In the mobile phone market in 2014, the range of 4.5-5 inch screens was no longer as clean as before. As the iPhone grew to 4.7 inch, the market began to rise in popularity. How much combat power did Sony Xperia Z3 Compact and Samsung Galaxy Alpha launched earlier than iPhone 6 have against the coming iPhone?
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
In fact, Sony is still the pioneer in the small screen high configuration market, but the previous Z1 Compact only used a 4.3 inch screen. This year, Sony launched the Z3 Compact with an enlarged screen on the premise of maintaining the small and compact body of the Z1 Compact. The hardware specification is still the same as that of its flagship large screen mobile phone, which still sounds full of competitiveness, At the same time, it is the cheapest model in this comparison.
advantage:
1/2.3 inch 20.7 million pixel sensor;
IP68 waterproof and dustproof;
Front stereo speakers;
2600 mAh battery, strong endurance;
cheapness;
Compact body.
Insufficient:
Samsung Galaxy Alpha
With Galaxy Alpha, Samsung has finally got rid of the reputation of "Ten Thousand Year Old Plastic". As the only manufacturer that can challenge iPhone positively, Samsung's Galaxy series has long accumulated very high popularity. Galaxy Alpha adopts excellent metal frame, and the new design also makes Alpha energetic.
advantage:
Ultra thin and ultra light;
Among the three mobile phones, the screen has the best visibility in the sun;
Heart rate sensor.
Disadvantages:
No video output function;
Battery life is slightly weak;
32GB memory is not expandable.
Apple iPhone 6
Apple finally launched a 4.7 inch iPhone amid the voice of Apple fans, and entered the market with the slogan of "more than the bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar bar.
advantage:
Disadvantages:
800 pixels per 10000 years;
4K video recording is not supported;
Unable to expand memory, and the cheapest 16GB version is not enough;
Low screen ratio.
In terms of price, Sony Xperia Z3 Compact is the cheapest, Apple iPhone 6 is the most expensive, and Samsung Alpha is in the middle.
Appearance comparison:
The iPhone 6 has an all aluminum alloy one-piece body, which is of course the best in terms of advanced design. However, the low screen proportion cannot be ignored. The body length of the iPhone 6 is even more than one centimeter longer than that of the Z3 Compact.
Alpha is Samsung's first mobile phone with a metal frame, but the back material is still plastic. Even so, Alpha feels much better in the hand than the S5, but thanks to the plastic back cover, Alpha weighs only 115g, which is as good as the 4-inch iPhone 5S.
Z3 Compact abandons the metal frame and uses the translucent plastic frame. The body is a sandwich design, and the plastic frame can definitely play a better role in cushioning when falling, while using glass as the back material also has its advantages and disadvantages: the sense of sophistication must be stronger than plastic, but glass is fragile after all.
The Z3 Compact is undoubtedly the winner in volume comparison. Its body is not only the shortest and narrowest of the three, but also has stereo dual speakers on the front. Alpha is 0.5 cm longer than the Z3 Compact because of the physical buttons on the front, while the iPhone 6 is 1.1 cm longer than the Z3 Compact.
The most talked about iPhone this year is the protruding camera. After all, the camera has never protruded since iPhone generations. Yes, Samsung's camera is also prominent, but Alpha is much cheaper than iPhone 6.
Although Sony is unlucky to be the bottom in thickness, the flat back and large capacity battery really make this increase in thickness seem acceptable. In addition, compared with the other two, IP68's waterproof and dustproof level is not vegetarian, and Z3 Compact is the only one of the three machines that supports SD card memory expansion.
The front layout of Samsung and Apple is similar. The front HOME button integrates fingerprint scanning function.
Compared with the Alpha key, the iPhone 6's power key volume key is larger and more comfortable.
The Z3 Compact has the best touch, and the iconic round power button and independent camera shutter button also add a lot to it.
winner: iPhone 6
Reason: Although the proportion of screens is low, the whole machine is very excellent in workmanship, good in single hand control, and beautiful in appearance (it would be better if there were no white belts on the back).
runner-up: Z3 Compact
Reason: We are not reconciled to Sony giving up the metal frame, but the IP68 level protection of Z3 Compact and the most compact body among the three are still very positive.
Bottom: Alpha
Reason: Yes, the metal frame looks very high-end, but the design of other parts is still not so flagship. The feel of the back cover is not the best even among Samsung smartphones. We would rather Alpha not replace the battery than expand the memory.
Screen:
The iPhone 6 screen is a 4.7 inch 750p IPS screen, while the Z3 Compact screen is a 4.6 inch 720p IPS screen. Alpha continues to use Samsung's P-row AMOLED with a resolution of 720p and a size of 4.7 inches like Apple's.
The screen of Z3 Compact is the smallest of the three. To make matters worse, 8% of the available display area of Z3 Compact's small screen will be cut for virtual keys.
In terms of brightness, the LCD screens of Z3 Compact and iPhone 6 both perform very well, with the maximum brightness reaching more than 700nit. In terms of brightness, they are the first echelon of screens at present, far away from Alpha's 456nit. However, Alpha has pulled back in contrast. The screen contrast of iPhone 6 has reached 1200:1, while Z3 Compact is the bottom with 942:1.
In the aspect of daylight visibility, iPhone 6 continues to perform well with its ultra-high brightness, while Alpha keeps the tradition of low reflection of AMOLED, and its performance is also good. Although Z3 Compact has ultra-high brightness, unfortunately, the screen reflection is serious, which affects the readability of the screen in daylight.
winner: iPhone 6
The brightness is the highest, the sunlight visibility is the best, the screen is the most delicate, the color and visual angle are excellent, and the arc screen looks very noble.
runner-up: Alpha
The color accuracy of the screen is average. Although the brightness of AMOLED is not as bright as that of LCD screen, the sunlight visibility and contrast performance are still excellent.
Bottom: Z3 Compact
The virtual keys make the available area of the screen too small, the screen reflects too much light, and the screen contrast drops seriously when changing the viewing angle.
Battery life:
In this link, with the 2600 mAh battery, Z3 Compact has achieved an impressive 16 hours and 40 minutes of talk time. With the 1860 mAh battery, the Alpha talk time is only 13 hours and 20 minutes. The iPhone 6 performs even worse, only 12 hours and 26 minutes.
In web browsing, Z3 Compact easily beat iPhone 6's 10 hours and 29 minutes and Alpha's 8 hours and 25 minutes with 14 hours and 52 minutes of web browsing time.
During the video playback, Z3 Compact continued to use 15 hours and 3 minutes to crush the iPhone 6's 9 hours and 24 minutes and Alpha's 8 hours and 5 minutes.
Combined with the above data, the endurance performance of Z3 Compact has reached an amazing 101 hours, significantly ahead of the iPhone 6's 61 hours, and this performance is close to twice Alpha's 52 hours, which is very tough.
winner: Z3 Compact
Reason: The 101 hour performance means that this small monster can persist in moderate use for 4 days, and heavy use can also persist in two days. If you can automatically shut down the Z3 Compact from full power to low power in a day of normal use, please contact us.
runner-up: iPhone 6
Reason: Moderate use for two days is not a problem. If severe use is used, it will be urgent to light up the next day.
Bottom: Alpha
Reason: After all, the battery capacity is hard hit.
Performance:
The iPhone 6 uses a new Apple A8 processor, the GPU is PowerVR GX6450, and the Alpha is divided into two processor versions: Snapdragon 801 and Exynos 5430 (the Alpha in this evaluation is Exynos 5430, and the GPU is Mali-T628MP6). The Z3 Compact is Snapdragon 801, and the GPU is Adreno 330.
winner: iPhone 6
Reason: Does this need reason? Stacking frenzy+exclusive optimization, it is impossible to say that it is not awesome.
runner-up: Alpha
Reason: The 5430 is still a little better than the 801, but compared with the A8, this performance advantage can be ignored.
Bottom: Z3 Compact
Reason: The Snapdragon 801 is still fast enough in daily life, but it's better not to compete with the iPhone.
photograph:
Many people said that the iPhone 6 camera was not sincere enough this time. Yes, it was still 8 million pixels. Even though Apple said that the focusing speed of the iPhone 6 camera had been greatly improved after the phase focusing was added, the value of 800 pixels still accounted for less than 20. 7 million pixels of Z3 Compact and 12 million pixels of Alpha.
Alpha's camera sensor uses the same ISOCELL technology as the CMOS chip above S5. Samsung claims that this technology can reduce the interference between pixels to obtain better quality photos. The Z3 Compact has the highest sensitivity of 12800 on the improved sensor, and can take pictures in almost all black environments.
Analysis of daytime samples:
The sequence of each group of samples is iPhone 6, Alpha, Z3 Compact advanced automatic mode, Z3 Compact manual 2070w pixel mode.
winner: Alpha
Reason: Alpha's proof is rich in details, accurate in white balance, slightly oversaturated in color and occasionally noisy, but it is generally harmless, and the picture quality is very good.
runner-up: Z3 Compact
Reason: Z3 Compact has the natural advantage of high pixels in the manual mode, but the advanced automatic mode for outputting 8 million pixel photos is more commonly used. Although there are occasional deviations in color restoration, it is still better than the iPhone 6 on the whole, The imaging style of Z3 Compact is cold, the white balance is more accurate, the color saturation is not high enough, and overexposure may occur, but it is better than the iPhone.
Bottom: iPhone 6
Reason: The camera of iPhone 6 is really old and honest. It's really not easy for an 8 megapixel camera to perform like this, but competitors have pixel advantages over iPhone. It's no use for Apple to optimize this, and Apple's white balance is also an old problem, Occasionally, during exposure, the phenomenon of overexposure of bright parts for the purpose of showing dark parts may also occur.
HDR imaging comparison:
IPhone 6 (close up and open down):
Alpha (close up and open down):
Z3 Compact (close up and open down):
Enlarge local contrast:
winner: Alpha
Reason: The details are fully reserved, the exposure is accurate, the contrast is excellent, the internal processing is very ideal, and there is no ghost phenomenon.
runner-up: iPhone 6
Reason: The HDR proofs of iPhone 6 are adjusted conservatively, which is not helpful for preserving details in highlights, and not helpful for preserving details in shadows.
Bottom: Z3 Compact
Reason: The HDR function of Z3 Compact is a counter example of textbook level. The overly aggressive HDR adjustment makes the overall picture flat, the contrast is erased too much, the color saturation of the picture is not good, and the details are retained very generally. For such HDR function, our suggestion is not to use it.
Weak light imaging contrast:
Weak light imaging contrast (fill light on):
winner: iPhone 6
Reason: The iPhone 6 can still focus smoothly in poor light, with excellent noise control and detail retention. However, this has something to do with ISO 250 and 1/15 second shutter, and the most important thing is that the iPhone 6 is stable overall.
runner-up: Z3 Compact
Reason: Z3 Compact maintains a relatively fast shutter speed when the fill light is turned on or not, and its performance is very stable. The picture details are kept in place, but occasionally out of focus occurs.
Bottom: Alpha
Reason: Samsung's algorithm results in serious alpha image smearing under poor light conditions, and poor detail retention. Pasting is a common occurrence.
Daytime video recording capability:
winner: Alpha
Reason: Alpha's 4K video picture has sufficient information and excellent sharpness, and the bit rate of audio recorded by Alpha has reached 256Kbps, higher than Sony's 156Kbps and Apple's 64Kbps. Although the detail of 1080p picture is not more than that of Z3 Compact, the processing algorithm inside the machine can still make the video recorded by Alpha look more sharp.
runner-up: Z3 Compact
Reason: 4K video is full of details, and Sony has a broader vision in 1080p mode, can shoot more things, and has higher sharpness than 1080p video of iPhone 6.
Bottom: iPhone 6
Reason: The digital anti shake function that cannot be turned off causes the iPhone 6 to have a very narrow field of vision when recording video, and the inability to record 4K video is also inferior to its competitors.
Slow motion video recording capability:
All three mobile phones can record 1080p video at 60fps. The videos recorded by iPhone 6 and Alpha are good, while the videos recorded by Alpha can retain more details at the edge of the picture. As for Z3 Compact, the effect is poor. The contrast of the specially enhanced picture and the excessive sharpening lead to a certain decline in the quality of the painting surface.
The 120fps video of Alpha is horrible. From the picture information, the image of Alpha can't reach the real 720p at all, but it seems to stretch the video with much lower resolution to 720p. Although the 240fps video of iPhone 6 is relatively soft, it can at least retain the details; Of course, Z3 Compact can also record 120fps video, but users need to edit it immediately after recording. This setting will cause a lot of trouble in continuous shooting.
winner: iPhone 6
reason: 1080p@60fps The recording effect is good, and it is the only one of the three machines that can record 240 fps video.
runner-up: Alpha
reason: 1080p@60fps Its recording effect is even better than that of iPhone 6, but Samsung's 120fps mode is a complete waste material.
Bottom: Z3 Compact
reason: 1080p@60fps The recording effect of the 120 fps mode is dramatically optimized, and the setting of shooting and editing is also troublesome.
Dark video recording:
winner: Z3 Compact
Reason: The details and sharpness of the recorded video are very good, and the noise control is excellent.
runner-up: iPhone 6
Reason: The iPhone 6 video is obviously yellow, with good details and a little more noise.
Bottom: Alpha
Reason: The noise control is poor, and the fuselage sharpening algorithm makes the picture look fake.
Summary:
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact is a very good small screen mobile phone, with reasonable price, waterproof and dustproof, excellent dark light photography performance, and the performance provided by the 801 processor is definitely not outdated.
Alpha's price is definitely not cheap, even more expensive than its flagship S5. However, Alpha's excellent performance and excellent photo quality make it worthwhile. Of course, it would be better if we could add the same waterproof, dustproof and memory card expansion as S5.
Through continuous improvement, Apple has made the iPhone 6 still one of the best smartphones on the market today. However, Apple's noble price is easily prohibitive - the cheapest 16GB version is 150 euros more expensive than Alpha, and the 16GB version is completely inadequate. An OTA of iOS 8 pushed by Apple requires users to set aside 5GB of free memory.
In fact, for those who want to buy iPhones from the beginning and only want to find superiority from Android phones, no amount of evaluation is useless. After all, different systems are running, iPhone It has natural advantages in some aspects, and the reason why these three machines are put together this time is just because their screen specifications are relatively similar. To be honest, if there is no iPhone, there will be no small screen high-performance Android phones, and the emergence of small screen high-performance Android also means that consumers who do not want large screens have more choices, They may go to other places besides the Apple counter.
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