Seeing the boundless, U.S. unbounded, Nubian Z11 test experience report

table of Contents

→ Appearance

→ Hardware

→ Software Operation

→ Battery life

→ Summary

Appearance

Of course, before the start of public beta, the opening ceremony is indispensable. Express SF every other day, just after two weekends, can not wait to drive to the local SF Express Center to take, in order to quickly unlock Nubian Z11's "mysterious" veil .

The box is made of black plastic hard shell. After opening, the mobile phone is in the top level, and the lower layer is the data cable, earphone, and charger. The iPhone 6, Z9MAX Elite and Gopro Hero 3 are all on the map.

This Nubian Z11 hits the "boundless aesthetics", the border is really narrow to "borderless", the edge of the 2.5D glass processing, giving the "real no border" feeling, according to the conference's explanation and the official website The explanation is that it uses the principle of light refraction to achieve the effect.

The back of the fuselage is aluminum alloy metal frame, the top and bottom of the plastic, although the back of the material is not fully designed with all-alloy, but the overall feel is still good. In addition, the fingerprint identification button is also set here. I have seen the interview program of “Liu Xiang”. It mentioned that the fingerprint identification key is very stupid on the back and “brain residue”. However, I personally feel that the fingerprint button is placed on the backside to fully utilize the index finger. When I pick up the phone, I can unlock it by touching the index finger. I do not need to deliberately move my finger to click. It is very comfortable. Objectively speaking, the proportion of the length and width of the screen is different, and each person's palm size and finger length are different, and the feeling when unlocking is definitely different. Fortunately, the position of the fingerprint identification key is not a determinant factor that affects the user's cheating, which is a matter of opinion.

The top of the fuselage is a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microphone and an infrared port for the remote control, and the right side is the power and volume keys. The bottom is a horn, microphone, and USB Type-C connector.

Random accessories for the data cable, power plug, USB TYPE C adapter and headphones. The data cable is the same as the original on the Z9MAX, but the power adapter is different. The Z11 power adapter supports up to 12V 1.5A fast charge. At the same time, the included headphones are moving iron dynamic headphones, but I still prefer my own headphones...

Model comparison

Z9MAX VS Z11 VS iPhone 6

Z9MAX is a little bit thicker than the Z11, and the Z11 is a little thicker than the iPhone 6. The official data is 7.9mm, 7.5mm, 6.9mm. Z11 screen edge with 2.5D arc processing, holding a good feel.

Hardware articles

Having said the appearance, I have to talk about the hardware configuration. Today, domestically-made smart phone makers contend for the best, and they are basically the same in terms of hardware configuration. Z11 does not accidentally use the mainstream flagship configuration, using a 5.5-inch 1080P display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, divided into 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM standard version and 6GB RAM + 128GB ROM exclusive version of the two Version, detailed configuration you can find in the official website, here are some highlights I am more concerned about, here on the run sub map for everyone to entertain, took a Huawei glory 8 to contrast:

Geekbench:

Master Lu:

From the run point of view, single-core scoring high-pass wins, multi-core Hassell Kylin wins, but Xiaolong 820 is 4 core, Hassling Unicorn is 8 core ... 3D drawing performance is Qualcomm won. Hassell Kirin's 3D performance has not been on the rise, and it still has to refuel.

screen

The Nubian Z11 screen uses a 5.5-inch FHD, reaching 403ppi. The concept of "borderless aesthetics" is not indefinable. Nubia's borderless design goes back to Z9, this time it has been further improved, 2.5D arc The appearance of "color bars" has changed. This screen edge uses 2.5D radian processing, so that screen images refracted to the edge of the screen, giving the visual impact of people without borders is huge, a little feeling of SamsungS7edge curved screen. In addition, the screen glass is made of Corning Gorilla Glass, which is sturdy and durable. Because there is no border design, one-handed grip without pressure, the entire mobile phone volume has also been reduced, compared with the iPhone 6 plus it ... is the same 5.5-inch screen, Z11's "body" is really very thin ... screen ratio is really Going against the sky...

The hue of the screen can also be adjusted in the setting, and can be arbitrarily adjusted according to your own preference.

Screen 2.5D glass edge display, recorded a video for your reference.

Camera hardware configuration

Z11's main camera uses 16 million SONY IMX298 CMOS sensor area of ​​1/2.8 inches, a single pixel area of ​​1.12 microns, F2.0 large aperture is already the flagship configuration, video capture support up to 4K, 1080p points 30 frames and 60 frames The last is 720p. Front camera 8 million pixels, F2.4 aperture, single pixel area of ​​1.14 microns, you can real-time beauty ... play live should be like this feature, video capture support 1080p and 720p.

Fingerprint recognition

This fingerprint recognition button is much better than Z9MAX's fingerprint recognition button on the side... In addition to the sharp increase in recognition speed, for the left-handed person like me, I don't need to be “painful” like on the Z9MAX... About the speed of fingerprint recognition, the last Video you see.

Network format

Currently, more and more dual-card dual-standby smart phones are available on the market. The Z11 uses three slots for two cards and supports blind insertion. Any card can be set as the main card, but if you want to use the Micro SD card to expand the ROM, It would have to give up dual-card dual standby, which is not as good as Z9MAX, because the Z9MAX uses a separate Micro SD card slot, and dual-card dual standby can be extended storage.

Software Operation

interface

Nubia Z11 system is based on Android 6.0.1 Nubia UI 4.0, Z9MAX on the details of minor problems have been completely resolved, the system operation is smooth, and pick a few features here to talk about.

1) FiT 2.0

The FiT 2.0 for Z11 is to use the edge of the screen 2.5D radians to make gestures to achieve different functions. But personally feel that the most practical is to touch the edge twice when returning to the key operation, avoiding the thumb to go out of the screen at the bottom of the return key.

2) Super screenshot

In addition to the free screenshots, you can take screenshots, screen shots (wechat dialogues are no longer needed for puzzles), and you can select preset ratio screen shots and have more powerful recording functions. The following is a demo video of the edge gestures and split screen operations I recorded. . (The article is not very good, I hope everyone pats)

3) Apply avatars

For QQ, WeChat, QZONE specific applications can be copied out of the application avatars, convenient landing at the same time different accounts, practicality is still good, but currently can be applied to avatar software is very small.

4) Touch gestures

The newly upgraded firmware adds a double-click on the screen and you do not need to unlock it when you just watch the time on your phone.

game

Usually rarely play large-scale 3D games, test the real racing 3, experience smooth, start the game is slower than glory 8 ...

camera

The camera mentioned here refers to the camera APP, video shooting, automatic camera, professional camera performance has been improved, but the function of the camera family that Nubia has been proud of has also been streamlined and strengthened.

1) The Z11 uses optical image stabilization. The rate of holding a slow door has been greatly improved.

2) The classic light-painting camera and star-track camera mode have been preserved. Of course, if you want to take the effect of the official proofs, the tripod is indispensable, and you need to manually adjust the parameters. The light-painting camera is not much to say, and it is consistent with the operation performance on the Z9MAX. The focus here is on the star-track camera. The Z11 conference also invited astronomical photographers to show the photos of the Galaxy. It was really shocking. So, in the corridor of my home, I put a tripod on the sky and shot the sky in the direction of the north. I took more than two hours to shoot the star track. However, due to the serious light pollution in the city, I was not so perfect. In short, this function as a mobile phone is more fun, because the stars that are barely visible to the naked eye are captured by the Z11. The orbiting camera is actually a time-lapse photography, and then it is synthesized by the algorithm into a photo and a video. The camera automatically synthesizes each shot.

3) Focusing, personally feel that the daytime speed is still good, but the night focus will pull the bellows, and even if the display coke, but the film is still out of focus, so shooting at night, or use manual mode more reliable.

4) proofs

Macro:

Close-up close-up: food

Daytime vision:

Backlit continuous shooting + post cropping and filters:

night view:

Automatic file

2. Professional camera

3. Slow camera in camera family

Regarding shooting of the night scene proofs, tripods were used in all three modes. In order to prevent the effects of the proofs from being affected by shaking, the noise of the automatic files can be felt to be more serious. Professional cameras and slow shutter cameras are reduced by manually adjusting the exposure time and decreasing the ISO. Noise. Regarding the focus, the auto-focus "pull bellows" does not say, and the failure rate is very high. Only the manual focus can increase the film rate.

Time-lapse photography

Battery life

The Z11 uses a 3000 mAh battery, and about 40% of the electricity is left in a single day of moderate use. We use WeChat, swipe Weibo, watch the headline today, swipe Auntie, watch videos, and use Uber to get a taxi. , call and call about 1 hour, take a photo to eat and so on. The overall feeling is still good. For heavy use, such as the built-in video recording function to record video, use QQ to upload video, pictures to the computer, midway game testing, brush microblogging, use WeChat, there are about 20% of the electricity in one day. In short, no matter how much electricity is left, it will be charged at home in the evening. It takes about 2 hours to charge the battery from 100% full charge (off).

to sum up

Nubian Z11 overall experience is still good, whether it is interface control, software interaction, photographing, etc. are very stable, especially the long screen shot of the color, recording and other small features are very practical. However, personally feel that there is still a lot of room for improvement, such as the night focus of the camera, and the optimization of the edge gesture operation. Since there is a one-handed mode, why not match the one-handed operation and the edged gesture with each other? In the era of the rise of domestic mobile phones, Huawei's price of 2499, Xiaomi, Meizu, and VIVO are all fighting for market share, hoping that Nubia will continue to refuel in the future...