IQOO 11 Camera review

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Camera quality

The iQOO 11 has a standard triple camera setup on its back that includes a big-sensor main camera, a short 2x telephoto, and a modest ultrawide. Had it not been for the change of the UW, the 11's imaging configuration would have been identical to that of the 10/9T, selfie camera included.

The main camera of the iQOO 11 is based on the Samsung GN5 - a Tetrapixel sensor with a 1/1.57" optical format (1/1.56" according to some), 50MP nominal resolution and 1.0µm pixel pitch. In front of it sits a 6-element stabilized lens with a 23mm equivalent focal length and an f/1.9 aperture (iQOO insists it's f/1.88).

The telephoto camera uses the Samsung 3L6 sensor (13MP, 1/3", 1.12µm) placed behind a 50mm-equivalent lens with an f/2.46 aperture. iQOO calls it a Telephoto & Portrait camera.

The ultrawide has been downgraded from the 13MP unit on the 10/9T and now relies on an 8MP sensor from OmniVision (the iQOO reports it as OV08D10). It's got a 1/4" optical format and a 1.12µm pixel size. The lens has an f/2.2 aperture and a reported equivalent focal length of 16mm and its focus is fixed.

For selfies, it's the Samsung 3P9 that's in charge, and it's the 3P9SP variant with the Tetrapixel color filter array (there's also an SX version with a regular RGB filter). The fixed-focus lens has a 27mm equivalent focal length and an f/2.45 aperture.

The main modes are arranged in a carousel formation, and you can switch between them by swiping or tapping on one of the visible modes. The More tab lists the rest of the modes, and from there, you can also customize the modes you have available in the viewfinder.

The Pro mode gives you all the freedom to adjust the autofocus, white balance, shutter speed, ISO and exposure. You can do so on all four cameras too. There's helpful information explaining all of the options above in case you are just getting into photography. Shooting in RAW is also an option. 

Daylight photo quality

Daylight photos from the iQOO 11's main camera are really good, and no dull fall weather can take away from that. Dynamic range is excellent, and the auto white balance didn't give us any grounds to doubt it. Color saturation is just right - these are certainly not lifeless, but definitely more reserved than what we got out of the iQOO 9T. Mind you, that's with the Natural color toggle enabled, as is the default setting.

Low-light photo quality

One of the main use cases for the in-house V2 chip is image signal processing for low-light photos and video, and regardless of what the science is behind the marketing speak, the iQOO 11's low-light photos are excellent.

There's some level of auto Night mode processing in the default Photo mode, and on the main camera, it takes just a passing moment - it feels like under a second. The results are well-exposed images with nicely developed tonal extremes. Mixed light sources were no issue for the auto white balance, and colors are accurate, with no loss of saturation. Detail is very good, with traces of softness only notable in the darker areas. The reasonable amounts of noise are nothing the 11 should be ashamed of either.

Portrait mode

Portrait mode on the iQOO 11 works at two magnifications - 1x and 2x, each handled by the respective camera. The pros of each are well known - the tele wins for perspective and shooting distance, and the main camera should be better in more demanding light.

Generally speaking, we'd definitely prefer the telephoto for portraits on the iQOO 11. The 50mm equivalent focal length places you a comfortable distance from your subject, and from there, facial proportions have a more natural and appealing look.

Subject detection is mostly very good though the suggested blur level (a simulated f/2.0 aperture as per the viewfinder) is more than a little excessive indoors where your eyes know to expect less separation between subject and background, plus it more readily reveals flaws in the detection. Outdoors, with more distant backgrounds, the effect is a lot more convincing.

Dial down the bokeh strength, and add to that the per-pixel quality, which ranges from excellent to surprisingly good enough depending on light, and the telephoto is a very capable portrait camera - no wonder that iQOO calls it that, then.

Selfies

The 16MP selfie camera supposedly uses a Tetrapixel sensor, meaning that images at nominal resolution will tend to look upscaled and not too pixel-sharp. That's indeed the case in most situations. However, in the first and fifth samples below, they're looking rather decently detailed - the way an actual 16MP shot would be. A look at the EXIF data on these two reveals a 'hw-remosaic:true' tag, as opposed to the 'false' value on the other ones - a curious observation, and perhaps a setting that we'd like to be able to pick for ourselves.

Video recording

The iQOO 11 records video up to 8K30 with its main camera, another feature previously limited to the Pro model. The options max out at 1080p at 30fps with the ultrawide and telephoto (natively, that is - 4K30 and 4K60 are technically available at 2x zoom, but they come from the main camera). As usual, you get to pick between the more widely compatible h.264 codec and the more efficient h.265. Audio is always recorded in stereo at 128kbps.

8K30 footage out of the main camera (100Mbps) is alright. It offers some improvement in resolved detail over the 4K resolution - you can almost read the sign and distinguish the roof texture on the building in the center of the frame, which you couldn't in the 4K capture. 

A premium design, an E6 2K Amoled Display with 144Hz refresh rate, a powerful processor, next-level cameras, massive battery life, etc. make the iQOO 11 5G a perfect smartphone. I didn't find any flaws in the iQOO 11 5G and think it's the best flagship phone in this price segment.

That's it from my side about my reasons to buy the iQOO 11 5G. Do check out the iQOO 11 5G as it's having its first sale on January 12, 2023. Go grab it as fast as you can!

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Aniket Patil

iQOO Connect - Moderator