Vivo's new flagship Xplay3S was officially launched on December 18. This mobile phone can be said to have gathered all the top configurations today. It is also the world's first 2560 * 1440 UHD screen and DTS Headphone: X sound effect mobile phone. How does this top configuration mobile phone perform? Let's go to the Xplay3S press conference to experience it.

appearance

On the positive side, Xplay3S and Xplay are in the same line ▼

Different from Xplay, the sensor and front camera of Xplay3S are relatively closer to the earpiece ▼

Three touch buttons, compared with the "standard" Android design, with backlight ▼

The back has changed a lot, abandoning the "three-stage" design that has been used since X1. It is integrated, with exaggerated voice cavity design. Fingerprint identification under the camera is also a highlight ▼

The camera is in the middle, and there are led fill lights and fingerprint recognition below. The fingerprint identifier is also a key. Press it to act as the shutter key, or work together with the Air wake ▼

Brand logo ▼ on the back

The right side is still the volume key and switch key ▼

SIM card slot ▼ on the left

The metal middle frame is very textured ▼

The top is a 3.5mm headphone interface, which is placed in the middle. From this angle, you can clearly see the metal middle frame design of the Xplay3S, which is 4.5mm thick. The back of the body is curved, and it fits the palm of the hand when held ▼

At the bottom are USB ports and microphones. Due to the conflict between USB3.0 and 4G networks, the USB ports have been sealed in the press conference live experience machine (the mass production version is USB2.0). In addition, due to the relationship between the metal middle frame, it can be seen that the Xplay3S has added segmentation ▼ to the middle frame to ensure that the signal is not affected

The white fuselage looks very delicate ▼

Next, of course, there will be a "comparison". From left to right, there are Xplay3S, Xplay and X3. The front design is the same, but more just the difference of screen proportion ▼

The style behind it has changed a lot. Xplay and X3 are obviously the same school, while Xplay3S has changed a lot ▼

Compared with other giant screen phones, the figure below shows LG G Flex, Xplay3S and OPPO N1 respectively. It is not difficult to see that Xplay3S has a great advantage in screen proportion ▼

LG G Flex, Xplay3S and Galaxy Round, even compared with 5.7 inch mobile phones, the Xplay3S is not much larger ▼

Compared with OPPO N1, they are very similar in terms of frame processing, but N1 is much larger in weight and volume than Xplay3S, which is not convenient to hold ▼

Amazing performance of 6-inch ultra-high definition 2560 * 1440 resolution screen ▼

The performance of visual angle is also quite good ▼

UI

Xplay3S uses the new Funtouch OS. We have already experienced the beta version of this UI on Xplay before. The launcher has no secondary menu ▼

Funtouch on Xplay3S adds a new function called timeline, which is opened by double fingering up under the initiator. After opening, the system will arrange the opened applications and different operations according to the user's usage habits according to the time axis. The operation experience is very novel ▼

Right stroke to call up menu ▼

The left row is the program list ▼

The lock screen style is also the same as that of Xplay. Especially, dynamic avatar ▼ can be added

The system theme can be freely matched. You can freely choose wallpaper, screen cutting effect, unlocking style, etc. ▼

Compared with Xplay, one of the great changes of Xplay3S is that it can call up multitask management, brightness adjustment and shortcut switches from the bottom of the screen. This improvement is still commendable, but users may need to adapt to the time ▼

The drop-down list is still a notification list ▼

Dial panel, support T9 to find contacts ▼

For the file manager, the ROM capacity of the Xplay3S is 32G, and the usable capacity is about 23G ▼

Xplay3S and Gaode Navigation cooperate in depth to support the new live navigation ▼

Although the Xplay3S does not support the tf card, it still supports OTG expansion ▼

After a round of trial, the available RAM is still 0.88G, and 1.9G has been used, that is, 2.78G ▼ in total

System settings, consistent with Xplay style ▼

The Xplay3S has a 6-inch giant screen, and the one handed mode must be indispensable ▼

Xplay3S has a richer sense of intelligent body than Xplay. It has added a new Air wave, which can open specific applications by waving the phone through a specific trajectory in the locked screen state (pressing the fingerprint identification button is required for waving) ▼

It temporarily supports drawing M, V and S gestures in the air ▼

Intelligent voice control, directly yelling at the phone, can automatically beautify the face when taking a selfie

In addition to the Air wake, the Xplay3S also adds the fingerprint recognition function, which can unlock the phone ▼

In the process of fingerprint entry, after successful entry, you can directly use the fingerprint to unlock without entering a password ▼

performance

When it comes to vivo, of course, music playing has to be mentioned. The Xplay3S is still a mobile phone with the main sound quality. The powerful combination of ES9018+OPA2604 can be said to combine the advantages of the previous generation of products Xplay and X3. Vivo officials even publicized that the signal-to-noise ratio of the Xplay3S reached 112 db, which can promote the 1300 euro earphone ▼

With the XE800 earphone of Xplay3S, this earphone is tuned by the ▼ of vsonic

Due to the limitations of the on-site environment, the minor editor did not conduct too many auditions and only used some of the songs that came with him. The quality of the Xplay3 is still as high as that of the X3, but the sound processing is not as exciting as that of the X3 and is more durable. Due to the on-site environment and songs, we'd better wait for the sound quality of the Xplay3S to be tested after the arrival of the evaluation machine ▼

Music player interface ▼

Still with SRS and BBE sound effects ▼

BBE can coordinate sound effects with specific earphones ▼

Gain ▼ at different levels for bass, treble, sound field, etc

The Xplay3S has a large 6-inch screen of 2560 * 1440. Watching a movie is definitely a pleasure. The Xplay3S is also the first mobile phone that supports DTS Headset: X technology, which brings a more shocking auditory feeling when watching a movie. Of course, the traditional HiFi mode is also indispensable ▼

The Xplay3S still uses 13 million stack cameras, but the aperture of the lens is increased to F1.8. With the use of a closed-loop motor, the focusing performance can be greatly improved, and the photo taking interface is basically the same as that of Xplay ▼

Setup menu, supporting 13 million pixel photo shooting and 1080P video shooting ▼

Due to the limitations of the on-site environment, we can only take some samples indoors. The initial view shows that the focus and shutter of the Xplay3S are more agile than that of Xplay, with stronger anti glare ability, and the analytical power reaching the level of 13 million pixels (click to view the original image) ▼

From the above two samples, the default ISO of Xplay3S is relatively low, and the aperture may be a recognition error, showing F2.0.

Xplay3S uses Qualcomm's most high-end Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974AB) processor. At the press conference, it announced that the CPU and GPU reached 2.3GHz and 550MHz respectively, which is higher than the GPU frequency of ordinary MSM8974. Of course, we should also have a preliminary feel of the strength of this top SoC. First of all, it is the example of Antu Rabbit, which has a total score of more than 30000 and performs well, In addition, we can see that the Xplay3S system is based on ▼ of Android 4.3

Although the resolution is 2560 * 1440, the 3D drawing score is close to 9000, which is quite good, which also shows the powerful strength of high-frequency Adreno 330 ▼

The graphics test BaseMark X can still reach 10 frames in the On Screen test (that is, 2560 * 1440 resolution), which performs well, while the Off Screen test is not far from the general Snapdragon 800 (it should be caused by CPU frequency reduction) ▼

Next, let's check the difference between the frequency of the Xplay3S's MSM8974AB and that of the general MSM8974. There will be a surprise when we turn on the frequency detection. The GPU's frequency is 578MHz, which is higher than the 550MHz announced in the press conference ▼

Next, run the test to see the frequency fluctuation of the GPU. From the curve, the GPU frequency can be basically stabilized at 578MHz, which is quite good ▼

During the rabbit test, the CPU frequency can basically be stabilized at the highest 2.3GHz, and the GPU frequency is still very stable. It is believed that the stability of the frequency is also related to the large heat dissipation area of the Xplay3S ▼

Finally, let's test the RP again to see the Xplay3S What's the matter? It's 12... If the PVS value is correct, our previous physical standards for MSM8974 and Snapdragon 600 are obviously not applicable. I guess it may be that Qualcomm refined the control of frequency and voltage ▼

summary

From the brief play, the Xplay3S left a deep impression on the editor. The appearance and workmanship are commendable, especially the handling of the frame. Although the screen reaches 6 inches, the Xplay3S is not as oppressive as other giant screen phones because of the addition of ultra narrow borders. In terms of configuration, all aspects of Xplay3S are unambiguous. The top-level configuration is used at almost every point, which brings significant experience improvement. Although Funtouch OS has not changed much compared with Xplay, new features such as Timeline, Air Wake and fingerprint recognition also bring a different experience to Xplay 3S. For more detailed testing of Xplay3S, please continue to pay attention to our official evaluation of its evaluation machine.