On June 18, 2013, Huawei officially launched the world’s thinnest smartphone in London, UK.Huawei Ascend P6This model can be said to beHuawei mobile phoneThe beginning of the transformation is also a boutique masterpiece that has dedicated its efforts. After a year,Huawei Ascend P7Officially met us, compared to P6Ascend P7The portrayal in the details is more perfect, or on the way to perfection, Zhongguancun Onlinecell phoneThe Communications Division also brought the first test of this model to netizens for the first time.
HuaweiAscend P7first test
Before we start the evaluation, we might as well review the general parameters of this model. After all, as a smartphone, the hardware foundation is very necessary. With a good hardware foundation, we can create more and better experiences.
| Product name | Huawei Ascend P6 (mobile version/8GB) | Huawei Ascend P7 (Mobile TD-LTE Edition) |
| release date | Year 2013 | 2014 |
| Home screen size | 4.7 inches | 5 inches |
| main screen resolution | 1280X720 pixels | 1920X1080 pixels |
| Screen technology | In-Cell full lamination technology | In-Cell full lamination technology |
| narrow border | 3.49Mm | 2.97Mm |
| screen ratio | 70.09% | 72% |
| Operating System | (Emotion UI 1.6) Android 4.2 | Emotion UI 2.3 (Android 4.4) |
| CPU model | HiSilicon K3V2E | HiSilicon Kirin 910T |
| CPU frequency | 1.5 GHz | 1.8 GHz |
| RAM capacity | 2GB | 2GB |
| ROM capacity | 8GB | 16GB |
| Memory Card | MicroSD card | MicroSD card |
| Battery capacity | 2000mAh | 2500mAh |
| Rear camera pixels | 8 million pixels | 13 million pixels |
| Front-facing camera pixels | 5 million pixels | 8 million pixels |
| flash | LED fill light | LED fill light |
| aperture | F/2.0 | F/2.0 |
From the above parameters, it is not difficult to see that HuaweiAscend P7Compared with the previous Ascend P6, there are many upgrades, such as a 5-inch full high definition screen, a new HiSilicon Kirin 910T processor, a 8 million + 13 million pixel dual camera and a new Emotion UI 2.3.
HuaweiAscend P7
Of course, in addition to performance and experience improvements, HuaweiAscend P7In terms of appearance, it basically maintains the overall style and design language of the Ascend P6, but there are many changes in the details, which are better than the previous visual effects and more user-friendly. This is also the origin of the title of this article, because HuaweiAscend P7There are indeed more or less improvements in all aspects, and these advances have improved the user experience by a level.
If you are rightHuawei Ascend P6If you are familiar with it, you will see this one for the first time.cell phoneYou can be sure that this is the sequel to the P series, because of their design language and overall styling.Huawei Ascend P7The "family-style front face" design is adopted. Of course, the author thinks it is more appropriate to change it to the "family-style fuselage" design.
HuaweiAscend P7Adopted a piece5 inchesscreen
HuaweiAscend P7It uses a 5-inch full high definition in-cell screen, and the machine also uses Corning’s third-generation gorilla glass to protect the screen. To be honest, after the author has come into contact with many touch screen models, Corning Gorilla is not only excellent in scratch resistance and wear resistance (the third-generation scratch resistance capacity enhancement 300%), but also better in touch and texture than ordinary glass. Of course, as the foundation of the screen, HuaweiAscend P7The display effect is indeed satisfactory, whether it is color reproduction, screen brightness, or viewing angle, it is excellent. The fully fitted screen also makes the entire screen more transparent and more intuitive.
The screen ratio has increased
In terms of details, HuaweiAscend P7There are also many changes, giving the author the most intuitive impression is the increase in screen ratio, compared to the pastAscend P7The screen ratio is higher, and the visual impact of the whole machine is also improved. With the 2.97mm ultra-narrow frame, this allows the screen of the machine to increase while the size of the entire fuselage is better controlled. The performance of the grip is worthy of recognition.
The chin has a brand new design
It is worth mentioning that HuaweiAscend P7The design of the "chin" has undergone some changes. Compared with the previous two-stage design, the design of the machine looks more coordinated, and the entire front is covered by glass, which also adds a bit of texture. Of course, HuaweiAscend P7The bottom part still stands out, which is also to reflect the design of its border.
Huawei Ascend P7The back of the Ascend P6 can be said to be very different from the previous stainless steel brushed backplane. HuaweiAscend P7Adopting a brand-new glass backplane design, and using the same Corning Gorilla third-generation glass as the screen, the use of front and rear double gorilla glass not only guarantees the scratch resistance of the front and rear, but also guarantees the strength of the whole machine.
The back of the fuselage also uses Corning’s third-generation gorilla glass.
Huawei logo and main camera
The speaker is placed in the lower left corner of the fuselage
In terms of details, HuaweiAscend P7The upper left corner of the back is a 13 million pixel camera, the bottom is equipped with an LED flash, and the middle position is Huawei’s logo, the same as the front panel design, HuaweiAscend P7The two-stage design of the back panel has also been cancelled, and the speaker has also been placed at the lower left of the back, forming a vertical strip.
The earphone hole is designed above the fuselage.
Detail design of the bottom of the fuselage
There is no button on the left side of the fuselage.
The button sockets, etc. are all concentrated on the right side of the fuselage
HuaweiAscend P7The frame design of the fuselage is almost the same as that of the Ascend P6. Both models use a double C chamfer design, which adds a lot to the design of the whole model. The whole frame is designed with metal brushed wire, and both sides have chamfer design. The metal texture is very prominent, and the visual effect has also been improved a lot. It is worth mentioning that HuaweiAscend P7There are certain "edge" designs on both sides of the bottom to make the front of the fuselage look less "hard".
HuaweiAscend P7There was no interface or function on the left side of the fuselage. The previously controversial headphone jack was transferred to the top of the fuselage, and the design of the dust cover was cancelled. There was also a noise-canceling microphone next to it.
SIM card slot and microSD card slot
The design of the power button is very unique.
HuaweiAscend P7Most of the keys and sockets are concentrated on the right side of the fuselage. The top two keys are the volume key and the power key. In addition to the concentric circle design of the keycap, the power key also has a certain depression below, which makes the finger feel better and adds a certain visual effect. The following positions are the SIM card slot and the microSD card slot. Both card slots have text prompts for their positions, and it can also be seen that the model in my hand supports TD-SCDMA and LTE networks. It is reported that HuaweiAscend P7It will use a chip that supports 5-mode 10-frequency. The mobile version of Huawei in my handAscend P7It is a single-card design, while other versions use a dual-card version, and support TD-LTE and FDD-LTE dual 4G networks. In terms of battery life, HuaweiAscend P7A 2500 mAh battery will be used.
In terms of systems,Huawei Ascend P7Using Huawei’s latest Emotion UI 2.3, which is also its debut, the UI is based on the Android 4.4 version of the system deep customization, such a new Android version in the custom UI is indeed very rare, after the author’s experience, found that the new Emotion UI in the entire user experience has been more improved, the details of the portrayal is more refined.
HuaweiAscend P7Adopted a brand new Emotion UI 2.3
Depth customization 4.4.2 based on Android
Let’s start with the lock screen interface, compared to Huawei in the pastAscend P7The lock screen interface of Emotion UI has undergone no small changes, because the "Magazine Lock Screen" function has been added in Emotion UI 2.3, which can replace the lock screen.wallpaper, and can be replaced manually. Not only that, after pulling up this menu, users can quickly turn on the calendar, calculator, flashlight and mirror functions, which are often needed functions for both male and female users, making them very practical and convenient.
You can quickly open the app when locking the screen.
Support hiding navigation bar
The functions of the floating button are very rich.
Careful netizens may find that HuaweiAscend P7It still uses the built-in virtual buttons on the screen. Some netizens don’t like this design very much, but HuaweiAscend P7The virtual button is not a black edge, which will not affect the appearance of the entire interface, and netizens can turn on the hidden virtual button in the settings and turn on the floating button, so that the integrity of the screen is guaranteed, that is to say, HuaweiAscend P7It provides users with a variety of key solutions.
presetcell phoneButler app
Power saving mode and flow management
Of course, Emotion UI 2.3 also performs well in terms of data security and anti-intrusion. Firstly, HuaweiAscend P7Built-inMobile ButlerApplication, through this application, you can manage application permissions, perform system cleaning and security scanning functions, and do not disturb can turn on functions such as setting time and whitelist, which is very user-friendly. In addition, such astraffic monitoringBackground power consumption monitoring and other prompts are very practical, and power-saving management can also help users greatly extend battery life.
As a stylish P series model,Huawei Ascend P7The performance in photography is naturally very worthy of our expectation, because the previous generation of the machine has a relatively good performance in this regard. In terms of hardware configuration, HuaweiAscend P7It does bring us a lot of upgrades, the machine uses 8 million + 13 million pixel dual camera combination.
Skin beauty mode supports 10 levels of skin beauty
HuaweiAscend P7The front-facing camera has 8 million pixels, uses 5 aspherical lenses, the aperture reaches F2.4, and the photosensitive area of a single pixel reaches 1.4 μm, which is really powerful in hardware. InsoftwareOn the one hand, the front-facing camera of the machine supports ten beauty functions. It is worth mentioning that the machine also supports video skin beauty and panoramic selfies. These two functions are indeed not very common, and the functionality of the front-facing camera has been improved.
Before and after skin beauty comparison (level 0 skin beauty on the left and level 10 skin beauty on the right)
We can see that when adjusting the camera to the front, select the skin beauty mode to perform automatic beauty. The processed effect can be intuitively displayed during the viewfinder preview, and the skin beauty level can also be adjusted at the bottom. In the panoramic selfie mode, the user can rotatecell phoneTo capture a wider angle of scenery and synthesize it, so that the entire photo can accommodate more people to take selfies together, this function is indeed very practical.
Level 5 skin beauty sample display
Through several sample comparisons, it is not difficult to see that HuaweiAscend P7The skin beauty effect is still very obvious. Generally, the skin beauty effect is very significant when adjusted to level 5. Whether it is dermabrasion, sharp chin or big eyes, you can give you what you want, and even after taking pictures, the machine still has built-in post-beautification options. Users can adjust the picture and effect more freely. The author reminds netizens at the end that because the 6 million pixel photo is 16:9 mode, HuaweiAscend P7The default front-facing camera pixels are 6 million pixels. If you want more delicate image quality, users can adjust it to the 8 million pixel option.
Huawei Ascend P7In addition to the excellent performance of the front-facing camera, the strength of the main camera is also not to be underestimated. In terms of hardware, the pixel of this camera has reached 13 million, equipped with LED flash, and adopts F2.0 super aperture.SonyThe combination of the second-generation stacked sensor (not surprisingly, the model should be the IMX214) and the image ISP has enhanced the machine’s capabilities.
HuaweiAscend P7photo test
HuaweiAscend P7List of camera functions
HuaweiAscend P7Supports a wide range of camera modes
existsoftwareOn the one hand, HuaweiAscend P7The camera function is also very powerful. In addition to the common skin beauty, HDR, panorama, and other modes, the smart mode allows users to focus on the photo itself without having to consider too many other issues. Of course, after saying so much, we still need to use the sample to speak.
Outdoor photo sample (click to enlarge)
Outdoor photo sample (click to enlarge)
Indoor photo sample (click to enlarge)
Indoor photo sample (click to enlarge)
From the outdoor and indoor samples, Sony’s second-generation stacked camera still performs very well in terms of picture texture, whether it is the purity of the picture or the response to backlighting and other environments, and the color performance is also better than the first-generation stacked camera. In short, in terms of overall appearance and color performance, HuaweiAscend P7The performance is satisfactory.
Macro photo sample (click to enlarge)
Macro photo sample (click to enlarge)
Night photo sample (click to enlarge)
In terms of macro and night shots, HuaweiAscend P7It also shows amazing strength. First of all, in terms of macro, the machine continues the ultra-close focus distance of the previous work. According to the actual measurement, it can quickly complete the focus when it is 4-5 cm away from the subject, and because of the design of the F2.0 super aperture, the background blur effect is very obvious, and the main details are also very complete. In terms of night shooting, due to the addition of a single pixel area and a new second-generation stacked camera, the entire painting has excellent noise suppression and neon light performance. It is worth mentioning that the whole picture does not have too much smearing feeling and does not affect the texture of the picture.
In addition to taking photos, netizens must also be very concernedHuawei Ascend P7How is the performance in multimedia? After all, after the screen upgrade, such a piece5 inchesIt is a pity that the full high definition screen is not well used, and for most office workers, they often watch some videos on the way to work, so this function is also quite important and practical for users.
1080P video test
video playbacklist
Video playback screenshot
Video playback screenshot
In the actual test, the author used a total of 15 1080P videos with different bit rates and formats to test HuaweiAscend P7The multimedia strength of Huawei in the compatibility testAscend P7The performance is excellent, only two videos require the help of third partiesPlayerPlay, the remaining 13 videos can be played perfectly and normally, and there is no card or frame drop at all. This is alsoHuawei mobile phoneThe traditional strength lies in.
Support floating window playback
In addition to the super compatibility of video formats, HuaweiAscend P7It also supports screen lock, floating window playback and other functions. These two functions can be said to be very practical because they are always in handcell phoneIt is inevitable that some mistakes will occur, or when replying to text messages or browsing a web, the floating window function can be opened to complete the work faster.
On the hardware side,Huawei Ascend P7The HiSilicon Kirin 910T processor is adopted, which uses four Cortex-A9 cores and integrates a Mali-450MP graphics processing unit. In terms of memory, the machine uses a combination of 2GB RAM + 16GB ROM. The overall performance is still worth looking forward to. Next, we will pass several benchmarkssoftwareLet’s test Huawei.Ascend P7How powerful is it?
CPU-Z
CPU-Z is a well-known detection software on the computer side. The software can mainly detect the name, code, core voltage, process, cache, bus speed, slot type and other information of the CPU, and then add the main board, memory, graphics card and other information detection functions. It is a very comprehensive hardware detection software on the computer side, which can make users clearly understand the hardware situation of their computer.
CPU-Z screenshot
comprehensive performance test–
AnTuTu (Super Rabbit)
Super Rabbit System Review AnTuTu BenchmarkIt is a special one for Android system.cell phoneTablet PC hardware scoring software, it can run a complete test project with one click, through memory performance, CPU integer performance, CPU floating-point performance, 2D, 3D graphics performance, database I/O, SD card read, write speed and other performance tests, and score the overall and individual hardware performance of the mobile phone. At the same time upload the score and view the device’s ranking in the world.
AnTubenchmark
GPU Graphics Test–
3DMark was originally a software launched by Futuremark on the PC side to measure the performance of graphics cards, but with the change of versions, 3DMark has gradually transformed into a software to measure the performance of the whole machine, and has established a test benchmark image in the hearts of enthusiasts. In February 2013, following 3DMark 11, a new generation of products was unveiled under the retro name "3DMark". In addition to the Windows platform, three new versions were added for Android, iOS and Windows RT. 3DMark on the desktop platform has three different load scenarios, including FireStrike designed for high-end products based on DirectX11 graphics cards, CloudGate that supports mainstream hardware based on DirectX10, and IceStorm for entry-level DirectX9 devices. In the Android version and the iOS version, there is only one scene of IceStorm.
3D Marking Benchmark
browsertest–
Vellamo
Vellamo is a benchmarking application (similar to Neocore) developed by Qualcomm, which allows you toMobile browserThe performance and stability are tested, including things like Java scripting performance, rendering, networking and user interface. The results of this tool also include multiple sub-items, but we only take the total score. The higher the score, the higher the browser optimization of the phone, and the better the total page browsing experience.
Vellamo score
Vellamo, a mobile web ruler tool, has now been expanded to include two main modules. The HTML5 module can be used to evaluate the performance of the mobile total page browser, while the Metal module can measure the performance of the CPU subsystem of the mobile processor. The test suite is click-to-use, convenient and fast, and managed in modules. Vellamo can evaluate scrolling scaling, 3D graphics, video performance, memory reading and writing, bandwidth peak performance, and many other aspects.
summaryWhat is it?
Through this series of reviews, we can see that HuaweiAscend P7Although it continues the overall design language of the Ascend P6, in terms of details, HuaweiAscend P7The performance is indeed better, and the practicality and functionality of the whole machine are not affected while the appearance design is still excellent. The improvement in UI and performance makes the user experience of the whole machine better. It can be said that HuaweiAscend P7From the whole to the details, one feels the beauty.