On October 17, Nubia released the Nubia Z11 miniS, the latter is the sixth generation of "calf". Compared with products of the same level, the Z11 miniS conscientiously stacks the sensor combination of front IMX258+rear IMX318, making it one of the most powerful mid-range cameras in active photography hardware. We Love to play computer games It is also the first time to experience the new machine. Now let's have a look.

Appearance and workmanship

Nubia's flagship series Z is divided into the large Z Max series and the small Z mini series. The latter is commonly known as "Maverick". The above figure shows the Z5 mini, Z5S mini and Z9 mini of the early generation respectively. The Z mini series is similar to the flagship Z series in design. Although the appearance has been greatly improved every year, the small red dots on the front and the red circle on the back of the camera are family designs that have lasted for many years. Machines of different ages gather together, Beyond the sense of passage is the right The rapid progress of the times.

Nubia Z11 miniS provides three colors of black, gray and gold. The front of the gold version is white. In addition to the symbolic small red circle home key, the 2.5D glass has a large arc, and the edge sliding has the touch of the previous generation Z9.

After the iPhone 7 comes out, it is estimated that it will lead the design trend from "three-stage" to similar integrated design. The Z11 miniS should be the first mobile phone to adopt this antenna design, except for the PRO 6 (released half a year earlier than the iPhone 7). The metal body on the back of the Z11 miniS has radians on the whole, and the corners transition is slightly hard.

The red circle, flash and camera position of the camera are all familiar nubia designs. The antenna partition strips of the gold and gray fuselage have obvious color differences, which can only exist in the form of "decorative strips" to a certain extent, while the black version of the antenna is quite well hidden. The chamfer on the edge of the fingerprint identification module even has a ring of gold edge, and the design details are richer than the other two colors.

On the top is a noise reduction microphone and 3.5mm headphone connector. From this angle, we can see that the flashlight is also slightly raised and protected by a metal ring like the camera, which is a special design.

At the bottom are symmetrical microphone and speaker openings, screws, and Type-C connectors. The front edge has a chamfer at the transition, and the back overall has a slight radian.

The buttons are in a conventional layout. The left side is the sim card slot, and the right side is the volume and power buttons. You can see a total of four antenna partitions on the side.

After the mainstream size has changed to 5.5 inches, even the Nubia Z11 miniS machine with the name "mini" has increased its screen size to 5.2 inches. The pressure of the single hand grip of the machine is not large. The rounded side radian and 2.5D glass bring a good feel. In terms of workmanship, the machine joints and keys are relatively tight, which belongs to the upper middle level.

system

Nubia Z11 miniS uses Snapdragon 625 (14nm process, eight core A53 with the highest frequency of 2.0G)+4G memory+64/128G, and the system is based on Android 6.0.1 nubia UI 4.0。

desktop

set up

To a large extent, the content on the leftmost page of the desktop is what manufacturers attach most importance to, while Nubia directly extracts various camera plug-ins to the leftmost page. The main body of the UI is in the style of imitation, with a trend of flattening. The overall functional design is not very different from the flagship Z11.

Shortcut button of notification bar that can directly display wifi and bluetooth lists

The function of the system steward is relatively elementary, with self startup and permission management, but it has not yet cut off advanced functions such as wake-up.

As a domestic ROM with a long history, the nubia UI has finally added the application separation function.

Music, File Manager, Gallery

Dial, calendar, alarm clock

The style of the system app is not very unified. The imitation and flattening are intertwined, and the functions can basically meet the daily use, which is relatively lightweight.

Split screen with different scales

The biggest selling point of the Nubia UI system is the split screen function with the highest availability in active service, in addition to the detailed photo mode. The common position of the home key is the control center, while nubia directly triggers the split screen mode, and another desktop will be opened during the upstroke. The picture proportion can be adjusted between 1/3-1/2. According to the size and direction of the picture, the system will also automatically switch between horizontal and vertical screen modes, and the icon will also respond to the size change.

The left and right screens are completely independent, and home and return will only take effect on the last clicked desktop. It is the same as separating the two sides of the mobile phone, and it is more comfortable to use. This is also the only split screen that makes the author feel that people have the desire to use it, and the usability of all other split screen modes has exploded

Of course, Android applications may not always be standardized, and even some system applications do not support screen adaptation, resulting in black screens on both sides. For example, "mobile phone" is only suitable for the vertical screen mode of 1/3 screen, and the icon and text of the file manager have not changed accordingly.

Photo comparison

The main image of the camera is similar to the iPhone, sliding left and right to switch modes. The "camera family" has a series of functions with high playability, such as multiple exposure, electronic aperture, star track, slow door, etc.

Sample size comparison

Proportional amplification

The IMX318 carried by the Z11 miniS is definitely the flagship sensor in the second half of the year, and the whole flagship sensor is one of Nubia's traditions. Of course, non flagship models do not have optical anti shake. IMX The effective pixel of 318 is 22.56 million, and the actual sample resolution is 5488 * 4112.

Ex of actual sample If the focal length of the information display is only 4.04mm, for a 1/2.6-inch CMOS, the calculated equivalent focal length is only 23mm, and the wide-angle is a section larger than the 28/29mm of conventional mobile phones, making the 4:3 frame Z11 miniS The horizontal view is very close to the Note 5 in 16:9, but the upper and lower pictures are a little bit more. However, as the cost of large field of view/wide-angle, the same object is even smaller than Note5 under equal magnification, and the wide-angle distortion of the image edge will be more obvious.

Scene 1 central zoom in

Scenario 2

Scene 2 central zoom in

Scenario 3

Scene 3 central zoom in

It may be that the engineering machine has not been properly adjusted. The exposure of the Z11 miniS tester is much darker than that seen by the naked eye, and the white balance is also obviously reddish. The disadvantages of large wide-angle and sharpening algorithm make it less discriminative than Note5, but it can easily win the 12 million pixel iPhone 7 Plus, and noise control is also commendable. It is impractical for a mid tier computer to win the flagship, but the overall imaging level of the machine is slightly higher than expected. Although there are not many IMX318 equipped now, they all show quite good discrimination, which makes people look forward to the arrival of the next wave of Snapdragon 821+Optical Anti shake 318 flagship.

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