two thousand and sixteen The first half of the year has passed quietly, and the domestic mobile phone market is booming, and various mobile phone manufacturers are constantly developing new phones. However, in retrospect, there are few high-quality mobile phones that can really make me like them. In April of this year, Huawei P9/P9 Plus officially launched, with Leica certified dual cameras, to attack the high-end mobile phone market with a proud attitude; In June this year, Nubia Z11 was launched, which once again pushed the boundless aesthetics to the extreme on the basis of the previous generation, and became a unique presence among many domestic mobile phones.

nubia Z11 With Huawei P9 Plus, can domestic duo lead each other? Can the 2499 yuan nubia Z11 compete with the 3988 yuan Huawei P9 Plus? The comparative experience reveals the answer for you.

Appearance process: the gap between no frame and big black edge

        As far as the appearance design is concerned, both Nubia Z11 and Huawei P9 Plus adopt a more robust style, and the overall design language is very similar. Both phones are equipped with 5.5 inch display screens. The design of high screen proportion ensures the first beauty of the front of the phone. Huawei P9 Plus uses the design of virtual buttons built into the screen. The "HUAWEI" logo at the bottom is only for decoration. Nubia Z11 uses the symbolic red circle button, which has both aesthetic and practical functions.

        Both phones are equipped with 2.5D curved glass. Although both phones adopt the design of high screen proportion, the "visual borderless" of Huawei P9 Plus obviously cannot withstand the test of bright screen display, while the borderless technology of Nubia Z11 is truly amazing, which also becomes the biggest difference in the appearance of the two phones.

        On the back of the phone, the basic layout of the two phones is very similar. The camera is located on the top left, the fingerprint identification module is in the middle, and the brand logo is placed below. The difference is that the nubia Z11 adopts a three-stage design, the metal middle frame is integrally formed, and the patch and the metal rear shell are connected through a highlight T-slot; The Huawei P9 Plus uses a metal integrated body with a nano injection molding process, and the upper section is decorated with a glass patch.

        At the bottom of the phone, both phones use USB Type-C interfaces. Huawei P9 Plus has an additional headphone interface, while the nubia Z11 has a microphone and speakers symmetrically placed.

        The thickness of the two mobile phones is the same. The back adopts a graphic design, and the middle frame also has a similar radian, which makes the two mobile phones feel good. In addition, both phones are designed with three in two slots, supporting two Nano SIM cards or one Nano SIM card with one Micro SD card.

        In general, the appearance and craftsmanship of both phones are excellent. On the basis of guaranteeing frameless technology, the nubia Z11 has achieved the thin design of the metal body, which has made great progress compared with the previous generation of nubia Z9; The Huawei P9 Plus also eliminates the sharp edges and poor hand feel of the Huawei P8, and improves the details and workmanship. With the same 5.5 inch screen, the size of the Nubia Z11 is significantly smaller than that of the Huawei P9 Plus, which also makes it easier to operate with one hand. In fact, the Nubia Z11 is the smallest 5.5 inch screen phone I have ever used, which is only the same size as the Huawei P8 with the 5.2 inch screen.

Hardware configuration: the battle between Snapdragon 820 and Kirin 955

The performance difference between the two mobile phones may not be seen at a glance from the configuration table. From the perspective of various parameters, the two mobile phones have their own winners and losers; From the perspective of overall cost performance, the nubia Z11 priced at 2499 yuan is better than the Huawei P9 Plus priced at 3988 yuan. The performance issues that consumers most care about depend on the performance of Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 and Hisense Kirin 955, the two top processors.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 is a shameless high-end processor launched by Qualcomm after the failure of Snapdragon 810. It adopts 64 bit Kryo architecture, has two 2.15GHz cores, two 1.59GHz cores, and the graphics processor is Adreno 530. It is produced by Samsung 14nm FinFET process, effectively solving the heating problem of Snapdragon 810.

HiSilicon Kirin 955 is the latest high-end processor developed by Huawei itself. It adopts a 64 bit 8-core design, four 2.5GHz A72 cores, four 1.8GHz A53 cores, and the graphics processor is Mali-T880 MP4. It is produced by TSMC's 16nm FinFET process. The performance of all parties has caught up and entered the world-class high-level processor camp.

        In terms of CPU, the single core performance of Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 is better than that of HiSilicon Kirin 950, and the multi-core performance is weaker than that of HiSilicon Kirin 950; In terms of GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 takes a big lead; In terms of comprehensive performance, nubia Z11 scored a high 13W+in the evaluation of rabbit rabbit, ranking the first echelon in the performance ranking of domestic mobile phones, while Huawei P9 Plus was 9W+, significantly lagging behind nubia Z11.

Software system: features of nubia UI 4.0 and EMUI 4.1

In terms of system, nubia Z11 is equipped with a new nubia UI 4.0 customized based on Android 6.0, while Huawei P9 Plus is an EMUI 4.1 customized based on Android 6.0. It is easy to see from the system version number that both Nubia UI and EMUI have been updated and iterated for many years, and the system stability and function perfection are not a problem. For ordinary users, it is a simple and easy-to-use operating system for daily use, and the main difference may lie in the aesthetic tendency of the interface design and some unique features.

       nubia Z11 With the new system nubia UI 4.0, the overall interface style is light and lively, with a little fresh artistic flavor. In addition, a large number of gradual transitions and ground glass treatment processes are added, and with the frameless visual effect, the overall feeling is particularly good!

        While upgrading the frameless technology hardware, nubia Z11 also iteratively updated its unique frameless edge interaction. The new edge interaction supports shortcut operations such as double clicking the edge to return to the next level, pressing and holding the edge to quickly select the desktop, and at the same time, it also adds a new animation special effect, which is both convenient and cool to use, and is a feature that people cannot put down.

        In addition, nubia Z11 also supports two practical functions: global split screen and super screenshot. Slide the Home key in the small red circle to open the split screen desktop, and long press the fingerprint identification area to open the super screenshot. The actual experience of both functions is very good.

        In contrast, the overall interface style of Huawei P9 Plus is commercial and calm. Of course, some people complain that EMUI is old and ugly.

       EMUI 3.0 The situational intelligence first appeared in Huawei P9 Plus has been upgraded. In addition to automatically creating schedule reminders based on SMS content, it also integrates data related to sports, sleep and mobile phone use to help users better manage time. For business people, it can be regarded as a practical schedule management function.

        Huawei P9 Plus also supports split screen display. The opening mode requires sliding from the bottom of the screen through two finger joints. In practice, it is not as convenient as nubia Z11, and is prone to errors. However, as one of the features of EMUI, the finger joint operation for screenshots is relatively convenient and practical. In addition to direct screenshots by tapping the finger joint, you can also take regional screenshots by drawing circles through the finger joint, which is fairly interesting, but not as functional as the super screenshots of Nubia Z11.

Photography experience: who is the strongest camera phone in China

        Nubia smart phones have always been known as the SLR of mobile phones. Nubia Z11 continues to explore in the field of mobile phone professional photography. Sony IMX298 flagship CMOS with NeoVison 6.0 camera system, has accumulated a lot and has become a king; Huawei P9 Plus chose to cooperate with Leica to try to achieve curve overtaking in the field of mobile photography. The 12 megapixel black and white color dual camera is unique, and Leica's participation in color adjustment has also added a BGM like filter bonus to it.

       nubia Z11 The photographing interface of is relatively simple. Common functions are integrated above the shutter key, which can be quickly switched by sliding left and right. It is very convenient to operate. The option operation in professional mode also has a high degree of integration and visibility, which can be reminiscent of the common dial operation in SLR cameras.

        In terms of functionality, the camera family of the nubia Z11 is still the biggest highlight. In fact, the functions that have been adopted in many domestic mobile phones were originally the innovation of Nubian mobile phones. For example, the photometric focusing separation was first realized in the Nubia Z5 series mobile phones. The professional mode mentioned above was also introduced in the Nubia Z7 series mobile phones in 2014, not to mention the unique features of the satellite orbit camera, electronic shutter, and handheld clone camera, which were initiated by Nubia.

        The camera interface of Huawei P9 Plus has been redesigned, and many visual elements of Leica cameras have been added, so as to be as close to Leica cameras in visual experience as possible. The selection font and toggle mode of professional mode are consistent with Leica camera menu interface, but it is inconvenient to operate.

        In terms of functionality, Huawei P9 Plus is also very perfect. With its dense function menu and setting interface, it is better than Nubia Z11. However, in actual operation, the interactive logic and function settings of the Nubia Z11 should be simpler and more convenient. All the functions in the camera family can be shot with one button, which is easy to learn and use. The Huawei P9 Plus is relatively complex and cumbersome to operate.

        In the live shooting experience, both the laser focusing of Huawei P9 Plus and the phase focusing of Nubia Z11 perform very well. The auto focusing is accurate and the focus locking is fast. Huawei P9 Plus is better than Nubia Z11 when shooting close shots. Nubia Z11 performs better when shooting long shots. In terms of imaging, both phones show high lens quality and excellent picture quality, but the imaging style is slightly different. The Huawei P9 Plus uses a high contrast, high saturation, and high sharpness calibration style, with sharp display effects, bright colors, and obvious Leica style; Nubia Z11 adopts more accurate color adjustment, and its imaging style is natural and realistic, similar to the height seen by the human eye. The new NeoVison 6.0 system, together with DTI pixel isolation, 3D noise reduction, LEM local tone adjustment and other technologies, makes Nubia Z11 not inferior to Huawei P9 Plus in daytime imaging.

        When shooting in the indoor environment, the white balance performance of the two is also different. Huawei P9 Plus has made obvious color temperature correction to restore the normal white of the paper, while nubia Z11 has more faithfully restored the color temperature of the ambient light at the scene. In more complex light environments, Huawei P9 Plus occasionally experiences white balance drift. Nubia Z11 shows stable performance and can always restore the lighting environment of the shooting scene.

For night scene shooting, both the dual camera of Huawei P9 Plus and the RGBW sensor of Nubia Z11 can significantly increase the amount of light input to ensure accurate exposure and clear image. Due to the inherent characteristics of dual cameras, the optical axes of both cameras need to be stabilized at the same time when shooting. The film rate of Huawei P9 Plus at night is affected. Slight jitter during shooting is prone to film pasting, which is one of the drawbacks of dual cameras. The handheld anti shake and 3D noise reduction technology of Nubia Z11 can ensure relatively good imaging even when the shutter speed is more than 1/20s. This can be seen from the night scene samples.

In addition, Nubia has extended a lot in handheld anti shake, not only handheld night scene, but also handheld panoramic, handheld electronic aperture effect. Taking the handheld electronic aperture as an example (that is, the silk running water of Huawei P9 Plus), the nubia Z11 can discharge the water from the fountain without the help of a tripod, while the Huawei P9 Plus can paste it directly without proof. It has to be said that the handheld anti shake of the nubia Z11 is indeed ahead of us.

Comparison and summary: domestic duo go hand in hand

        After in-depth experience, I feel more and more that domestic smart phones are getting stronger every day. Nubia Z11's amazing borderless screen, super hardware performance, user-friendly system UI and professional mobile photography make it a very balanced flagship phone; Huawei P9 Plus, as the highest priced Huawei mobile phone so far, is no longer criticized for its appearance, technology, hardware performance, or system UI, and Leica certified dual cameras have also shown their power in Huawei P9 Plus. Domestic duo go hand in hand. If you like Leica's strong German flavor, you can look at the price of Huawei P9 Plus at 3988 yuan; If you are a person who pursues fashion, performance and photography, the nubia Z11 priced at 2499 yuan must not be missed.