On September 26, 2013, Big Cola held a new product launch conference of "peerless two pride" in Beijing Ivick Hotel, and launched an upgraded version of Big Cola 2, Big Cola 2S, which has two configurations, both black and white and two colors. Just because it is an upgraded version, the appearance design of the 2S is almost unchanged, and the hardware is only partially upgraded, but it is equipped with a brand new Coke UI1.5, which is known as "abandoning glitz and returning to the true self". It seems that the focus of our evaluation today is on this new system.

This article is from: Drive Home Suixin

Compared with the Big Coke 2, the Big Coke 2S has no change in appearance. The screen size is 5.3 inches. It still uses a 3.9mm ultra narrow frame and a unique 6 degree side chamfer design.

There are two versions of Big Cola 2S, namely 2GB+32GB and 1GB+4GB. The price of the two versions is 1499 yuan and 1199 yuan respectively, and both versions are available in black and white.

In terms of other configurations, both versions of the Big Cola 2S are equipped with 5.3 inch 720P screens. The processor is upgraded to 1.5GHz MT6589T. The main camera is still 1300w pixels. The front camera is upgraded to 500w pixels. The 3000mAh battery can be replaced. It runs the Coke UI 1.5 system based on Android 4.2 and supports dual cards and dual standby.

The three brothers of the Big Coke 2 series have the same appearance. The three dimensions are 152x77x9.6mm, and the quality is 178g. The unique 6 degree side chamfer design makes the border transition more suitable for the palm. The quality of 178g is relatively heavy, and the holding time of one hand should not be too long.

Through the rounded design on the four sides and the convex or arc transition at the camera, speaker, etc., it can be seen that the industrial design of the Big Coke 2S is very good and has a certain sense of fashion.

The earpiece is located in the middle, and the sensor is not hidden. The border control of the 2S is ideal, and the upper border is also narrow, resulting in a larger screen share.

The bottom is a virtual button, which supports internal LED lights.

The 1300w pixel camera is slightly convex, with a metal protective ring outside. The LED flash at the lower part also adopts a rounded rectangular design, which matches the size and complements each other.

The logo of Big Cola is a big "@" symbol, symbolizing the Internet. The speaker is designed with large holes, but the inside is covered with a layer of dust screen.

Power button on the right side of the fuselage

The volume adjustment button on the left side of the fuselage feels soft and the feedback is not sufficient.

The Micro USB interface and headphone interface of the Big Cola 2S are all located on the top of the body.

At the bottom of the fuselage, you can see the opening notch of the rear shell on the right side.

Through the notch, it is very easy to open the rear case. The most obvious inside is the orange battery.

WCDMA and dual card dual standby are supported. Both configurations support maximum 64GB expansion.

Remove the battery.

3000mAh battery.

The battery model is MC002, the same as that of Coke 2 and 2X. And the production date is January 2013, earlier than April 2013 when the previous Big Cola 2 was evaluated. Therefore, it is reasonable to believe that the Big Cola 2S has not made much changes in the hardware. In this way, we can save costs, show confidence in our own configuration, and invest more human and material resources in the optimization of the system.

The battery is thin.

Unique 6 degree side chamfer.

The Big Cola 2S still uses a 5.3 inch 720 screen, which is a normal configuration for mobile phones that are priced at 1000 yuan or 2000 yuan. This machine inherits the super sensitive touch screen function of Big Coke 2 and 2X. Winter is coming. This function is very practical!

Accustomed to the 1080P screen, and then looked at the 720 screen, we can see the gap, and there are also some deficiencies in color display, but this is a common phenomenon in thousand yuan smart computers.

Side squint - brightness OK

Front squint - the brightness is OK

Corner squint - insufficient brightness

Because of the influence of the pixel arrangement, the brightness can be guaranteed when sidelong and front squint, but when squint from one corner, the brightness will decline significantly.

Big Coke 2S is equipped with the latest Coke UI 1.5, which is developed based on Android 4.2. Compared with the previous version, the ROM has achieved overall planarization and the interface has made considerable progress. Let's compare it.

UI interface

The lock screen interface is very simple. A downward arrow prompts the user that the unlocking method is sliding downward, which just adds a sense of depth to the lock screen interface with vast lake water. A white line is embedded in the black shading at the bottom. As expected, slide up to call up the music control interface and the recently applied icon.

Version 1.0 on the left and 1.5 on the right (the following)

Let's compare the interfaces of the two generations of ROMs. Obviously, the desktop of Big Cola 2S is more layered and transparent. The top status bar of the new ROM is also completely transparent, and desktop integration is more obvious.

Although the original application icon also has a kind of planarization, it still retains the effects of highlights, gradients, etc., and has a sense of inferior quality of plastic sugar paper; The new icon is completely flat, and its color and texture have changed dramatically.

It is worth mentioning that the planarization of the new version of ROM also involves third-party application icons. Commonly used applications such as QQ and Weibo are designed separately, while less commonly used applications are uniformly added with a layer of planarized white boxes.

Looking at the overall situation, it can be seen from the position of the Dock bar and time on the desktop that the overall desktop of the Big Cola 2S has moved up, and the icon design is larger, and the white dot indicating desktop switching is smaller. The overall effect of the interface is to stand up and be more dynamic.

The folder of Big Cola 2S has been made semi transparent, and the boundary between text and icon has been removed, which is also the current trend of desktop folders. The interface evolution of the new ROM is comprehensive, as can be seen from the music components above.

Notification Bar and Recent Tasks

The notice bar of Big Cola 2S has also been made semi transparent, and the shortcut switch and brightness adjustment have been moved to the lower part for easier operation. Unfortunately, the notice bar still does not support viewing dates and weeks.

"Recent tasks" remain the same

Setting interface comparison

As you can see, the setting interface is smaller and more fresh: smaller font, color matching, and more obvious classification.

Comparison of system upgrade interface - Local ROM package upgrade is added to Big Cola 2S

Dial interface and call interface

It can be seen from the two pictures that Coke UI1.0 still maintains a great original flavor, while the 1.5 version has achieved a comprehensive planarization. After careful comparison, it can be found that the layout remains the same, but the functions are not increased.

The call interface of the new system uses the desktop as the background picture. Like the dial interface, the functions have not been added and the order of functions has not changed.

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slide view

Grid View

The new image library is changed to a white background, which supports slide and grid viewing, and also supports multiple image processing.

Photo taking interface

Each time you enter the photographing interface, the number of photos that can still be accommodated in the current remaining space will be displayed on the upper left corner of the screen, but this is not the case. According to 3.8MB of each picture, the remaining space is 3.8 * 17834=67770MB=66.2GB, while the actual remaining space of the phone is less than 25GB. If necessary, the photo resolution can only be set to 600w pixels. Unfortunately, the number of remaining photos was changed to 36105 at that time. Three word summary: inaccurate.

Overall settings

Photo setting interface

Video setting interface

Night mode is not turned on Night mode is turned on

Pause and shooting during the video shooting process are supported, and the video time that can be recorded is displayed at the beginning of shooting, which is also not accurate.

Stronger four core cola 2S scores

The Big Cola 2S is equipped with a 1.5GHz MTK6589T processor, which is more powerful than the 1.2GHz MTK6589.

The MTK6589T has been used in many low-end models. This processor has both considerable performance and excellent power consumption. The most important thing is that it has cost advantages. It can make the price of mobile phones as low as possible.

Let's look at the device information first: ANBUBU Running Score ANBU is a software for performance evaluation and running score for Android mobile phones and tablets. It can run complete test items with one key, and pass eight performance tests, including "memory performance", "CPU integer performance", "CPU floating point performance", "2D and 3D drawing performance", "database IO", and "SD card reading and writing speed", Give an overall score on the hardware performance of the mobile phone.

The MTK6589T carried by the Big Cola 2S gave us a little surprise and got 16134 points. Compared with the general 14K+performance of this processor, it is obviously stronger.

NenaMark ran

NenaMark is a hardware accelerated benchmark test program for Android devices. It tests the mobile phone's graphics capability by demonstrating a real-time rendered image, including reflection, dynamic shadow, surface parameters, complex light modes, etc. It requires Android 2.0 or above systems and OpenGL ES 2.0 support.

In NenaMark, the score of Big Coke 2 is 46.1, that of Big Coke 2X is 44.9, and that of Big Coke 2X is 54.3. It seems that the upgrade of this processor is worth it.

Quadrant Standard runs

Quadrant Standard is android software that can test the performance of CPU, memory, I/O input and output, 2D and 3D images. It can provide one click complete test, or select some test items to test separately as required. However, in the test, you need to connect to the network to get data, and it cannot run on a mobile phone without a GPU.

The score of Quadrant Standard is 5910, which is standard in this processor camp, 1000 points higher than MTK6589.

Vellamo

Vellamo is a benchmark application (similar to Neocore) developed by Qualcomm. It allows you to test the performance and stability of mobile browsers, including Java script performance, rendering, networking and user interface. The results of this tool also include multiple sub items, but we only take the total score. The higher the score, the better the mobile phone optimizes the browser and the better the web browsing experience.

In terms of the web page performance test of Hero N3, HTML5 scored 1509 and Metal scored 548, which did not deviate from the normal range of MTK6589.

Endurance temperature test

Because the screen and battery capacity between 2S and 2 remain unchanged, only the main frequency of the processor is increased from 1.2GHz to 1.5GHz. After optimization in recent months, can the new Coke OS 1.5 bring some surprises to the endurance? We will wait and see.

We conducted 20 minutes of microblogging, 30 minutes of games (with its own "Asphalt6") and 8 hours of standby, and the results showed that the power consumption decreased by 4%, 6% and 4% respectively. As a comparison, the power consumption of microblog of Big Cola 2 brushes for 20 minutes decreases by 6%.

It is worth mentioning that when running Asphalt6, the phone will automatically open the performance mode and clear the memory to ensure the smoothness of the game. Through the score of NenaMark 2, we also learned that the 3D game performance of Big Cola 2S is really good, which was also verified in the test.

It can be seen that although the battery capacity remains at the original 3000mAh, the Coke UI1.5 carried by the Big Cola 2S has been greatly optimized in terms of its endurance, and users can use it for more than two days.

Because it is equipped with a low-power processor, the Big Coke 2S is also very powerful in temperature control. After running the game for half an hour, the maximum temperature is only 37.9 ℃, which is located on the left side of the rear camera.

Big Coke 2S Sample - Day

Daytime proof

Daytime proof

The above image is magnified to 100% effect. It can be seen from the outline of the window in the distance that the details are well preserved and there is almost no sense of smearing.

Daytime proof

On the whole, the photographing effect of the Big Cola 2S is not inferior to the 1300w pixel camera. It performs well in detail retention and color reproduction, and is superior among the models within 1500 yuan.

Big Coke 2S Sample - Night

The exposure and details of night scene photography can be guaranteed, but the color is cold

The scene with disordered light is well handled. There is no scattering of light everywhere, and the purity of the image quality is guaranteed.

Night view sample

Night view sample

Night view sample

Night view sample

Night view sample

Night view sample

Night view sample

Big Coke 2S Sample - Indoor

Indoor proof sheet

This picture is too colorful and not sharp enough

Indoor proof sheet

Indoor proof sheet

Indoor proof sheet

Indoor proof sheet

2S summary of the great cola

It is known from the name that this mobile phone is only an upgraded version of the Big Coke 2, and it is understood that the processor, front camera and system have only been upgraded. So I didn't expect too much, but this time I was really surprised!

In appearance, the three phones of the Big Cola 2 series, including the 2S, are completely from the same mold, still maintaining the fashionable and elegant body, but at the same time, the weight remains at a relatively heavy 178g, which makes it slightly inconvenient to hold and carry with one hand.

In terms of configuration, the Big Cola 2S is upgraded from the original 1.2GHz MTK6589 to the 1.5GHz MTK6589T, and the front camera is upgraded from the original 300w pixel to 500w, while other parameters remain unchanged.

However, there is also a low configuration version of this model. The storage capacity is reduced from 2GB+32GB of the high configuration version to 1GB+4GB. However, it also supports up to 64GB expansion, and the price is reduced to 1199 yuan, which is more cost-effective.

The highlight of Big Cola 2S is its new Coke UI 1.5. The ROM's interface has achieved overall planarization, which can be seen from the application icon and menu interface. In addition, the size and location of desktop icons have been optimized on the layout, which is more hierarchical and lively than version 1.0. Unfortunately, we haven't seen more built-in functions, and there are some small problems in some places, such as the display of the number of photos that can be taken on the photographing interface.

Of course, we should pay more attention to the speed and degree of its progress. In just four months, Coke ROM has given us a new feeling, so we can't help looking forward to the scene of Coke UI 2.0.

In the mobile phone camp with a price of less than 1500 yuan, the photographing of the Big Cola 2S is absolutely excellent. It is equipped with a 1300w pixel main camera that only high-end models can use, which has been more reserved in the details of the picture, and the color reproduction is also very good. In the night scene proof, the scene with disordered light is also easy to deal with, ensuring the purity of the picture.

The big cola 2S has taken a step closer in the endurance. Although the battery capacity is maintained at 3000mAh and the processor power consumption is higher, the endurance time has made great progress compared with the big cola 2 and 2X. For example, the power consumption of microblogging is reduced by 50%.

Finally, let's talk about the price. The Big Cola 2S is divided into two versions: high configuration and low configuration. The price is 1499 yuan and 1199 yuan respectively, and both are available in black and white. As the authentic successor of Big Cola, the price of Big Cola 2 also dropped to 1399 yuan.