On July 21, ZTE held a new mobile phone product launch conference at Beijing Water Cube, and released its flagship model, ZTE AXON Tianji. Over the years, ZTE has been trying to get rid of the image of low-end, cheap, and hands cutting. In the past two years, new phones have also been launched frequently. Let's see how ZTE's show this time.
ZTE AXON Tianji Smart Edition uses a 5.5 inch 2K screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC, All Netcom (good luck for telecom users), dual cards, dual standby, 4GB LPDDR4+128GB eMMC 5.0 (supporting SD expansion capacity), dual rear camera, 13 million pixels (sensor: IMX 214, Adjustable electronic aperture), auxiliary camera 2 million pixels, front camera 8 million pixels, support fast charging technology, use AKM4961 independent audio chip, support fingerprint unlock, voiceprint unlock, eye print unlock three unlock modes.
From the perspective of specifications, ZTE AXON Tianji Zhizun has a strong competition in terms of parameters even against powerful rivals such as Galaxy S6, and has shown a similar attitude of rolling against a passing fan such as HTC One M9.
appearance
ZTE AXON Tianji Zhizun is designed by the US Boeing Imperial Design Company TEAGUE. It uses aviation aluminum titanium alloy body and luxury leather texture technology at both ends. Its shape and feel are as outstanding and charming as fireflies in pitch black.
When 2.5D glass is used, the screen is slightly protruding from the body, which is easy to create the illusion of floating images. The effect is outstanding and quite fantastic. The screen uses Corning gorilla germ proof glass, which greatly connives the pedantic and rotten lifestyle of eating while playing with mobile phones.
The fingerprint identification module on the back of the machine is seamlessly integrated with the metal body. No matter what angle you look at it, it is so cool. Coupled with the exquisite symmetrical dual cameras, there is nothing else you need at this moment.
The whole body is designed in an arc shape, which can well cater to the palm and has a good grip. The headphone interface is at the top of the machine, the Micro USB interface is at the bottom of the machine, and the left and right sides are volume keys+SIM card slot and power keys respectively.
System UI, biological unlocking
In terms of the system, the UI style is calm and grand, with only one level menu, and the color is low and heavy.
The fingerprint module of ZTE AXON Tianji Zhizun is located below the camera on the back of the machine. It is a press fingerprint, and the fingerprint unlocking speed is outrageous. It is worth noting that the fingerprint unlocking of ZTE AXON Tianji Zhizun can directly light up and unlock the screen when the machine is off. At this point, iPhone 6/6Plus The Galaxy S6/S6 edge and MX5 cannot unlock fingerprints. They need to light the screen first and then unlock fingerprints.
In the settings, we can see a function point named "Tianyan". After entering it, we can set the eye print recognition. The eyes follow the small circle at the top of the screen. After the recognition is completed, we can open the Tianyan unlock. After entering the small eye print, I asked several colleagues to unlock the phone with their eyes. None of them succeeded. At the same time, I tried to open one eye and close one eye The eyes squinted into a line and blinked wildly. In these cases, the eye print recognition could not be successfully unlocked. It can be seen that the eye print unlocking is very confidential.
There is a voice assistant in the system settings. After clicking on it, we can see the voiceprint encryption. When recording sound, you need to be in a quiet environment. The system will ask you to input the voice three times to ensure the accuracy of the voiceprint. However, unlike fingerprint unlocking and eye print unlocking, voiceprint unlocking cannot be used to unlock the screen. It can only be used to wake up the voice assistant when the screen is locked. When the screen is locked, long press the home key to wake up the voice assistant will prompt you to say the voiceprint password. This voiceprint unlocking is also more precise. The editor also found several colleagues to say the voiceprint password recorded by the editor, It doesn't unlock the voice assistant (even if they pretend to sound like me).
Screen test
In terms of screen, ZTE AXON Tianji Zhizun uses a 5.5 inch 2K screen. After testing, it is found that its screen color gamut reaches 97% sRGB color gamut, 75% Adobe RGB color gamut, and the maximum white dot brightness in the center of the screen is 423nits, The test result of Delta E (color deviation) is 3.93 (the smaller it is, the more accurate the color restoration is). The result is high, but still within 6.5, which belongs to the acceptable range. Most people will not feel the color deviation. The result of this test is 1.0 for iPhone 6, and 1.6 for Galaxy S6 basic mode.
performance testing
In the performance test phase, we still test pi RAR、 Sun spider GeekBench 3、GFXBench、3DMark、3DMark physic、A1 SD Bench。
In the theoretical score test, AXON Tianji Zhizun showed a high level and performed well in many tests. Snapdragon 810 can be said to have contributed a lot. We previously wrote on the specification that the GPU of ZTE AXON Tianji Zhizun is Adreno 430, but this Adreno 430 is 630MHz. At present, most of the GPUs of the machines using Snapdragon 810 on the market are 600MHz. Because of this, the AXON Tianji Zhizun only lost to Galaxy S6 edge and Xiaomi Note Zhizun in the GFXBench test, and the gap between them is very small.
photograph
Photo Mode
Use refocus to change focus
The focus of the original image is on the mouse logo
After refocusing, the focus should be set on the nearby packing box
The camera function of ZTE AXON Tianji Zhizun has a refocus function and an electronic aperture (f/1.0~f/8.0) compared with ordinary Android smartphones, and can also enhance the background virtualization. The refocusing function is realized by the auxiliary 2 million pixel camera of AXON Tianji. When we use refocusing to shift the focus to other positions, the system will automatically make it partially virtual, and can also increase the level of virtualization. However, in actual use, the effect of refocusing is not as clear as that of the original image, but if the light is better, The effect of refocusing will be more obvious.
Left Nexus 6 (f/2.0 shutter 1/603 ISO-40) and right AXON Tianji (f/1.8 shutter 1/207 ISO-100)
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Left Nexus 6 (f/2.0 shutter 1/213 ISO-40) and right AXON Tianji (f/1.8 shutter 1/200 ISO-100)
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In the photo taking part, we choose Nexus 6 and AXON Tianji Top Configuration for comparison. The Nexus 6 white balance is warmer, while AXON Tianji Zhizun Edition is cooler. The effect of both is good when the light is good in the daytime. The color tolerance of the pictures is better. In the first group of pictures, even at the edge of the picture, the analytical power does not drop too far. The white balance of AXON Tianji Zhizun is closer to the real scene.
Left Nexus 6 (f/2.0 shutter 1/131 ISO-40) and right AXON Tianji (f/1.8 shutter 1/200 ISO-141)
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In the third group, on the texture of trees, after 100% magnification of the original image, we have felt that the texture of trees is heavily smeared. Nexus 6 obviously has a feeling of oil painting, while AXON's natural mechanism is slightly better than Nexus 6.
Left Nexus 6 (f/2.0 shutter 1/1053 ISO-40) and right AXON Tianji (f/1.8 shutter 1/1089 ISO-40)
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In the backlight situation, the white balance and parameters of both are very close, and they can also have a good grasp of the details of the edge image quality, regardless of the top and bottom.
Left Nexus 6 (f/2.0 shutter 1/489 ISO-40) and right AXON Tianji (f/1.8 shutter 1/489 ISO-100)
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Under the direct sunlight, the leaves are occasionally stained with water drops after the rain. The edge of the water drops on the Nexus 6 is still smooth, while the AXON Tianji Zhizun version shows a sense of graininess, with more serious loss of details.
Left Nexus 6 (f/2.0 shutter 1/12 ISO-1196) and right AXON Tianji (f/1.8 shutter 1/10 ISO-3189)
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The native Android camera algorithm is always dark in hue, which is particularly obvious in night photography (in fact, you should see from the comparison in the daytime), while AXON Tianji Zhizun version is just the opposite. In night photography, it will improve the night photography by forcibly improving the ISO (because there is no optical anti shake). After this group of images is 100% enlarged, The Nexus 6 is as noisy as the stars in the sky. Of course, the AXON Tianji Zhizun version without optical anti shake is not immune. However, in the case of ISO-3789, it can control the noise better than the Nexus 6 ISO-1196 with optical anti shake. This performance is really surprising for AXON Tianji whose hardware is not superior.
Left Nexus 6 (f/2.0 shutter 1/33 ISO-354) and right AXON Tianji (f/1.8 shutter 1/33 ISO-1088)
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Left Nexus 6 (f/2.0 shutter 1/12 ISO-1196) and right AXON Tianji (f/1.8 shutter 1/10 ISO-3189)
Left Nexus 6 (f/2.0 shutter 1/12 ISO-526) and right AXON Tianji (f/1.8 shutter 1/17 ISO-1597)
When photographing high-rise buildings at night, Nexus 6 is still very dark and has a poor grasp of light, while AXON Tianji Zhizun enhances light by forcing ISO. It seems that I recall the original Lumia 920 ISP algorithm that can photograph night into day. As for these two algorithms, they are both excellent, Although the effect of Nexus 6 is dark, it is closer to reality. Although AXON's natural mechanism forcibly exposes the photos, it can at least make you see them clearly.
Heat and endurance
ZTE AXON Tianji Smart Edition uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC. Since its debut, we have been able to feel its enthusiasm from the flagship aircraft. Although the Snapdragon 810 is very popular, the performance of ZTE AXON Tianji Zhizun has not disappointed us.
After running Real Race3 for 1 hour at maximum screen brightness, The maximum temperature of AXON Tianji Zhizun is about 41 degrees, which is located near the camera on the back of the machine body. Except for the maximum temperature area, the temperature of other parts is about 35 degrees. We noticed that the temperature difference between the front and back of the machine is large, which may be related to the metal body of AXON Zhizun and the fast heat transfer, which may be the reason for the high temperature on the back of the machine, Thanks to this aviation aluminum titanium alloy, the heat dissipation speed of AXON Tianji Zhizun is fast, and the maximum temperature of the machine drops to about 35 degrees five minutes after the game stops.
Comparison of endurance test results
In terms of endurance, ZTE AXON Tianji has excellent performance. As a 5.5 inch 2K screen mobile phone, 56% of the remaining power after our three-and-a-half hour test is rare. The power consumption during WIFI surfing and music playing is also unexpectedly low. In the daily use, ZTE AXON Tianji still has about 20% of the remaining power after one day's use, It is no problem to maintain such endurance level for one day's use.
summary
The appearance of ZTE AXON Tianji Zhizun is undoubtedly a bold attempt by ZTE. They are no longer just launching low-end mobile phones. From the performance of ZTE AXON Tianji, Xiaobian can really feel ZTE's sincerity from AXON Tianji Zhizun, 4GB LPDDR4, Qualcomm Snapdragon 810, 5.5 inch 2K screen, rear dual camera, eye print+fingerprint recognition, etc. are all current smart phone configurations, but! The price of 3888 is still a little shy in the current smart phone market. If ZTE wants to rely on high-end models to make a way in this harsh market, I'm afraid it needs to consider.
