Huawei Ascend P1 can be said to be a peak in the design of Huawei mobile phones, and its shape is also sought after by many users. The Ascend P2, which comes down in one continuous line, has finally come to us. P2 is a lightweight and fashionable mobile phone released by Huawei in MWC 2013. and Love to play computer games We also took the lead in getting Ascend P2. The following is a detailed test of it.

Ascend P2 parameter

Model: HUAWEI P2-0000

CPU: HiSilicon [email protected]

GPU：GC4000

Operating system: Emotion UI 1.5 (based on Android 4.1.2)

Screen: 4.7 inch 1280 * 720 resolution IPS screen

SIM card type: microSIM

Storage space: 16GB (expansion not supported)

RAM：2GB

Support network: GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA/HDPA+/LTE

Connection: Bluetooth ®, Wi Fi ® IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n, Micro USB, 3.5mm audio interface

Camera: 13 million pixel backlit F/2.2 aperture, 1.3 million front.

Battery: 2420mAh, non detachable

Phone size: 136.2x66.7x8.4mm

Mobile phone weight: 122g

Feature: LTE Cat 4

From the perspective of product parameters, the biggest feature of Ascend P2 (hereinafter referred to as P2) is LTE Cat 4, which supports an extremely fast 4G network up to 150Mbps. Of course, for domestic users, this feature is not yet available. In terms of other hardware parameters, P2 appears to be standard, basically consistent with Huawei's mainstream quad core mobile phones. In addition to screen and ROM capacity, P2 and D2 are also configured at the same level, also using the HiSilicon K3V2 1.5GHz+2G Ram+13 megapixel camera.

Appearance design

P2 still keeps the classic design of P1 in appearance, with a whole gorilla glass on the front and black baking paint on the top and bottom of the fuselage, which is integrated with the front ▼

A close-up of the earpiece. Because the front panel is black, it is not easy to detect the lights and sensors. There is a 1.3 megapixel front camera ▼ on the left

The touch key at the bottom has white backlight and low brightness ▼

The back of P2 is white paint, and the camera and speaker are placed on the left side of the fuselage ▼

The 13 million pixel camera is very eye-catching. There is a LED fill light below. The camera's shape is also similar to P1's. ▼

The speaker is at the lower left corner. Because P2 is not as thin as P1, the "hip up" design is also canceled, and the back of the machine is relatively flat. If the phone is square on the desktop, it is easy to block the sound of the speaker ▼

On the right are the shutter key, the SIM card slot and the open key. P2 rarely adds a photo key to make it easier to take photos, but we cannot press this key to access the camera ▼ quickly

Close up of photo key ▼

Close up of SIM card slot ▼

There are two volume buttons on the silver border on the left

The top is a noise reduction microphone, microUSB, 3.5mm headphone connector ▼

At the bottom is the call microphone ▼

More body details ▼

Screen effect

P2 uses the 4.7 inch 1280 * 720 IPS screen, and the screen also uses the full fitting technology. The following is the screen live shooting effect.

For color contrast, we used HTC One (mobile version) of the same size for comparison. One's screen uses a 4.7 inch 1920 * 1080 full HD SLCD3 screen.

Solid color contrast (HTC One above, Ascend P2 below) ▼

The performance of red, green and blue is similar, white P2 is cold, One is warm (HTC One at the top, Ascend P2 at the bottom) ▼

Pure Black One performs better. Both of them have a certain degree of light leakage. P2 is more obvious (HTC One at the top, Ascend P2 at the bottom) ▼

The performance of One in bright colors is closer to the original picture (HTC One above, Ascend P2 below) ▼

Original drawing ▼

In the green system, P2 is slightly white (HTC One above, Ascend P2 below) ▼

Original drawing ▼

Red, P2 hair color is too cold (HTC One above, Ascend P2 below) ▼

Original drawing ▼

For P2, the PPI of the 4.7 inch 720P screen has reached 312, exceeding the "retina" standard, while the PPI of One has reached 468, which is quite different in value, but the difference is not too big in daily use. The screen of P2 looks fine enough, and there will be a significant difference only in extreme magnification (HTC One, Ascend P2 below) ▼

System UI

P2 still uses Emotion UI 1.5, which is familiar to all of us. The system cancels the secondary menu, and the desktop switching effect can be customized ▼

Initiator management ▼

Initiator supports switching of various themes ▼

System information, quad core K3V2 1.5G, RAM 2G, storage space 16G, available 12G, emotion UI version 1.5 ▼

The dropdown bar of the Emotion UI is easy to use and supports customization. However, the color matching of the icon in the drop-down bar does not match the color matching of the top bar, which is a bit abrupt ▼

The setting interface is divided into regular and all. P2 has also added the "glove" mode commonly seen in mainstream mobile phones recently. The ultra sensitive touch screen allows users to easily operate the touch screen ▼ through gloves

P2 has also added Google account, which also makes it very convenient for users who need Google service package ▼

The system settings are basically the same as those of other Android phones, but special settings such as color temperature adjustment and auto start management have also been added ▼

Dial and SMS interface ▼

performance

P2 still uses Huawei's usual Hisense K3V2 processor, with a frequency of 1.5GHz and a 40nm process, and the GPU is GC4000. We have also tested Ascend Mate using K3V2+720P, and believe that the performance of P2 will be similar to that of Mate.

The following is the hardware configuration of P2. As we all know, the available RAM is close to 1.3G and the available ROM of the system is close to 12G ▼

Angu Rabbit Evaluation 3.3

For conventional scoring software, P2 scores more than 16000, which is at the same level as Mate and also the highest level of K3V2 processor. There is still a certain gap in processor performance with Exynos 4412 and APQ8064 in the same period ▼

GLBenchmark 2.7

The new 2.7 version of the old GPU test software puts forward new requirements for GPU performance, and the 2.7 version also includes 2.5 tests. The Offscreen test of the absolute performance of the GPU tested here focuses on the Shader performance of the GPU. However, due to the limited processing power of GC4000, the results in the 2.5 test are not so good, while the 2.7 test results ▼ due to compatibility problems

Anthare 3D

This is a graphic performance turn test separated from the graphic test evaluated by Anthure. The average frame number of P2 is 16.4, which is good ▼

BaseMark X

This software uses the Unity 4.0 engine and introduces a large number of particle effects, advanced lighting effects and post-processing, which will put a lot of pressure on the GPU of the mobile phone. This test also focuses on the Shader performance of the GPU, so the performance of Qualcomm Adreno 320 is still strong. The GC4000 is also weak in this test. The test results of P2 are also highly consistent with Mate ▼

General performance test

Sunspider 0.9.1 (Completed with Chrome Beta V28)

In the web page Javascript test to measure CPU single core performance, P2's performance is basically the same as Mate's. Compared with other brands of processors, the general performance of K3V2 is still at a disadvantage (the lower the score, the better) ▼

Video software decoding

Video software decoding is also an important test item to measure the general performance of CPU. This test item tests the multithreading performance of CPU, which is different from video hard solution. It is a method to test the general computing power of CPU, and multi-core processors will be used. The test here is an MP4 video with 1080P 60fps ref=16. The average frame number is 23.74 using BSPlayer version 1.9. It is observed that when P2 decodes software, two cores are at the maximum of 1.5GHz, while the other two cores are reduced to 1GHz and 1.2GHz ▼

game

Like other high-end mobile phones in Huawei, P2 uses the HiSilicon K3V2 processor with the GC4000 GPU. In many upgrades, officials have repeatedly mentioned the optimization of the GPU. Let's see the performance of P2 in large-scale games.

Modern Warfare 4

A large FPS game, the average frame number of Mate is 26 (picture quality level: clear ground texture, missing gun details, medium and low special effects) ▼

Real Racing 3

The picture quality of this game is very excellent, and of course, the requirements for GPU are also very high. The average frame number of P2 is 23. There are frame drops, and the mapping of the car body is wrong (using Tegra data package) ▼

Iron Man 3 (1.0.5)

This is a new parkour game launched by Gameloft. Although it is nicknamed by netizens as "the combination of temple escape+fruit ninja", Iron Man is at a relatively high level in terms of its image quality performance and hardware configuration requirements. The number of frames of P2 exceeds 30. Unfortunately, the special effect level is not high ▼

Video decoding

The decoding ability of HiSilicon K3V2 has always been strong. The following is the test of P2 video decoding.

720P group

FLV AOM OP, 1280 × 720, H.263

MP4 Jay Chou's Double Cut Stick, 1280 × 720, H.264 High Profile L5.1, code rate 17M

AVI The Circle of Realm trailer, 1280 × 720, Xvid

WMV Microsoft WMVHD official video, 1280 × 720, VC-1, MP@HL

RMVB Dark God Theater, 1280 × 720, RV40

1080P group

MP4 Clannad OP ，1920×1080，H.264 High Profile L5. ref16

MKV Conan Theater Edition 15 trailer, 1920 × 1080, H.264 Main Profile L4.0, audio coding AC-3

WMV Microsoft WMVHD official video, 1440 × 1080, VC-1 MP@HL

The test results are as follows ▼

From the test of some mainstream video formats, the hardware decoding ability of P2 is still satisfactory. Unfortunately, the 720P flv and 1080P MP4 used in the test cannot be hard decoded, but this video decoding ability can meet the requirements of most people.

photograph

P2 uses a 13 million pixel back lit camera with an aperture of F2.2. In the past, only Ascend D2 of Huawei used a 13 million pixel camera. What is its optimization level?

The following is the photo interface of P2. Netizens familiar with Huawei mobile phones believe that they can't be more familiar with this interface ▼

The shutter of P2 has a variety of operation modes. In addition to the traditional touch shutter, it can also be triggered by double clicking the screen. The volume key+can also be used as the shutter key (the volume key can be used as the focus key). In addition to the shutter key on the body, P2 has a total of four "press" shutter modes, which are very rich in operation methods.

The following are some photo samples (click to view the large picture) ▼

HDR effect comparison, the figure below shows the closing of HDR (click to view the large picture) ▼

When HDR is turned on, the effect is still obvious. The font on the earplug is clearly visible (click to view the large picture) ▼

The nightscape is slightly noisy (click to view the large picture) ▼

Pre proof sheet (click to view the large picture) ▼

Endurance

Compared with P1, P2 is thicker and has a larger battery capacity of 2420mAh, which also reaches the level of mainstream mobile phones. The following is the endurance test of P2:

30 minute large-scale game (modern war 4) test, The power is reduced from 100% to 78%, and the consumption is 22% ▼

30 minute 3G (China Unicom) Internet access test, The power consumption dropped from 75% to 62%, consuming 13% ▼

fever

In the daily heating test, after 30 minutes of 3G Internet access test, the maximum body temperature of P2 is about 36 degrees (room temperature 27 degrees) ▼

The heat test still uses large-scale game aided measurement. After 30 minutes of large-scale game (modern war 4) test, the highest temperature of P2's fuselage is near the earpiece, reaching 43 degrees (room temperature 27 degrees). In general, the heating capacity of P2 is within the acceptable range ▼

summary

As a continuation of P1 in design, P2's overall performance is satisfactory. The good screen performance, beautiful appearance, thin body, and highly playable camera all add color to P2. However, in terms of performance, HiSilicon K3V2 currently restricts the performance of Huawei mobile phones. Even for 720P resolution, the GC4000 is still a little difficult. Of course, HiSilicon also continues to optimize this GPU. The most obvious thing is that the compatibility is much better than when the K3V2 was just launched. Since the D1 Quad XL last year, Huawei's medium and high-end mobile phones have all used the self-developed HiSilicon K3V2 processor. From the Glory Quad Core priced at 1888 yuan to the Ascend D2 priced at 3999 yuan, in addition to the problem of its own hardware performance, the positioning of the entire brand is also slightly confused due to the use of similar configurations. On June 18 this year, Huawei will release its key product P6. Its appearance has been exposed many times, and the remaining suspense is its SoC. We are also looking forward to the highly acclaimed K3V2+and the legendary K3V3. Back to the P2 product itself, the appearance design, workmanship and materials have reached a relatively high level. Of course, the choice of SoC still makes P2 less high-end mobile phones, and it would be more appropriate to define it as a stylish mobile phone that focuses on slim and beautiful.

PS: If you are interested in P2, you can participate in Huawei's meeting in Guangzhou, Wuhan and other cities in China at the end of June At that time, there will be more mysterious mobile phones, P2, Mate and other models for pollen experience.

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