On the Laba Festival on February 19 last year, HTC held simultaneous press conferences in London and New York, officially releasing a new generation of flagship mobile phone - HTC One. This mobile phone changes the style of the previous HTC mobile phone, and gives a simple, cool and charming feeling through the carefully made metal shell and sharp corner design.
Considering the product gap and market demand, four months later, HTC released the small HTC One mini, which is consistent with the overall appearance of HTC One. With its smaller size and lower price, it is widely praised by people.
But now the flagship models of all manufacturers have reached 6 inches, and HTC finally released its first giant screen phone, HTC One Max, on the 15th of last month. So far, The One covers a full range of sizes from 4.3 inches to 6 inches. The appearance design of this mobile phone still continues the style of HTC One, but the frame is replaced with plastic, and fingerprint identifier is added. The system is also upgraded to Sense 5.5 based on Android 4.3. There is no doubt that the newly equipped One Max will compete head-on with flagship products such as Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Sony Xperia Ultra.
The versions of HTC One Max from the three major operators have been launched in mainland China since October 23, and the standard version and luxury version are available. The China Mobile version supports the TD-LTE 4G network and only supports a single card. The price is 5288 yuan; Unicom Telecom version supports dual cards and dual standby, but does not support 4G, and the price is 5488 yuan; The luxury version is equipped with an energy protection sleeve and Mini+, and the price is 5998 yuan.
In terms of configuration, One Max is equipped with a 1.7GHz Qualcomm APQ 8064 quad core processor, which has 2GB of memory, 32GB of body storage, and supports a maximum of 64GB expansion. It is equipped with a 5.9-inch 1080P screen, a 210w front camera and a 400w rear camera, and a 3300mAh non removable battery to run the HTC Sense 5.5 system based on Android 4.3.
The HTC logo on the front and bottom of the dual speakers makes this phone highly recognizable
The alloy rear shell has a very plump feeling with the bulge of the back
The thickness of the upper frame is well controlled, just enough to accommodate the speaker and front camera
There are only two virtual keys at the bottom, home key and return key, and the "HTC" logo in the middle is just for decoration
Dual speaker front is one of the features of One series. One max naturally inherits the BoomSound speaker of One. And thanks to the increase of body shape, the volume and stereoscopic sense of speakers have also been improved.
The upper part is separated by plastic to facilitate the placement of the signal antenna. The flash lamp is biased to the left of the 400w pixel camera, and the lower square module is the fingerprint identifier
The biggest change in the back is the fingerprint identifier under the camera. Through it, users can unlock fingerprints, identify up to three fingerprints, and formulate corresponding operations for the three fingerprints.
This recognizer is too close to the camera, and it is easy to dirty the camera when sliding from top to bottom. Users should pay attention when unlocking.
In order to maintain symmetry, the lower part of One Max is also separated; China Mobile is the only One Max that supports 4G
On the right side of the fuselage are the volume adjustment key and the power key. The button has a unique texture treatment. The key range of the volume key is too short, so it is difficult to adjust
The toggle switch on the left side of the fuselage is used to open the rear shell
Infrared transmitter and 3.5mm headphone jack
Mic and Micro USB interface
Close up of front camera
Top close-up
The frame is a thick layer of plastic, which makes the appearance of One Max less fashionable than that of One. But the touch has a ceramic feel, and the hardness and strength are OK
Toggle switch
Round back
Round back
Camera, fingerprint sensor
Interior of HTC One Max
The back cover of One series can finally be disassembled from One Max
However, the battery cannot be replaced, only Micro SIM card and Micro SD card can be replaced
SIM card is located below the fingerprint reader to the right, Micro SD is located at the top to the right
Gray objects are copper patches, not batteries
Remove the patch
Memory chip exposed
Sandi and Elpida memory chips
Plastic spacers can be seen on the alloy rear housing
5.9-inch 1080P screen
The large 6-inch screen is equipped with 1080P resolution, which is a common configuration of flagship computers at present, and HTC One Max is no exception.
One Max still uses Super LCD screen technology, with perfect contrast, color restoration and angle. However, it is a pity that the ultra narrow design was not introduced into the two side frames.
Display effect
Display effect
Display effect
Display effect
Display effect
frame
bottom margin
Introduction to HTC Sense 5.5 System
HTC One max is equipped with the Sense 5.5 interface based on Android 4.3. The dark gray interface of the UI gives a strong sense of business, which also shows the market positioning of this series of mobile phones.
In Sense 5.5, the default desktop is still BlinkFeed, but now users can hide it. Of course, in addition to these, there are other features, which are detailed below.
1. Lock screen interface
In the lock screen interface, if the lock screen password is not set, press and hold the "Phone", "SMS" and other buttons at the bottom and pull up to open the corresponding application. What's more user-friendly is that the camera button is not restricted by the lock screen password and can be opened at any time by the user.
After the fingerprint unlocking function is set, the back fingerprint identification is required, and the system has also set a standby text password for use when the identification is not possible.
As for fingerprint identification, it is only effective when the screen is lit. Although this effectively ensures the security of unlocking, it also greatly limits its convenience. However, the official said that the firmware will be upgraded in the future to enable users to unlock when the screen is turned off.
Sliding right on the lock screen interface can also add "Calendar", "Calculator" and "Music" widgets, so that these applications can be used without unlocking.
2. Main interface
desktop
Sense 5.5 still retains the application interface of the native system, but adds the function of "hide/show applications", which makes it easy to see applications you don't use.
Long press the desktop to call up the widget, and click to add it to the selected desktop. I don't know if it is the cause of the bug. You can add more than one button (see the second figure of the "main interface").
3. Notification Bar and Recent Tasks
Five shortcut switches are displayed at the top of the notification bar by default, and the switches in this line cannot be slid left or right. Click the icon in the upper right corner to view all switch options. You will find that the five default switches are the first five items in the list of all displayed switches, so you can customize the default switches by sorting.
Recent tasks are obviously different from other systems. Nine thumbnail images (if any) are crowded into the whole interface, and the display content is much more than that of single column display.
4. Dial interface and call interface
The dial interface and call interface are consistent with the Sense system. They are dark gray, like it or not. Everyone has their own opinions
5. Settings
The "Settings" interface is divided into several modules, nothing special
6. Fingerprint identification settings
The fingerprint identifier can record up to three different fingerprints, and can assign corresponding operations to each finger, such as unlocking only, unlocking and starting the camera, unlocking and opening the phone, and so on. If the position of the recognizer is optimized and the screen out unlocking is added, the availability is still very high.
7. Gallery
Sense's image library displays each image folder in the form of a list, and the album can also be summarized according to the shooting date
A major feature of Sense system image library is that it can produce slide videos and produce links to share on social networking sites
Slide browsing effect on the webpage
8. Photo taking interface
Photo taking interface
Setting interface
The switch between the main camera and the front camera is also hidden in the "settings", which is not convenient to operate. Considering that business people don't like taking selfies?
Real time scene
Since the "Zoe" on the video interface cannot be used, it should be removed. It is a bit eyesore here. What is Zoe's function? Let's take a look.
When "Zoe" is turned on, pressing the photographing key will capture a 3 second video. The file on the computer is an MP4 format video with a size of about 35MB.
When browsing the video in the gallery, you can decompose many consecutive frames and drag them to view.
The system can synthesize the gif image and remove the moving figure between the person and the scene according to the speed of movement change.
Running score test
Let's take a look at the HTC One Max device information:
1. An Tu Tu ran points
Anthare is a software for performance evaluation and scoring of Android mobile phones and tablets. It can run a complete test item with one key, and give an overall score to the hardware performance of mobile phones through 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".
The running score of Anthare is 26233, which is at a normal level in the running score of APQ8064 processor. The overall performance is balanced,.
2. NenaMark2 runs
NenaMark2 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.
The score of NenaMark 2.0 is 60.2fps. The graphics performance of Adreno 320 integrated with APQ8064 is still positive. There is no problem running large 3D games.
3. Vellamo runs
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.
HTML5 scored 2554, which is a very high score; The METAL score was 767, which was satisfactory.
4. 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.
In the quadrant test, the score is 12144, which is excellent.
Temperature endurance test
The battery capacity of HTC One max has reached 3300mAh, which is a high level among the current equipment of the same type. Although the back cover of the upgraded One can be removed, the battery cannot be replaced.
After the actual test, the power is reduced by 6% after playing the video for one hour; Play games for 40 minutes, and the power decreases by 8%. The author simulated daily use. In 24 hours, he played games for half an hour, microblog for 35 minutes, high-definition video for 40 minutes, talked for 18 minutes, and took more than 60 photos. In other hours, he was basically on standby. The remaining electricity is 37% in one day and night, barely available for two days. If the use intensity is not high and can tolerate the tangle of low power, it should be able to impact for two and a half days.
Outdoor proof sheet - daytime
The main camera of HTC One Max still sticks to the 400w pixel of One, and the number of "400w" seems to go back to three years ago. However, by introducing UltraPixel technology, its imaging quality is no less than some 1300w pixel models.
In the actual photographing experience, the author's biggest feeling is the super fast speed. From the start of the camera, to focusing, to the shutter, to storage, we can experience the smoothness in one go. Thanks to the excellent display effect of the screen, the quality of browsing photos on the phone is also excellent.
Limited to pixels, the details are not as rich as those of 1300w pixel mobile phones, but they retain enough sharpness to be no inferior to higher pixel mobile phones.
Outdoor Sample - Night View
Indoor proof sheet
When shooting in the dark, purple light still exists (around the top light)
Strong business style HTC One Max summary
With the psychological preparation for the name "HTC One Max", when it came, it did not give us too many surprises. It was nothing more than an enlarged version of HTC One. But after careful experience, it gradually felt that it also had its unique interpretation of the product.
In terms of configuration, it does not use Snapdragon 800 or Tegra 4 processors to follow the trend, but the Snapdragon 600, which still has excessive continuous performance, is not the strongest but fully sufficient; The upgrade of screen size can be regarded as the need of market observation. Other countries have 6-inch screens, and we also need them! 400w pixel is its profound interpretation of "pixels are not equal to picture quality".
On the system, the upgraded Sense still continues the previous dark gray color, with a strong business style. It is precisely because the pursuit perspective is different from that of many ROM manufacturers. On One Max, we have seen the original program application interface, simple call interface, and no bright setting interface... It is also because of the different demands that we have seen the humanized image library, high security finger recognition, and powerful camera function... In a word, HTC also has a unique interpretation of the system.
It is difficult for us to make a penetrating evaluation of the One series, which has a unique interpretation of both software and hardware, especially the One Max. Its 5288 yuan price is not cheap, and it is not too expensive compared with other flagship models. Maybe those who really want to get it are those who have the same flavor.
