Although HTC has abandoned the aircraft sea strategy and started to pursue the high-quality strategy, it has not seen much improvement so far.Can Droid DNA with strong configuration reverse HTC's decline?Droid DNA uses a 5-inch 1080p Super LCD3 screen (400ppi), a 1.5GHz Qualcomm S4 Pro quad core CPU, 2G RAM, and an 8 megapixel back lit camera. Let's see how it performs.
Design
At first glance, HTC Droid DNA just feels that it is no different from ordinary Android touch screen phones.After careful play, your eyes will be attracted by it. The back of Droid DNA is covered with black, and the red metal stripes on both sides of the body are quite sexy,
HTC claims that its design inspiration comes from the Lamborghini sports car.These stripes with holes are very futuristic and attractive.
The fuselage is 5.6 inches long (142,24 mm) and 2.7 inches wide (68.58 mm). Although it is large, it is very thin.It is only 0.38 inch thick (9.7mm), and the thinnest part is only 0.16 inch (4mm). The machine is thinner than the Samsung Galaxy S3.When comparing S3 with this machine, the thickness is almost the same.The overall design of the mobile phone has a sharp metal texture. The power key and the side of the body are made of metal, which is much better than the S3 cheap plastic shell.
The 2 million front camera at the top of the screen can record 1080P HD video.There is a small notice light beside it.There are 3 capacitive buttons at the bottom of the screen.The long bar volume button is located on the right side of the fuselage. There are headphone jack, power key and SIM card slot on the top of the fuselage. The Micro USB jack on the bottom of the fuselage is covered by a rubber cover.
The back of the fuselage feels very comfortable (soft touch) and is made of the same carbonate polyester material as one X and one X+.Of course, there are 800 million cameras and LED flash lights on the back.It is worth noting that there is also an LED notification light beside it, which is the first time to see the notification light placed here.
screen
The DNA screen adopts a narrow border design, and the huge 5-inch Super LCD 3 screen on the front of the fuselage can be recognized at a glance.The screen has not only high brightness, but also 1080P resolution, and the pixel density has reached 440PPI.The font rendering and picture details are extremely delicate, and the color is very bright, but it is not as bright as Samsung AMOLED screen, and the color performance is very accurate.
System and UI
Some people may be a little disappointed why the machine does not carry the latest Android 4.2. It is true that 4.1 is not the latest system, but you have to admit that it is also good for other machines to do so, except Google's own son who can quickly install the new system.Droid DNA also carries HTC's own Sense 4+interface, which is quite different from Google's native system interface.Now the lock screen interface also has a digital clock widget.There is a ring at the bottom of the screen for dragging to unlock, and there are four shortcuts: call, email, SMS and camera. You can also quickly open the corresponding application by dragging the icon to the ring.
At the same time, you can also drag the ring to any position on the screen to unlock it.Add up to five desktops to place program icons.On the home screen, you can select HTC icon style clock gadget, Verizon voice mail shortcut, Google Play and browser are also HTC's own designed icons.Android 4.0 and later versions can directly drag an icon to coincide with another icon to quickly create a folder. It is very convenient to use this function to organize the main screen.
Features and applications
As a mobile phone running Android 4.1 system, HTC Droid DNA has GPS, Bluetooth 4.0 (the latest version supports low-power devices), wifi, and mobile hotspot function - to share the 4G LTE data of the mobile phone and connect it to other mobile devices.
Of course, there are also commonly used Google services, such as Gmail, Google+, Google Maps, and Google Navigation.In addition, HTC has also added some home services. For example, the music app of the machine can act as Amazon's MP3 music player function, and can connect to the music store to buy authentic music.There are also "Slacker Internet" radio and location-based services.
In addition, the machine also has built-in services and games that need to be paid for, such as Amazon Kindle,Reign of Amira，Zappos，And Amex Serve's mobile payment solution.Another disadvantage is that this machine is customized by the operator Verizon, so it is hard packed with many Verizon software, such as My Verizon Mobile,NFL Mobile，Verizon Tones，And VZ Navigator.
camera
This mobile phone inherits the good photo performance of the HTC one series before, and the effect is very good.Like other phones in the ONE series, HTC Droid DNA uses a special chip circuit design to meet the requirements of image processing when taking photos, which is what HTC calls "HTC ImageChip"
Therefore, all the photo functions of ONE series mobile phones can also be completed by this mobile phone, such as fast continuous shooting, HDR mode, panoramic photography.You can even take photos while recording video with your camera.In addition, the speed of starting the camera and auto focusing is very fast.
The camera is very fast and can capture fast moving children
In the test, the photos taken from the indoor static scene are very delicate and colorful, and some people may feel that the color is a little oversaturated.Even when shooting in low light conditions, the details of the picture are very delicate, which is a capability that many mobile phones lack.In the weak light conditions of outdoor autumn, the color reproduction of trees, flowers and grass is good.In addition, its back facing camera can even show details hidden by shadows!But at this time, the image is a bit distorted and the color is too gorgeous.In addition, panoramic photography is a very useful function, but it cannot move too fast when using it.
Color reproduction is very good
Panoramic photos taken by Droid DNA Click to view the large picture
Even in the weak sunlight, the flowers are very energetic
New York streets in normal shooting mode
The shadow and sky in the photo show more details after being shot in HDR mode
performance
Android 4.1 has brought many new features, but the most important improvement is speed.In fact, Google's first consideration when developing Android 4.1 is speed improvement. Its project plan is called "Project Butter".Of course, Droid DNA equipped with 4.1 system also benefits from the butter plan to make the interface as smooth as butter.In addition, Qualcomm Snapdragon quad core S4 Pro processor with 2G RAM is adopted.
The system responds very quickly, opening menus and loading programs without pause.The overall performance score is slightly different from what was expected.The highest test result of this machine's multi-channel floating point number is 401.6 million floating point instructions per second.In Quadrant's test, only 8165 points were handed in.
The performance on Verizon 4G LTE network is very strong, but not the fastest.The average download speed reached 9Mbps, and the upload speed was slightly slower, reaching 5.3Mbps.
I was a little surprised by the battery performance of this phone. Although the phone uses a 5-inch screen and 4-core processing, the built-in 2020mAh battery can last for 8 hours and 43 minutes of video playback.In comparison, the performance of Samsung S3 was slightly better, reaching 9 hours and 24 minutes, but there was more powerful, Motorola Droid Razr Maxx HD reached an incredible 14 hours and 53 minutes.
summary
Although there is no breakthrough, HTC has been trying to make a first-class mobile phone with all configurations for a long time.After the launch of the One series of mobile phones, they were quickly beaten by Samsung S3. Later, Samsung Note 2 defeated the One series without pressure.Tragically, although HTC Evo 4G LTE has the function of 4G network connection, it is not supported by the LTE network system of Sprint.However, HTC's efforts over such a period of time have finally yielded results. The Droid DNA combines fashionable design, attractive appearance, extremely powerful processor performance, and 1080P resolution screen. The function of the camera is slightly better than that of Motorola Droid Razr HD.In general, DNA is definitely HTC's best mobile phone.
