The Y series of vivo mobile phones is far less famous than the X series. The new Y29L phone did not stir up much excitement when it was launched, but when it was really held in hand, it felt pretty good. With its beautiful appearance, pink color matching, and practical functions, it was quite impressive.
Specifications:
5 inch 720p IPS LCD screen;
Snapdragon 410 processor, maximum frequency 1.2GHz, 1GB RAM, 16GB expandable storage;
143.6×71.1×6.67mm，128g；
13 million pixel rear sensor, 6P lens, F/2.0；
5 megapixel front camera;
2000 mAh built-in battery;
Support GSM/TD-SCDMA/TD-LTE (currently only the mobile version is available, and other versions should be available later).
In addition, on the official website of Y29L, vivo also claimed that Y29L "is equipped with professional Hi Fi chips" and "the measured signal-to-noise ratio is up to 105db, and the distortion is less than - 95dB", but the specific provider of the chip did not point out.
appearance:
It may be that since the iPhone 4, the front and back glass design has become popular on mobile phones. The use of double-sided glass can really improve the quality and appearance of mobile phones to a large extent, but the resulting problem is that the recognition of mobile phones is not high enough, so color mixing has become an obvious way out.
So in order to catch the hearts of consumers, especially female consumers, vivo has added pink and mint green Y29L to the conventional black and white dual color. However, at present, only white Y29L is available in the official mall, and it is unknown when the pink and green Y29L will be widely available.
Pull out the phone from the cover, and the front top is full of vivo style.
Clean back mirror, walk up.
The card holder is on the left side of the fuselage and can be removed with the complimentary card pick-up pin. The Y29L uses the vivo AND or card holder, which means that if the expansion capability of the memory card is given up, the user can obtain the dual card dual standby capability. Unfortunately, it is not possible to achieve both the expansion of the memory card and the dual card dual standby capability at the same time.
The included protective hard shell is perfect for the upper body, but the smooth back is covered with a layer of frosting, which is not bright enough.
Take a picture in front of the light. It's very classy and pink looks like a lady.
Compared with the Nexus 5 with the same 5-inch screen, the Y29L has a wider frame, so the front projection area of the fuselage is larger.
Specifically, the Nexus 5 is narrower.
The thickness of the Y29L is similar to that of the Nexus 5, and the frame is slightly curved. The design of two bright bars also makes the Y29L look thin visually.
Beautiful red and delicate pink, which is your dish?
Screen:
In fact, the screen of vivo mobile phones is always conscientious. Although the specifications are not outstanding, the color performance of the screen is quite gorgeous. The color saturation and brightness are quite high, and the viewing angle is also impeccable. The color temperature will move a little closer to the cold direction. The overall appearance is excellent. The light leakage control and backlight uniformity are at least on the same level as Nexus 5, It is unrealistic to say that it is comparable to the IPS screen on the flagship mobile phone, but at least this screen will not disappoint people.
Performance:
The Snapdragon 410 processor is essentially an upgraded version of the previous Snapdragon 400 processor. In order to reduce R&D and production costs and keep up with the current popular 64 bit trend, Qualcomm uses the ARM standard Cortex-A53 architecture. Theoretically, the performance of Cortex-A53 with the same frequency will be about 25% better than that of Cortex-A7. So, After using the new processor, the performance of Y29L should be improved compared with the previous Snapdragon 400 processor models.
In the aspect of performance score, we have established a database, which includes a variety of mobile phones that we have tested. You can select several models separately for comparison. If you are interested, please stamp the "score score" column at the top of the page, or click Portal Direct 。
Our test items include:
1. Pi;
2、 RAR
3、 Sunspider 1.0.2；
4、 GFXBench；
5、 3DMark；
6、 A1 SD Bench。
Among these tests, 1 and 2 are mainly for CPU performance, 3 for browser performance, 4 and 5 for GPU performance, and 6 for memory performance.
Unfortunately, the Snapdragon 400 processor model has not been entered in our database yet. However, the MT6582 processor of MediaTek with Cortex-A7 architecture can be used as a reference. However, it should be noted that the maximum dominant frequency of MT6582 is slightly higher, reaching 1.3GHz. Here, Huawei Glory 3C Play Edition is used as a comparison object.
From the above score, it is easy to see that although the Snapdragon 410 processor runs at only 1.2GHz, its overall performance is still stronger than the 1.3GHz Cortex-A7 core processor. However, when comparing the Y29L with the HTC D820 at a similar price, the HTC D820 has more advantages in performance. After all, the D820 uses the Snapdragon 615 processor.
So it is very impolite to say that among the domestic mobile phones at the same price, the performance of the Y29L is very weak, even the price is below 1000 yuan. There are also a lot of mobile phones that use the MT6752 processor, and the processor performance of these mobile phones is much better than the 410 of the Y29L, not less than the overall smoothness, The performance of Y29L is quite good. The sliding of mobile phone UI is basically full frame forward, and there is no sense of muddling when opening system functions or APP.
1GB RAM is enough for daily use, but if it is heavy multitasking (such as simultaneously going to QQ, chatting on WeChat, opening a lot of tags to see the web page and playing music at the same time), 1GB RAM is still inadequate, and the background programs will still commit suicide and reload, which is also no way.
In addition, in some industry cancer level applications (such as Baidu Tieba and Taobao client), it is inevitable that frames will slip off. However, vivo can put the blame on software developers, because even on high-end mobile phones, these two APPs cannot guarantee 100% full frame operation.
photograph:
At present, most mobile phones (yes, most of them) produced by Vivo will use the combination of 13 million pixel sensor+6P lens. This sensor is also known as Sony IMX214. Vivo has been quite mature in controlling this sensor.
The photo taking interface is still very vivo. Various modes and manual modes are available. Users familiar with vivo have no difficulty in getting started.
In the case of good light, the image quality of Y29L actually surprised me a little, because to be honest, I have no expectations for the photo quality of Y29L, but after exporting the sample, I have to say that the photo quality of Y29L is quite good, at least not like a low-end product, and the white balance is very accurate in most of the time, Although the white balance appears obvious reddening in blue sky proofs, it does not appear in other proofs, and the noise control is very good, and the picture details are also quite rich. However, the tolerance of the photosensitive elements used by Y29L is not large enough, so HDR must be used when facing a scene with a slightly larger contrast.
Regarding the HDR function, I thought that vivo has always been too aggressive in adjusting the HDR function. After enabling the HDR function (Sample below) The details of low light and high light on the picture have come back a lot, which is a good thing, but the overall contrast of the picture has dropped too much. Yes, this effect can bring a strong visual impact, but it will make the natural degree of the picture discount, especially in the lawn proofs, and in the fountain proofs, Because the contrast between light and shade of the scene itself is not large (the light part is only a little at the upper right corner), the overall picture's naturalness and sense of light and shade hierarchy are well preserved.
In the general light environment, the photos taken by Y29L are often much brighter than the actual situation. After the sensitivity is improved, the noise will also increase. There is no independent EV adjustment in the automatic mode, so you can long press the screen lock diagonal and drag the metering point to adjust the overall brightness of the picture, or use the manual mode to adjust the EV.
As for the "food mode" promoted by Y29L on the official page, it is actually a built-in filter. It has many playing methods and good practicability. Even the Guandong cooking and fish balls casually bought in the convenience store can be photographed very well. The adjusted special effects and photo frames can be previewed in real time. It is good to take photos and send friends, However, in order to achieve real-time preview of the photo effect, the processor needs to keep running at a high speed, which will cause slight heat on the back of the phone, and the overall shooting smoothness is also relatively ordinary.
music:
Since vivo claims that the Y29L has a "core", it is necessary to listen. When listening to music with headphones, there will be a "Hi Fi" sign in the status bar at the top of the Y29L, but there is no relevant Hi Fi option to adjust at the system level or in the native music player interface.
But this is also good, just talk about the sense of hearing.
First of all, Y29L has excellent control over the bottom noise. The sound is very clean. The bottom noise is not obvious even when listening to music with earphones that are easy to drive. The overall sound is flat, not much decoration, durable and good enough; Secondly, Y29L shows excellent sound separation. When listening to popular music, the separation of voice and accompaniment is very good. The separation of various accompaniment instruments is also good. The sense of hierarchy of voice and accompaniment is also the arrangement of voice accompaniment in front and behind that I like very much. Thirdly, the sound field is relatively regular. These three points are the same as Vivo's X series music phone.
But let me reserve my opinion on how "Hi Fi" the Y29L is. The first thrust of the Y29L is just a little bigger than that of ordinary mobile phones, and the analytical power is just a little better than that of ordinary mobile phones. With the same pair of earphones, it is easy to detect the advantages of the Y29L. Of course, the premise is that the earphones cannot be too hard to drive.
So, generally speaking, the voice of Y29L is pleasant and endurable, and the quality is enough. Maybe Vivo didn't want Y29L to threaten his X-series mobile phone, so he set it this way.
System:
The Y29L system is based on the customized Funtouch OS of Android 4.4, which is no different from many other smart phones from vivo, There are many common basic functions of the vivo on the Y29L, and the localization is very good. Basically, it can be used without pressure without having to install any third-party software. Of course, for a person like me who has a little habit of cell phone cleanliness, it is the king's way to uninstall everything and install it by myself.
As for system functions, if you are interested, you can review our previous evaluation of vivo mobile phones. There is no difference here, so you won't waste your time.
Endurance:
The endurance of Y29L is OK. At least compared with the built-in 2000mAh battery, vivo has tried its best to achieve the best endurance. After all, the battery capacity is not large.
In the standard endurance test, when the flight mode is turned on, the screen brightness will remain the highest throughout the whole journey. First watch the 1080p video for one hour, then turn off the screen for one hour, play music at 50% volume with headphones, and finally play 30 minutes of large-scale 3D games with the highest screen brightness.
The power consumption is shown in the figure above.
In the end, the remaining power is 64%. That is to say, under the condition of heavy use of multimedia functions and the addition of network standby and calls, the Y29L can only last about one day. If the use intensity is reduced, it is not impossible to use it for one and a half days. After all, a 2000mAh battery is really not big for a 5-inch mobile phone.
Summary:
The positioning of Y29L is very clear - mild mobile phone users who pay attention to basic functions, especially young women, because for many young women, a mobile phone must first look good, then take a beautiful selfie, go out for dinner with friends, take a photo, send a microblog to show off, and also take a beautiful photo. In terms of these three points, Y29L is quite well completed.
From my personal point of view, from the eyes of a tough guy, it takes courage for male users to take out this pink phone in public, but except for the body color that is not suitable for men, The Y29L has excellent body workmanship, exquisite appearance design, colorful screen and excellent endurance. Although the sound quality is quite different from that of the X series mobile phones of Vivo, the sound quality performance of the Y29L can still be described as "pretty good", at least better than those mobile phones that don't care about music.
What are the disadvantages? In fact, Y29L has only one hard injury - price.
The official price for Y29L is 2198 yuan. The official mall also provides mobile power Bluetooth headset and 168 yuan half year warranty. These miscellaneous things may be worth 300 yuan. So Vivo's psychological price for Y29L is around 1898 yuan, while the competition for domestic mobile phones at this price is extremely fierce, At this price point, other domestic models either have screens of higher specifications or processors of higher specifications, which makes Y29L less attractive in this era of parameter pursuit, which also means that the main sales channels of Y29L will be offline physical stores, because only in physical stores, consumers will have the opportunity to experience a mobile phone in person, Not only the Y29L, but also every vivo phone's thoughts on materials and workmanship can't be seen in the online pictures.
advantage:
Beautiful appearance and excellent workmanship;
The comprehensive performance of the screen is quite excellent;
Sound quality is better than ordinary mobile phones;
The photography effect is excellent.
Disadvantages:
Performance is weaker than that of products at the same price;
expensive.
