The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, as a new product of Samsung, has not only maintained the complete functions of a digital camera, but also added mobile phone communication functions to it, making it a smart digital camera capable of making calls. Next, let's follow Xiaobian to experience this cross-border product.
Hardware
Screen: 4.3 inch, Super AMOLED screen, resolution 960 * 540 (256ppi).
CPU: Samsung Exynos 4212, frequency: 1.5GHz. GPU：Mali-400MP4。
RAM: 1.5GB, ROM: 8GB (only about 5GB available), maximum support 64GB extended memory card.
Main camera: 16 million pixels (with 10x optical zoom), front camera: 1.9 million pixels, with xenon flash, AF focus lamp.
Size: 125.5 x 63.5 x 15.4mm, weight: 208g.
Battery: 2330mA.
Others: support NFC and infrared transmitter.
appearance
Full view of Galaxy S4 Zoom.
The surface of the phone still has the diamond shaped decorative texture of Galaxy S4. There is a Samsung logo in the center of the top, a receiver on the top, a 1.9 megapixel front camera on the right, and a sensor on the left.
On the right, from left to right, are the power key, volume key and camera shutter. The frame is still a brushed metal plastic frame.
The round thing on the other side is not a button. This is the socket of the camera tripod with a round plug for decoration. The bottom is the TF card slot, and there is a hand rope hanging hole below.
Take off the round plug, and you can directly insert the tripod.
3.5mm headphone jack on the top, infrared transmitter and noise reducing microphone.
When the bottom is opened, the card slot on the left is a place to place the SIM card. There is also a battery compartment below. The battery can only be placed after pushing it to the right to open it.
Back of the machine.
When the camera is turned on, the lens behind it will stretch out. 1/2.3 inch, 16 megapixel camera.
Because there is a lens protruding from the back, the S4 Zoom can be supported without relying on other brackets. It is convenient to watch videos or pictures.
If you are interested in the appearance of S4 Zoom, you can go to《 Cross border camera Galaxy S4 Zoom 》Here is a complete high-definition picture.
Running score test
The S4 Zoom only uses the low-end Exynos 4212, so the overall performance is not strong.
All of you liked the Antu rabbit test. Without much introduction, the running score was around 11000, reaching the normal level of Exynos 4212.
In the 3D test of Anthare, the average frame number is only 15, and the best frame number is only more than 20.
Vellamo is a software launched by Qualcomm to test the HTML performance of web pages. The score of HTML 5 is 1721, which is not high.
Next, we will directly test SunSpider to see the web page test result. The final result is 1084ms (the lower the final value, the better).
3D Mark, a relatively new GPU scoring software, has relatively poor results.
Among the projects testing GLBenchmark, the 2.7 project has only 4 frames.
Some old testing software, Nenamark 2, can pass the full frame.
Game Test
Next is the test of some large-scale games. Maybe some people have no need to play games, but mobile games, as the best consumables to kill leisure time, still need to be tested. However, it is a pity that S4 Zoom can not ROOT at present, and can not detect the frame number, so it can only be described orally through a small editor.
Iron Man 3 runs smoothly, but the effect is not high. The sun has no halo effect.
Real Racing 3 At the beginning, there were too many cars and it was a little bit stuck. Later, the car gradually dropped away from the distance, and it was smooth. The effect was also not the highest.
Wild Racing 7 has low effect, poor texture, and it doesn't run smoothly. It is a little stuck.
In order to let you know clearly how the S4 Zoom's picture effect is, I specially added screenshots of the I9300 in the same game. You can watch the effect comparison through these screenshots.
Rio de Janeiro: City of Saints. The top is S4 Zoom, and the bottom is the screenshot of the actual game of I9300. Both can run smoothly. You can directly see the effect comparison from the picture effect.
Modern Warfare 4, with S4 Zoom at the top and I9300 at the bottom, can run smoothly. But there is a big gap in the picture. The stone texture, distant smoke effect, and model details are all much more beautiful than the I9300, and the S4 Zoom has no sun glare effect.
Video test
My sister can't be so cute 720P, MKV format, using the system's own player, playing smoothly, slightly stuck when dragging. If you use a third-party player (such as Storm AV, MX player, etc.), it will be much smoother.
My sister can't be so cute, 720P, MP4 format, using the native player to play smoothly, dragging also slightly stuck.
The Big Bang Theory, 720P, RMVB format, cannot be played with a native player. Here, it can only be played with a third-party player. After using a third-party player, the playback and dragging are smooth.
Assassin's Creed 3, 1080P, MP4 files, can be played smoothly with the native player, and dragging will cause a pause.
Battlefield 3 is 1080P and MP4 files, but the video code rate is very high. The native player and some third-party players cannot play normally, and the video is severely stuck. It can only be played normally when using the "BS player".
Transformers 3 1080P, MOV file, native player can not play, some third-party players can not play smoothly, also only BS player can play smoothly.
UI
You should be familiar with Samsung's TouchWiz system.
However, when Xiao Bian got this port S4 Zoom, it was already Android 4.2. The drop-down list opened by sliding down with one finger and two fingers is different from the previous one.
In addition, the system settings are not a whole page of settings, but separate different settings.
In some humanized settings, only the gyroscope can adjust the action, while the rest of the action gestures cannot be adjusted normally here. The display effect also includes some options for automatically adjusting the screen color and highly sensitive touch screen.
The dial-up interface is still ugly, so I won't say much about it. In the setting, the volume in the pocket is increased to avoid missed calls.
In addition, Samsung's own weather plug-in is also good. It has a dynamic effect on the desktop. Click it to see more weather details, including sunrise and sunset time, rain probability, etc.
Memory
The Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is equipped with 1.5GB of RAM. When it is initially booted up and there are no third-party background programs, there is about 830MB of free running memory left to use, which is sufficient.
There is a built-in 8GB ROM, but the actual available one is only about 5GB. This capacity is really too small, and there is not much space to install several large games. The 16 million pixel camera equipped with S4 Zoom uses the maximum resolution, and the capacity of each photo is about 3-5 MB. If you are a photo maniac like a small editor, you must be equipped with a large capacity TF card.
shot
Camera shooting interface.
In the mode, there are automatic, intelligent, professional (M/P/C) and a custom mode.
The smart file is actually the shooting model selection of Samsung mobile phones in the past, but the biggest difference from mobile phones is that they have a lot of shooting modes to choose from.
If you don't like the tile arrangement mode, you can also change to the rollback dynamic mode.
M (manual) gear is provided, and shutter, aperture, ISO, white balance, metering mode and shooting mode can be adjusted.
When not in automatic gear, there will be the current shooting information on the top of the viewfinder.
Pull out the setting bar, there are camera settings, flash, delay shutter and other settings.
Zoom can be achieved by twisting the zoom ring and pressing the zoom button on the screen.
In the standby interface, directly twist the zoom ring to quickly call out the shooting mode. Click the shooting mode on the screen to quickly enter the shooting mode corresponding to the camera.
Next, let's see how the demo works:
Daytime proof, automatic transmission shooting.
This is zoom free shooting.
This is the ten times optical zoom shooting at the same position as the previous one. The ten times optical zoom is not covered, and you can clearly see the details that are difficult to observe in the previous picture.
By the way, let me show you the zoom of the lens. The S4 Zoom on the left is ten times optical zoom, and the right is non zoom.
Macro proofs.
The macro effect is also good. It can shoot very close samples, and the performance of details is also good. The paint details on Luffy dolls can be clearly seen, and the background is also soft.
Because S4 Zoom has a complete digital camera function, with M files, it is highly playable! This is a night scene sample with ISO limited to 100 and shutter set to 13 seconds. It's very beautiful, but you must use a tripod to take such a night scene.
This is the screenshot after the above image is magnified to 100%. The glass window of the building is clear, and the visible details are captured very well.
This is just a brief introduction to the S4 Zoom camera, because if you want to finish talking about this camera, you can basically write another article. Therefore, the editor will update the camera part of the shooting evaluation in the future.
Endurance
Under normal standby conditions, about 2% of the power is consumed in 6 hours, which is ideal.
After charging to 100% and playing the game for half an hour, the power consumption is about 9%. Because the screen is small and the resolution is low, the power consumption is normal.
temperature
After playing the game for half an hour, the temperature in the middle of the front of the screen was 37 ℃.
The hottest place on the back is also in the middle. The temperature is 41 ℃. Because the fuselage is thick enough and there is enough heat dissipation space, the overall temperature of the fuselage is not high.
summary
The appearance of Samsung S4 Zoom also inherits the appearance design of GS4, but it adds complete camera functions, making it a smart camera capable of making phone calls. Its appearance may not be very attractive, and the addition of the camera also increases its body weight.
The overall performance of the machine is relatively weak, but the daily operation is completely stress free, and the operation is relatively smooth. When playing large games, although the picture effect is very low, at least most of them can run smoothly. It is easy to get hot when playing games and shooting, but the temperature control is not bad, the body is thick, and there is enough heat dissipation space inside. In terms of audio and video playback, the native player can support few formats, but after installing a third-party player, the situation will be greatly improved. As long as there are not some special formats of video, it can play smoothly.
In terms of the system, TouchWiz still can't change its bloated feature, making it occupy a very small amount of built-in storage space. Fortunately, the system is very smooth, and has 1.5GB of RAM, so the memory operation is relatively easy. In terms of battery life, the performance of this mobile phone is relatively ordinary. After all, it only has a 2330mA battery. When taking photos, it has to drive the whole camera component.
Photography is naturally the biggest selling point of this machine. It has a 1/2.3 inch, 16 million pixel camera and a tenfold optical zoom. Moreover, the demo performance is also very good. In addition, it supports full manual operation, which makes shooting more fun. For the shooting of S4 Zoom, there will be more detailed evaluation later. Please pay attention.
