360, which has been working hard in the mobile phone field, finally launched a new machine, the N5, in 2017, in addition to updating various processor versions of the N4. In particular, it is equipped with Snapdragon 653+6G memory, as well as a large 4000mAh battery. The price starts from 1399 yuan. It seems that the 360 N5 is a very buggy machine. Do you have any unique secrets?
Appearance design
Since it is a brand owned by the Red Clothes Cult Leader, the outer packaging of 360 N5 is naturally bright red, while the optional white is the inner packaging. The Snapdragon 653+6G memory+4000mAh battery at the bottom is very eye-catching.
The accessories are the same as the old ones: instructions, data cable and charger. The built-in charger supports QC fast charging with SoC, and the specifications are 5V/3A, 9V/2A and 12V/1.5A.
The design of the 360 N5 machine itself is nothing special. The front and back are very familiar with the three-stage design. The front forehead is a common "big white", and the chin is a controversial small dot design; There is no unexpected combination of upper and lower plastic patches+middle metal on the back. Different colors have different patterns. The Liuguang Gold model uses metal wire drawing.
It is worth noting that the frame is not made of metal, but of ordinary plastic, which is somewhat surprising. SIM card slot is arranged on the left, and power key and volume key are arranged on the right.
There is only one 3.5mm headphone connector and noise reducing microphone on the top, and speakers USB interface and microphone, it is worth mentioning that 360 has not used Type-C interface in 2017.
Screen quality
The 360 N5 is equipped with a common 5.5 inch 1080P screen. The screen color temperature measured in the standard mode is about 7500K. The domestic manufacturer's usual cold screen setting for user preferences has a maximum brightness of 411 nits, covering 93.4% of the sRGB color gamut.
However, the performance of 360 N5 in the color accuracy test can only be said to be very ordinary. The average DeltaE has gone to 5.9, and the maximum DeltaE has even exceeded 12. The average DeltaE of Xiaomi 5s as a reference is 3.6, and the maximum DeltaE is 6.5. It can be said that the color accuracy performance of 360 N5 is amazing. Fortunately, the actual appearance is not bad, and the performance is normal.
Performance and system
At the price of 360 N5, the hardware configuration of Snapdragon 653+6G memory is quite tough. The single core score is improved compared with Snapdragon 652, but the multi-core score is close to Snapdragon 821, The gap between the two on GeekBench 4 has narrowed to about 100 points. Compared with Snapdragon 652, it has been greatly improved, which makes people wonder whether 360 has optimized the running points. At the same time, in the RAR test, the performance of both single thread and multithread is stronger than that of the Snapdragon 821. You should know that the dominant frequency of the Snapdragon 653 360 is only 1.8GHz, which is the same as that of the 652.
Although it can compete with Snapdragon 821 in CPU, the gap in GPU cannot be bridged. Compared with Snapdragon 652, it has a slight increase, and the range is not large; Whether GFXBench or 3D Mark, the score of Snapdragon 653 is basically less than half of that of Snapdragon 821. The built-in memory performs normally in reading and writing. It should be an eMMC chip, which is still a big gap compared with UFS.
The 360 N5 is equipped with 360 OS 2.0, which is based on Android 6.0.1. After several updates, the smoothness has been greatly improved. At the beginning, even sliding was not stuck. The UI design is similar to other domestic ROMs in that it is localized iOS like design, and the color matching is relatively harmonious. After starting up, it only occupies about 1G of memory, leaving nearly 5G of available memory.
360 OS 2.0 is relatively complete in functions, and there is no absence of the permission convention of the standard configuration of domestic ROMs. However, 360 is somewhat strange in this respect, providing two entrances: one is called permission management, and the other is called application permission management. They are indeed responsible for different sub items - control bootstrap and the permissions to be called, but they are often confused in actual use, It is suggested that 360 can integrate it into one entrance and set it as different submenus.
The three features of the 360 N5 mentioned when it was released: FastZone Transform and Infinity are its unique trumpets. Unlike the other two, Infinity was not provided in the initial firmware version, but was added in the later system update. Although the name is very foreign, the actual function is very familiar to everyone. It is to realize multiple applications. The special thing is how many dividers can be set. The actual microblog can be set up with a maximum of 10 branches, and WeChat can go to 100 branches, which is quite practical for users with special needs. Of course, the increase of this number can not be separated from the contribution of 6G memory. The disadvantage is that only the applications in the list are allowed to be started. The currently supported applications are still slightly lacking and can only wait for the system update to adapt.
The FastZone is called the application acceleration zone in Chinese. When relevant apps are added to the white list, the system will automatically optimize it to improve its startup speed. It sounds good, but it is not obvious when it is actually used. It is slightly helpful for loading large games. Transform is a bit like the OneStep of a hammer. It can quickly switch applications through the sidebar, but it does not achieve data transmission similar to OneStep, which is equivalent to a disguised multitask management. In addition, 360 OS also has built-in functions such as cold storage room and one button acceleration. It wants to improve the response of the system in an all-round way, but personally, 360 might as well deal with the problem of too many pre installed software first.
Photo performance
The 360 N5 camera is a conventional configuration with 8 million front cameras and 13 million rear cameras, but the specific CMOS is unknown. The photographing interface is relatively simple and functional. Common HDRs, filters, etc. are equipped, and professional modes are also provided for struggling users. The actual experience is good. The focusing and imaging speed is relatively fast when the light is sufficient, but the focusing speed decreases sharply in the weak light environment, and the "wind box" is very obvious.
The daytime performance of 360 N5 is fair, the white balance is relatively stable, the play is also good, and the overall appearance is good. However, after zooming in, we can see that the smear marks are relatively obvious, the discrimination is slightly poor, the details are poor, and the noise control is sometimes poor. Another small problem is that it is easy to overexpose, especially in the case of indoor lighting, the picture brightness is significantly higher.
In some outdoor scenes, the 360 N5 sample is prone to reddening for some reason. The details are OK. The noise and smearing marks are acceptable, but the white balance is always drawing.
For the scene with rich colors, 360 N5's performance is a bit reluctant. There are too many noise points and more details are smeared than the general scene. Fortunately, there is no problem of redness. The sample performance is regular and consistent with expectations.
As for the low light environment, although the focusing is much slower, the actual imaging is somewhat unexpected. In sufficient light, the overall quality of the sample is good, noise control and details are commendable, and I feel that it is even better than in daytime.
However, when we shoot the text part, we can clearly feel that the discrimination is insufficient and there are more smears. At the same time, the anti glare ability of the lens module is weak. In this scene, the noise will increase, and the overall impression of the proof will be much worse.
In the case of weaker light, the performance of 360 N5 can be said to be surprising: automatically improve the exposure time and picture brightness to ensure that the main part can be photographed. There is a lot of noise in the sample and a lot of details are missing. The white balance is not expected, but the main part of the shooting is quite prominent. For a machine that is not the main camera, it has already completed the task.
Endurance
The 360 N5 is very powerful in terms of batteries. It is equipped with large batteries up to 4000mAh. Its endurance is worth looking forward to. In our（ WeChat official account: Love to play computer games ）In the conventional three hour endurance test, the 360 N5 has 83% of the remaining power, which is higher than other models equipped with Snapdragon 653/652+4000mAh large batteries. The performance is excellent. It is normal that Z11 Max and R9s Plus have slightly worse performance due to larger screen power consumption, while 360 N5 and C7 Pro equipped with Snapdragon 626 are comparable.
tail
360 N5 is a very targeted machine, which basically puts the cost into the heart part: Snapdragon 653+6G RAM+4000mAh large battery, so there is no way to pay too much attention to other parts: not amazing appearance design, usable but not excellent screen, camera display that meets the price, However, it has brought more powerful processing performance, super large available memory and excellent endurance performance. What's more, it can also make people wonder whether 360 OS meets the user's taste. The advantages and disadvantages of the 360 N5 are quite obvious. If you don't mind some of its shortcomings, you can generously add it to the candidate list.
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