Xiaomi wants to launch a 4C. As early as the release of Xiaomi 4i International Edition, there have been various rumors. But at that time, Xiaomi was not eager to introduce Xiaomi 4i into China. To start with, let's briefly talk about the configuration of Xiaomi 4i. As the main model of Xiaomi's active international midrange mobile phone market, the 4i is equipped with a 64 bit Snapdragon 615 eight core processor, 2GB storage, 16GB storage space, and a 5.0 inch 1080P screen. The international price is about 1300 yuan. With the increasing competition in the 1000 yuan market for domestic models, such configurations can not realize the impact of millet on the price range of 1000-1500.

Moreover, since the release of Xiaomi NOTE, the orthodox series of Xiaomi 5 has not been released due to the well-known reason of Qualcomm's new processor. However, Xiaomi's competitors, Huawei, Meizu and LeEco, have not been idle, and have successively sent out a number of new machines to nibble at Xiaomi's market. Under pressure, Xiaomi needs a new machine to support the blank period when Xiaomi 5 is absent. In this way, Xiaomi's so-called "little prince of Android" was born, and the configuration was also upgraded to a certain extent. The CPU was upgraded to the flagship product of Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor, adding a high configuration version with 3GB of storage and 32GB of storage, upgrading to All Netcom 2.0, adding infrared remote control, and becoming Xiaomi's first Type-C interface mobile phone. The price is 1299 for low configuration and 1499 for high configuration. Can Xiaomi 4C make up for the sales vacancy of this quarter when Xiaomi 5 has not yet been born, as Xiaomi hopes? Let's take a look at the specific performance of this mobile phone.

The internal R&D code of Xiaomi 4C is X11, which is the 11th X series mobile phone developed by Xiaomi, excluding the H series Hongmi mobile phone. As a sub product of Xiaomi 4, Xiaomi has also made some changes in the outer packaging of 4C. Compared with the kraft paper commonly used by Xiaomi and Hongmi series and the high-end black box topped by Xiaomi, the orange packaging is newer, younger and more beautiful, which is also the design concept of "Little Prince".

As for the accessory configuration inside the package, the Xiaomi 4C is still unchanged. Xiaomi's style includes a mobile phone, a Type-C data cable, a power adapter, and a three pack certificate and instructions. A card pin for opening the SIM card slot is also clamped behind the instructions.

4C The built-in power adapter of is the same as that of Xiaomi 4 and Xiaomi NOTE. It supports 5V 2A/9V 1.2A/12V 1A fast charging. The mobile phone also introduced the popular USB Type-C interface this year for the first time. Compared with the traditional MicroUSB interface, Type-C has the advantage of double-sided symmetrical design. When you charge or transfer data, the front and back of the data cable can be plugged in smoothly, even when the light is off.

The mobile phone adopts a 5.0 inch screen size, which is 138.1mm × 96.6mm × 7.8mm. Due to the plastic body, the weight of the mobile phone is well controlled, only 128g. Today, the screen size is getting bigger every day. It's really cool to suddenly pinch the phone back to 5.0 inches from a 5.5 inch or more phone. The small body, after picking up, can really have a feeling of "fondling", and it is very easy to operate with one hand.

At the press conference, Lei Jun mentioned the "rest screen aesthetics". Because the screen uses a new full fit technology, the screen and the body are integrated in the rest screen state, and the screen is completely black, and the border is almost indistinct. In the end, it really looks more high-end than some thousand yuan machines, which has a great visual impact.

At the top of the screen are the MI logo, the optical distance sensor, the earpiece and the front 500W pixel camera. Because of the black panel, the light distance sensor is not easy to be found, and the size of the sensor is small. At the bottom of the screen are three virtual keys with backlight. When the screen is not lit, it is difficult to find the three keys, which also ensures the integrity of the screen.

There is a 3.5mm headphone jack on the top of the mobile phone. Compared with the 4i which is mainly used in the international market, Xiaomi 4C has added the infrared remote control function, which is commendable. After the Xiaomi Note series lost the infrared function of Xiaomi 4, the Hongmi Note 2 and Xiaomi 4C have regained this very practical configuration, and we can really see Xiaomi's tangles and changes in mobile phone design.

The bottom of the phone is a USB Type-C charging interface and a noise reducing microphone. The addition of Type-C is indeed a huge innovation for Xiaomi mobile phones, and it can also effectively reduce the damage caused by the incorrect insertion and removal of the traditional MicroUSB interface of Xiaomi mobile phones. Here again, we complain about the rectangular design of the interface that Xiaomi mobile phones have always insisted on, which is a silly problem. Fortunately, Type-C came, and the problem was solved.

On the right side of the phone are the volume+- button and the switch lock screen button, which are consistent with Xiaomi's consistent style. The buttons are relatively stiff, but the feedback is very clear. The advantage is that it is not easy to keep them in your pocket. I am used to Xiaomi Note's soft and flexible keys, but I still need to adapt to the 4C keys.

On the left side of the phone is the SIM card slot, with dual cards and dual standby. The dual card slots only support Micro SIM cards. If one card supports NANO cards, it may be more reasonable and convenient. Xiaomi 4C is the first Xiaomi series to adopt the All Netcom 2.0 technology. Compared with the traditional All Netcom 1.0 technology, the advantage of Xiaomi 4C is that it can be used with SIM cards at will. When mobile, Unicom and telecom cards are used together, 4G networks can also be selected, without having to distinguish between the primary and secondary cards.

Xiaomi 4C doesn't adopt the fashionable all metal design, but adopts the polycarbonate plastic integrated body design. The plastic back shell wraps the body, with a flat back and curved edges. Although the texture is not as good as the metal body, thanks to the fine sanding treatment of the plastic and the lively color palette, the hand feel is silky and delicate, and the vision will be more glorious and fashionable. Unique antifouling coating, even if the back cover is white, there is no need to worry about the anti dirt ability of the phone.

The back of the phone is a Sony 1300W pixel main camera with an aperture of F/2.0. The location of the camera is similar to that of Xiaomi Note, which is close to the corner of the phone. It is not as easy to block the lens as Xiaomi 4 when shooting. Dual color temperature flash lamp is adopted, and phase focusing is supported. At the same time, because the edge of the back shell is in an arc shape, the top position of the camera is slightly raised. In daily use, when the finger touches this position, it will obviously produce a scratch feeling, affecting the user experience.

Xiaomi 4C is equipped with the latest version of MIUI7 based on Android 5.1.1. We believe that everyone is familiar with the MIUI system. As the most popular mobile phone system in China, MIUI is constantly optimizing for the needs of domestic users, and the user base is also growing. Compared with MIUI6, MIUI7 has significantly improved both in system response speed and system fluency, and can even compete with IOS in application startup and refresh. "If you don't like it, let's compete for red envelopes.".

Xiaomi 4C has also added a black technology, that is, edge touch. When taking a picture, tap the left and right borders of the phone to start the shutter, which is especially convenient for taking a self portrait. You don't need to look for the return key when browsing the web. Tap the side of your phone twice to quickly return.

The screen uses a 5-inch 1080P full HD sunlight screen, which has a very wide screen color gamut and can display a wider range of colors. The restoration of blue, green and red colors is more accurate. Compared with the top version of Xiaomi Note, the screen is not inferior, and even wins in the visual angle. The 2K screen of the top version of Xiaomi Note is obviously white, while the restoration of Xiaomi 4C is very good.

The screen also uses the sun screen technology that Xiaomi has always used. Each pixel of the screen is independently adjusted through light sensing, so that you can watch content in strong sunlight as clearly as indoors.

In terms of performance, Xiaomi 4C uses the Qualcomm flagship Snapdragon 808 six core processor. Compared with 810, this processor castrates two large cores to solve the problem of excessive heating of the Snapdragon 810, which is consistent on the GPU. In terms of transportation and storage, the low configuration version uses 2GB, and the high configuration version is 3GB, while the low configuration version in Xiaochong's hands. According to the actual measurement of Anthare, the running score exceeds 4W8, so the performance is still very tough.

With this configuration, there is basically no problem with the performance of the general game. No matter whether it is 3D in the chapter of the Western Journey to Subdue the Devil or the city car, it can run very smoothly without frame dropout. The author also tried the BUG game NBA2K16, which tests the level of mobile phone hardware. This game is very BUG, and the smoothness of the game in the market, whether it is the Snapdragon 810 processor or Samsung's Exynos 7420, cannot reach perfection. Xiaomi 4C also has a bit of frame drop when running 2K16, but it is not obvious. The game experience is still playable.

2K16 After 20 minutes of playing, we can consider the performance of 4C in terms of fever. The measured maximum temperature of the front of the phone appears at the top right of the screen, reaching 41.9 ℃, and the maximum temperature of the back is below the camera, which is basically the same as the front, reaching 42.2 ℃. Thanks to the plastic body and the heat dissipating graphite layer in the body, this temperature will not feel hot. It is embarrassing that the power consumption advantage of the Snapdragon 808 is not reflected, which is at the same level as the Snapdragon 810.

4C Equipped with 3080mAh battery, the stable version of MIUI7 did not show the advantage of large battery when the mobile phone was just obtained. Through the latest update of the stable version, the endurance has been significantly improved. The battery is fully charged at 8 o'clock for moderate use, during which the call is about 20 minutes, microblogging 30 minutes, WeChat 30 minutes, watching news for 1 to 2 hours, playing games for 2 hours, and by 6 o'clock at night, The remaining battery capacity is about 40%. This endurance performance should make you satisfied. The standby power consumption has always been a pain point for Xiaomi mobile phones due to the bloated MIUI system, and Xiaomi 4C is no exception. After fully charged, WiFi and 4G are turned on, and only 92% of the standby power is left after 8 hours of screen locking. The performance is not satisfactory. In terms of charging speed, 60% can be charged in one hour, and it can be fully charged in two hours and five minutes. At present, the fast charging mobile phones that can charge for several minutes and talk for several hours are still a little slow.

Sony 1300W pixel main camera with F/2.0 aperture at the back of Xiaomi 4C. How does this camera perform? We compare it with the top configuration of "Jihuang" Xiaomi Note. The following is Xiaomi 4C on the left, and the top configuration of Xiaomi Note on the right. The photos are not modified except for compression.

It can be seen from the above three groups of photos that, in the performance of sunny days, the image color restoration of Xiaomi 4C camera is closer to reality, while the saturation of Xiaomi Note top configuration will be a little higher, and some of the blue sky is more blue than the reality. In terms of brightness performance in dark places, Xiaomi 4C is brighter and flattering.

Macro, with a 2.0 aperture, the background is very clean and the depth of field is outstanding. The color restoration is more realistic. It changes the high saturation tuning of Xiaomi Note and Xiaomi 4.

Xiaomi 4C did not disappoint in the shooting of night scenes with acceptable light. The picture was clean, the noise was well controlled, and the white balance performance was relatively accurate. With 1300W pixels, the analytical power is also outstanding.

However, in the last shot, under the street lamp, the light and dark are distinct, but Xiaomi 4C is not satisfactory. The picture is heavily smeared, and the noise is also obvious. Due to the optical anti shake, the film rate will also decrease when the light is insufficient.

Summary:

As a continuation of the Xiaomi 4 series, the Xiaomi 4C still has outstanding performance advantages. Compared with the international version of Xiaomi 4i, the CPU is upgraded to the flagship product of Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor, adding a high configuration version with 3GB of operation storage and 32GB of storage, and upgrading to All Netcom 2.0, which adds infrared remote control and has sufficient cost performance. However, for the current 1000-2000 yuan fingerprint recognition and all metal fuselage, it is still a little late. Xiaochong thought that if Xiaomi 4C could be released half a year earlier, it might have a higher sales volume. Of course, if you like a small 5-inch mobile phone with good touch, stable and easy to use system, and do not care about fingerprint identification, "Little Prince" can also bring you enough surprises.