This year's PRO 7 is the first MediaTek X30 processor, and it is the first mobile phone with a secondary screen on the back. So this evaluation focuses on three aspects: X30 performance and power consumption, Meizu flagship's first dual camera performance, and whether the auxiliary screen is useful.
Since the previous generation of Meizu PRO 6/6s, the PRO series has become very awkward. There are MX series with higher cost performance ratio from the bottom, and PRO 6 Plus with higher performance supported by Exynos from the top. Now let's see if this year's PRO series can turn around:
parameter
Last year's PRO 6/6s and this year's PRO 7 were embarrassed to meet the downturn of MediaTek. Helio X25 and X30 are the weakest high-end chips of the same generation. Meizu has suffered a lot in the field of mobile phones where SoC has been able to determine most of its performance, partnering with MediaTek, which has poor performance and power consumption control.
Appearance and workmanship
The packaging is very innovative. The oblique cut plastic shell is covered with a paper box, and the mobile phone is opened on the side and taken out. Meizu PRO 7 uses mChange 3.0 fast charging, and the charging head model is UP0830S, which is used by Meizu Note5 and later PRO 6 Plus. But data line Materials It is smaller than the previous generation, and no longer supports USB 3.1 transmission (nor does the machine). It is a pity.
The appearance design is more square, the earpiece is integrated with the light sensor, and the status indicator is hidden on the left
The secondary screen on the back and the logo on the vertical side are both very distinctive, with different definitions of beauty and ugliness, but they are absolutely novel enough
The upper left card slot, the right volume and power button layout, and the dual nano SIM card do not support TF card expansion
appearance: The edges and corners are more distinct, the arc transition is narrowed, the sensor is integrated in the earpiece, and the back is "forced into" the auxiliary screen. The headphone interface has been reserved, and the speaker has been changed to the lower left corner. The normal horizontal screen direction will block the sound.
Workmanship: Excellent, the seam tolerance is very small, the keys are tight, and the seam between the auxiliary screen and the metal body is perfect. In order to cope with the assembly tolerance of the auxiliary screen, the glass edge of the auxiliary screen has been trimmed and polished. Even if the auxiliary screen of the test machine in our hand is slightly higher than the body, there is no impact.
feel: The phone with a 5.2 inch screen is small in size and hard to handle. Although there are many edges on the side of the fuselage, which leads to a decrease in the feel, and except for the back auxiliary screen, which slightly destroys the consistency of the feel, there are no grooves. The overall feel is excellent.
Fingerprint identification: It takes about 15 times of pressing to enter, which is fast in recognition, fairly good in recognition rate and general in direction compatibility. The unlocking speed is remarkable and belongs to glory 9 OV、 The second echelon after one plus five and Xiaomi six.
PRO 6 Plus, PRO 7 and PRO 6s
screen
Meizu PRO 7 adopts 5.2 inch Super AMOLED screen, auxiliary screen 240 * 536 resolution (brightness is not adjustable), 307 PPI, AMOLED material. The measured maximum brightness is about 350 nits. There is no function to improve the brightness under strong light, so it may be difficult to use it outdoors. The color accuracy test is carried out at a brightness close to 100 nits in daily use. The standard mode can cover 92.7% of the sRGB color gamut. The color temperature of Meizu PRO 7 is about 7500K. The average deltaE of 104 colors of the machine is 3.8, and the maximum is 6.8. The performance is OK. For comparison, iPhone 7 is 1.6, Note5 is 1.8, S6 edge+is 2.6, and S7 edge is 2.9.
Meizu PRO 7 provides four modes: adaptive, standard, photo and bright. The quality of the screen itself is not a big problem, but there is a problem that the refresh speed at the bottom of the screen is faster than that at the top (the legendary problem of "laying lines down"). When sliding content up, down, or left and right, there will be some jelly phenomenon at the top of the screen (the moving speed of the objects at the top is not as fast as that at the bottom, which will have the effect of compressing and stretching objects), Although it is not enough to say how it affects the use, as the flagship of 2880, this should not be.
system
System interface
Own app
Detailed performance, background and power management
With wallet, running and weather insurance
Meizu PRO 7 is equipped with the Flyme 6.1.1 system based on Android 7.0. The system functions and UI design are among the top in domestic ROMs. The most special point of surface interaction is the design of mBack, which is designed to return to the home page by tapping and pressing, eliminating the touch buttons on both sides (the bottom stroke triggers the multitask interface, which may be mistakenly touched in some apps such as WeChat voice). This design has been used for reference by many domestic manufacturers, but after the iPhone 7 adopted the design that the home button cannot be pressed, most manufacturers returned to the design that the home button cannot be pressed.
When the home key cannot be pressed in the iPhone lead, the style of the built-in app is unified and distinct, and the font and line are thicker (there is an option to manually return to normal). For the sake of practicality, the style is reduced. The system app has complete functions, Daily tools such as flashlight, mirror, compass, level, ruler, etc. are integrated into the toolbox app, even random dice and coin tools, which can be perceived in many places as a polished and thoughtful system.
Although it is not as exaggerated as the advertising problem of MIUI, Flyme's notification bar is also full of push. The notification bar can directly block the push of most applications, but the push of the information and other system's own apps must be turned off in the application settings, which is a bit of a chicken thief. In addition, the system's own wallet has the business of selling insurance, and then "weather insurance" appears in the weather, and "running insurance" appears in the pedometer. These are very interesting/strange settings.
In addition, the biggest difference between Flyme and MIUI is that it retains a large number of advanced functions and openness. With background management, one click root and other designs, it is estimated that many players will be moved to cry when they see it. In terms of system fluency, Meizu PRO 7 performs well. Although there is no obvious sense of speed like One Plus 5 and MIUI 9's Xiaomi 6, the application opening, sliding and switching are relatively smooth.
The most obvious lack of Flyme is the absence of NFC, which leads to the absence of all the bus cards and flash payment functions that Xiaomi and Huawei have, as well as the infrared remote control function.
Helio X30 performance analysis
to configure: Meizu PRO 7 is equipped with MediaTek Helio X30, which uses TSMC's 10nm FinFET process. The CPU part is a 10 core three cluster design, with 2 * A73+4 * A53+4 * A35, and the main frequencies are 2.6, 2.2, and 1.9 GHz respectively. The A35 is a very new architecture, with smaller size and higher energy consumption ratio. GPU is PowerVR 7XTP-MT4, 4-core 850MHz, It is said that the specific model is GT7400 Plus, but it has not been confirmed.
Comparison object: Let's compare Galaxy S8+(8895), Glory V9 (Kirin960), Nubia Z17 (Snapdragon 835), One Plus 3T (821), previous PRO 6s (X25), PRO 6 Plus (8890) and Meizu PRO 7 (X30). Details can be stamped Love to play computer games Of Running points library View.
CPU operation performance test
GPU graphics performance test
Storage performance test
CPU： Meizu PRO 7 current version system cannot run GeekBench test, In the RAR test to test the CPU performance, Meizu PRO 7's performance was not stable. The multi-core test score was generally between 1700-1800, which could reach more than 2000, catching up with the previous generation's 8890, leaving the 821 with only four cores, and nearly doubling compared with the X25. But in the same generation, Kirin 960 can roll X30 in a large proportion, which is even more different from 835/8895.
The supposed strong single core performance is far worse than expected. Although the X25 is still rolled, it is only the 821 of Xiaosheng last year, which is also rolled by this generation of SoC. In terms of memory performance, the absolute performance is good, but the memory latency is even nearly 50% higher than that of Meilan E2 with P20 and Jinli S10 with P25. In addition, its core switches frequently, which may be the main reason why its same frequency performance is far inferior to that of the same generation products.
GPU： The GPU performance of this generation of MediaTek is still the weakest in its generation, The GPU PowerVR 7XTP of the X30 failed to catch up with the Exynos 8890 of the previous generation, and also lost a little to Kirin960. And even if there is a 10nm process, the heating is still high when baking GPU alone.
Storage: Meizu equipped the X30 with 128G flash memory of UFS2.1 Lane1. This is not Meizu's cost saving, but the X30 does not support the flash memory of UFS2.1 Lane2... It is also sad to say. There is a huge gap between the continuous read speed and this generation of lane 2 flash memory, but other parts of the flash memory performance is remarkable (one plus 3T and Glory V9 random write are extremely high, because the F2FS file system is used, and other machines are normal EXT4 file systems).
Single baked CPU, single baked GPU, CPU and GPU baked together
Single baking CPU, single baking GPU, CPU and GPU temperature after baking
Frequency scheduling: Under low load, the situation of "A35 single core 600MHz, other nine cores all offline" will occur. Under low load conditions such as desktop sliding, it is generally 3* [email protected] The application can reach the highest frequency of 10 core full open within 1-2 seconds after opening, and short-term load is relatively active.
Stability: When GPU GFLOPS is used for baking machine, 10 cores are full frequency for less than 10 seconds, and then they keep beating. It is unlikely to see large fluctuations on other SoCs. After 2 minutes, A35, A53, and A73 are disconnected in turn, and basically there is no frequency state that lasts more than 3 seconds. A35 can maintain high frequency operation, and A53 core cluster is often disconnected. After 6 minutes, the phone didn't even warm its hands, but the performance output was also quite low. Even the performance of the toaster application is so negative that it is really difficult to expect too much from its continuous output in daily use. However, because of the high power consumption of the GPU, there is no difference between the heat generated during the game and the normal SoC, which is still hot.
Summary evaluation
The 10 core and 3 cluster architecture of MediaTek is designed to reduce power consumption. Although the frequency of A73 is extremely high (the highest frequency in service), there are only two A73 large cores, and the multi-core extreme performance is not superior. What's more, the X25 and X30 have poor power consumption performance. Among them, the 20nm process of X25 can not withstand heating at all, and the 10 core is overheated and frequency reduced as soon as it is fully opened. Its actual CPU performance is even worse than P25, which can be said to be a very failed generation of products.
It is understandable that the X25 is due to the backward manufacturing process. The X30 with the 10nm manufacturing process still has poor performance. It is blamed that MTK has not yet been able to digest the large and small core architectures. Very serious memory delays, core frequency and switching are very frequent, wasting 10nm, A35, A73 and other advanced architectures.
The X30 can basically be regarded as the previous generation flagship SoC (10nm after all) with relatively better power consumption control. If it had appeared last year, the situation would be much better. However, the X30, which was only mass produced in the middle of 2017, used a generation of processes that were more advanced than the previous generation of competitors to achieve mutual success. However, it was still pushed to the ground by competitors of the same generation, making people have to doubt the technical strength and future of MediaTek.
photograph
Hardware analysis: Meizu PRO 7 is Meizu's first mobile phone equipped with dual cameras, which adopts a dual 12 million pixel black and white dual camera scheme. The sensor is still Sony IMX386, Meizu PRO 7 The good factor of imaging is the weak light imaging assistance of black and white sub photography, while the negative factor is its Like the domestic flagship of this generation, optical anti shake is removed. In addition, ISP is also better than PRO 6/6s, but it is unknown whether the performance and optimization can be equal or even better than PRO 6 Plus using Exynos 8890.
Photo experience: Compared with PRO 6 Plus, it has obvious regression, and the experience is medium to low:
Meizu PRO 7 camera interface and function switch of "double camera virtualization" are almost unchanged, with automatic night view, but still without automatic HDR;
Weak light shooting is much darker than PRO 6 Plus, and there is no obvious delay in the picture, but there is frame loss,;
The focusing speed is close to PRO 6 Plus, but the success rate of weak light focusing is slightly lower;
The shutter response is slow, and there will be a certain delay in weak light, resulting in poor performance;
Without optical anti shake, the low light rate is significantly lower than that of PRO 6 Plus, which is close to the flagship of the same generation without optical anti shake
HDR and black and white dual camera
Meizu PRO 7's HDR mode is heavy handed, which will significantly improve the blue-green saturation and sharpen the heavy hand, giving a heavy sense of oil painting. For users who are seeking for true restoration, the usability is average, but the appearance will be more pleasing.
Meizu PRO 7's double shot virtuality, viewfinder preview and film effect are relatively general, which belongs to the mainstream slightly lower level. Even if some complex scenes are not enlarged, the loopholes of virtuality and matting can be seen. It depends on the scene and luck to send friends.
Automatic comparison with black and white mode
Central amplification
Automatic comparison with black and white mode
The main significance of Meizu PRO 7's dual camera scheme is to improve the weak light. The effect is much better than expected, and it is not much weaker than the optical anti shake scheme. The direct black and white mode has a violent effect. ISO can be one gear lower than the automatic mode. Noise control and details have to be improved a lot. The only defect is black and white
Photo and image comparison
Daytime Scenario 1
Daytime scenario 2
Daytime scene 2 central zoom in
Indoor lighting scene 1
Indoor lighting scene 1 central magnification
Indoor lighting scene 2
Indoor lighting scene 2 central magnification
Outdoor lighting scene 1
Enlarge the center of outdoor lighting scene 1
Outdoor lighting scene 2
Extremely weak light scene
Central amplification of extremely weak light scene
Enlarge the left side of the center of the extremely weak light scene
Use Meizu PRO 6 Plus, Xiaomi 6 and One Plus 5 for comparison, and the detailed comparison will be written independently later. Welcome to follow the follow-up content of "Love Computer".
Meizu PRO 7, like most flagship ships of the same generation, also lost optical anti shake, but the absolute imaging level did not drop significantly unexpectedly. It should be noted that the photos of PRO 6 Plus are also the first echelon among the domestic flagship of the previous generation, and the achievements of Meizu PRO 7 are not easy.
Meizu PRO 7's saturation and contrast are slightly higher than those of PRO 6 Plus, which is a flattering type. The white balance stability has slightly declined, and weak light will have problems with contrast and insufficient exposure. It is expected that its analytical power will be inferior to that of the previous generation, but most of its scenes can be slightly better than Xiaomi 6, performing well.
Endurance&Charging&Heating
Meizu PRO 7 is equipped with 3000mAh battery. After 30 minutes of large-scale games (NBA 2K15), 30 minutes of wifi and 4G Internet access, 1 hour of music playing and 30 minutes of local video playing, after a total of 3 hours of endurance testing, the remaining power is 69%. The endurance performance is at the bottom of the contemporary flagship, which is unexpected. It may be because the system has not been adjusted properly, or it may be because of the power consumption control problem of the X30.
Meizu PRO 7 uses mCharge3.0 fast charging, with a maximum output of 24W. The charger model is the same as that of Meizu Note5 and PRO 6 Plus in the later stage, which are UP830S.
Charging curve
Charging node diagram
Even at 69% power, the output still reaches more than 18W. It takes about 1 hour to charge 5% - 90%, which is slower than the hammer M1L, one plus five and other machines. The speed is close to Xiaomi 6, but the performance is good.
In terms of heating, after 20 minutes of NBA 2K15, the highest temperature at the front of the machine appears at the lower edge of the middle right side, about 43 degrees; The highest temperature on the back appears below the auxiliary screen, about 43.4 degrees, slightly hot, but still within the normal range.
Secondary screen
There are few settings for the auxiliary screen function
Push message
The "painting screen" on the back is the most helpless selling point of Meizu PRO 7. It is not as practical as the full screen, nor as the front auxiliary screen of LG. It is estimated that Meizu officials also know that this is very difficult, but the function is really impressive, which is better than being easily forgotten like the previous generation PRO 6/6s:
Brightness and fineness: The experience of fineness and brightness is very close to the smart bracelet. The longitudinal 1.9 inch 240 * 536 resolution AMOLED screen, PPI 307, is already higher than the iPhone, but the actual display time/pattern resolution is much lower than the hardware resolution, and the normal viewing distance can directly see the graininess. This setting can save power and will not have a major impact, which the author agrees with. In terms of brightness, The factory setting is at the brightness level suitable for indoor light viewing. It is estimated that the above figure can be seen clearly at about 100 nits in the outdoor sun. It is slightly dazzling when used in the dark at midnight.
function Essentially, it is the same as the smart bracelet. Lift or double click the bright screen to see the time, and slide left and right to switch between footwork, weather, and wallpaper. The core function is notification viewing and self filming:
However, message push can not directly view the details and people will not turn over to place the mobile phone, so the daily life is the same as the decoration;
and Power off becomes the function of MP3, which is simply forced to find a use, which is worse than the notification function;
The most useful thing is to take a selfie shot. Any interface can be drawn up or down to arouse the camera. Besides the real-time shot, there are beauty and background virtualization functions. The rear camera has enough wide-angle for multiple selfies, and the effect is much better than the front camera. However, if the rear self portrait is used, more practical schemes such as camera flipping such as OPPO N3 still cannot be used as the reason for independent use of the rear auxiliary screen.
Power consumption and accidental contact: The function of raising the hand and lighting up requires that the gravity sensing function is always on, but the power consumption is not too high. In actual use, the auxiliary screen does not bring obvious endurance drag. However, the accidental touch can be serious. It is easy to light up the screen on the back due to the "Double click Wake up" function when holding the phone normally, and sometimes even wake up the camera by mistake. Although it is not a problem, it will give people a sense of insecurity.
summary
Review the three key points of the opening chapter:
Even if the X30 uses the 10nm process, it will only win or lose compared with the Snapdragon 820/821, Kirin950/955 and Exynos8890 last year. There may be hope for an early year, but this is the year 2017 when Snapdragon 835, Kirin960 and Exyons8895 are all in place. The bad news is that the first X30 will not be a selling point; The good news is that at least it will not become a slot like the X25 last year
The loss of optical anti shake did not bring about a big setback, and the overall performance was commendable. With the overall decline of the domestic flagship, Meizu PRO 7's photo ranking still rose slightly;
As expected, the painting screen has no substantive significance. It only has the function of taking pictures in the back for comfort. However, it has brought about substantial cost increase. Meizu sells Meizu PRO 7 so expensive, which is largely due to the meaningless auxiliary screen. Facing this function, our emotions are contradictory. On the one hand, we encourage innovation, but the price of encouraging innovation is the buyer's wallet. To encourage innovation this time, we actually paid for a function of "innovation for innovation"
Meizu PRO 7's price performance ratio has also hit a new record low. The standard version and the high configuration version can be considered as two different mobile phones. The P25 version can only be bought at a starting price of 2880 yuan. There should be no suspense about becoming the most expensive P25 mobile phone in the world. There is only eMMC5.1 and no 802.11ac WiFi. These castrations are not a big problem for P25 performance. P25 is only a mid - and low-end SoC, which is a more powerful Snapdragon 625 with GPU. This P25 mobile phone, which costs more than Xiaomi 6 and is close to one plus five, is also called "collecting IQ tax" by netizens.
Although the high configuration version of the X30 has removed USB 3.1 support, it has indeed improved comprehensively compared with the PRO 6/6s, but the range is not enough. It is still at a disadvantage in front of the modern flagship of the Snapdragon 835, which runs everywhere. In addition to the 3380 yuan price, the competitiveness is very awkward. What's more embarrassing is that the price performance of our PRO 6 Plus is higher than that of PRO 7
From the perspective of the industry, although the practicability is very low, Meizu has made a different auxiliary screen. Meizu's industrial design skills are still there. There is no optical anti shake, but the level has not dropped too much. These are all things that are gratifying and are Meizu's struggles. But the flagship series is still trapped by MediaTek, which is Meizu's helpless. PRO 7 Plus was unveiled in advance, which made people worry that it would not be the strongest mobile phone of Meizu this year, right? But after all, this is Meizu. I hope it can bring surprises to everyone at the end of the year.
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