At the beginning of the birth of LeEco's super phone, LeEco paid a lot of money to pay for hardware and super cost performance. In the generation of LeEco's super phone 2, LeEco has increased the price of the model of MediaTek's X20 ten core processor to 1099. How will Le2's workmanship, screen, performance, system, photography and endurance be under the good family design? Compared with the rivals Red Rice Note3, All Netcom and Magic Blue Note3, which is stronger or weaker?

PS: The testing machine is an engineering machine, which uses ID Borderless 3.0. The retail version is the design of the previous generation, and the side of the screen is still high brightness.

parameter

Color: gold/silver/grey
3D and weight: 151.1 × 74.2 × 7.5mm, 153g
Screen: 5.5 inch 1080P IPS, 403PPI, in cell full fit
SoC: MediaTek X20 (MT6797)
Memory/storage/battery: 3GB LPDDR3 memory+32GB eMMC5.1 storage+3000mAh battery
Front camera: 8 million pixels, 1.4 μ M unit pixel size, f/2.2 aperture, 76.5 degrees wide angle
Rear camera: 16 million pixels, back illuminated CMOS, unknown model, f/2.0 aperture, phase focusing and 4K30fps video recording
Network system: All Netcom, dual nano sim card
Others: does not support TF card expansion, Type-C interface, and supports Le Flash Charge (compatible with Qualcomm Fast Charge)
Price: 1099 yuan

Appearance and workmanship

The pure white packing box of Le 2 is more delicate than that of red rice Note3 and magic blue Note3 at the same level. Accessories include Instruction manual, card taking pin, charger, data cable and Type-C headset adapter cable. Le 2 cancels the headphone interface, and requires an additional adapter cable. In addition to several accessories, I can't listen to music when charging.

The charging head of Le 2 is one of the strongest original ones on the market. It also supports Qualcomm QC3.0 and MediaTek's PE charging standard, with a peak value of up to 24W. The volume and weight of the charging head are very close to the VOOC flash charging head of OPPO, and the material used is obviously more violent than the common charging head.

The metal side of the real machine is very thin, and the metal chamfer on the side can hardly be seen on the front. In addition, our test machine is an engineering machine, which uses ID Borderless 3.0, The metal frame on the side of the screen is also painted black 。 The retail version is the design of the previous generation, and the side of the screen is still high brightness.

The top is symmetrically designed sensor and front camera, which is very beautiful when the screen is broken. There is no logo on the chin, and the backlight of touch buttons is extremely weak.

The three section fuselage on the back has obvious radian, similar to HTC M7/M8. The camera area is too large and has some bulges. It is easy to scratch the lens glass in normal use, so attention should be paid to maintenance. The fingerprint identification button is made into a mirror, which is very easy to be contaminated with fingerprints and dust. At the bottom is the glossy LeEco logo.

The top and bottom sections of the back are plastic covers, The cover plate is closely combined with the metal, and there will be no obvious height difference when it is crossed. The color difference is small, and the workmanship level is relatively rare among the thousand yuan machines.

On the right side are the volume and power keys. The keys are delicate, almost without any empty position. The key range is short, the feedback is crisp but not comfortable, and the pressing feel is hard,

The combination of sim card slot is flat and there is almost no vacancy. The quality of pure metal card holder is not less than that of red rice Note3 and magic blue Note3.

The handle of the machine is a little heavy, and the edge transition and trimming are also slightly rough. The glass is slightly higher than the frame, but there is no 2.5D glass on the front. The edge is scratched, and it is very easy to scratch when the broken screen falls and the reverse side is reversed. Apart from the desktop, the large black frame behind the bright screen of the machine is still eye-catching.

Meilan Note3, Le2, Hongmi Note3 All Netcom

Top left magic blue Note3, bottom left music 2, top right red rice Note3. In terms of the thickness of the border, the thinnest is the Magic Blue Note3, while the red rice Note3 is even thicker than the border of Le 2.

screen

Le 2 is equipped with a 5.5 inch 1080P IPS screen, 403PPI, and in cell full fit. The quality of the screen is significantly improved compared with the previous LeEco phones, and the color temperature and color accuracy are much more comfortable.

Gamut diagram

Color Level Test Results

The maximum brightness of the measured screen is 586 nits, the minimum brightness is 0.44 nits, the contrast is 1345:1, 98.7% sRGB color gamut, and The official logo "80% NTSC color gamut, minimum brightness 1 nit" is very close.

In terms of color standard, the average deltaE 3.5 and the maximum deltaE 4.8 at the highest brightness; The average deltaE of 104 colors of the machine is 2.5, the maximum is 6, and the performance is amazing. For comparison, Note 5 is 1.8, S6 edge+is 2.6, and S7 edge is 2.9.

To sum up, this is the best 1000 yuan screen we have tested, which is far better than the previous LeTV mobile phone. Even if it is placed in the domestic flagship machine, the performance is quite excellent. To put it bluntly, the tester on our hand has a slightly negative and positive screen, and the right side is slightly red. Of course, it can only be found under the limit test and writing wheel eye, and daily use is good enough.

system

Le 2 is equipped with EUI 5.6 based on Android 6.0. When this system first came out a year ago, it was quite amazing. This is probably the first version of the most complete system in history. However, more than a year later, the improvement of EUI in function and ease of use is relatively limited. Without the halo of the new system, EUI is just the mainstream level of domestic ROMs.

Of course, the system logic still has its own characteristics. It is the first and the only system that has temporarily integrated the pull-up control bar and the multitask management interface. There are shortcut switches and shortcut application bars respectively, and both support user-defined sorting. The multitask card supports the background protection of pull-down locking. This enhanced version of the pull-up bar alone adds a lot of points to it.

LeTV video information stream is on the left side of the system desktop, similar to the news aggregation page on the left side of HTC and Samsung desktops.

In the middle of the dock bar below the desktop is LeEco's own enhanced video portal. The app is forced to horizontally screen, and the images are arranged in nine grids. When sliding, the left column labels will also follow. Moreover, the live broadcast will be played in the form of a thumbnail by default, which is intuitive and shocking. But at the same time, playing multiple videos on one screen also requires high performance and network speed. You can easily eat the 2M/s network speed, and you can feel the heat of the fuselage within a few minutes.

There are few logic levels in the setting page, almost all of which are directly displayed in the first level menu, resulting in a full list of three pages, but this rare logic is relatively intuitive. In the setting, the built-in application setting items are also paginated, which is worth learning from other domestic ROMs.

Own app

The calendar can subscribe to a lot of movie and television information and sports events, which is expected to appeal to users' tastes. But it is easy to be more humble, which causes the notice board to ring frequently and cause some trouble.

The rest is similar to the common domestic ROMs. The built-in applications are mainly clean and concise, with few functions but can meet 99% of user needs. The system steward has few functions, but there are still self starting and flow control, and even a switch for aligning wake-up.

In terms of use experience, the default animation of the system is relatively slow, which will give people the illusion of not following. It is suggested to turn off the animation in the developer's option, which will be much easier to use. In addition, the machine The position of the return key is too close to the inside, so it is not easy to click it. At first, I often miss it, and it takes time to get used to it.

performance

Le 2 is equipped with MediaTek X20 processor, namely MT6797. The CPU part is composed of 2 * 2.3GHz A72+4 * 2GHz A53+4 * 1.4GHz A53. The GPU is Mali-T880MP4@780MHz , with 3GB LPDDR3@933MHz And 32GB eMMC5.1 storage.

The performance of X20 is similar to that of X25, except that the maximum main frequency of the A72 core is reduced from 2.5G to 2.3G, and the main frequency of the GPU is reduced from 850MHz of X25 to 780MHz. In fact, the two SoCs rarely trigger the A72 core, so the actual gap is smaller. So in addition to the two deadly enemies, Hongmi Note3 All Netcom and Meilan Note3 (the former is this year's star SoC Snapdragon 650, and the latter is MediaTek P10, 8-core 2G A53), we also found Meizu PRO 6 for comparison.

CPU computing performance

GPU graphics performance

Flash memory read/write performance

The CPU operation performance of Le 2's X20 is higher than that of Snapdragon 650, but the difference is small, weaker than that of PRO 6's X25, but the amplitude is completely different from that of the 0.2GHz main frequency. LeTV's tuning is more conservative than Meizu's.

The GPU performance is also better than 650 but weaker than X25, but the flash memory performance is excellent, one notch higher than PRO 6. The cheaper Meilan Note3 has been suppressed throughout the whole process, which is totally different from the model close to the price.

The CPU is struggling in the process of frequency reduction and core shutdown

In practice, the X20 core regulation of Le 2 is also very negative, which is no better than the X25 of Meizu PRO 6. CPU burn test:

10. Nuclear power is fully opened, and only persevered After 15 seconds, the A72 core dropped to 1.5G;
After 60 seconds, the small nuclei dropped to 1.6G and 1.2G respectively, and the core frequency began to fluctuate significantly , resulting in obvious jump of power consumption curve;
90 seconds later, the A53 core cluster with the highest main frequency of 2G dropped off irregularly, leaving only 1.2G of A72 core;
In 190 seconds, there is only 1G left for the A72 core, and only 1.4G and 1G left for the two A53 core clusters. Thereafter, the thermal power consumption and heat dissipation rate are basically the same, and the frequency tends to be stable. In the process, the highest temperature reached 87 degrees, and the body was also hot.

The 20nm process can't support the enthusiasm of the 10 cores at all. Usually, only 4-8 A53 cores are used for running. Although they will be forced to fully open when running points, they will wither when the temperature rises over time. In fact, their daily performance is not as good as the fiery Snapdragon 650 regulated by the A72. Of course, the basic performance is still available, and it can tyrannize P10 on Magic Blue Note3.

photograph

Le 2 is equipped with 16 million pixel backlight CMOS, unknown model, f/2.0 aperture, and supports phase focusing and 4K30fps video recording. This parameter is very close to that of Hongmi Note3 All Netcom, and even the lens focal length is the same. It is most likely the Samsung S5K3P3 sensor on the latter.

We found the red rice Note3 All Netcom and Meilan Note3, which are also very popular, to compare them, and took the Samsung S6 edge as the standard sample and the flagship machine representative to participate in the test. Detailed photo comparison and horizontal review of photos before welcome stamp《 1000 yuan machine duel music 2/Hongmi Note3/Meilan Note3 photo horizontal review 》

Le 2's photographing interface is easy to use. Sliding above the shutter can call out common photographing modes such as HDR, night view and beauty. The button on the lower right corner is a filter. The camera parameters can be adjusted in the floating window, and "sharpness, contrast and saturation" can be customized.

The overall camera experience of the machine is satisfactory, HDR and night view modes do not have the function of automatic trigger, and the limit focusing speed is slightly slower than the flagship, but the gap is not large, but There is a clear gap between the enthusiasm and speed of pre focusing and the flagship 。 Shutter response is fast, while HDR and night scene processing speed is slow. The film rate is low under low light and The success rate of focusing will decrease significantly.

HDR and panoramic mode

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Automatic mode of Le 2 HDR mode of Le 2

The HDR algorithm of Le 2 is much better than that of Red Rice Note3, Magic Blue Note3 and other competitors. Although the contrast has decreased to a certain extent, the effect is not obvious.

(The sample has been compressed)

The panoramic angle is about 270 degrees, the resolution can reach 10528 * 2416, and the sample size is 6.6MB. The discrimination remains complete, and the stitching trace and light dark transition are natural, with excellent performance.

Daytime proof sheet

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Scenario 1

Scene 1 central zoom in

Scenario 3

Scene 3 central zoom in

Scene 4 central zoom in

Scenario 5

Scene 5 Central zoom in

Scene 6 central zoom in

Scene 7 Central zoom in

Indoor proof sheet

Indoor scene 1

Indoor scene 1 central magnification

Indoor scene 2 central magnification

Indoor scene 3

Indoor scene 4 central magnification

Weak light proof sheet

Weak light scene 1 central amplification

Weak light scene 2 (pay attention to glare at the light source)

Weak light scene 2 central amplification

Weak light scene 3 (pay attention to glare at the light source)

Weak light scene 3 central amplification

Weak light scene 4

Weak light scene 4 central amplification

Low light scene 8

Weak light scene 8 central amplification

Le 2's photometry is slightly brighter than that seen by the naked eye, and its color is light and elegant. The white balance has an obvious yellow tendency. There is almost no sharpening, even obvious noise smearing traces, and there is no common fine noise in the thousand yuan machine, but the discrimination is compromised.

After the light weakens, the performance is stronger than that of Red Rice and Magic Blue. The decline in discrimination is slightly less than that of competitors at the same level, and the white balance is relatively more accurate. The saturation remains normal, and the light measurement is slightly dark. The discrimination remains intact and the noise control is far better than that of Red Rice and Magic Blue. The performance is quite amazing. But the biggest slot is that the anti glare effect of the lens is really ordinary, and there is a large circle of radioactive light when encountering a strong light source.

However, the flaws do not hide the merits. Le 2 must be one of the best and most balanced 1000 yuan imaging machines now, and the software algorithm is obviously more attentive than Xiaomi Meizu.

Endurance

Le 2 is equipped with 3000mAh batteries. After 30 minutes of large-scale games (NBA 2K15), 30 minutes of wifi and 4G Internet access, one hour of music playback and 30 minutes of local video playback, and a full three hour endurance test, Remaining power 65% 。 Turn on wifi, turn off 4G, 8-hour standby power down is about 6-7% , average performance.

The endurance is a small weakness of Le 2. Its performance is only slightly better than that of PRO6 with smaller battery capacity. Compared with the 1000 yuan machine with the 4000mAh batteries of Red Rice and Meilan, it is indeed a big gap, even worse than the flagship models of the modern Xiaomi 5 and Glory V8, breaking the law that the endurance of the 1000 yuan machine is always better than the flagship.

In addition, it also reflects that this generation of 10 core processors of MediaTek is really a magic pit. The core is not only seriously idle, but also very hot, with high scores and low energy consumption.

Heating&Charging&Fingerprint&External Release

After 20 minutes of NBA2K15, the highest temperature on the front of the machine is 40.8 degrees in the middle and upper part of the screen; The highest temperature on the back is 40.6 degrees on the left side of the fingerprint identification module, which performs well, but the metal body still makes the machine feel a little hot.

Above are the original LeEco charging heads, the charging heads of Xiaomi 5 and PRO 6, and the charging current and voltage when the screen is on and off respectively. The charging speed of the machine is faster when the screen is stopped. The maximum power of the original head for fast charging is close to 20W, while the charging head of Xiaomi 5 and PRO 6 can reach 23W and 24.5W respectively, which is amazing.

From 5% to 100% charging, it takes about 25% in 15 minutes, 57% in 30 minutes, 80% in 45 minutes, and 93% in one hour to fully charge. It takes 1 hour and 19 minutes to fully charge. The performance is also amazing, making up for some of the pitfalls of endurance. The heating during charging is basically the same as that during the game, which is acceptable.

Fingerprint identification : The machine fingerprint recognition speed may be slow due to the influence of the mirror recognition module that is very easy to get dirty. It takes more than half a second from the key indicator light to the recognition of entering the desktop, and the sensitivity is also low. Although it does not have a great impact on daily use, it is the last one among the active models.

External release : Le 2 is a lower speaker, and its volume is higher than that of Red Rice Note 3 and Magic Blue Note 3. It is unlikely that missed calls will occur. The external quality is medium to high, the limit volume is not broken, and the sound field is large. However, the sound impact is too strong, which makes it a bit loud and hard to hear, and the huge volume leads to obvious resonance of the body when it is played out. For the first time, I can feel the sound cavity resonance of the iPad Air on my mobile phone

summary

The appearance of the Le 2 is the best of the 1000 yuan machines, and the workmanship is completely affordable, but the ID without a border is really a bit eyesore. This time, LeEco has filled in the hole of the screen and added a screen with amazing performance. In terms of photography, although the 16 million pixel models of the same generation have different daytime discrimination, the experience is ordinary, but the weak light imaging is amazing. Also worth praising is the violent fast charging, which is compatible with the charging head, and can be close to full blood in one hour.

But there must be some problems. There is no real advantage of 2.5D glass; It's a little troublesome to cancel the headphone interface; The system response is unsatisfactory, but it gives people a sticky operating feeling; The endurance and fingerprint are not very good.

Le 2 has only a 3G memory+32G storage version, which in a disguised way raises its starting price. However, if the storage level is the same, it can be used together with the high configuration version of Hongmi Note3 All Netcom to easily take brutal photos and the performance of Meilan Note3 is worrying. Appearance workmanship, weak light imaging It's better than red rice, but its endurance is average. Of course, the advantage of the other two competitors is that they have lower configuration versions and lower prices. In a word, Le 2 is still about 1100 yuan, with the highest cost performance of 1000 yuan.