After more than half a month of waiting, nubia Z5 Finally, it has come into our hands. What will be the highlights of this new brand of 1080P mobile phone? This time, we will use the form of evaluation to see the unique charm of nubia Z5.

We got the black Nubia Z5 evaluation prototype, which may differ from the official version in appearance.

packing

The evaluation prototype of Nubia Z5 is packed in a large paper box. After opening, it is a white plastic package, which is similar to a "lunch box". The headset, USB cable and charger are placed in a transparent box ▼

Some netizens laughingly said that the outer package was like a "Pizza box", but there was a "lunch box" inside. It seems that the designer of Nubia is a foodie ▼

In addition to conventional accessories, Z5 also comes with an NFC tag. When using it to sense with Z5, you can set the corresponding scenario function ▼

USB cable close-up and earphone close-up. Several pairs of silicone covers are attached with the earphone ▼

appearance

About the shape of Z5, we On site evaluation There have been many introductions in, but the evaluation prototype has not changed much in general, so I will simply take it.

Z5 uses a 5-inch 1080P resolution full HD IPS screen, made by Sharp. With the super narrow border, the screen is particularly large, giving a strong visual impact ▼

There is no logo on the front, but also because of the use of the full fitting screen, it appears that the screen and the frame are integrated when the screen is closed, which is very beautiful ▼

The amazing effect brought by 1080P IPS screen ▼

There are three touch keys at the bottom of the front. The touch keys use red backlight, which is very mysterious. The three functions are menu, home and return keys. The backlight of the Home key can be used as the breathing light, but the red circle does not glow evenly ▼

Menu and return keys also have red backlight ▼

The back uses a skin like design (white is piano paint), which has a good anti-skid effect. There is a 13 million BSI camera on the top, a red circle around it echoes the red touch light on the front, and a led fill light ▼ on the bottom

Below are two speakers. The Z5 audio combines Yamaha music chip and Dolby's audio technology ▼

There is a sim card slot on the top of the phone, which uses the micro SIM design and comes with a unique pin ▼

The microUSB port at the bottom, because the USB port uses the "port" design, it is easy for users to get confused about the direction of the USB port when using it for the first time, and because the back cover is not aligned, the USB cable cannot be inserted directly from the side. However, these are all minor problems. I believe the USB port on the official back cover will be improved ▼

Wire drawing process metal is used on the side.

UI

Z5 uses nubia UI, and the desktop cancels the traditional Android secondary menu. All programs will see ▼ on the desktop

Here's a detail. When the 12 hour format is used for screen lock and system clock, the desktop plug-in is still in the 24 hour format ▼

The system is based on Android 4.1.2, with high smoothness ▼

Z5's somatosensory movement, of which three finger screenshots are very distinctive ▼

To add the traditional volume+power on button screen capture, you need to add ▼ in the "Auxiliary Functions" option

The image library of the system is very unique, supporting jigsaw puzzle, GIF and other operations ▼

Direct screenshots of video playback, picture in picture, etc. ▼

Z5 supports NFC tags. Some specific functions can be defined by the attached NFC tags ▼

In general, the Z5 UI has its own characteristics. It has high fluency and recognition, but it should consider adding more combinations in color matching. Pure gray and red may not be popular with all users. In addition, some features of Android itself should not be abandoned during in-depth customization. For example, desktop widgets, Z5 cannot add shortcuts to settings, which can be done by ordinary Android.

photograph

Z5's photography is also a very unique place. It is very powerful in function and effect. It adds many elements that are not available in ordinary products, such as the level, compass, and even sets the focus and metering points separately. The small square box in the figure is the focus box. Select focus. The small round box is a metering point, and the two can not be in the same position, which is very rare for its own photo function. Advanced photographing interface ▼

Electronic compass ▼ appears when square cell phone

The following figure shows the difference of selecting different metering points in the same scene ▼

We will have corresponding special tests on the photography level of Z5. Here are only some indoor samples (click to display the original picture) ▼

System UI and software demonstration video

performance

The Z5 configuration is unambiguous. It uses the Qualcomm APQ8064 1.5G quad core processor, the GPU is Adreno 320, and the 2G RAM memory. We also conduct some performance tests on the Z5. Of course, the performance of the test machine may be different from that of the mass production version.

Antu rabbit evaluation

The 3.0.3 score of Z5 Anthare reached about 17000, which is at the same level as other high-end quad core mobile phones ▼

Nenamark 2.4

The graphics performance runs to full frame. For 1080P and Adreno320 devices, this software has no practical significance ▼

GLBenchmark

The score is in line with the actual level of Adreno320, which is the highest level in the current Android phones ▼

Vellamo

The score of HTML5 web page test is very high, even better than that of Samsung Exynos 4412 and Exynos 5250. This is the first time that the author has seen scores over 1900 ▼

Sunspider

Use the latest Chrome Beta V25 to test, and the score also reaches the average level of APQ8064 ▼

Video software decoding

In order to test Z5's software decoding ability, an mp4 with 1080P ref=16 fps=60 is used here. The frame number is about 20 fps, and there is still a certain distance ▼ from the smooth line

Fluency video presentation ▼

From the video, we can see that Z5 shows good fluency in daily applications and web pages, but when it comes to large-scale games, there is a slight jam. It seems that GPU performance needs to be improved.

In addition, the test prototype of Z5 supports logging in to Google accounts. Unfortunately, it does not have its own Google Play market, and it is not root yet. Therefore, some large games are still absent from this test, which is a pity.

fever

During the test, the top of the Z5 has a large amount of heat. In addition to the metal frame, the user will feel the temperature change of the mobile phone more directly, up to 40 degrees.

Endurance

Three hours of endurance test is carried out here. One hour or so is in standby mode, and the other two hours are of high intensity, with 50% remaining power. This level of endurance is not a big problem after a normal day of use.

signal

Z5 has the ability of "Three Networks Access". The most gratifying thing is that it supports the 3G network of China Unicom and China Telecom at the same time. Here, China Telecom 3G is used for testing, and the signal performance is about - 9XdBm in the urban area. Wifi signal still needs to be improved, and only one signal is often seen.

summary

Nubia Z5 is a high-quality mobile phone, which can be seen from its appearance, packaging and UI design. The amazing effect of the 5-inch 1080P screen and the excellent performance of the 13 megapixel camera are commendable. Of course, for a new brand, there will be all kinds of unexpected problems. Especially for the test prototype, there is still much room for improvement in the back cover mold, system stability and performance.

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