preface

The love for the DASH CAM is not only for one day or two, but also for anti-collision porcelain, taking a picture, improving safe driving, anti-theft, etc. But they haven't started yet. In the non intelligent era of the DASH CAM, those who look good have been kidnapped by the Anba scheme. They are often thousands of yuan and hundreds of yuan cheaper. We wage earners are shy, you know.

Well, wait a little longer. Finally, when the cost-effective Lianyong scheme came into the market, the price of Anba scheme also dropped. However, I found that the DASH CAM had entered the intelligent era, so I had to install an intelligent DASH CAM anyway. After observing it, I felt that the so-called intelligent DASH CAM scheme in the current market seemed to be immature, such as 360, Dingdingpai and Jiluke.. The market evaluation is not ideal.

Today, I am honored to bring you an intelligent tachograph: Xiaoyi intelligent driving recorder ， With Low price, configuration strong , cost-effective, Taobao The expected goal was achieved in one day, and the popularity was exploding. It was like a huge flood of animals entering the intelligent driving record market.

Can ants upset elephants? Or can you shake the tree? It also needs to pass the test of the market.

Appearance

Packaging box of Xiaoyi intelligent tachograph The simple route, red, white and grey, looks very comfortable without too much description and pattern printing. Xiaomi's style is more like a tribute to Uncle Qiao.

Thanks from YI, the red belt can be taken down. On the surface of the box, there is nothing else but the logo of the little ant. It is very simple. Well, you have achieved the ultimate simplicity. Take off the top cover of the box, and today's pig's feet are gorgeous. The prototype we got this time is a silver gray ant, which looks like a metal texture, and the front face looks the same simple. In addition to the parameter printing outside the lens, there is no place to ink any more. If there is no outer box, we would think it is a three no shanzhai product.

On the back of the box are product labels and nameplates. Balabala has a lot of content. It's estimated that few people have the patience to read it I am responsible for the 1296P Ultra HD. I can't see the difference between the 1296P and 1080P picture quality even if you stare at the beautiful eyes. I think it is unnecessary to waste the space of memory card on the premise that the recorded film has the same definition. I think it is just a publicity stunt of the manufacturer. Different people have different opinions.

The appearance of the ant recorder is square and upright, and there is no bright spot or slot at the first sight. Is it possible that this product depends on its appearance? I'm looking forward to its inner cultivation.

From a golden perspective, the product looks concave and convex. But at the same time, it also exposed that the manufacturing cost of the box was relatively low, and the folding marks of the four corners of the carton were obvious. Of course, the products are different and the market positioning is different, so it is unnecessary to compare with Gao Fushai. The paper holder loaded with the recorder is relatively tight, so the author will pull the lens directly to pull out the ants.

Below the paper holder are the accessories, and the accessories in the box are as follows: suction cup, data power cable, memory card, and vehicle power supply. Front gear suction cup Simple, compact, practical use of the adsorption effect bar, 3.5m transmission line, The right angle elbow interface design is convenient for embedding wires. It's very careful. I like it. SD card presented by the manufacturer, made by big brands, original and genuine, and card sleeve. On board power adapter, 5V 2.4A, very safe parameter, Basically, it can cover more than 90% of the vehicle's 5V power supply equipment, which is multi-purpose, but will also increase costs.

I'm looking at the manual, The manual is always simple. The red logo looks good, The instructions are very comprehensive, including standard configuration, interface, mobile phone APP connection to Barabala, etc.

In the instructions, the official special Note: Be sure to use a genuine 8-64GB class10 or above memory card, or video recording will be unavailable or interrupted. In order to ensure the sense of trial, the manufacturer provides a 16GB memory card with the device It was very considerate. I like one.

Small ant The front adopts arc design to break the monotony of the plane. The lens parameter aperture is 1.8, and the angle of view is 165, At the bottom is the product nameplate. The full name of the manufacturer is Shanghai Xiaoyi Technology Co., Ltd, There is no trace of screws on the body. You can also see that the front and rear covers are designed to snap together. The workmanship is fairly good, Micro USB power port and reset hole on the side, and the other side Micro SD card slot, 16G Sandisk SD card and card sleeve are delivered with the machine 。

The back of Xiaoyi is a 2.6 inch LCD screen. The following four keys are emergency video, video, file browsing, setting/power supply, A closer look shows that there are two indicator lights in the lower right corner, namely, the video indicator light and the power light. The upper part of the ant is the card slot, The front bumper suction cup relies on the card slot here to connect the recorder. It is easy to plug in, but a little difficult to pull out. Next to it is a cooling hole that looks like a two-dimensional code or a strong pane. The cooling effect of such a large area of cooling hole should be good, In actual use, the shell can feel the heat. In other words, such a large heat dissipation hole Is it easy to get into the dust? Fortunately, there is not so much dust in the car...

Looking at the little ant, I don't know why the shadow of the monster suddenly flashed in my mind, and pulled out my son's dinosaur to appear in the camera: The market is a sea of blood, with ants and monsters sharing the same hatred.

Melancholy body, deep eyes.

The Xiaoyi DASH CAM is attached to the front cover of the automobile industry by means of suction cups. The actual assembly effect is as follows:, There is a handle at the slot for easy installation and unloading, The middle part rotates depending on the ball head structure, and the outer part has threads to adjust the tightness of the ball head, which is very ingenious, On the top are general screw chucks and glass suction cups, which are no different from other suction cups.

The little ant walks with the recorder.

Parameters

Xiao Ant uses YI A12 dual core processor. What the hell is it? It is said that YI A12 was originally a customized version of Anba A7. After some optimization and adjustment on the basis of A7, it became YI A12. It is said that the price is cheaper than A7.. The author is guessing whether these optimization adjustments are COSTDOWN?? I dare not make a false statement. Let's see the actual performance below.

Installation

The Xiaoyi DASH CAM is actually very simple and easy to install. The actual installation effect of the real vehicle is as follows. The left is the original one, just for comparison, The two brothers stand side by side, the suction cup effect is good, and they haven't dropped once in so many days. Car Seen from the outside, it is not easy to find silver gray, which is relatively safe. It can be compared with the original car. It's a very eye-catching color..

Can you guess which one is the red one?

Software

Scan the QR code to download and install the APP. There is nothing to say, but focus on the two aspects of mobile phone real-time preview and video file management. The mobile phone is connected to the WIFI hotspot of the recorder, and no password is required. After entering, you can see the real-time preview screen of the recorder, You can also click rotation for full screen preview. In the morning of winter, I don't know why the picture is red, but the color of the next one is OK, and it seems that the picture quality adjustment is still nervous 。

You can browse the journey videos stored in the Ant Recorder through the photo album in the APP, The system will not delete the emergency video, Emergency shooting will save 10 seconds of video recording. In case of emergency, 10 seconds is enough to record the whole process, There is a user square in the APP to facilitate communication.

Comparison

This part is also a knotty place for the author. Looking at the video and live pictures or screenshots of Xiaoyi's DASH CAM alone, I think it is not bad, but when the two sets are together, I can see the difference. Personally, I feel that Xiaoyi's picture quality is still in a hurry. It might be better if some optimization is made over time. Let's first show two samples:

Next, we made a comparison of the effect of the real car pictures. The author randomly selected the day, night, cloudy, sunny and other trial scenes for comparison of picture quality. The pictures with YI LOGO above were taken for the ants. The following is the original A7 scheme of a brand on my car, and the price is twice that of ants.

1. On a sunny morning, light fog and haze

2. Night view

3. Night scene

4. Cloudy morning

5. Cloudy morning

Through the comparison of the above samples, careful students can easily find that there is little difference in the processing of image quality and details, because they are all optimized based on A7. It depends on the intention of later optimization. For example, the latter two groups of images are obviously compared. The ant image is more focused on cold colors, while the other one is warmer in color, which seems to have some HDR effect, Personally, I prefer the latter to look more comfortable. Radish and cabbage, each has his own love. I just posted the real picture to everyone. I emphasize that there is no picture quality adjustment in the small ant menu at present. Is the delivery too fast?

Summary

After a few days of short experience, I feel that the ants are low-key, stable and lack of highlights.

There is no exaggerated color daubing, no flamboyant appearance design, and there are not too many surprises. The effect is good on sunny days, but the effect at night is not flattering. ADAS is sometimes a bit baffling. When reversing, it reminds me to pay attention to the distance between cars. Many recorders with large wide-angle lenses are also available. The real-time images of mobile APP browsing were very fresh at the beginning, but later they saw less, lacking interactivity. The 2.7 inch large screen plays rough pictures with low resolution.

The above can be regarded as my summary of the shortcomings of small ants.

So, what are the advantages of small ants? How can Xiaoant shake the smart tachograph market that has made hundreds of billions of valuation?

1. High cost performance

2. High cost performance

3. High cost performance

Well, important things have to be said three times. Maybe our expectations for this product are too high, so we are too picky about every detail of it.

Imagine what other brands do not have? And which product is cheaper than the ants? There is basically no brand that can be described.

Maybe we are not surprised by the rapid development of Xiaomi, and we are not unfamiliar with Lei Immortal's moves. Is Xiaomi's routine very similar, like the original Xiaomi M1? The tachograph market is very big and profitable. How can the latecomers occupy the market first... Small ants also have a true portrayal of great ambition.

If there are N sets of DASH CAM in front of me, I will not choose Xiao Ant. Xiao Ant still has a lot to improve. But I will recommend the ants, which are worth having.