iQOO Z6 Lite 5G Review: Affordable 5G phone, is it worth it?

iQOO Z6 LITE 5G DESIGN & UTILITY

The IQOO Z6 Lite looks similar to the standard Z6. It gets the same flat frame and rounded corners that offer a comfortable grip. The phone still measures at 8.25mm in thickness but it's now slightly heavier at 194 grams. I didn't mind the extra heft though, and despite the all plastic build, this feels like a well-put-together handset.

I've got the stellar green colour, which has a nice glittery finish to it, as well as an appealing matte feel. The front, however, feels a bit dated with its large bottom chin and water drop notch design.

In terms of utility, the Z6 Lite gets a 3.5mm audio jack, a single firing speaker, and a Hybrid SIM-card tray with up to 1 TB micro-SD card expansion slot. There's also a side-mounted fingerprint scanner here, which unlocks the phone very quickly, and rarely gives me any failed inputs.

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iQOO Z6 LITE 5G DISPLAY

The IQOO Z6 Lite 5G features a 6.58-inch FHD+ LCD display with 120Hz high refresh rate and 240Hz touch sampling rate.

This means you get a very fluid experience while scrolling and playing compatible games. Display quality is pretty decent for LCD as there's a pleasant balance of colour and sharpness. Brightness levels are adequate under direct sunlight too.

As far as audio is concerned, the single loudspeaker gets loud enough, but my palm always blocked it while I was watching content or gaming.

iQOO Z6 LITE 5G PERFORMANCE & SOFTWARE

The biggest selling point for the Z6 Lite is its new Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 processor which gets a 6nm design. COD mobile run without any issues on medium graphic settings and the phone comes equipped with a cooling system for sustained performance.

Now, I've been testing the higher end variant with 6GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage but there's also a 4GB RAM/64GB storage model available as well.

Software wise, the phone runs on Android 12 with Vivo's custom FunTouch OS 12 layered on top.

iQOO Z6 LITE 5G CAMERAS

On the back, the iQOO Z6 Lite has a dual-camera setup with a 50 primary camera and a 2MP macro camera. As you can imagine, the heavy lifting is done by that main sensor. The 8-megapixel front camera shoots above average selfies and portraits as long as there's good lighting. However, facial features do look a bit soft in mixed lighting conditions.

iQOO Z6 LITE 5G BATTERY

Battery life is very solid on the iQOO Z6 Lite. The large 5,000mAh unit easily delivers a day and a half of use per charge and gave me on average around 7 hours of screen on time. The only catch is that there's no charging adaptor here, even though there is enough space in the box for one.