[Preface]

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Helio X20, 4G 32G, 1080P screen, 500W/1300W, support fingerprint identification, support fast charging. Do you think I mean the latest Meizu MX6 released in 1999? In fact, I am talking about the 360N4 of 999. Is the price of this configuration very attractive? The first impression of a 100 yuan machine and a 1000 yuan machine is that it is low-end. 360 has always focused on the security industry. In its early years, it has also cooperated with Alcatel to develop a 360 special machine. This return, the configuration of the 1000 yuan flagship is unparalleled in the 1000 yuan level. Whether the configuration of the 1000 yuan flagship can bring a sense of flagship is what I care about. Let's verify it together. (If you think this article praises N4, you are wrong. There are eggs in the performance section.)

[Unpacking&details: regular, general quality control]

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360N4 is packed in a bright red box, 360 in the upper left corner and N4 in the lower right corner, indicating its identity.

When you open the package, you can see the N4 covered by the film. The full black front is matched with 2.5D glass, which has excellent texture.

Ten core 64 bit Helio X20, 4G RAM, turbo flash charge, and VOLTE call (4G). The four features marked on the film are the core selling points of 360N4.

Family photo: manual, 360N4 host, flash charging set. It is worth mentioning that the red and white color matching noodles shaped flash charging set is very eye-catching, improving the texture of the whole phone.

5V 2A/9V 1.5A quick charging head

360 customized slim charging line, the interface workmanship is in place, and the noodle data line design is better managed.

The following is 360N4. The front is designed in pure black. With 2.5D glass, the colors are very harmonious. In the screen out mode, it is integrated to achieve the ideal "screen out aesthetic" state

The design of soft light, earpiece and front camera on the top is very harmonious thanks to the black earpiece design.

The lower part is equipped with a red virtual button of the breath lamp type, which further creates the aesthetics of screen off, but this also causes the mobile phone to often take the opposite.

The top is equipped with a 3.5mm headphone interface as standard, the bottom is equipped with left and right speakers and microphones, and the middle is a fast charging Micro USB port. You can see the reflection curve of the "ripple screen" under the bright light.

The side and back cover of the N4 are made of plastic and have a round feel. The black front panel extends around to form a peripheral frame. The left side is the SIM card slot, but there is a certain gap between the card slot and the body, causing a slight cutting feel. This defect is not appropriate.

The buttons on the right side of the fuselage are regular volume and switch keys. Like the back cover, they are made of plastic material, without color difference, but the touch of the buttons is average.

The back is made of a whole piece of plastic material. Compared with some mobile phones with middle metal design, they are really inferior in grade and texture, but they are rounder, no color difference, and more resistant to falling.

A slightly prominent 1300W camera is used at the upper back, which supports phase focusing. Below the camera are monochrome flash lights and back fingerprint identification devices, which are equipped with thick channels. The measured results will be mentioned later.

Comparison: Glory 5A, Magic Blue 3S

The plastic feeling of 5A without 2.5D glass is stronger. The 360N4 has excellent screen quenching aesthetics with 2.5D glass. Of course, the most outstanding is the Magic Blue 3S of narrow 2.5D glass.

The same is true for the back. The Glory 5A split plastic back cover is slightly rough in design. Compared with the 360N4 integrated back cover, the metal middle section of the Magic Blue 3S has greatly improved the grade, and the camera has also been flattened.

The following is a detailed comparison between 360N4 and Meilan 3S

Summary:

In terms of appearance and details, the 2.5D glass and the front panel are completely black, which makes the whole front look excellent. The standard configuration is fingerprint recognition. Although the notch of the SIM card is made of no metal material Average overall texture , but there are no other major shortcomings. Considering that its real feature lies in the hardware specifications, it is not necessary to be too demanding in appearance. 360N4 appearance evaluation: satisfactory.

[Screen&Display: Upper layer at the same price]

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The 360N4 screen uses a 5.5 inch 1920 * 1080 resolution LCD screen, and the pixel density PPI is 401. Compared with the 720P screen commonly used in 100yuan computers, the natural fineness is better, and it is also at the top level in 1000yuan computers.

The following is the comparison between 360N4 and Glory 5A (IPS screen):

It can be observed from the actual sample comparison that the 360N4 color is more plump and gorgeous, but there is also a slight tendency to cool.

The following is: the upper 360N4, the middle glory 5A, and the lower OPPO R9 show that the AMOLED screen of R9 is significantly better than the 360N4 and glory 5A in grayscale performance

In this picture, all three perform well. 360N4 and OPPOR9 restore the sky and the sea better.

The following is left 360N4, middle glory 5A, right magic blue 3S

It can be seen clearly that the 360N4 screen performance is cold, the Glory 5A performance is natural, and the Magic Blue 3S performance is the worst.

From the perspective of common software, the color temperature of Glory 5A is normal, and the 360N4 is slightly cooler. Of course, the color of N4 is better, after all, the 1080P screen.

Summary:

The 360N4 1080P screen has excellent display effect, fine display, bright colors, and high brightness. Although it is a bit cold, it is superior in the thousand yuan machine. The evaluation of the screen is excellent.

[Photographing: excellent imaging, average experience]

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Rear camera interface:

The shooting interface is much the same, but the difference is that the 360 N4 camera has added "night shooting" and "professional mode" to increase playability.

Front camera interface:

In the front, a soft light fill lamp is directly added. It is very interesting to take a selfie with Lao Zhou's age.

Rear 1300W

Real time sample:

White balance:

The actual white balance performance of Glory 5A is the most realistic, the 360 N4 performance is OK, and the Magic Blue 3S is completely deviated.

Glory 5A has higher saturation, green leaf color is more pleasing, and 360N4 is more bland.

In this picture, 360N4 performs well, with high brightness and clear levels. The contrast between the rear brick wall is obvious.

Glory 5A is more prominent among the three performances with its high saturation, and 360N4 color performance is close to Magic Blue 3S.

Night performance:

The following group of pictures shows the difference between the three in the extreme night scene. 360N4 performs best, with less noise, high definition and no light spot.

Indoor sample sheet:

In the group pictures, I prefer the 360N4 style, which is authentic and has more details. The glory 5A is very beautiful, but the top details are slightly lost, while the Magic Blue 3S is pale as a whole.

Food photography:

Which has more appetite?

More samples:

Front 500W

Focusing and shooting speed:

When HDR is not turned on, the photographing speed is OK, but when handheld photographing is used, the probability of virtual loss is slightly higher; After HDR is turned on, the focus synthesis becomes extremely slow. It takes 3-4 seconds to complete a photo shooting, which affects the smooth experience of the overall shooting. It needs to be optimized and improved in the future.

Photo summary:

The live shooting effect of 360 N4 conforms to the mobile phone performance of 1000-1500 segments, The night scene performance is excellent , pre playability is also great, but in Slow shooting speed in HDR mode , which affects the overall feeling (because more than 70% of the scenarios after HDR is turned on will trigger HDR), which is far from the flagship level of 2000. The 360 N4 overall camera shows that the thousand yuan machine belongs to Upper middle level 。

[Performance: X20 continues to kill]

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The biggest highlight of the 360 N4 is the 4G RAM and the MTK high-end ten core X20 SoC, which also ranks first in terms of cost performance. The 999 360N4 is similar to the 1999 Meizu MX6.

Routine score: (default performance)

In terms of running score, the performance is at the level of 1000 yuan, much higher than that of 3-4W 100 yuan machine, but still far from the top flagship.

Game performance: (default performance)

Online mobile games: Glory of the King, Royal War, Daily Cool Run

Single game: Ju Bang, Wild Racing, Real Racing 3

There is a saying in the street that a mobile phone that can't play with King Glory is not a good mobile phone. The X20, which seems to be the flagship, frequently stumbles in this game, with LeEco in front. How does 360 perform? (I think that King Carton should listen to me slowly)

① , Glory of the King

At the beginning, Caton is very serious

It almost reached the rhythm of "one card at a time". Messi compared the other four sets on hand, and ruled out the cause of network delay.

After several tests, the average frame number of King Glory is between 23 and 26, even worse than that of a 100 yuan computer. It can be seen from calling CPU monitoring that the X20 of 360 N4 also exists Small nuclear condition of lock 3 , the big core is sleeping, which leads to the poor operation of the game.

Redemption 1: MTK Boost artifact?

It is understood that after downloading the MTK magic tool for temporary problem solving and forcing several cores on, the number of frames is stable and nearly 30 frames are full, playing its due performance, but it is not a long-term solution after all.

Redemption II: Update the system?

The forum group reflects that there are two kinds of days. Some people play the game smoothly, while others get stuck? Messi is trying to upgrade to V1.0.0.33. The fluency has indeed improved. It is true that some scenes can wake up the core, but it is only sporadic. The old problem of locking the core still exists. So there is no good way for X20 to play King except MTK Boost.

Other games:

"Royal War" and "Cool Run Everyday" almost ran full frame.

"Ju Bang" and "Wild Racing" are basically smooth, with occasional frame drop.

By default, when playing a large single player game, we can see that the utilization rate of ten cores is high, there is no lock core phenomenon, and the overall process of the game is maintained.

Decoding capability:

There is no problem with the mainstream hard solutions, and there are fewer unsupported formats. This one is better than one plus three.

Fever:

MTK has excellent power consumption and heat control. The temperature is around 38 degrees after half an hour of playing. Of course, with MTK Boost and other tools, the temperature will rise significantly.

Performance summary:

With the help of X20 and 4G RAM, the 360N4 tops the price performance ratio. It is reasonable to say that it is comparable to the performance of the Qualcomm 820. It is not a problem to kill mainstream online games and stand-alone computers. However, the X20 still has problems in the core call of some games. As a flagship positioning SoC, it should not be. The performance is average, and Messi is not very satisfied. 360 should discuss with MTK to solve the core optimization of X20 or even X25 in the later stage.

[360OS: Perfect and Safe]

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360's system is based on Android 6.0. The interface is divided into three pages, sliding left and right, and the layout is fairly clear.

You can select "Shortcut" from the drop-down list. All the basic operation options are available. You can also call out the secondary options directly, which is very convenient; The remaining space of 25G is also the mainstream level in 32G mobile phones.

Black technology function:

There are many built-in APPs, but fortunately, they can all be uninstalled. "Black technology" is not uncommon, but it is practical. WeChat, red envelope assistant, health reminder are available, and occasionally they can rely on location entertainment.

Memory and garbage management:

360 mobile phone butler and one click memory clearing ensure that 4G RAM operates at an efficient level.

Shortcut:

Gesture operation is also available on 360 UI. It also adds leather case and double click home to turn off the screen. There are many functions, but double click home to turn off the screen and click home to return are easy to touch by mistake.

Security: old line, very up to standard

In terms of mobile phone security, it is an old line of 360, which is naturally comprehensive and in-depth. Messi specially wrote a 360 N4 security article.

Cloud services: complete

360's cloud service is worthy of praise. It has functions ranging from backup of phone address book to locating and searching phone.

Built in shopping malls: basically enough

The built-in 360 mobile phone assistant has wallpaper, fonts, and ringing tones that are basically needed. The game can be expanded by a third party.

Basic communication service: complete

After years of hard work in the field of communication protection, 360 UI is in place in terms of phone early warning and SMS induction.

Summary:

The 360N4 UI has rich functions and clear interaction logic. The main security features and some "black technology" are really practical. With the help of 360 mobile assistant, the 360 N4 UI is worth praising.

[Endurance&Flash Charge: Excellent]

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The 5.5 inch 360N4 is equipped with a 3080mAh milliampere battery, which is relatively mainstream. In actual use, the "super power saving" mode has left a deep impact on me. In the low power mode, after turning on the "super power saving", the screen turns black and white, and other data switches are also turned off, greatly extending the standby time. 1.5-2 days for light use and 1 day for heavy use, the endurance is satisfactory.

Turbine flash charging: power supply

For 9V/1.5A and 12V/1.2A fast punches, the turbine flash charge was measured at 4% - 100%, and the charging time was about 70 minutes, which was close to the VOOC flash charge of OPPO R9. The overall charging was relatively stable. The first 30 minutes of charging was about 40%, not up to the official 50%, and the second half of the hour was 80%. The overall charging speed was satisfactory.

other

wifi： Before the upgrade, messi did encounter wifi disconnection, but after upgrading the latest system, wifi connection and download are relatively stable, and 360 officials should fix this bug

conversation: The voice is loud and clear.

Fingerprint identification: Fast, but does not support wet hand unlocking.

Summary

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advantage:

4G RAM/X20 SoC configuration high

360OS has rich functions and excellent security

Excellent 1080P display

Fingerprint identification is easy to use

Fast flash charging speed of turbine

999 yuan high cost performance

Disadvantages:

General appearance and material

General workmanship X20

Poor compatibility of some games

Poor camera HDR experience

360N4 really gives me a new view on the 1000 yuan mobile phone. Its performance and functions are comparable to those of mobile phones priced above 1500 yuan. It is very balanced on the whole. It basically surpasses the 100 yuan mobile phone in all aspects. It is probably the safest Android mobile phone. However, there are also problems with the 360 phone N4. For example, the quality control is general, and the card slot is uneven. The X20 core call also has some problems in some games. I hope the official website will fix the bug and make the 360 N4 a real flagship of 1000 yuan.

Picture/text: Buyi messi

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