On September 23 this year, ZTE, which has been engaged in communication, showed its ambition for smart home and held a press conference in Beijing. The product of this press conference was not a mobile phone, but a new product related to smart home. That was ZTE's smart camera - Xiaoxing Watch Mini!
This Xiaoxing Check mini camera is actually the third generation product of Xiaoxing series. Compared with the previous two generations of Xiaoxing Check mini, it has added voice wake-up function and supports real-time voice call and other functions. It is also the first camera to support three different storage modes, respectively supporting TF card storage, cloud storage and NAS private cloud storage. How does this camera perform? Let's experience it with the essayist!
Xiaoxing looked at the parameters of the mini camera, use Grain Media 8136S CPU and Main frequency up to 881M , matching forty Nanotechnology, the maximum frame rate can support 60FPS This is also for Xiaoxing to see mini video camera Provides a smoother video experience ， Smooth also needs to see wider! Xiaoxing has seen that the viewing angle of mini has been improved to 120 degrees, and it also supports night vision. The distance of night vision can theoretically be 10 meters.
What is interesting in the above parameters is this paragraph video camera It supports three storage methods and three platforms to watch videos. Even if you forget your phone, you can watch videos on your computer. This is a great feature!
In fact, this kind of household intelligence video camera The appearance is similar, but the difference between them is who can be more flexible and change the angle more~
Front of package
The back of the package is printed with the contact information and software download of some businesses as well as the QR code of the public account~
When I opened the inside of the package, I felt that it was similar to the ants video camera The packaging structure is similar ， The little friends with ants can make a comparison.
The package content is quite complete, serious friends will find this Xiaoxing mini video camera A TF card reader is also included. This is another video camera What a thoughtful act! Especially those products that need TF card!
Product content:
l Usage Guide X1
l San Bao X1
l Xiaoxing Check out Mini video camera Host X1
l 5V1A power adapter X1
l TF card reader X1
Product appearance: Xiaoxing has a look at mini video camera Well done, very attractive, it can also be an ornament at home! Now let's learn some product design!
Through the comparison of the above three popular smart cameras, you can check out Mini for Xiaoxing video camera I have my own opinion on the appearance of the mini video camera It is the most scientific one among the three models, and the remaining two are: 360's small water droplets are relatively compact in appearance, and the surface material is easy to get dirty; The small ant camera is slightly larger ， But it is also full of sense of technology.
Each has his own love for turnips and vegetables ， What kind of design and appearance do you like ， Just choose yourself! Because the focus should also be on functional experience!
The three products behind the product all use honeycomb cooling holes and sound holes ， Xiaoxing has a look at mini video camera Is the densest ， Largest range ， The second is the small ant camera ， The third one is 360 drops of water ， No matter what kind of camera it is, this design is to make the sound of the speaker clearer and increase the heat dissipation effect of the host on the internal heat 。
Which do you like? I prefer the back of the small ant camera ， Because there are too many honeycomb holes in the other two cameras and the holes are large ， It is easy to accumulate dust in the long run~
Which of the three smart cameras has the best sound effect? 360 Little Water Drops>Little Ant Camera>Xiaoxing Check out Mini Camera
Who is the best of these three types of heat dissipation? Xiaoxing Check out Mini video camera >Small ant camera>360 small drops of water~
Coincidentally, the ranking of loudness effect of these three machines is inversely proportional to the ranking of heat dissipation effect~
This video camera The overall color is black ， Round head ， The bottom support is a cylindrical trapezoidal structure ， Increase the force area to prevent the upper part of the camera from toppling due to being too heavy 。 Xiaoxing Check out Mini video camera The cleaning was also very good ， This is reflected in the shiny material of its appearance ， After being placed for a long time, just wipe it with a cloth to clean it~ This is much better than the Xiaoyi intelligent camera and 360 Xiaoshuidi!
(Small science popularization)
Why do you find many video camera, Both the mobile phone and the smart camera we see now are wrapped in black frame ， The reason why black is used is that no visible light enters the visual range, and the color of an object is determined by the color of the light it reflects. For example, an object appears red because it reflects red, and an object appears white because it does not absorb any color, reflecting light of all colors, while black is light of any color that does not reflect and absorb all ， Black is undoubtedly the most helpful for optical cameras.
Xiao Xing has a look at the 720P slightly protruding on the body of the mini video camera, And in video camera There is a MIC hole at the bottom. After a few days of experience, I'm glad to see that Mini has done a good job in noise reduction video camera There is also a light sensor on the top of the, which is used to let Xiaoxing watch the mini automatically switch between daytime mode and night vision mode. It is also particularly accurate to use. When the light intensity is insufficient, it will automatically be night vision (black and white), while when the light intensity is sufficient, it will be normal mode (color).
The side of the fuselage adopts the WPS key of the entity key ， And RESET ， The indicator light is in the middle of the two keys ， This indicator has three status displays ， Green Normal Use ， Red indicates restart or upgrade ， Blue is the network configuration 。
Unlike most machines, RESET is also a physical key ， This has both advantages and disadvantages ， When the reset key becomes an entity key ， And when it was on the side of the fuselage ， It is easy for users not to touch ， The same goes for WPS ， Resulting in unnecessary obstacles to use ， Therefore, if these two keys are set at the top or bottom, it may give users a better experience!
In terms of storage, mini supports 32G memory card at most ， In addition, two other storage modes are supported: private cloud storage and cloud storage 。
Xiaoxing sees that the back of the mini is full of honeycomb sound holes and heat dissipation holes. As long as they are distributed on the side of the round main body, they form a triangle structure ， The middle position is the linked QR code ， It can be matched through mobile phone scanning ， Or enter S/N and reg codes to link.
Xiaoxing has a look at the mini with a standard micro USB interface ， Input 5V1A ， Therefore, it not only supports the original official power adapter in use ， Other types of chargers are also supported ， For example, commonly used mobile phone chargers ， Not only that, Xiaoxing has seen that mini can also support mobile power charging~so that you can play more!
In fact, Xiaoxing Mini camera is mainly composed of three parts: host, link and base 。 Where the linker fixes the main body through spiral ， And connect the base through the magnet chuck at the other end ， This design allows video camera Greatly improve the camera shooting angle, except that the body can rotate and the link position can rotate ， Because the base is also spliced, it can also rotate 360 degrees!
For the strength of the magnet, Xiaobian is recognized, which is enough to support Xiaoxing to look at the mini. When you use it, you can put it down and break Xiaoxing's heart!
This is the end of the product appearance. For Xiaoxing, check out Mini video camera I am quite satisfied with the appearance of the product. Compared with similar products, it should be good-looking and more practical. The three-stage detachable structure allows Xiaoxing to see that the mini has better convenience. For example, the chassis supports magnet adsorption, so that it can not only be placed flat, but also be suspended for adsorption! Now let's give him a score for his appearance! Full score: 20
Xiaoxing Check out Mini Camera 16 points
Xiaoyi intelligent camera 13 points
360 small water drop intelligent camera 10 points
Basically, the current smart products can not be separated from the binding of APP clients ， It can also be understood that if there is no APP, it can not be regarded as a smart product~and this time Xiaoxing looks at Mini as well, and the corresponding operations can be completed through the APP client~Let's take a look at how the third-generation product of this Xiaoxing series performs in the aspect of APP
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In terms of security, I'd like to see that Mini supports multiple security mechanisms. For example, as shown in the figure above, the first is account login; The second is application security. When you log out of an application, you need to unlock it through a drawing. In addition, there are multiple security mechanisms such as single sign on. In terms of data security, 128 bit encryption algorithms are used, and multi slice storage is also used. Even if the data is stolen, you cannot ingest the entire content, This is similar to the split volume compression we choose when we usually compress files.
It is not new to continue to configure online in real time through QR code. Many products use similar methods because they are simple and practical. If your mobile phone cannot scan the QR code, you can also manually configure it through the APP.
When the application configuration is online, it seems that the three smart cameras in the author's hands need to wait for a period of time when they are online,
Xiaoxing needs to wait 89 seconds~,
The camera needs 60 seconds,
360 small drops need more than 100 seconds~
In terms of connection complexity, Xiaoxing and Xiaoyi cameras only need to be automatically configured after connecting to wifi, while 360 small water droplets continue to click for confirmation after propagating through sound waves
No matter what kind of camera, it performs well in connection and use, with a high success rate~
Xiaoxing looks at the main interface of the system
The color matching is very beautiful! The main interface is divided into video preview window and operation options. I heard that the new APP will be launched in the near future, and what changes will be made to the system interface. We will talk about it next time if we have the opportunity.
On the operation interface
The author feels that it is quite good and intuitive to use! The tab is also large enough to effectively avoid mistakenly pressing!
Playback
Xiaoxing View supports three kinds of video definition, namely HD, balanced and smooth.
The video mode supports four options, namely brightness adjustment, night vision selection, automatic cruise, mobile tracking and other functions!
On the whole, Xiaoxing's functional interface is quite complete! And the functions are also well differentiated, and they won't collect like some cameras!
Through system settings ， We can set the alarm time ， Storage mode ， Call volume, etc.
It's time to score again ， How many points will you get for such APP client experience? Give the following scores in terms of use experience and interface! (Full score: 20 points)
Ease of use: 14 points
Aesthetic feeling: 10 points
Convenience: 16 points
At last, the most concerned part of users ， Experience in picture quality ， One video camera Whether it is good or not depends on the quality of imaging 。 How about Xiaoxing's performance in this respect?
First of all, from the official data, Xiaoxing has seen that Mini has adopted a CMOS megapixel video sensor with a pixel size of 3.0× 3.0 μ m, and 5 all glass lenses are used, supporting F2.2 aperture, 120° Superwide ， Support night vision function, with 3 built-in enhanced LED infrared night vision lights 。 Support automatic switching between night view mode and day mode ， Automatic switching of imaging quality is not supported 。
HD mode
Smooth mode
Through the above data comparison, we find that:
Imaging among the three: best 360 small water drops>Xiaoxing look at mini camera>Xiaoyi camera
In terms of white balance: it's better for Xiaoxing to look at mini camera>360 small water drop camera>small ant camera
In terms of traffic volume: the largest consumption of mini cameras>360 small water drop cameras>small ant cameras
In case of backlighting: the best Xiaoxing mini camera>360 small water drop camera=small ant camera
In the imaging, Xiao Xing saw that mini had obvious smearing effect, and the overall color was warm; 360 small drops also have a clear sense of sharpness ， Overall cold color; The small ant camera is also sharp and cold ， Slightly exposed.
In the case of backlighting, Xiaoxing has better control ability and will not be exposed ， And 360 small water drops and ants have obvious exposure ， As shown in the figure above 。
Therefore, the following imaging quality points are given (full score: 20 points)
imaging quality
Xiaoxing Check Mini 15 points
360 small drops 16 points
Small ant camera 11 points
White balance
Xiaoxing Check Mini 16 points
360 small drops 13 points
Small ant camera 13 points
Backlight treatment
Xiaoxing Check Mini 17 points
360 small drops 13 points
Small ant camera 13 points
The camera is used for a long time ， Therefore, the user will pay more attention to the heating ， This involves security issues ， Therefore, the author also made a basic heat test ， (From the author's heart: Xiao Xing sees that Mini has normal fever ， Safe for long-term use)
The above is the situation after the author used it for 4 days ， The temperature is maintained between 30-44 degrees to meet the daily use.
There are several points in favor
First: The appearance is better than the other two models ， The shape is convenient for cleaning the dust accumulated on it after long-term storage, and the appearance of the lollipop makes it easy to fall in love with this smart camera.
Second: In terms of shape design, it supports magnetic suspension and three-stage disassembly ， Easy installation, 360° The shaft design can meet any angle, and the strong magnetic base can be easily installed and disassembled in many places of the home.
Third: The imaging quality is average, but the backlight processing and white balance are accurate.
Fourth: It is easy to set up, easy to start, and can complete all operations in a few simple steps.
Fifth: The connecting line is long enough to connect the power supply indoors.
Sixth: With the super wide angle, you can see more camera content and details under fixed conditions, and bid farewell to the blind spot.
Seventh: Voice wake-up enhances the interest and playability of the product.
Fourth: Support video viewing on Apple, Android and Windows platforms ， Even if you don't have a mobile phone, you can check the situation at home on the computer.
There are also several points about the approval
First: Compared with high-end equipment, the imaging quality needs to be improved, and the sense of smearing is biased.
Second: Since there is a TF card storage mode, and even the card reader has been sent, a TF card should be attached to the machine, so that customers can save the trouble of purchasing a memory card again.
Third: Although it supports the webcam to view the live broadcast, it can only view the definition of the balanced mode, while the high-definition mode cannot be viewed through the webside.
As an evaluation, we should provide consumers with product guide suggestions! There are no advantages and disadvantages. Now let's summarize some practical functions of this Xiaoxing!
Voice wake-up:
Xiaoxing Check supports the voice wake-up video call function. As long as we say "Hello, Xiaoxing" to Xiaoxing Check, the phone will receive a call request from Xiaoxing Check. Even if you are not around Xiaoxing Check, you can feel the laughter of your family.
Multi mode storage:
Xiaoxing looks to support NAS private cloud storage (exclusive), cloud storage, and TF card local storage. With these multiple storage methods, Xiaoxing looks to meet the needs of families as well as the daily storage needs of large companies. It has multiple modes of storage, basically solving the problem of unstable storage of traditional cameras and expensive storage devices!
Mobile alarm
The smart camera should be smart, so Xiaoxing will support mobile warning. When the monitoring image moves within a specified time period, Xiaoxing will record the movement trace through photos or videos! Let the subsequent processing have strong and powerful evidence! It can also notify the head of household as soon as possible to avoid unnecessary losses!
Live video function:
Xiaoxing has a very stable performance in data transmission and good heat dissipation, which is also suitable for long-term driving. The author uses Xiaoxing to watch the pets at home, such as cats and dogs. Their mischievous side is undoubtedly revealed in front of Xiaoxing! There are more ways to play!
This is the end of the final experience. I hope it will be helpful for all users to purchase products ， Xiaoxing, look at the mini camera. It is the third generation of Xiaoxing series ， Great improvements have been made in every aspect ， Especially in the shape ， As mentioned above, there are also shortcomings 。
Look at the development of series products from router to Xiaoxing ， We can all feel ZTE's ideas on smart home ， They also have the idea of developing more branch products and jointly building a complete set of product groups ， It is also ZTE's main ambition to link various intelligent devices! We will wait and see how the follow-up development will be!
