The emergence of Hongmi mobile phones has undoubtedly brought a huge surprise to the domestic thousand yuan mobile phone market. At the price of 799, it uses the four cores of MediaTek and 1GB of running memory, plus the dual card dual standby function. In addition, it can run MIUI V5 smoothly, which is a big selling point of Red Rice. Now let's take a look at how this Hongmi mobile phone is experiencing.
Hardware parameters
Screen: 4.7 inch IPS screen, 720P resolution, and Corning Gorilla second-generation glass.
CPU: MediaTek MT6589 Turbo quad core 1.5GHz, GPU: SGX544.
RAM：1GB，ROM：4GB， Supports up to 32GB expansion.
Camera: Samsung/OV backlight 8 million pixels, F2.2. Front: 1.3 million pixels.
Phone size: 137 x 69 x 9.9 mm. Weight: 158g.
Battery: 2000mAh replaceable lithium ion polymer battery
appearance
This time we got the black version, with simple design on the front, even the iconic "mi" words were removed.
The capacitive touch key is still used at the bottom, but it has changed from the silver capacitive key to red.
But this touch key is not ordinary red coating, but fluorescent red coating. It will look very bright in the sun.
On the top is a 1.3 megapixel front camera, next to the camera is a sensor, and in the center is a receiver.
The volume key and power key still adopt the design style of m2, with the volume key on the top and the power key set near the center.
The button is slightly higher than the Qimi 2A. It feels crisp. The feeling of pressing it is the most comfortable one in the Xiaomi mobile phone series.
There is only one 3.5mm headphone jack on the top.
The bottom is the USB socket and the main microphone. This time, the USB socket is still square, but it also supports OTG.
The other side is very clean, nothing.
Overall back appearance.
This time, unlike the previous Xiaomi 2A, Hongmi uses Samsung/OV 8 million back facing camera. Above the camera is a noise reducing microphone, and below it is an LED fill light.
The horn position is set on the right side of the back.
There is finally a groove at the bottom of the other side that is convenient for you to open the back cover. Someone asked what is the difference between this groove and opening the back cover at the USB interface in the past? Xiaobian just wants to say that it is super easy to open the back cover with a groove. Sometimes it is easy to pull the USB interface in the design like before, which will never happen now.
At the lower back, there is finally a sign that can confirm that Hongmi is the mobile phone of Xiaomi Company
Remove the rear cover and look inside.
Here we can see the TF card and two SIM card slots. Note that the left SIM card slot can support mobile 3G.
Click on the screen to start our journey of red rice experience.
screen
The screen display effect of Hongmi is good. Xiaobian compares it with Xiaomi 2A.
Color temperature, also more accurate.
Of course, red rice is a little weak in some extreme angles, but color deviation is not serious, and it is also within an acceptable range. Considering the price of 799, it is very good to have such a screen and visual angle.
Running score test
An Rabbit, you all like it. The running score is about 15 thousand, but it is only a data. Whether it is really good or not can be known in daily experience.
GLBenchmark， Generally speaking, this GPU test has strong performance requirements, and it is understandable to get low frames.
Vellamo is a software launched by Qualcomm to test the HTML performance of web pages. The score of HTML 5 is 1621.
Next, we use MIUI native browser to test SunSpider, and the final result is 1315ms (the lower the value, the better).
Game Test
From the above test, we can see that the GPU is weak. Let's test some large-scale games directly.
"Wild Racing 7" has low picture effect and poor operation, with an average of 15 frames.
Iron Man 3 has low effect, but the frame number is acceptable, with an average of 29 frames.
Real Racing 3, low effect, low frame number.
Top Speed Car 17, although the frame number is low, the effect is good. Pay attention to the reflection of the rear glass and the road sign above the car.
Of course, playing small games is stress free. Temple Escape 2, with high effect, runs smoothly.
Video test
The advancing giant is 720P, MP4 format, and can be played normally with the original player. The average frame number also reaches the original video frame number.
My sister is not so cute 720P, MKV format, native video can not support, after using the BS player, it can play soft solution normally, and drag play is also normal, without getting stuck.
Then there are videos in RMVB format, which cannot be played directly by native players.
After using the BS player, it will play normally, and drag play will not get stuck. Song of Ice and Fire 720P, RMVB format.
Battlefield 4, 1080P, MP4 format. It can also be played with native players.
Battlefield 3, 1080P, MP4 format. This video has a much higher code rate than the above one, and the video frame number is also 60 full frames. It plays normally with the native player and can play at a relatively high frame number, which is good.
Transformers 3, 1080P, MOV format. Use BS player to play normally.
The Big Bang of Life, 1080P, MKV format. Of course, the native ones cannot be played. They can be played normally by hard decoding with MX player, and drag play is also very smooth.
UI
Although Hongmi has used the MTK platform, now MIUI has officially adapted to the MTK platform, and there are many MIUI themes. As you all know, I won't say much more.
Many people worry about whether Red Rice can run MIUI V5 smoothly. You can rest assured that MIUI runs smoothly and slides smoothly on Red Rice.
This time, Red Rice has added the dual card dual standby function. After inserting the dual card, you can make a call with whatever card you choose. In addition, the built-in call blacklist and blocking tag functions can basically meet the needs, without the need to install additional third-party applications.
MIUI has separate common settings and all settings, so that you can quickly find the options you need to set.
Because it is dual card and dual standby, dual card management is also added in the system settings, and you can directly choose whether to enable this SIM card. In addition, the data connection of which card to enable can be directly managed.
Red rice now only has a stable version. When it comes to the market, there should be a development version updated every week.
The built-in storage space of red rice is relatively small, only about 1.7GB is available, and the rest of the space is basically allocated to the system, so a large capacity storage card is essential. In addition, Hongmi has 1G of RAM, and there is about 530MB of running memory left after startup, to ensure smooth operation of the system.
shot
This time, Hongmi used a Samsung/OV lens with the aperture of F2.2. It is estimated that the EXIF information above is that they have not adjusted well, and the estimated information will be correct after the official version. The daytime proofs performed well, with clear details and high tolerance.
The HDR effect is even better. The left side is taken in automatic mode, and the right side is taken in HDR. You can clearly see that after using HDR, there are more details visible in the shadow. Click the picture to see the big picture, and click the small picture to see the big picture.
Compare the automatic mode and HDR mode taken at dusk in the afternoon.
HDR can be used in many scenes. In addition, Red Rice HDR works well and is worth recommending.
The Hongmi mobile phone has good macro ability and can shoot objects at a very close distance.
Children's shoes that like to shoot at a distance don't need to worry about this.
Samples taken in the evening.
Shoot in the evening. If you want more details, you can also turn on HDR.
Similarly, HDR can also be used to improve the brightness of the samples when shooting at night. And the improvement effect is also very obvious. You can click the picture to see the details of the large picture.
Finally, put two portraits. This one was taken by the main camera.
This is a sample shot by my sister using the front camera of Hongmi mobile phone. You can refer to it.
Endurance
After playing "Top Speed Car 17" for half an hour (you can see the time in the upper right corner), the power consumption is only 14%, which can only be said that MTK really saves power.
temperature
After playing the game for half an hour, the top of the front is the hottest, but the temperature is only 37 degrees Celsius.
The back is also about this position, the hottest is only 39 degrees Celsius. MTK's heating control is very good.
summary
There is no breakthrough in the appearance design of the Hongmi mobile phone this time, but it is a little square compared with the previous Xiaomi mobile phone. The overall workmanship of the phone is pretty good, especially this time the touch of the button press is better, which is commendable. Although the MTK processor used this time is not very powerful, it is also smooth enough to run MIUI, and 1GB of running memory can basically meet the requirements.
It's just a little weak in the game, but when I think of the price of 799, I feel relieved. The video playing ability is good. There is basically no problem in playing mainstream media. In case of some video formats that cannot be played, the problem can also be solved through third-party applications. Don't ask too much for 799. The MIUI on Red Rice has been specially optimized for MTK, adding dual card management. It is very convenient to manage the use of dual cards during the use process. This optimization is very good for users with dual cards.
Hongmi used the Samsung/OV lens this time, and the imaging effect is really good. I believe you can see the sample above clearly. And the HDR effect is also very good, the improvement of the sample effect is very obvious, it is worth using! The shooting effect of 799 is very good.
As for heat and endurance, MTK has always performed very well. You don't need to worry too much about this problem.
On the whole, the price of red rice, a 799 cabbage, is worth it. The overall fluency is good, and the double card and double waiting have also solved the needs of many double card people. In addition to the good performance of the camera and endurance, looking at mobile phones below 1000 yuan, red rice is quite cost-effective. The demand for games is not high, and there is a demand for dual cards. If you want to experience smooth MIUI, but don't want to spend a lot of money, this Hongmi mobile phone can meet your three wishes at once.
