Hey Chaps! What phone will you upgrade to next? (at 5:39, the text label should be iQOO 12)

I'm still on an S22 Ultra so I'm on the first 8 Gen. I think I'll wait yet another year before upgrading. Battery life was bad for a while, but after nearly 2 years of updates including the recent Android 14 update, performance and battery have been solid. Battery life might even be better

Seems that the video has a few errors 3:18 shows both phones having SD8G2 when the 12 is supposed to have SD8G33 5:39 the scores are in millions and not thousands, also the label for the iQOO is also wrong once again Otherwise love the content Tom and keep the videos coming!

Just a heads up, the creator of Antutu posted on Reddit that the scores on iOS cant be directly compared to the scores on Android because apoarently they test differently.

Very nice THANK YOU. Impressive photos when compared with 15pm…I am looking at buy the one plus 12 because of its larger screen. Hope photos are as good as

Second comment.. I keep looking at phones but the Nothing Phone 1 seems to have ticked every box for me at the moment. I know the internal camera app is a bit pants, but for normal selfies and portrait images I think its fine once edited. To get the best from the camera in the Nothing Phone 1 I am using 'Open Camera' which is so good it shouldn't be free! I have maximized the selfie camera with it and ALL of my KZfaq videos are made using the selfie camera. After watching one of your other videos yesterday I am tempted to try recording in 4K using the main camera - but it is nice seeing where I am ''in view'' while recording the videos. What else? I have created and released music using the NP1 and FL Studio mobile app, and more recently I have been filming mini-vlog videos for studios while I'm out in Atlanta, and doing all the editing with CapCut and the NP1. The only thing I would probably change is the 8GB up to the 12GB model for the editing side of things, but in honesty it is a great piece of tech and it costs hardly anything. I've had friends say they want to buy an NP2 but after playing with mine they are sold! I like your Zenphone 10 review and it is tempting with the better processor and smaller size, but I've also toyed with the idea of an S22/S23 to save carrying the Beam with my XReal glasses. You influenced me to spend money haha! But I love the XReal glasses they are insanely good. Back to phones... I'm not sure what a good upgrade phone for me would be - asthetics plays a role, but I wont ever go back to Apple because the price is ridiculous and whenever an iPhone user looks at my phone they lose their mind. They have never seen a mobile phone 'reverse charge' their expensive ting before.. I visited the store in Soho before flying to Atlanta and nearly EVERYTHING was sold out! Carl Pei is a genius.

Fantastic video chap! I'm just now being aware by these great gaming phones! First is was the redmagic9, then it's the rog8 pro and now this! The iq. So many phones to choose from. Cell phones have come a long way but, I'm not really a phone gamer. I still think phones are behind consoles and pc handheld. He'll, I still put the switch above any smart phone out there ever slightly. I may get me one of these gaming phones just to have one and see how I like them. The redmagic9 has 24 gigs of ram and 1tb. Now that's crazy. Still though, it sounds good on paper but how does those specs compare to consoles and pc handheld in the real world. I do like the designs on the gaming phones, they're next level. Thing is, I just bought a A24 ultra and that phone is a beast. So where do I go from here with these gaming phones if I have a S24ultra already? Lastly, the camera on this phone is a beast. Great review. Which phone is the best? IQ? Redmagic9? Or Rog8 pro? Help a brother out in choosing. Peace

The fact that the iQOO trades blows with the iPhone which costs twice as much is a clear win for the iQOO in my opinion

You forgot the F in FIRST Tom 😂

You wrote "SDGG2" in both iQOO 12 & 12 at around 4:02 :P

wow i didn't realize the new snapdragon was that big of a jump, coming from a gen 1 google tensor this should be a huge upgrade.

Bro how did you play ps4 games on phone? Please tell me the emulator or did you do the remote play?

I'm shocked by the camera performance, they are so different like 2 different scenarios

Amazed at how good the photos looked on the iQOO.... I have both the iPhone 15 Pro Max and the Galaxy S23 Ultra, and while I prefer the S23 as a phone overall, the iPhone takes the better pictures. When looking at the pictures on a big, hi-res screen the Samsung may have the bolder colours, but the pictures look oversharpened and noisy while the iPhone just "gets" textures much better, the pics seem more like "real life". That oversharpening is something I did not notice on the iQOO, the pictures looked very beautifully rendered, and in the samples provided I preferred them over the iPhone pictures because of their warmer colours (the iPhone might do that too with a different colour profile though, possibly). Still.... Amazing.

Always enjoy your content. Thank you.

W content 🙌🏻🔥🔥🔥

I think a more productive comparison would be a phone with an 8 gen 1 vs gen 3 or even a 888 vs gen 3 as that's ehat people would be upgrading from. It would be nice to know how different a phone feels in between upgrades befor you make the upgrade.

Hopefully the processor allows for better video codecs on the phones, or the ability to record 4:2:2 to compete w the iPhones in that regard

I think there is an error in the name tags of the phones during comparison.

I currently have a Samsung fold 4, I don't think I can ever go back to a non-foldable phone but also there is nothing worth upgrading to right now IMO. The honor magic V2 would be my ideal choice but it's not supported in UK. The One Plus fold looks very nice but doesn't have pen support. Ideally i'd want a foldable with the honor magic v2 dimensions but with samsungs hidden selfie camera on the unfolded display and stylus support, also, a built in stylus instead of an external stylus would be awesome.

Hey brother...love your videos.....can you suggest me iqoo 12 or iphone 13 pro max....which one is better for gaming and day to day use

How did you get that snapdragon 8 gen 3 plate? was it a media only thing given in person?

Well Snapdragon has been on 4nm node for 3 generations at this point. I guess we will see a bigger jump in performance with their next chip if they finally go 3nm.

what about the power efficiency of the sd 8 gen 3 compared to the sd 8 gen 2 and A17 pro

Great vid.👍

what's the brand of Gaming Controller you are using in this video, please I need to buy one like it

The ech Hap. You orgot omething om! 😂❤

where did you got it from? Thanks for the video tho

Tom, can you influence Iqoo to release this phone in the UK?

This phone are quite affordable here in SEA region, for example this phone got official launch today in my country and for 16GB+512GB model price for $730 and with preorder freebies worth $160

I don't understand who these gaming phones are for ? If you can afford a flagship phone with top specs you can afford a better and more enjoyable device like a playstation or PC?

How's the SAR value on this model and other new phones??

the S24 Ultra will be one beast to look forward to

Impressive!! This is the real flagship killer.

My next phone was going to be the one plus open but now im thinking I'll shop around and see what else i can get for my money, £1500 is my budget and hopefully I'll get one of the top ones for my money

Bro can you please give your review about the Lenovo Legion Go handheld

Thought I'd quickly note that you state "SD8G2" underneath the iQOO 12 for the numerous side by side benchmark tests ...

I don't want to inflate you ego BUT you are my FAVOURITE KZfaq personality ever! I don't have much interest in any of these products but the video quality is INSANE, and you make EVERYTHING INTERESTING! Its a natural talent and you do it really well! We need people like you as teachers in school. The ability to keep people interested in what you are sharing with us is really really well done! Oh f it, I'll hit subscribe lol! Thank you for these videos man you are cool af!!!

10:26 Xiaomi already has phones with the gen 3 chip, in fact they're the first phone to release with the gen 3 chips.

Where do you find the BMW edition to buy? Can't find it anywhere.

I am going to upgrade from a Samsung Note 10+ to the Samsung S24 Ultra! So I should see some serious improvements. I have been waiting for a form factor change, but now I am having problems charging my Note so it is time to bite the bullet!

my eye to be honest is just on a used s23. i fell into the Samsung ecosystem and i think it's pretty nice. i like the features that we get a couple years before stock android and ios get them.

Subscribing... Good points highlighted

Where do I get my hands on a Snapdragon encased in plexiglass?

IQ never heard of it want one.😮

Where did you buy the phone from please ?

Please what game were playing at the beginning of your video😮

9:25 what do you mean ?? Can iqoo 12 can record in game + streaming on youtube + playing customs screams simoultaneosly with on youtube so it can handle these things easily and it will tie with iphone really ? Did you have test with that ??

I would suggest that every number you tell in the video you would flash the numer on the screen. Sometimes hard to understand and have to rewatch it multiple times and still dont get it

I literally came across mobile gaming when i sold my ps4 before being able to get a hand on PS5 when the shortage was around. I was blown away. I ended up switching to samsung for serious mobile gaming, now have the Zflip 5 and damn, its so much better in my preference vs console. Theres a lot more games, has its own wifi signal, can play xbox gamepass, controller support and just more convenient. It runs better also. I also bought a hdmi casting device if i ever want the console experience aswell. Android has an endless amount of 3rd party support. Flagahips are powerful af, a smaller gaming pc right on palm your hands and on the go. 😅👌

Hey thought id let you know that at 5:36 you were off by a factor of 10. Should be 1.4 million and 2 million on that Antutu score

What is the controller used?

The reason Android hasn't gotten these "AAA" games and that they have less optimized games is primarily for three reasons. #1, Apple makes it very easy for developers to optimize for iOS and provides top tier dev tools. Up until just a few short years ago, Android development was primarily done through a plugin to Eclipse and didn't even have a proper IDE. #2, people with iPhones tend to spend money more liberally than people with Androids primarily because all iPhones (other than SE) tend to be rather expensive and people need money to buy them or live in a wealthy country where financing through a carrier is easy. #3, All modern iPhones are pretty powerful, whereas Android is on a very wide range of hardware from crappy bargain bin hardware to flagship really nice phones like the S23 and such. This means that devs know their game has a good chance of running really well on all phones downloading it and there isn't a "Your game sucks" because their phone is a piece of junk.

As someone who still uses an iPhone 8 Plus daily, i think any new iPhone would suit me unless it’s a mini since my screen time I’d say is above average, so perhaps an iPhone 15 Plus, still unsure though 🤷‍♂️

Reminder: Total Antutu and GeekBench GPU are NOT cross platform comparable, as they test different things. The ones that kinda count as cross platform comparable are GeekBench CPU and 3DMark.

It's annoying that geekbench is always changing their versions. I can't relate to 2200 single core I got used to geekbench 5 and that sounds slow now...

Honkai is amazingly optimized. Played it on my Oppo Find X5 Pro (SD8Gen1) and it was running 60FPS all the time, with all graphics MAX although the temperatures were really high (above 45°C), and it was using between 50 to 90% of the GPU so unfortunately I had to uninstall it, because it was also sucking the soul out of my battery even if it was running great 😂

The Z Fold 6 is going to be the most impressive and most improved device this year. I am excited for that device in particular.

Please make an unboxing/review on Red Magic 9 Pro.

I think I will stick with my trusty 8 gen 1 chip, it performs just fine in every game I play, and until we get console games on android I don't see why I would want to upgrade...

Got the oneplus open with 16gb ram 512 storage and Snapdragon 8 gen 2 should I upgrade to let's say OnePlus 12

Where to order that phone?

IQOO12 is better or red magic 8 pro ??

Looks as overclocked version?

What display protection does it have. I know it doesn't have gorilla glass

I expected the graphics performance to be better but not by that much damn!!

Where do I buy the phone?

Is that 146K or 1.46M in Antutu? Please clarify

Samsung hopefully will give the UK market this chip in their S24 release. Maybe with a custome one if they do. If they go back to the Exynos chip, it will be the S23 ultra for another year (yes, Samsung fanboy here😅)

Im over here with a note 8 and still dilemma on getting this gen phone or wait next year...............

what are the cameras like compared to the 15 PM or the Pixel 8 Pro?

Iqoo 12's Camera > Iphone 15 PM's Camera, Wtf 💀

How does it stack up against google pixel 8?

The antutu website states that , ios score and Android scores are not comparable 😅..i guess geek score is cross platform and not antutu

Link to the controller?😊😊

I ain't getting sd gen 3. Waiting for NUVIA SD GEN 4. Let's see how that comes out.

Hey Tom at 3:47 it says 8G2 on both phones But we all know what's meant I guess ;)

I need to see the iPhone vs Vivo x100 pro comparative

I know you are afraid of lawsuits , but performance is all about Emulation, that 20% more FPS can make a game playable

Gonna enjoy my S23 Ultra for more 1 year and skip this Gen 3. I see no good reason to upgrade at all.

ahh yes IRST snapdragon 8 gen 3

We are almost to the point of iOS and android actually being a legitimate gaming platform a few more chip generations and it will be reality and with windows moving to arm and games being built for arm from the beginning we will start seeing most games come to android and iOS along with ps5 pc Xbox and next gen switch

Hey bro I'm from India can you test tekken tag tournament 2 in cemu emulator in this phone?

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Just thought I'd mention , the antutu scores are in the millions thesedays, not in the thousands like mentioned.

FYI, this brand is popular in India. And yes Indonesia (since last year)

Tom, how much of a difference are you expecting in performance, battery and efficiency for the 24 series compared to the IQOO? Prediction? :)

You can't compare OpenCL/Vulkan scores with the Metal score in terms of numbers. The performance doesn't translate based on those numbers irrespective of the game. And just so you know ; all GPU dependent apps on the iPhone are built for Metal as that's the only graphics protocol it supports. So Idk why you made it sound like some games on the iPhone don't support Metal and would run better if they did.

Which was the first facing game he was playing

Well I'm upgrading from the Mi 10t lite with a snapdragon 750g to a nubia z60 ultra with snapdragon 8 gen 3 so the performance gain is gonna be night and day for me

Price??

WTF with those bezels on IPhone? Is that so hard to do it thinner?

oneplus 12 has it too!!!

Well wait for the redmagic 9 pro with 6500mah battery paired with 8 gen 3 effeciency and an under display selfie cam.. now that woll be insane

Can't buy this in the UK Vivo need to sort it out

65-66% stability performance score is such a shame. the ROG7 was 99.5%. Iqoo shows aggressive throttling and bad thermal

Can't wait for S24😩

The Processor here isn't running at it's full potential tbh Idk why this happens with IQOO but it's geekbench scores are lower than the Xiaomi 14 Pro which is able to Consistently score more than the iPhone 15PM in Multi core and has a stability of 80% in 3D mark

Can this play console games ?

The main question is - Does it shift colours at an angle? I have made a terrible mistake buying the Oneplus 11, just to have horrendous colour reproduction due to immense shift at even the slightest angle.