After four years, from 1 million to 70 million, MIUI ushered in a new milestone, and MIUI 6 was officially released. MIUI 6 uses a new design and adheres to the design philosophy of "content is the essence", which is quite different from the virtual materialization of Smartisan OS. Will there be abnormal sparks when the two meet?
Since MIUI 6 is released soon, there may be corresponding improvements and improvements in function and detail design in the future, so this article only describes MIUI 4.8.15, and the Smartisan OS version for comparison is V1.00-2014071810. There are obvious differences between MIUI and Smartisan OS in design philosophy and direction, which are also reflected in many details in the article.
In fact, the difference between the two can be seen from the lock screen interface. MIUI 6 is the current trend and fashionable flat design, while Smartisan OS is a full-bodied pseudo physical style. MIUI 6 can trigger the shooting function through the sliding gesture on the lock screen interface, while Smartisan OS provides a quick entrance for shooting, SMS and phone calls.
The pull-down bar of MIUI 6 and Smartisan OS is the closest part of the whole system. They also have two pages: notification and quick closing. However, both currently do not support the selection and sequence adjustment of shortcut switches, which is a little general in personalization. Smartisan OS has only 12 default shortcut switches, while MIUI 6 has 19. Currently, MIUI 6 has a slight advantage in quick operation. Both can also enter the corresponding setting page by long pressing the shortcut switch. MIUI 6 also provides a setting button on the shortcut switch page to quickly enter the setting menu.
MIUI 6 uses a more thorough immersive design, and the ground glass effect on the back will also render an independent background texture according to the actual picture, which is more fashionable and simple on the whole, and the overall visual effect will show a higher screen usage rate. Smartisan OS, on the other hand, has the flavor of the old version of iOS. The more three-dimensional icon design and regional spacing also make people feel familiar and accustomed.
On the desktop, MIUI 6 and Smartisan OS have no secondary interface design. In fact, from the desktop, we can see the obvious differences in design concepts between the two. Although there is no secondary interface design, MIUI 6 gives the impression that it is a choice based on better optimization by domestic users, and can be said to be an evolutionary and optimized Android interface. Smartisan OS is back to the version before iOS, which is simply an Android heart with iOS style design.
MIUI 6 flattens icons, reduces chamfer radians, removes shadows and gradients, and uses a light color system to highlight the essence and functions of icons. The icons of Smartisan OS have a strong three-dimensional sense, focusing on the connection between icon functions and things, highlighting the sense of reality.
Personalization has always been the strength of MIUI. Wallpapers, themes, and widgets can make your phone fully personalized and create your own phone. In fact, the desktop theme of Smartisan OS only provides the background theme, that is, some preset solid texture wallpapers, which can not be replaced by the ones you like. It is a bit of a one size fits all. It has provided application icon replacement for them, but there are few options at present, so we have to work hard.
For patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder, it can be said that it is daily work to organize applications and collect them in folders. But Smartisan OS does not provide the folder function, or it is not a folder in the traditional sense. You can place icons on the same desktop page, which can accommodate up to 16. As a clean obsessive-compulsive patient, this design is really unacceptable, just like the folder function was not provided before iOS 4.2.1, it always makes me feel that I am not tidy enough.
MIUI 6 provides a familiar folder experience for Android, which will be more tidy after being well organized. The MIUI 6 folder still uses a more thorough immersive design, which renders the bottom according to the actual picture and is easier to identify than MIUI V5.
The task manager is a more commonly used function, and MIUI 6 is more comprehensive in function. The task manager of MIUI 6 is still a more thorough immersive design, providing a view of available memory and remaining memory, as well as a one click cleaning function. The MIUI 6 task manager also provides two display modes: icon and thumbnail, and can conveniently close and lock a single task through gesture sliding. and Smartisan OS only provides thumbnail view, and also needs to press and click the corresponding close button. This design makes it difficult to operate with one hand.
The tools and applications with perfect variety and design are quite useful for daily use. Although some tools and applications are not often used, they have to be downloaded and installed to use, which is always annoying. The built-in tool applications of MIUI include notes, videos, compasses, radios, computers, etc., and corresponding online services and interface design are also carried out according to the needs. Besides providing perfect functions, the excellent interface design also improves the use comfort. Smartisan OS currently only provides necessary tool applications, such as calculators, recorders, and notes.
Personally, I pay much attention to cloud services. Due to habitual problems, frequent operations such as computer swiping may lead to data loss. A complete and complete cloud service can save a lot of backup time and recovery operations. The Xiaomi cloud service of MIUI 6 is not on the same level as the Joy Cloud service of Smartisan OS.
At present, the Joy Cloud service only provides backups of contacts, calendars, notes and albums, but its time machine function can switch backups at different times, and some misdeletion operations may also be retrieved. The Xiaomi Cloud service is much more powerful, providing contacts, SMS, photo albums WLAN、 Eleven data backups of applications, music, etc. are perfect for one backup. Of course, I personally prefer to provide backup localization, which can realize no network recovery and save data download time.
In fact, from the details, we can see the strong contrast between MIUI 6 and Smartisan OS. For example, in the SMS interface, MIUI provides SMS collection function and holiday SMS recommendation, which is more consistent with the usage habits of most Chinese people in daily life and solves some practical problems. Smartisan OS provides SMS pop-up window, which is convenient for viewing and closing. On the drop-down list, MIUI provides real-time network speed view and user-defined operator name, which is undoubtedly better in personalization and practicality.
After four years, from 1 million to 70 million, MIUI 6 was officially launched, just like the famous protagonist. MIUI 6 implements the purpose of "content is the essence", uses colors to set off content and eliminates decorative design. It also redesigned the notification system according to the habits of a large number of users, and further optimized the system optimization, power saving and endurance, security and monitoring, memory management, etc.
This time, we compare MIUI 6 with Smartisan OS. The two different design concepts and styles represented by MIUI 6 are very popular and confusing. MIUI 6 explores user needs and provides a more fashionable interface and excellent functional design; Smartisan OS returns to the pseudo materialization, and provides simple and specific functions. It doesn't matter who is good or bad, but it depends on what you like.
