Moto Z, which focuses on modularization, is one of the most differentiated products in the smartphone market this year. The blade like thin and light body plus modular design left a deep impression on everyone. Over the years of Android, Moto has been getting farther and farther away from the word "blade". This time Moto Z is the closest to the blade. In addition to the characteristics of the blade, the Hasu module of Moto Z is also very "interesting". This time, in addition to testing the Moto Z stand-alone itself, we also conducted a detailed test on the photography of the Hasu module.
Parameter specification
Moto Z adopts Snapdragon 820 SoC, 4GB RAM（ LPDDR4 933MHz ）+64GB ROM (UFS2.0), 5.5 inch 2K OLED screen, 13 million pixels for the rear camera (optical anti shake+IMX214 f/1.8), 5 million pixels for the front camera (optical anti shake f/2.2), USB Type-C interface, 2600mAh battery capacity, support for 5V/3A new generation Moto turbo quick charge, three dimensions: 155.3 * 75.3 * 5.2mm, weight: 137g.
appearance
Moto Z adopts high-grade stainless steel back plate, blade design, and the frame of the body has a very metallic feel. Moto Z places the metal partition strip on the USB Type-C interface and the top two inconspicuous positions, making the whole machine more integrated. It's a pity that the camera on the back is too prominent and too large to really continue Moto's brilliant "blade spirit".
The 5.2mm lightweight body of Moto Z really can continue to give users a very good feel, especially its aluminum aerospace grade duralumin metal middle frame, which has a very delicate texture, but the drawback is that its back texture and prominent camera may not meet the taste of some users.
Eyerub Hasselblad module
The Hasu module is the most concerned function module among the four modules of Moto Z. Moto Z equipped with the Hasu module will abandon the rear camera and directly use the Hasu module to shoot. The focal section of Hasselblad module is 4.5~45mm (equivalent 35mm focal section: 25~250mm), with 10 times optical zoom, aperture: F3.5~6.5， Manual ISO up to 3200, no optical anti shake, the module is equipped with a power/recording button, zoom wheel, xenon flash, auxiliary light.
When equipped with the Hasselblad module, the lens of Hasselblad will extend when the rear shooting is started, and the lens will retract only when the rear shooting is exited.
Like the other three modules, Hasu module is also connected with Moto Z through contacts, and the module and Moto Z are bonded by magnetic force.
Zoom wheel and power/video key on Hasselblad module
Ironically, the thickness of the Hasu module is thicker than that of the Moto Z, especially the lens and handle. The thickness is 9~15.1mm. Fortunately, in actual use, the Moto Z equipped with the Hasu module can be easily put into the pocket.
Each module has a gap at the bottom, through which the module and Moto Z can be directly separated by hand.
The belief logo "H" of Hasu module
Shadow projection module
The projection module is not small, with a weight of 120g and a built-in fan. There are two keys on the left and right sides of the projection bulb, one is the wave wheel used to adjust the projection focusing, and the other is the projection power on key. Since it is a portable projector, its projection effect naturally cannot match that of professional projection equipment. Although the official claims that the maximum projection area is 70 inches, its projection resolution is only 854x480 (480p), the contrast is 500:1, and the brightness is 50 lumens. For this low resolution, low lumen portable projector, the larger the picture, the more blurred the image
The metal cover plate on the back of the projection module is used as support
Wave wheel for adjusting projection focus
The fan can be seen from the gap of the projection module
Rubbing - JBL audio module
The JBL audio module is 13mm thick and weighs 145g. It is equipped with two stereo speakers with a diameter of 27mm. The power of each speaker is 3W, the highest loudness is 80dBSPL @ 0.5m, the battery capacity is 1000mAh, and there is a USB Type-C interface for separate charging inside.
Stand for support
The function of the JBL audio module is relatively simple, i.e. there is a metal mesh on the back of the plug and play
Friction battery module
The thickness of the battery module is only 6.2 mm, and the weight is 79g, which is the smallest of the four modules. It can provide Moto Z with 2220mAh of additional power, which is also plug and play. Its thickness is thinner than the other three. The battery module can be charged through the original adapter of Moto Z, and the charging specification is 2.2A/11W.
screen
NTSC color gamut
SRGB color gamut
Chromatic alignment
Moto Z screen test data:
Contrast: ∞ Default color temperature: 7429K Maximum brightness: 350nits sRGB gamut: 140.4% NTSC gamut: 92.2%
Average color accuracy of 104 colors: 4.9 Brightness of each part of the screen under manual maximum brightness: 320~350 nits
system
Moto Z is equipped with XX system which is very close to the native system. The Android system version is 6.0.1. There is no secondary menu and flat UI style. There are very few third-party apps pre installed in the system, only microblog WPS、 JD, Alipay. It can be said that the whole system is very simple.
performance
In terms of performance, although Moto Z uses Snapdragon 820+4GB LPDDR4, its Snapdragon 820 is not a full blooded version, and its maximum core frequency is only 1.82GHz. Although the official website indicates that its GPU frequency is 624MHz, in fact, the frequency is only 510MHz after checking with AIDA64, which indicates that this 820 is the same as the standard version of Xiaomi 5. In addition, the memory frequency of 4GB LPDDR4 of Moto Z is only 933MHz.
In the score scoring, Moto Z's low-frequency 820 will score lower than the normal 820. In actual use, it is quite different from most 820 mobile phones in terms of application loading speed, which has little impact on users who do not play games but only open WeChat, browser, Taobao and Weibo. Moto Z's flash memory read/write speed is eye-catching, and random read/write is among the best in 820 mobile phones today, especially random write speed. This may be due to the file system markup of F2FS, which can not help but remind people of the ultra-high random read/write speed brought by Huawei Mate 9's UFS2.1+F2FS.
Take photos
Supporting personalized module equipment is one of the biggest selling points of Moto Z. As Lenovo's most favored module product, the Hasu module was said by Lenovo at the beginning of the release of Moto Z. "Mobile phones are used to take photos, and Hasu is used to take photos." It can be seen that this Hasu module is indeed highly expected by Lenovo, so we also naturally added the Hasu module in the photo evaluation, Another device participating in the comparison is the iPhone 7 Plus with the same 12 million pixels
daytime
Left: iPhone 7 Plus Middle: Hasselblad module Right: Moto Z
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Top right: Hasu module Bottom left: Moto Z Bottom right: Hasu module 10 times light change
Left: iPhone 7 Plus Middle: Hasselblad module Right: Moto Z
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Top right: Hasu module Bottom left: Moto Z Bottom right: Hasu module 10 times light change
Left: iPhone 7 Plus Middle: Hasselblad module Right: Moto Z
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Top right: Hasu module Bottom left: Moto Z Bottom right: Hasu module 10 times light change
Left: iPhone 7 Plus Middle: Hasselblad module Right: Moto Z
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Top right: Hasu module Bottom left: Moto Z Bottom right: Hasu module 10 times light change
In the daytime outdoor scene, we found that without optical zoom, The white balance performance of Hasselblad module is not ideal , there is a certain gap between iPhone 7 Plus and Moto Z native cameras. Moreover, this white balance problem is easy to reproduce, and it is not an individual case. When the sun shines on the ground, Hasu shows cool colors instead of warm colors.
Without zoom, It can be seen that the samples of the Hasselblad module have not been processed too much algorithm, and there are many original noise points The daytime resolution is basically the same as that of iPhone 7 Plus and Moto Z.
The effect of 10x optical zoom in outdoor daytime is very adverse. Basically, within tens of meters, everything you want to see can be seen through 10x zoom. The resolution of 250mm at the long focus end is OK. Although it is not as clear as the short focus 25mm close shot, it is completely acceptable in the daytime. But when you use 10x optical zoom, you must keep your hands steady, even in the daytime, because the jitter effect after 10x optical zoom is too great, even if your shutter is 1/100s.
Weak light
Left: iPhone 7 Plus Middle: Hasselblad module Right: Moto Z
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Top right: Hasu module Bottom left: Moto Z Bottom right: Hasu module 10 times light change
Left: iPhone 7 Plus Middle: Hasselblad module Right: Moto Z
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Top right: Hasu module Bottom left: Moto Z Bottom right: Hasu module 10 times light change
Left: iPhone 7 Plus Middle: Hasselblad module Right: Moto Z
In this set of scenes, the contrast focusing of Hasselblad module is weak, and the focusing time is about 3-5 seconds.
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Top right: Hasu module Bottom left: Moto Z Bottom right: Hasu module 10 times light change
Left: iPhone 7 Plus Middle: Hasselblad module Right: Moto Z
Left: iPhone 7 Plus Middle: Hasselblad module Right: Moto Z
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Top right: Hasu module Bottom left: Moto Z Bottom right: Hasu module 10 times light change
In the scene of this group of construction sites, after zooming in, we can see that both iPhone 7 Plus and Moto Z have applied the algorithm to the cement site in the distance, which is very obvious. The imaging of the Hasselblad module is still relatively original, and the algorithm processing effect is not obvious. In fact, this is a disadvantage.
Left: iPhone 7 Plus Middle: Hasselblad module Right: Moto Z
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Top right: Hasu module Bottom left: Moto Z Bottom right: Hasu module 10 times light change
In terms of weak light, the imaging effect of the iPhone 7 Plus is better than Moto Z, which is far better than the Hasselblad module. Moto Z's weak light resolution is actually not bad, but the exposure of the picture is too low, and the painting is not effective enough, which makes it appear noisy. The problem of the Hasselblad module has always been serious. Its imaging is not like taking pictures by a smart phone at all, but an old card machine. The algorithm is relatively backward, and is limited by the F3.5 ultra small aperture limit at its short focus end (25mm). Its imaging effect in weak light is poor. First, too small aperture is a congenital defect, and then the algorithm processing is not effective.
However, the effect of 10X light change is still good. Although the aperture of the long focus end (250mm) has been reduced to F6.5, the problem of using 10X light change in weak light is that your hand can't shake. In terms of experience, even the hand of God is not likely to be true at a shutter. It takes several shots to ensure that one is available.
Optical zoom of Hasselblad module
Left: iPhone 7 Plus telephoto lens (2x light change) Right: Hasselblad module 1.9x light change
Left: iPhone 7 Plus telephoto lens (2x light change) Right: Hasselblad module 1.9x light change
Left: iPhone 7 Plus telephoto lens (2x light change) Right: Hasselblad module 1.9x light change
Left: iPhone 7 Plus telephoto lens (2x light change) Right: Hasselblad module 1.9x light change
In the case of the same zoom, the iPhone 7 Plus can achieve the effect of 2x light change through the long focus (56mm). However, due to the quantitative adjustment of the light change of the Hasselblad module, it cannot be set to 2x light change. We can only choose the nearest 1.9 times light change for comparison.
Because the 2x zoom of the iPhone 7 Plus will automatically choose whether to use a 28mm digital zoom or a 56mm telephoto based on the sufficient light in the environment, and the telephoto will not be activated in the weak light at night, we use the daytime scene for comparison. From the results of the sample, it is obvious that the 1.9 times light variable energy of Hasu is stronger than the iPhone 7 Plus in analytical power. However, due to the algorithm and white balance problems, the iPhone 7 Plus also has its own advantages.
But in fact, the iPhone 7 Plus has lost since the moment it was compared with the Hasselblad module, because the telephoto of the iPhone 7 Plus is basically unavailable at night. Because of insufficient light, the iPhone will automatically select a 28mm zoom for 2x digital zoom, while the Hasselblad module is not limited at all.
Top left: iPhone 7 Plus Top right: Hasu module Bottom left: Moto Z Bottom right: Hasu module 10 times light change
The picture shows the contrast between the imaging effect of 10 times light variation through the Hasselblad module and the close-up shooting without zooming of the three modules.
Moto Z
This camera of Moto Z has no secrets. It is just an IMX214 with optical anti shake and large aperture. Its strength is limited and not too bad. It is reasonable that the weak light performance is not as good as that of the iPhone 7 Plus, but it is also acceptable. The problem with Moto Z is that the IMX214 does not have the phase focusing function. In some scenes, it will pull the bellows back and forth, and the overall focusing speed is slow.
For more detailed photo evaluation of the photo taking part and the Hasselblad module, see the article I wrote before Decrypting Hasu Moto Z&Hasu Module Photography Evaluation
Charging&endurance&heating
In terms of fast charging, although Moto Z uses Moto turbine fast charging, and the input power of the original charger is only 5V/3A, considering its own battery is only 2600mAh, the charging time will not be too long. In the actual test, the power of Moto Z starts from 0%, and can be charged to 24% in 12 minutes, 93% in 60 minutes, and 98% in 69 minutes.
In terms of endurance, Moto Z has 71% of the remaining power after the three hour endurance test. Compared with the current flagship, its endurance is at a medium level. However, considering its battery capacity is only 2600mAh, this performance is acceptable.
Although the thickness of Moto Z is only 5.2mm, the heat dissipation performance is still normal. After running NBA 2K15 for one hour, the highest temperature is 42.6 ℃ at the position of the virtual key directly below the body. The heat is concentrated at the bottom of the phone. The temperature of other parts of the phone is 30~35 ℃.
summary
This month, Lenovo officially released data, The global sales volume of Moto Z has exceeded 1 million units. It is not easy for Lenovo, which ranks among Others in the mobile phone shipment ranking list all the year round. Moto, which originally did not follow the rules of licensing, has launched a variety of wonderful low-end models in recent years. Facts have also proved that although these models are differentiated enough (at least in appearance), they have low performance, few highlights and gimmicks, It is difficult to win users' hearts in the market, especially in China. The appearance of Moto Z reminds me of Moto in the blade era, with its exquisite workmanship, slim body and flagship performance. The author always believes that the so-called differentiation should be based on the foundation of design, workmanship and performance. Even if it is basically not done well, it will only become a clown in the end, and the differentiation on this basis can be said to be the finishing touch.
Even though Moto Z's module is expensive and not useful to some users, it doesn't matter. Moto Z without module is also an exquisite flagship smartphone.
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