document, Panorama, Fish Eye Mode, Live Photo, Pro Mode—all the features are there. In Portrait, you can take 100mm portraits, but it's a 4X and

it's lossless zoom. It's not optical; it's lossless zoom, and they come out quite well. In fact, if you look at the screen or at the G-Drive, you'll see that we've taken a lot of photos.

Another good thing is that it supports IP68 and IP69, so it's completely dust and water resistant. No problem, even if it falls underwater; you shouldn't have much problem. Performance: The performance of the iQOO 13 is above par, especially for

Gamers. It has USB 3.2. AnTuTu score and the actual gaming performance is excellent. The display is seriously good; it's a bright display. It doesn't have Dolby Vision, but you get HDR10 support, even on Netflix and YouTube.

Display and performance are great. It doesn't have wireless charging support, but you get 120W wired charging support.  The camera they've carried over, but in all other aspects, the iQOO 13 is a big upgrade. You get a flagship phone under Rs 55K.

You get all the features you need in a flagship phone, like IP68, an ultrasonic fingerprint sensor, a great display, and flagship performance. The camera is not the highlight, but everything else definitely is. Before ending the video, let me tell you that this video is

done in collaboration with iQOO. But whatever I've said in this video, we've experienced and tested everything. And that's what we've told you. This is the iQOO 13. If you have any questions, do let us know in the comments.

That's all for this video. Until the next one, keep tracking and stay safe!

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