As the end of Glory in 2018, and dare to claim that it is also the flagship model in 2019, Glory V20 has attracted a lot of attention. Kirin 980, IMX586, Magic UI and many other keywords converge on it. Is Glory V20 worth it?
Glory new logo
Along with the release of Glory V20, there is a new upgrade of Glory brand, so this is also the first product after the upgrade of Glory brand, from which we can also see new changes. Glory V20 is the first model of Glory to use the "eye-catching full screen" in appearance, and the front camera is arranged in the upper left corner; The rear camera is changed from vertical arrangement to horizontal arrangement, and the back adopts a new V-shaped texture. At the same time, the "HONOR" logo is replaced with a new style.
The overall design language is more youthful and energetic, which is consistent with the upgrading of Glory brand in the light direction in the past years. Glory V20 is the first shot launched for young people after the upgrading of Glory brand. What do you think? For more details about the appearance of Glory V20, you can check our previous Glamour Full Screen, Glory V20 。
Rare LCD
In terms of screen, Glory V20 is equipped with a 6.4 inch screen with a resolution of 2310x1080. What is more rare is the rare LCD screen. In the standard mode, the measured color temperature is 6661K, which can cover 96.9% of sRGB gamut, and the color accuracy is also excellent, with an average DeltaE of 1.9.
Switch to the bright mode, the color temperature is 8210K, and the color gamut coverage exceeds 100% sRGB, reaching 97.3% P3 color gamut; The average DeltaE is 4.1 (sRGB), 5.2 (P3), and the manual maximum brightness is 453 nits. From the measured data, Glory V20, an LCD screen, is commendable. Especially now that many machines have adopted OLED, it may capture a group of users who prefer LCD.
Robust performance
In terms of SoC, as the flagship product of glory, Kirin 980 with 7nm process is naturally adopted. This is the first SoC that adopts ARM Cortex-A76 architecture. It is composed of two A76 with 2.6GHz dominant frequency, two A76 with 1.92GHz dominant frequency, and four A55 with 1.8GHz dominant frequency. It has eight core design (2+2+4). We have already experienced its powerful strength on Mate 20, Magic2 and other models, so we will not repeat it here.
In a word, the strength of both CPU and GPU is at the top level at present. There are more active performance modes and GPU Turbo 2.0 and other technologies in the system, which are absolutely reassuring in terms of hardware performance. More detailed tests can be found in our Love to play computer games Of Running points library For the improvement of Kirin 980 performance mode, please refer to The Strength of Jiefang Kirin 980! EMUI 9.0 Performance Mode Measurement.
Inquire into IMX586
In addition to the Kirin 980, the Glory V20 also has another big killer, that is, it uses the latest Sony IMX586 CMOS, and is different from the past in terms of sub photography. It innovatively matches the ToF stereo depth lens (IMX316). After several system firmware updates, the "48 million AI Ultra clear" shooting function displayed at the conference finally joined, and let's have a look.
Double zoom
Although Glory V20 supports shooting 48 million photos, it can only be enabled when the conventional double zoom is limited to 12 million pixels in dual/multi shot. If it is set to 48 million, it cannot be used.
P. S. If there is no special description for the following comparison samples, the default is single for the left side and double for the right side
When the light is sufficient and the magnification is the same, we can see that after the double zoom, the detail of the sample is much improved compared with the normal single shot. Various textures and characters are clearly visible, and the noise control is also satisfactory. The only defect is that the white balance is not as accurate as the normal single shot, but the picture looks good.
When switching to the night scene, the power of double zoom still cannot be underestimated, and the details and noise control are still improved compared with the ordinary single zoom. However, it is believed that everyone can see that the picture brightness of the sample is quite different. Because the IMX586 will be equivalent to 1.6um unit pixel area through 4 pixels in 1 when shooting with 12 million pixels, except for the scene like the second sample. Most of the time, the samples shot through the double zoom are closer to the real scene, but the normal shooting will be too bright.
If you turn on the night scene mode to shoot again, whether it is a single or double sample, the brightness of the picture will be higher than that of the normal shooting. Similar to the previous double zoom, the double zoom brings better detail performance, but it has the same discriminant power as the normal double zoom.
To summarize: The double zoom of Glory V20 can obtain samples with better details than normal shooting in the daytime or at night, with good usability; If the night view mode is turned on, the brightness of the picture can be improved again, but the details are almost the same. If it is unnecessary, it is unnecessary to turn it on.
48 million AI ultra clear
In terms of photography, another killer of Glory V20 is the 48 million AI ultra clear shooting mode added in the later system update. The official said that this mode is suitable for shooting still life and scenery with sufficient light, which requires a certain processing time (about 4s).
P. S. If there is no special description for the following comparison samples, the default is normal 12 million shots on the left and 48 million AI HD on the right
At first glance, the 48 million AI ultra clear shot sample is not very different from the normal 12 million shot, but each sample is more delicate in light processing, the overall restoration is good, the white balance is very close to the real scene, and more is a qualitative improvement.
As for details, it needs to be magnified to 2 or 3 times to see the obvious difference: 48 million AI ultra clear photography retains more elements, and 12 million ordinary samples have more smear marks, and the light and shadow processing is obviously much better.
Glory official only recommends to use 48 million AI ultra clear mode in sufficient light, but there is also some improvement in the actual use at night. For example, the noise control of the sky and the building surface is better after opening, and the details after zooming in also have certain advantages. If you don't mind waiting a little longer, you can get more beautiful photos through the 48 million AI ultra clear mode.
Left: ordinary 12 million; middle: 48 million AI; ultra clear right: night view mode
But after all, in the low light environment, the improvement will be higher if you switch to the night scene mode. Not only will the white balance be more accurate, close to the real scene, but also more details will be retained, especially in the dark.
Left: ordinary 12 million; middle: 48 million AI; ultra clear right: night view mode
At the same time, in the night environment where the light environment is more complex, the night scene model will perform better than ordinary photography and 48 million AI ultra clear photography. In this case, it is recommended to switch directly to the night view mode.
To sum up briefly, the IMX586 Glory V20 has taken a step ahead in terms of hardware quality, and the functions of double zoom, 48 million AI ultra clear, night view mode and so on can be said to be icing on the cake. Compared with the normal 12 million shots, it has different advantages. In actual use, it is recommended to switch 48 million AI ultra clear mode in a place with good light to obtain photos with better texture and appearance. At night, the complex light can be directly switched to the night view mode for use, and the double zoom can be switched according to the demand.
Features of the system
Glory V20 uses the same Magic UI as the Magic series on the system. The current version is based on Android 9's Magic UI 2.0.1, which is of course the same function as Glory Magic2, such as intelligent life YOYO, various intelligent aids, gesture navigation, etc. In addition, the Glory V20 has been optimized specifically for Huawei Cloud, that is, the GPU Cloud function mentioned in the press conference. For a detailed introduction of Huawei Cloud, see the previous How on Earth Does Huawei Cloud Computer Work? Glory V20 Measurement 。
Endurance and charging
In terms of endurance, let's take a look at the configuration of Glory V20: 4000mAh battery, 7nm Kirin 980 and FHD+screen. Theoretically, it's not bad. After a standard two-hour test, Glory V20 finally had 85% of the remaining power, which was tied with the iPhone XR, the most powerful iPhone.
In terms of charging, Glory V20 supports a maximum of 22.5W fast charging. In the 1-hour charging test, the charging rate was from 5% to 94%, which is very fast. Although there is no 40W super fast charge like the Mate 20, its actual performance is not inferior at all.
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As the first flagship after the upgrade of the Glory brand, 2999 can buy a good LCD screen, top SoC, 48 million IMX586 with the latest Magic UI, available GPU Cloud, excellent endurance and good fast charge at the starting price. I dare not say that Glory V20 is outstanding, but it can be said that it is a valuable machine.
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