The two mobile phones, Glory Note 8 and Xiaomi Max, are rare giant screens among many new domestic mobile phones this year. The similarity in appearance between the two makes people suspect that they are from a model. The price of the two is around 2000 yuan. The price of Xiaomi Max is lower, while the price of Glory Note 8 is higher. The expensive Glory Note 8 is equipped with an optical shake proof lens (IMX278) of 13 million pixels, while the price of Xiaomi Max is 16 million pixels (probably the S5K3P3 of the Hongmi Note 3 full network version). Due to the positioning problem of large screen phones, most large screen phones above 6.0 inches in the market do not have excellent photo taking experience. Therefore, as a benchmark comparison, we joined Samsung's previous generation flagship Galaxy S6 edge to see how the imaging level of Glory Note 8 and Xiaomi Max is.
Note: The maximum pixel ratio of the photos of Glory Note 8 and Xiaomi Max is 4:3, while the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge is 16:9. The lens focus of Glory Note 8 is similar to that of Xiaomi Max, and the wide-angle size is similar. However, the horizontal view of the photos of Galaxy S6 edge will be smaller than that of the other two due to the problem of picture scale.
daytime
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
In this set of daytime samples, the white balance of Xiaomi Max is slightly red, and the glory NOTE 8 and Galaxy S6 edge are normal. In terms of analytical power, the three are relatively close, and the sharpening of Xiaomi Max will be stronger.
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
In the outdoor daytime proof, although the Glory Note 8 is only 13 million pixels, and the other two are 16 million pixels, there is not much difference in their analytical performance. Although the color of Xiaomi Max may deviate slightly from the other two, the difference is not big, and it is completely acceptable. With the rapid development of smart phones in recent years, the daytime photography environment with sufficient light can no longer make them open an obvious imaging gap.
Night&Indoor
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
In this group of indoor scenes, the light is not dark, but the complex environment and light make the imaging of the three different. From the imaging results, Glory NOTE 8 performed the worst, and the sample was seriously out of focus, It is worth noting that the Honor NOTE 8 samples of this group were selected from five samples, and the performance of the other four samples was almost the same. That is to say, in this group of scenes, when three mobile phones all use the auto focus mode, Glory NOTE 8 cannot auto focus successfully in this scene.
The performance of Xiaomi Max is also poor. Smearing and font sharpening are not properly handled. The Galaxy S6 edge, which performs mediocrely in outdoor daytime scene testing, has played its due strength. Whether it is white balance, smearing, sharpening, parsing, noise control, it is a suppressive advantage over the other two mobile phones. If you want to describe it, it is probably the difference between rockets and millet plus rifles.
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
At night, the gap between Galaxy S6 edges is further widened. In this group of extremely weak and complex potted plants, the imaging is affected by the central point light source. The white balance of Glory NOTE 8 is too green, which may be caused by the green floodlight formed by the point light source and green plants. Although the white balance of Xiaomi Max is normal, there are too many noise points, which has something to do with Xiaomi's algorithm. In some scenes, Xiaomi 5's night imaging has too many noise points. The official staff once gave the answer that "this is to preserve more details". The Galaxy S6 edge still shows the strength gap against the sky, which can be seen in the details of the stone on the ground, the restoration of green leaves, and the control of floodlight.
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
In this group of samples, the noise of Xiaomi Max is still too much, and the performance of Honor NOTE 8 is good. Compared with other weak light samples, its performance in this scene is closer to the benchmark Galaxy S6 edge.
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
Left: Glory Note 8 Middle: Xiaomi Max Right: Galaxy S6 edge
In terms of night and indoor imaging, the image of Xiaomi Max is not as good as the Glory Note 8, and far inferior to the Galaxy S6 edge. This imaging quality is better than that of the 1000 yuan machine, while the Glory Note 8 with IMX278 and optical anti shake is better, which is at least at the level of 1500~2000 yuan of domestic smart phones. Glory NOTE 8 can basically cope with ordinary night photography under the condition of controlling noise. It does not respond well to complex light and color. Xiaomi Max is a bright camera at night. The Galaxy S6 edge here will not be evaluated as a benchmark.
summary
Glory NOTE 8 and Xiaomi Max are rare giant screen smartphones with a size of more than 6.0 inches this year. The photos taken by Glory NOTE 8 are worthy of its price. On the contrary, the photos taken by Xiaomi Max are basically better than those taken by the 1000 yuan smartphone. There is a big gap between the two cameras and the Galaxy S6 edge, the benchmark of photography last year, in terms of low light imaging. Because the large screen mobile phones are suitable for a small number of people, plus the cost of large screen and large battery, their configurations are often not flagship, but the price is not low, so many large screen mobile phones will not carry the flagship SoC, nor will they have excellent photo taking experience.
