As the successor of Huawei Mate 7, Mate S still inherits Huawei's always noble and expensive style. Mate S still uses a 13 million pixel rear camera this time, but the sensor is Sony's IMX278. This time, we will see whether Huawei Mate S can afford the price of 4199 yuan.
In this photo comparison, Huawei Mate S is priced at 4199 yuan, which is already the flagship of the flagship in Android. Its 13 million pixel sensor is Sony IMX278, and it is also equipped with optical anti shake. In Android, we choose 2999 yuan, and also use the OPPO R7 Plus (no optical anti shake) of Sony IMX278 to join the comparison, At the same time, it also added the iPhone 6 Plus (with optical anti shake) as a high-end model in the iOS camp to compare with it.
remarks: The IMX278 uses the RGBW array to obtain more light input. With the optical anti shake, its night shooting ability will be quite amazing in theory.
Daytime imaging
Left: Huawei Mate S Middle: OPPO R7 Plus Right: iPhone 6 Plus
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In the first group of daytime samples, the real scene is that there are shadows (circled positions) hidden by big trees on the red building wall. In the samples of three mobile phones, only OPPO R7 Plus has restored this detail. We can't see the shadows on the wall in the samples of Huawei Mate S and iPhone 6 Plus, but there are small differences in the white balance, However, they can basically restore the color of the real scene. In terms of analytical power, Huawei Mate S and OPPO R7 Plus are both 13 million pixels, while iPhone 6 Plus is only 8 million pixels. However, after zooming in on the details of the center, I found that the performance of the three is similar in terms of analytical power, The 13 million pixels of Huawei Mate S and OPPO R7 Plus cannot threaten the 8 million pixels of iPhone 6 Plus.
Left: Huawei Mate S Middle: OPPO R7 Plus Right: iPhone 6 Plus
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In the second set of daytime samples, the backlight scene was selected. In terms of white balance, the performance of iPhone 6 Plus and Huawei Mate S was closer to the real scene. The white balance of OPPO R7 Plus was slightly different from the real scene, but still within the acceptable range. We can see the leaves on the edge of the sample sheet after zooming in, Some leaves of OPPO R7 Plus have obviously purple color, while the leaves of iPhone 6 Plus and Huawei Mate S can show normal green color. However, in the three mobile phones, the edge resolution of Mate S has significantly decreased, and there is almost no detail on the edge of the leaves, while the performance of OPPO R7 Plus and iPhone 6 Plus is significantly better than that of Huawei Mate S, Among them, the details of the leaves of the iPhone 6 Plus are the most abundant, and the iPhone 6 Plus is the winner in this scene.
Left: Huawei Mate S Middle: OPPO R7 Plus Right: iPhone 6 Plus
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In the third group of daytime samples, the white balance performance of the three is very close, no problem, but we can clearly see that, The color of potted plants in the iPhone 6 Plus sample is more abundant, while Huawei Mate S and OPPO R7 Plus both overexposed the part of the leaves exposed by the sun, resulting in the white color of the leaves in the sample. After 100% magnification of the original image, it can be found that Huawei Mate S and OPPO R7 Plus both carried out a large area of algorithmic smearing on the leaves, This directly leads to the fact that the leaf details of the two are far inferior to the iPhone 6 Plus.
Left: Huawei Mate S Middle: OPPO R7 Plus Right: iPhone 6 Plus
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In the fourth group of daytime samples, the white balance accuracy of the three is iPhone 6 Plus>OPPO R7 Plus>Huawei Mate S. After 100% detail magnification, it is found that the details of the iPhone 6 Plus on the indicator board are better than those of the other two machines, while the details of the glass window of the building are better than those of the other two machines.
Nocturnal imaging
Among the three machines, the iPhone 6 Plus and Huawei Mate S have optical anti shake.
Left: Huawei Mate S Middle: OPPO R7 Plus Right: iPhone 6 Plus
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In the first group of night samples, the white balance accuracy of the three is Huawei Mate S>OPPO R7 Plus>iPhone 6 Plus in turn. In terms of details, after zooming in the central details, it is found that Huawei Mate S has once again applied the inhuman algorithm to the petals of the flowers, and the petals are almost stuck together, red, and some patterns and textures on the wall have been lost, OPPO R7 Plus performs better, and the iPhone 6 Plus performs perfectly in this scenario.
Left: Huawei Mate S Middle: OPPO R7 Plus Right: iPhone 6 Plus
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In the second group of night samples, the white balance accuracy of the three is Huawei Mate S>OPPO R7 Plus>iPhone 6 Plus in turn. We compare the billboard part in the middle of the picture with the red advertising wallpaper part, iPhone 6 Plus It is obvious that the red part has the most noise without daubing, while OPPO R7 Plus and Huawei Mate S have all daubed to varying degrees. Huawei Mate S has the best daubing effect. In the picture of the carton man in the upper right corner of the billboard, only iPhone 6 Plus has restored the color part of the carton helmet well, while OPPO R7 Plus and Huawei Mate S' algorithm daubing has injured this area by mistake, As a result, the colors are mixed. In terms of font resolution, Huawei Mate S>iPhone 6 Plus>OPPO R7 Plus is in the order. In this scene, Mate S performs best.
Left: Huawei Mate S Middle: OPPO R7 Plus Right: iPhone 6 Plus
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This group is a night scene in extremely weak light. We can see that there is a large point light source at the construction site, which can test the anti glare ability of the three machines. We can clearly see that the OPPO R7 Plus is the most glaring, followed by Huawei Mate S, and the iPhone 6 Plus performs best. Here's a reminder. When taking photos, If the camera lens is gray or dirty, the probability of glare is very high. As for the glare test, the lens must be wiped clean with cotton clothes. The resolution of the font part in the distance, iPhone 6 Plus>Huawei Mate S>OPPO R7 Plus, the performance of iPhone 6 Plus is still the best in this scene.
Left: Huawei Mate S Middle: OPPO R7 Plus Right: iPhone 6 Plus
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In this night group scene, the accuracy of white balance of iPhone 6 Plus is the best. It can be seen that in the light of letters, only iPhone 6 Plus shows excessive light color, while the letter lights of the other two machines are directly red to white. In terms of noise, iPhone 6 Plus>OPPO R7 Plus>Huawei Mate S.
Left: Huawei Mate S Middle: OPPO R7 Plus Right: iPhone 6 Plus
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In this group of ultra weak light, the iPhone 6 Plus is almost perfect in all aspects, whether it is the purity of the night sky, the details of the building's lighting, or the control of noise. Huawei Mate S is slightly better than OPPO R7 Plus.
summary
From the photo test, we can see that Huawei Mate S sells for as much as 4199 yuan, but its photo quality is not significantly different from that of OPPO R7 Plus, which also uses IMX278 (no optical anti shake) and sells for only 2999 yuan. Their photo quality is comparable to that of the old flagship iPhone 6 Plus, Even in daytime imaging, which can give full play to the advantages of 13 million pixels, the two have not shown any advantage in analytical power. At night, the iPhone 6 Plus can still crush the Huawei Mate S with the optical shake proof IMX278.
Mate As the most high-end mobile phone series of Huawei at present, the price of the series is also in line with that of the Premier League. To be honest, the performance of this camera is totally sorry for the price of 4199 yuan. Samsung's current flagship Galaxy series has been able to significantly surpass the iPhone in terms of photography. At present, the Galaxy S6 series has also fallen to the 3K gear, and the camera LG G4 has even fallen below the 3K gear, The price of Huawei Mate S and the level of photography are really not flattering.
