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The 1000 yuan mobile phone market has always been a competitive place, but as we all know, it is difficult for us to hope for the camera function of mobile phones at this price. However, there are exceptions. Today, the author compares Nubia Z11mini and Glory 7i, two more distinctive camera phones, in order to give you some useful references for shopping!

This article does not have too many red tape links such as unpacking and sorting. It focuses on the product features (Z11mini's professional video system and Glory 7i's flip camera and self timer function) and the parts that affect the user experience. Please pat the shortcomings!

  >>Summary

Part 1 Appearance: black dialogue, round each other

Part 2 More about hardware: the later comes first

Part 3 System experience: none is perfect

Part 4 Camera functions: each has its own advantages

Part 5 Suggestions: The best is what suits you

Part 1 Appearance: black dialogue, round each other

The two models on hand are in sharp contrast: Zhongxing and Huawei, round and square, black and white. Let's call them calm black and elegant white. In my opinion, they are just suitable for men who love photography and women who love taking selfies.

In front view, the steady black Nubia Z11mini is standard, with a 5.0 inch 2.5D screen. There are three touch buttons at the bottom. The buttons on both sides are interchangeable and have a hidden design. The home page key inherits the brand's iconic small red circle design. The elegant white Glory 7i uses a flip camera, and the front of the body officially claims that the screen accounts for 79.8%, which makes it look very refreshing. There is only a light distance sensor and a sunken earpiece above the 5.2 inch screen, and there is a hidden breathing lamp on the right side of the earpiece.

Look at your back. In addition to the camera, flash and logo, the Z11mini also has a black fingerprint identification module on its back, which will be shown in detail later. In addition, there is a round red circle around the Z11 mini camera that echoes the front. In contrast, the small red circle on the front of the 360 mobile phone N4 is obviously suspected of plagiarism. What needs to be pointed out here is the inherent slot of the rotary camera that Glory 7i is proud of, which is the outstanding problem of the camera that has been criticized by thousands of people in the mobile phone industry. The back panel of Z11mini is easy to be stained with fingerprints and scratches. After using it for more than a month, the author carefully looked at the back cover and found many fine scratches.

Show the foot plate of these two mobile phones, men up and women down... Hehe, you are so wicked! It is calm in the black, elegant in the white! Both models adopt symmetrical design, and from this perspective, it is not difficult to see that the Z11mini's fuselage adopts the sleek design that is popular nowadays, and the grip is really better in the actual experience. While Glory 7i sticks to the sharp edges and corners of the frame before Apple 6, and brightens the middle frame to improve the sandwich structure. In addition, the surrounding area is designed with professional rounded corners, so there is no obvious discomfort when holding it with one hand. In addition, it is worth mentioning that the Nubian Z11mini uses the Type-C interface, but there are some defects in the interface and the relatively large speaker hole, resulting in a bit of hand scratching when you are used to holding your fingers.

Both arranged the power and volume keys to the right. The power key of Glory 7i is light and small, making it easier to touch by mistake. The other two card slots are also placed below the key.

Glory 7i sets a side fingerprint area on the left side of the fuselage, and Z11mini corresponds to the card slot position.

On the whole, Nubia Z11mini and Glory 7i have great appearance. The Z11mini is round and has a better grip than the fuselage, but the back cover is easy to be stained with fingerprints and scratches, and the bottom hurts the hand; Glory 7i has sharp edges and corners, plus side fingerprint and flip camera, which is full of personality, but has a slightly poor grip, and also brings the protruding defects of the camera.

Part 2 More about hardware: the later comes first

Although Glory 7i has been on the market for nearly three quarters, it is comparable with Nubia Z11 mini in hardware. The later Z11 mini was slightly inferior to the Glory 7i in screen size and battery capacity, CPU、 The storage space and camera configuration take the lead. Of course, when it comes to different fingerprint identification, pre shooting and camera functions, they have their own advantages. We will focus on the evaluation below. Here are some of the author's views.

RAM&ROM : Both models use 3G RAM, which is not a flagship configuration, but the running memory is enough to meet daily needs. In terms of storage space, the Z11 mini may take into account the needs of photography enthusiasts and directly select 64G of large memory. The author thinks that 32G ROM is also enough for ordinary users. It would be better if Z11 mini could launch a low-cost version of 32G ROM.

fingerprint identification : Both of them use two different fingerprint identification methods: back and side. The basic functions they realize in daily life are the same - mobile phone unlocking and fingerprint payment. Of course, some personalized play methods such as touch photography can also be derived. The back fingerprint of Z11 mini is neutral because it is in the middle of the fuselage. The only problem is that the system is easy to cause false touch after long press and open the super screenshot function (no verification is required, any part will trigger if touched). The side fingerprint of Glory 7i is on the left side of the body, which is more suitable for left-handed users to operate with their thumbs. However, users who are accustomed to putting their mobile phones in their pants pockets are easy to touch and unlock by mistake at the moment of putting them in, and then their thighs start making calls, sending text messages, and downloading applications. New users need to pay more attention to all kinds of pranks! (Don't ask me how I know it. It's very painful

gyroscope : Maybe you have noticed that I specially marked the gyroscope in the configuration of Z11 mini. The function of this sensor can also be realized by gravity sensing in many cases, but it is very necessary to play VR devices and some racing games, so you should weigh this factor when you want to buy the Glory 7i!

Type-C interface ： Z11 mini The Type-C interface that can be plugged in blindly is adopted, and it is generally said on the Internet that this interface is the future development direction. However, considering the slow popularization of this interface, the author, from the perspective of practicality, in addition to the advantage that the data cable can be plugged in blindly when connecting to the mobile phone, this interface will still bring trouble to many people in terms of charging and data universality. You must carry the charging cable with you when going out, In addition, users who are accustomed to transferring data through OTG of mobile phone USB flash drive will also feel a lot of inconvenience.

In terms of hardware, let's talk about the comparison between the system and camera functions that affect the daily cruise user experience.

Part 3 System experience: none is perfect

Let's talk about my first impression of the two mobile phones from the above pictures:

1. The lock screen of Glory 7i magazine is more distinctive, but the actual screen proportion is greatly reduced due to the large black edge and the use of virtual navigation keys.

2. The lock screen and desktop of Z11 mini system are mainly black and red, but the icons are round and square, which makes me feel a little messy.

3. Compared with Z11 mini system, there are more personalized setting functions, and it is easy to play!

The following author would like to show it separately, giving priority to the latest Nubia UI carried by Z11mini! In fact, the touch experience of Z11 mini is still very colorful. Fingerprint unlocking, palm lock screen, and edge gestures enable users to operate conveniently and quickly in daily use. The picture description is inevitably too blunt. The specific effect will be more intuitive if you look at the video above!

The system settings also provide personalized functions such as split screen, one hand mode, gesture, body feel, etc. The application separation and super screenshot functions are undoubtedly the major highlights. The screen recording function also supports environment sound, so the game commentary can be recorded with one click, so easy！ However, the use effect of long screenshots is not very good, and the application body only supports WeChat, QQ, YY, etc.

In addition to the regular turn on and off of Do Not Disturb mode, the system also supports automatic removal of silence for up to 8 hours, so that night time and meeting time can be easily handled. In addition, notification management can also carry out rich user-defined operations, and no longer need to worry about the overwhelming application push!

However, Z11mini also encounters occasional automatic restart during use, WPS、 The camera and unlocking process occur randomly. Occasionally, the application does not respond or stops running... It seems that there are still some flaws in the stability! In addition, throughout history, Nubia's system upgrade frequency is a little low, so if you are used to updating Xiaomi's system every month or even every week, perhaps Nubia UI will make you physically disordered in terms of timely bug repair and new function experience!

As for Glory 7i, although EMUI4.0 has been released for more than half a year, the latest officially released version of Glory 7i is still based on Android 5.1.1's EMUI 3.1 system. After entering the system, the black edge of the Glory 7i screen and the bottom virtual navigation button will come out to affect the "city appearance", which immediately reduces the author's good impression of the product appearance.

However, fortunately, the system provides the function of hiding the navigation bar, which will not affect the visual effect when watching videos or playing games in full screen and can avoid misoperation. It has virtually become a bonus item. The hidden navigation bar can be called out by sliding the phone when needed, which is very convenient. In addition, the system also supports suspension buttons, which can be adsorbed on both sides of the screen to facilitate the user to perform functions such as return, home screen, lock screen, one key cleaning, etc. with one hand.

One hand screen provides a solution for users with small hands to operate with one hand. The off screen call and off screen snapshot (mentioned in the camera evaluation below) provide convenience for users to make calls quickly and snap photos instantly. The super power saving function can help users effectively extend the use time in the case of low power.

The business oriented EMUI system also provides the situational intelligence function, which can provide personalized services such as weather, credit card repayment, travel reminder, etc. according to the network, SMS and other content.

In general, the Glory 7i of the 3.1 system on board has fingerprint unlocking, virtual navigation bar hiding, hover buttons and other features, but the absence of commonly used screen lighting gestures such as screen locking and screenshots still makes the touch experience of the system less perfect.

Part 4 Camera functions: each has its own advantages

As a highlight, due to their different focus on photography, the highlights are explained here.

As an independent brand under ZTE, Nubia has attracted the attention of the author since its debut because of the professional focusing, metering and separation technology when taking photos. Nubia camera applications have also been widely downloaded in major Android markets.

After years of intensive research, Z11 mini, as the first mobile phone equipped with Sony IMX298 sensor, uses a 1600W+800W pixel camera, cooperates with the new NeoVision 5.8 image system, and adds the latest technologies such as 3D noise reduction, DTI pixel isolation, LTM HDR, etc

In general, Nubia's image system can still bring us great surprises. The highlights of the camera family, such as the star orbit function of shooting stars and the classified storage of albums, are impressive.

In addition to the level 10 beauty, the front camera also has eight kinds of artistic filters for real-time preview, such as natural and pink, to help you take each selfie beautifully! The rear camera is also equipped with Mu Xia LOMO、 Eight real-time preview filters, such as color painting, meet the daily individual needs of users.

Let's show you the effects that ordinary users can shoot everyday! The 16 million yuan is not built, and can be clearly presented in the near and far. On the whole, the photos taken by Z11 mini are slightly blue and dark, and the color of the picture is fuller, and it is easier to take a beautiful scene of blue sky and white clouds.

The Z11 mini has a fast focusing and shooting speed, and the convenient fingerprint photography allows users to operate with one hand. It is not easy to miss the wonderful moments.

When the night scene is the most test of the camera, the Z11 mini shows high definition and noise control ability in both close and middle scenes. However, the vision is still inadequate. Although the camera is professional, users can't think that they are too ambitious.

Light painting graffiti is a fool's operation, and the drawing time can be controlled by yourself, so there is no need to worry. The focus is on the user's own creativity.

Under the default parameters of the electronic aperture, as long as the camera is stable, it is easier to take satisfactory pictures.

During DNG shooting, the camera will save JPG and lossless DNG files at the same time. The DNG format with a volume of 31M in the above figure still retains details after 100% magnification.

The rest, such as time-lapse photography (examples are shown in the following video) and multiple exposure, are also relatively popular applications. Users can directly shoot various interesting pictures by ensuring the camera is as stable as possible.

We simply produced a video of Z11mini imaging system. As mentioned in the film, the real shooting threshold for special effects such as star track, slow gate, and motion track is relatively high. We need not only professional knowledge to adjust parameters, but also suitable scenes, props, and hours of shooting. It is difficult for ordinary users to achieve this, and its practicability is almost zero. Therefore, if you are aiming at the stunt of shooting stars in the advertisement and try to raise the bar at any time, you are really wrong.

In contrast, Glory 7i uses a flip camera and camera applications to create excellent conditions for people who love to print pictures in the circle of friends to improve their skills.

Sharp tools make good work. Let's first briefly understand the camera functions of Glory 7i!

In the rear state of the camera, the camera interface has five functions: food, skin beauty, photography, video recording, and time delay photography. However, when the camera is flipped to the front, the camera interface will automatically switch "food" to the beauty function. In the left figure above, it can also be seen that long pressing the screen in the shooting state can also activate the same metering and focusing separation functions as Nubia, which can achieve better shooting effect in the scene of alternating light and dark.

In the right figure, unlike other mobile phones that automatically exit after the camera has been in standby for a long time, Glory 7i supports automatic black screen standby of the camera. Click the screen when necessary to wake up, making it easier to move quickly. Capture the fleeting scene.

The camera's secondary interface also supports panoramic HDR、 Full focus, continuous shooting optimization, intelligent object recognition and other functions. In the settings, users are provided with options such as smiley face capture, target tracking, screen off snapshot, rotation start self timer and so on. It's not hard to see that the camera has been specially considered in terms of ease of use and snapshot. How about the actual effect? Let's talk with pictures!

Self portraits should be beautiful at all times. Glory 7i uses a 1300W pixel camera and dual color temperature fill light, plus its own level 10 beauty effect and one handed fingerprint photography function, so that users can take photos of jade like skin even at night.

Even a person can immerse himself in the world of beauty! With Glory 7i, eight makeup style filters make it easy for you to experience the change of makeup in one second, and you can instantly marvel at the time and tender years! In the circle of friends, the last moment you swing in the disco with dreamy smoky makeup, the next moment you can change into elegant and famous ladies' makeup and prepare to attend the private dinner party of the national husband.

You know that the roll over camera of Glory 7i can also provide high image quality when taking a selfie. That's right, but it's wrong if you only know this! Under the condition of keeping the mobile phone level, the flipped camera can present an extraordinary highlight to the user within 180 °. As shown in the figure above, the extension of the horizon needs to be shot at a low angle. Ordinary mobile phone users need to keep their phones close to the ground. They also need to bend down and even climb on the ground to see the screen (above right). The posture is too low! Glory 7i only needs you to squat slightly, and the phone can also take a better picture when it is flat (below right).

  The Glory 7i is also easy to handle when you need to look up. The same angle is also suitable for shooting long legs or capturing a warm picture from a low angle for your personal pet.

Beauty also depends on food. Food taken by ordinary cameras is sometimes boring due to color bias, and it will not make people feel delicious when put in the circle of friends. The food mode introduced by Glory 7i in the back shooting can increase people's appetite immediately by adding warm colors.

Let's see the resolution of the Glory 7i for the near far middle range and macro range under the default shooting effect And color saturation The performance is good when the light is good.

The definition of indoor and night scenes can also meet the needs of most people. In some cases, there is still a lot of noise.

Because it is mainly targeted at young women The Glory 7i can undoubtedly capture the hearts of girls through the flipped 1300W pixel camera, dual color temperature fill light and the beauty selfie and makeup functions. The various playing methods of the flip camera can enable the girls to shoot pictures from different angles gracefully, and can also meet the shooting needs of people who pursue individuality. Although the camera has many designs in terms of full focus, continuous shooting and snapshot, there is still room for improvement in imaging speed and noise control of night image quality. At the same time, there is a lack of some interesting playing methods such as cloning, multiple exposure and light painting.

Part 5 Suggestions: The best is what suits you

In the above article, the author has shared the in-depth experience of two mobile phones that have been used for more than a month. Therefore, in fact, we should make decisions according to our own conditions when choosing and purchasing them. After all, what is suitable for us is the best!

Here is a subjective summary, The Z11 mini has a sleek body, excellent feel, and great system touch experience. The 1600W rear camera plus a professional imaging system makes it easy for users to experience professional photography effects comparable to SLR. In addition, the 64G built-in ROM and the gyroscope supporting VR also enable users to have a better use experience, which is very suitable for ordinary users who love photography but have no professional foundation. Glory 7i has distinctive edges and corners, and the side fingerprint and flip camera are very personalized, which can achieve a unique angle shooting. It can also use 1300W high image quality shooting effect when taking a self portrait in front, plus special makeup, skin beauty and food effects of the system. It is very suitable for women who take more self portraits. However, the system upgrade experience is a common weakness of the two, so it is necessary to think about it for console controllers who are accustomed to upgrading new functions!