▼ The domestic smartphone market has become a red sea every year, especially this year. With the mass production of high performance processors from Qualcomm, MediaTek and Huawei Kirin, the battle for the flagship of mobile phones in China has officially begun, with the launch of their own flagship machines. Unwilling to lag behind, Vivo also launched its flagship Vivo X7 in due course.

▼ In today's mobile phones are seriously homogenized, if there is no outstanding highlight, it seems that they can't do anything about it. In fact, the vivo X series has been changing in recent years, from focusing on the extremely thin X3, to the X5Max, which has both the extremely thin audio and video, to the flagship Xplay of photography, to the X6, which has a pleasant user experience. Now in X7, it has crossed into the self photography artifact. Since the launch of the vivo X7/X7 Plus advertisement, the users have attracted attention. The 16 megapixel high-resolution front camera, together with Moonlight soft light selfie, and the endorsement of Oba Sung Chung kee in South Korea have all made the vivo X7/X7 Plus more brilliant. Today, we are lucky to get the experience of the vivo X7 Plus crowd test provided by Sina's crowd test. Let's take a look at how the performance of this year's X series of vivo is, and whether it can carry the flag of flagship as you expect.

Unpacking

▼ There is nothing special about the packaging design of X7 Plus. The pure white paper packaging box has a very simple overall design. Only the word X7 Plus is printed on the front, which is unexpected. Song Zhongji, the spokesman, was not printed on it. After all, many girls have faith in this "national husband". In fact, the design of the packaging box is also a DIY art, just like the Huawei Glory V8 packaging box can act as a VR silver mirror, allowing users to feel their sincerity.

▼ Inside, the flip type double-layer design is used. When the box cover is opened, the vivo X7 Plus is still full of vivo style. Because of the integrated body design, the phone's network access permission, IMEI and other information are attached to the phone's protective film, and the overall appearance is still beautiful under the screen state.

▼ The lower layer is very rich in accessories. In addition to the flash charger, data cable, card pick-up pin and instructions, there are also standard accessories such as earphones, films and two different color water jackets that have long been "lost". In fact, many flagship mobile phones launched this year regard earphones, masks and cases as standard configurations, such as Huawei P9 and Meizu MX6. The strong return of standard configurations is also a benefit for users.

▼ The charger of vivo X7 Plus supports 5V/2A and 9V/2A output, with a nominal maximum power of 18W. The size and weight of the charger are smaller than those of OPPO, Meizu, etc.

Appearance design

▼ In fact, the author feels that Vivo has always been "careful" in the appearance design, and knows how to draw lessons from, and how to invest in its (consumers') preferences. From the three-stage design on the back of Vivo X3/X5 to the white belt design of X6/X7, from a broad perspective, it looks just like fruit, which is really eye pleasing.  

▼ Nowadays, the frequent updates and iterations of domestic mobile phone manufacturers have also promoted the homogenization of the appearance design, and the design of the front side of the body has also been basically improved and tends to be consistent. It is not important for users to copy who has good appearance.

▼ Vivo X7 Plus and X6 Plus still use a Super AMOLED screen with excellent display effect. The size is also 5.7 "super narrow edge design, and the popular 2.5D glass panel is added. The control of the black edge is not as" beautiful as that of a certain view ". The design of the four corners is more rounded, and it has two body colors of champagne gold and rose gold, While improving the feel, it also adds a bit of fashionable youth.

▼ At the top of the front of vivo X7 Plus, a 16 million pixel front camera, earpiece, light/distance sensor and the biggest highlight of this promotion - Moonlight front soft light are designed respectively.

▼ From the overall layout, we can see that Vivo still has a good grasp of details. If we ignore the sensor, it also shows a sense of symmetry. This design is also one of the popular designs this year.

▼ A Home key is designed at the bottom of the front of the fuselage, which is the first time that Vivo has designed the fingerprint module in the front. Although the appearance is the same as Meizu's mBack, the round waist entity Home key does not have the touch back function like Meizu's mBack, but only has the fingerprint identification function and double click customization function, The feel and durability of the zirconium gem buttons have been significantly improved. The menu button and the return button are hidden on both sides of the Home button, which also conform to the usage habits of Chinese people.

▼ The frame of vivo X7 Plus still continues the round arc design of X6. The SIM card slot is on the left side of the frame, and it supports two Nano sim cards at the same time. Micro SD card expansion is not supported. From the side, you can see that the front 2.5D glass radian extends to the screen edge, and there is a ring of high plastic transition washer on the screen edge, The addition of the bright edge chamfer cutting process makes the edge of the frame more rounded and more beautiful than the iPhone 6s.

▼ The right side of the body is integrated with a power key and an integrated volume key, which is conducive to better single hand operation. The keys are also made of metal materials, which have moderate soft and hard feel, appropriate key stroke, and consistent key technology and color matching with the body, making the body more integrated, and also improving the look and feel of the phone.

▼ The design of the bottom of the fuselage is relatively practical, with 3.5mm headphone interface, microphone Micro USB interface and speakers do not adopt the symmetrical design of one speaker at the same time. Unfortunately, they have not kept up with the trend of using Type-C interface that can be inserted in front of or behind the blind. Although Type-C is not popular at present, its stable transmission and more convenient experience are only a matter of time before it becomes the mainstream in the future.

▼ The back of the fuselage still continues the design of X6. The all metal integrated fuselage, like the mainstream metal mobile phones, adopts the three-stage design, still has an ugly big white belt, and there is no breakthrough in the current antenna technology. It seems that the design of the upper and lower antenna partition strips has become a habit. In addition, the round corner design, frosted metal body, and two white ribbon antennas make the overall appearance and texture match that of the Apple iPhone 6s.

▼ Although the biggest selling point of vivo X7 Plus is the front 16 million soft light self timer function, as the Plus version, vivo X7 Plus also uses a 16 million pixel rear camera in the rear camera. It is commendable that the rear camera only has a slightly protruding lens protection steel ring, which can better protect the lens without affecting the aesthetic feeling. Next to the camera is a small monochrome warm flash lamp, and there is no laser focusing module. As the flagship of this year, this is obviously not enough.

▼ The three dimensions of vivo X7 Plus are 158.86 × 77.49 × 7.94mm, and it has a 5.7 inch screen. It is obviously difficult to hold it in a single hand.

▼ However, its process is still impeccable. The all metal matte integrated fuselage has a sleek design that runs through the whole fuselage. The larger arc frame and the more obvious corner on the back make the whole machine feel better. Champagne gold and rose gold also meet the personalized needs of different users. As far as the overall shape is concerned, the X7 Plus not only has the beautiful face of Meizu PRO 6, but also has a better back than the iPhone 6s. The design is exquisite, and the beauty of the body is no less than that of the iPhone 6s, or better.

Photo experience

▼ With the continuous progress of science and technology, the camera lens and photography quality of mobile phones have also been improving in recent years. Its powerful portability can record all kinds of moments around at the first time, which is unmatched by SLR cameras. Now photography has become a necessity in our life, and also makes photography a competitive place for every mobile phone, Even as the main selling point of the whole machine. The main focus of vivo X7 Plus this time is photography. In terms of configuration, the combination of 16 million soft light selfie+16 million pixels Sony IMX298 main camera is used, which can match the major flagship phones. Of course, if you want to take an excellent picture, you need to use both soft and hard mobile photography. The function of camera APP determines the playability of mobile phone photography, The manufacturer's optimized adjustment of the camera determines the image quality of the photo, which can be seen from the Apple mobile phone.

▼ As the biggest highlight of vivo X7 plus, 16 million soft light selfie, you can use the Moonlight soft light that comes with your mobile phone in a dark environment, which can not only fill the light but also smart beauty. When you turn on the fill light, you can see that vivo has done some soft light and astigmatism near the light, simulating the apple light effect in the studio, which can make the light hit the photographer's face very evenly.

▼ vivo X7 Plus has built-in beauty and makeup functions. Beauty is mainly divided into three functions: eye, skin grinding, and face slimming. At the same time, it also supports voice adjustment function. Especially, girls who love taking selfies can adjust their voice without touching the screen when using the selfie stick, which is very practical. The beauty interface supports five beauty adjustments and can be used simultaneously with beauty.

▼ It goes without saying that in the daytime, when the light is good, the function of beauty is good, while vivo X7 Plus also has its own beauty algorithm at night, which can effectively make the skin appear ruddy and shiny, and the beauty and makeup are very natural after being turned on at night when the light conditions are poor.

▼ The rear camera of vivo X7 Plus also has 16 million pixels, and its shooting modes are more abundant, such as panoramic HDR、 Ultra clear picture quality, time delay photography and professional shooting mode. It is worth mentioning that the vivo X7 Plus has a motion anti shake mode, which seems to be just an electronic anti shake mode and does not support optical anti shake. However, the photos taken in the night and dim light are still beautiful.

▼ The X7 Plus performs well in photographing. The following samples are all taken in automatic mode. From the samples, we can see that the overall performance is good, with bright colors, relatively high saturation, and good performance under backlight conditions.

▼ For those who like scenery photography, especially when shooting large scenes and a wide range of scenery, you can easily take photos of large scenes through the panorama mode of your mobile phone, which is a broader perspective than the previous SLR photography.

▼ Macro is often used in our daily photography. The vivo X7 Plus is very good at macro performance, and the background is also very blurred.

▼ The X7 Plus has a 16 million pixel Sony IMX298 lens behind it. The night view effect of the X7 Plus is ordinary, with obvious noise, and the close view is acceptable.

System experience

▼ If the mobile phone manufacturer wants to retain users, in addition to the product appearance and configuration, the more important thing is the mobile phone operating system experience. Vivo's achievements today are not only because of the huge offline channels, but also because of the excellent user experience, The built-in UI of vivo X7 Plus is Funtouch OS 5.1, which still adopts the mature Android 5.1 in-depth customization. Through continuous iterative optimization, the interface and functional experience are more and more perfect. In terms of appearance and interaction design, many places are similar to iOS. The overall interface is clear and crisp, the logo is flat and unified, the color matching is comfortable, the system is stable and easy to use, and the functions are also comprehensive, It can react quickly and slide smoothly in the process of shocking use.

▼ vivo X7 Plus, like most mobile phones at present, has pictorial lock screen wallpaper, supports automatic replacement, and has a rich online theme, wallpaper, lock screen, font resource unlocking style that can also be changed. Fully meet the different needs of young people who love beauty and beautify their mobile phones, in line with their positioning.

▼ vivo x7 Plus is similar to iOS in many aspects of operation and interaction design, such as pull-down notification bar at the top of the screen and shortcut operation on the bottom. The quick operation function is also very rich. The first is the quick operation of WeChat scanning, WeChat code scanning, which simplifies the anti lock operation and is very convenient to use. In addition, the vivo X7 Plus system has added a new "global eye protection" function, which is the same as Apple's "Night Shift" function. Although there is a lot of plagiarism, for those of us who have to play with mobile phones when the lights are off, "global eye protection" is also a good eye protection function.

▼ Next is the super screenshot function, which has long screenshots, rectangular screenshots, screen recording and interesting screenshots. WeChat, QQ conversations or browsing some long articles can be completed through long screenshots, which is very convenient. The author still likes interesting screenshots, which can be customized and very interesting.

▼ With the continuous improvement of smart phone performance, multi task operation is also common, Vivo also provides split screen operation. Although this is not a black technology, there is no doubt about its practicability. For example, when watching online videos, WeChat will pop out in the form of floating icons, click the icon, and the phone will automatically split screen. You can also use the main split screen function by sliding three fingers. Split screen operation is very smooth, and the conversion between the two is also very smooth, In addition, you can change the proportion of applications at will, and you can also immediately reply and close them without jumping separately.

▼ The application resources of the app store and the game center should also be available. The new smart i steward integrates functions such as mobile phone cleaning, traffic monitoring, power saving management, harassment interception, virus detection, privacy space and mobile phone retrieval, without installing third-party cleaning software. And vivo park community and interaction, shopping malls and services, bringing a more convenient experience.

performance

▼ The vivo X7 Plus is equipped with the A72 architecture CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon 8976, eight core 1.8Ghz, Adreno510 GPU, and the A72 is used to run large-scale games, high-definition video resources, and web browsing. It has a good performance, and greatly reduces the power consumption of the phone, resulting in a longer life. In addition, the combination of 4G+64G can completely satisfy most users. The author ran a score for X7 Plus with Anthare, and the score of 80361 was much less than that of some mobile phones equipped with Snapdragon 820, but the score was just enough for reference. It would be better if the mobile phones were easy to use.

▼ After a long time of microblogging and browsing the web, the author found that X7 Plus did not have any problem of getting stuck. In addition, he tested some 3D large-scale games through Wild Racing and NBA 2K14, and they ran smoothly. However, when he ran NBA 2K14 for a long time, there was a more serious fever, but it was also within the acceptable range, and there was no hot hand.

▼ In terms of video, X7 Plus supports most of the current mainstream video formats, and the Snapdragon 8976 processor this time supports 4K video playback. Of course, 1080P is the most mainstream at present. When playing 1080P video, you can drag it without getting stuck. The playback is still smooth.

▼ X7 Plus is equipped with a 5.7 inch FHD Super AMOLED with a resolution of 1080P. The author used Meizu PRO 6 and X7 Plus with the same screen material of 5.2 "1080P to conduct a screen contrast test, and found that the color performance of both is good, rich and beautiful.

▼ The front fingerprint identification used by X7 Plus for the first time is also an attractive highlight. There are not many advantages in function. A touch can unlock the phone. If the fingerprint module is not available, a touch can return to the desktop. Double click can turn on the camera QQ、 WeChat, a function of switching flashlight. The return and menu functions of the phone still rely on the two buttons beside it.

▼ HiFi has always been the killer of vivo. As a flagship mobile phone, vivo X7 Plus still uses the top decoding chip ES9028 and the second level amplification and operation amplifier ES9603 under ESS, which can realize the decoding and playback of high-resolution Hi Fi audio. After the Hi Fi mode of vivo X7 is turned on, you can obviously feel that the performance of the music sound is more pure, the sound field is larger, the definition is higher, and the low frequency performance is also outstanding.

▼ X7 Plus supports the Three Netcom function. It can use a variety of dual card combinations at will. All 4G+networks of China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom support VOLTE. Although TF card expansion is not supported, 64G large memory can fully meet user needs.

Charging and endurance

▼ The battery life has always been a must talk topic in mobile phone press conferences. At present, there is no breakthrough in mobile phone battery capacity. However, all manufacturers have adopted the fast charging function to reduce the charging time, which is indirectly a way to improve the battery life. Vivo X7 Plus also uses Vivo's own "dual engine flash charge" technology in terms of fast charging. The overall temperature rise of the mobile phone terminal is also better during the charging process. It can be fully charged in about one and a half hours.

▼ In terms of endurance, vivo X7 Plus has 4000 mA ultra-high density and large capacity battery, which can achieve high-quality endurance with the support of the latest A72 architecture. In housekeeper i, there are power saving functions such as power guard to strictly control abnormal power consumption and reduce unnecessary power consumption. During several days of moderate use, the author talked normally QQ、 WeChat, browsing the web, and microblogging can still last for one day, but there is still room left.

summary

▼ After a period of experience, the author believes that the X7 Plus has a beautiful appearance, and the exquisite craftsmanship details also reflect the flagship quality. The 16 million front soft light selfie, the addition of Moonlight soft light, is more deeply rooted in the heart of young beauty girls. The excellent beauty algorithm and beauty function give them confidence in taking selfies. Vivo has gone from the main video to the beauty ranks, directly and effectively letting users see Vivo's efforts and intentions in product research and development. Moreover, the comprehensive system UI and function experience as well as good performance and endurance make this phone more excellent. Of course, there are also some shortcomings in some functions, such as the front fingerprint unlocking function is relatively simple, and the rear flash is relatively fragile. In general, the vivo X7 Plus is a phone with high appearance, good self portrait and outstanding performance, and the price of 2798 yuan is also very worth having.