Speaking of Huawei, your first impression may be a jazz life, a Leica double camera, or a young and lively Nova. But in addition to these familiar series, Huawei also has the Changxiang series, which focuses on the middle and low end. In addition to the large screen, long endurance, and good appearance, all the features that the middle and low end computers should have seem to enjoy 7 Plus There is no shortage of the same. Now let's take a look at the specific experience of enjoying the 7 Plus, which has a good appearance.

As a low-end computer model, the design style of Changxiang 7 Plus is not as sharp as P10 or Mate9, but rather conservative. It is close to the design style of the previous two generations of Huawei, and relatively traditional, such as retaining the rear fingerprint identification.

The back adopts a three-stage design, but it is slightly different from the standard three-stage design. Its upper and lower parts are made of integrated plastic with the frame, and the middle part is made of sandblasted metal. This design is rare now, and more manufacturers use metal injection molding technology.

Due to the use of a very round frame transition and the large arc design of all four corners, the whole machine is very round, so it has a good grip and fits well with the palm.

The front design is quite simple. 2.5D glass covers the whole front. Because the front fingerprint identification design is not adopted, the front panel only has earphones, front cameras, sensors, etc.

2.5D glass+large arc corner design.

The design of Huawei's iconic bottom LOGO is quite simple. Sometimes an excellent design does not need complex elements.

In terms of screen proportion, the machine does a good job. The border width and black edge are well controlled. There is no legendary black edge.

However, it is a pity that the resolution of its 5.5 inch screen is only 720P. Although the parameters are acceptable and the appearance is OK, today, 2K and 1080P screens are everywhere, the fineness is slightly low.

Unlike P10 and Mate9's virtual button+physical touch button design, Changxiang 7 Plus only provides virtual buttons.

The forehead design is relatively conventional. The middle is a earpiece in the same color as the panel, the left is a hidden front sensor, and the right is an 8 million pixel front camera.

On the whole, although the appearance is not stunning, it is relatively durable and standard.

The design of the back is quite common. The camera, fill light and back fingerprint identification are located on the top of the body, but the texture of the silver version is slightly ordinary.

The logo of Huawei and some operators is printed on the bottom, which is a customized version of China Mobile and supports TD-LTE.

Fingerprint identification is located at the back, slightly higher, but it is still acceptable after adaptation.

In terms of camera, it adopts a 12 million pixel rear camera, with a unit pixel area of 1.25 μ m. Phase focusing is supported, and the aperture is f/2.2.

In terms of fuselage layout, the SIM card slot is located on the left side of the fuselage, which supports dual cards and dual standby, and also supports TF card expansion.

The volume button and power button are located on the right side of the body, and the power button is located under the volume button. It is easy to touch with one hand and both hands, and the location is reasonable. The traditional 3.5mm headphone jack is reserved on the top of the fuselage, and the other smaller opening is the noise reduction microphone.

This machine does not use the currently popular USB Type-C interface, but uses the MicroUSB interface. There are symmetrical loudspeaker openings on both sides of the USB interface, but only the right side is the loudspeaker. The symmetrical opening on the left side is just for the sake of beauty, and the main microphone for calling is hidden inside.

In terms of configuration, the machine uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 processor, combined with 3GB RAM+32GB ROM or 4GB RAM+64GB ROM.

In terms of battery, it uses a 4000mAh lithium-ion battery. Considering that its screen has only 720P resolution, its endurance is good.

In terms of body size, its three dimensions are 153.6mm * 76.4mm * 8.35mm, and the body weight is 165g.

System experience

In terms of system experience, Changxiang 7 Plus uses the Android 7.0 based EMUI 5.1 operating system, which is similar to the experience of other Huawei models. The localization and functions are good, but the system UI is still known as Huawei's customary style. In this era, although it is not ugly, this set of UI really needs to be updated.

The system has its own intelligent assistant, which can be accessed by clicking left on the official launcher. It integrates common applications, Huawei health, life services, news sources and other content, and can also be searched at the system level. It is quite practical.

In terms of permission management, Huawei has always done a good job. It can set the permissions of each application in detail.

In terms of functionality, the EMUI is still in place. The status bar and navigation bar settings are rich. There are also many modes to choose from for power management, such as power saving mode and super power saving mode. The resolution can also be adjusted to reduce power consumption. Huawei is more experienced in endurance control.

Photo experience

In terms of photographing, the camera adopts a 12 million pixel rear camera, equipped with monochrome fill light, and its hardware configuration is basically at the same level as that of models of the same level. Let's take a look at the specific sample performance of the camera.

As a 1000 yuan machine, Changxiang 7 Plus is fairly good at taking photos. Although the color adjustment is not as bright as Leica certification, the imaging also tends to focus on thick ink and color. The color of the film is more pleasing to the eye. In the non dark environment, the noise control is also good. Although there must be some gaps in photographing compared with the flagship machine, this performance is also satisfactory in the same level of models, but it has a little fan box in focusing. In some scenes, there will be constant focusing, and automatic focusing cannot be completed until the focus is manually selected. I hope this problem can be solved in future firmware updates.

summary

As a main low-end model, Changxiang 7 Plus has a good appearance and solid workmanship. Although the plastic frame slightly reduces its texture, it is a relatively successful appearance design on the whole. However, Huawei still needs to make efforts in the UI, especially the icon. This set of UI has been used for several generations, and today it seems a little outdated.

In terms of overall experience, although the machine is positioned at the middle and low end, the system version has not lagged behind. It uses the customized EMUI 5.1 operating system based on Android 7.0, which is very similar to other Huawei models in terms of system experience. However, because it only uses the Snapdragon 435 processor, it is acceptable for daily applications, but it is difficult for games and some large-scale applications that are very performance hungry. However, just because of this, the low-power processor+720P screen+4000mAh battery gives it a very strong battery life. In our experience, there is no pressure in a day of moderate use, and there is still nearly 40% of power in the evening. Nevertheless, if it can be equipped with Snapdragon 6 series processors, it will be more competitive. After all, there are many models with better performance at the same price, and enjoying 7 Plus is not superior in this respect.

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