Photo performance is the highlight. HTC 10 evaluation of Xiaolong 820 version
[Zhongguancun Online] HTC10 evaluation: Just as I dared to be the first to test Android, now I have experienced a lot of storms in the field of intelligence and have already invested in the VR field first, but the hometown of smart phones still occupies an important position in HTC’s heart. In the first half of the year, HTC once again brought a product with high hopes, and in this new era background where HTC is located, what kind of leather HTC 10 is is even more curious.
■ HTC 10 evaluation of Xiaolong 820 version
At the beginning of the release of HTC 10, Xiaolong 652 version of HTC 10 lifestyle was the first version, which especially caused many users to be puzzled by the sinking of HTC flagship configuration in the new era. Fortunately, the appearance of the 820 version of Xiaolong completely shattered the previous rumors and solved the concerns of rice rolls. At the beginning of this month, this version finally went on sale.
Compared with HTC 10 lifestyle, the processor of HTC 10 was upgraded from Xiaolong 652 to Xiaolong 820, the running memory was upgraded from 3GB to 4GB, and the price was increased from 3,799 yuan to 4,999 yuan. Is it worth paying for such a product?
HTC 10 configuration information
From the appearance style design, it is no different from 10 lifestyle. This time, the HTC 10 series has launched a brand-new design style. The overall design style is thicker and the style is relatively tough, which almost subverts the overall impression of the appearance style in the past, especially the double chin is cancelled on the front. Although it looks more "popular", it does lose a little bit of HTC’s original personality. As far as aesthetic issues are concerned, different people have different opinions, and good or bad cannot be generalized.
HTC 10
HTC 10
HTC 10′ s thick lines are manifested in all aspects, especially the wide-sided chamfering on the back of the "sharp trimming". Of course, although the chamfering on the front side is not as rough as that on the back, it is not delicate compared with the chamfering design of other models at present. This style is bold, and it is easy for users to have two extremes, either particularly unhappy or particularly fond of it.
The back of the fuselage is chamfered with bold wide edges.
The back of the fuselage is chamfered with bold wide edges.
Personally, I appreciate the boldness of HTC, but I think that the boldness of HTC’s design is not reflected in all aspects. Whether it is worthwhile to compromise the positive style to popularity still needs to be considered. Be bold, why not be thorough? Perhaps it has something to do with the design of frontal fingerprint recognition, or perhaps HTC is more cautious in some aspects because of the wind and rain it has experienced before. My favorite is the original Butterfly.
Of course, this is just a simple opinion based on personal preference. As mentioned above, different people have different opinions. Perhaps the China public users who are used to similar positive styles are more acceptable to the front design of HTC 10.
In any case, the bold style can still ensure that HTC 10 has a high degree of recognition, even if it is mixed with many sets, it can be seen at a glance. However, it must be said that the body thickness of 9.09mm and the weight of 161g make this phone really not light and thin, but fortunately, the large curved surface design on the back makes the HTC 10 feel good and can be easily held with one hand.
It’s easy to hold with one hand
HTC 10 adopts USB type-C interface, and there are nano SIM card and micro SD card slots on the left and right sides of the fuselage respectively. The physical buttons are concentrated on the left side of the fuselage, and the power button is designed with a horizontal texture to facilitate blind pressing. It is worth mentioning that HTC 10′ s Home key and fingerprint identification key can’t be pressed, but it can be used to light up the screen and return to the previous menu by touching.
Front fingerprint identification key
Running the Sense 8 system customized based on Android 6.0.1, I believe that friends who are familiar with HTC will be familiar with this system. When I first got started, the deepest impression of this system was "simplicity". There are few applications in the system, and the notification bar and the control center are integrated into a two-stage pull-down design.
HTC 10 system interface
The HTC 10 version of the Bank of China has been localized, optimized and modified according to the needs of domestic users and the network environment, but the overall design style is very close to the Android native system.
The HTC 10 system emphasizes personalization. Users can customize the location of desktop icons, use rich personalized desktop themes, and replaceable colors.
personalized customization
Make everyone’s mobile phone different.
BlinkFeed interface is a feature of HTC 10, which is located at the far left of all pages. BlinkFeed is equivalent to an information integration interface, which shows the user-customized content through cards and words, and it looks very intuitive. HTC Sense was the first to adopt a similar information integration interface, and now many manufacturers have started to add similar designs to their own systems, including Apple iOS10. Perhaps few people know that HTC was the earliest creator.
Drop-down notification bar and BlinkFeed interface
Long press the Home key in any interface can call out the search interface, which is different from other systems. There is no exaggerated animation in the mobile phone system, and the biggest feeling in use is fluency.
Long press the Home button to call out. The search bar has been integrated with Baidu.
In terms of camera function, the idea this time is to "make the front as good as the back", so we see that both the front and rear cameras are equipped with OIS optical image stabilization, and they are all equipped with f/1.8 large aperture. As can be seen from the appearance diagram below, the front camera of HTC 10 is really unusually "big", and the rear camera is equipped with an automatic laser focusing module, and the position is designed under the dual color temperature flash. This is another obvious feature outside the appearance of HTC 10.
Both the front and rear cameras are equipped with OIS optical image stabilization, and both are equipped with f/1.8 large aperture.
Both the front and rear cameras are equipped with OIS optical image stabilization, and both are equipped with f/1.8 large aperture.
HTC 10 camera parameters
HTC 10 is equipped with the second generation HTC UltraPixel technology, and the single pixel size reaches 1.55 μ m. The following are the main parameters of HTC 10 camera, let’s take a look. Of course, this is not the time when HTC UltraPixel is the largest pixel. At the beginning, the boldness of 2μm 400 pixels still impressed people inside and outside the industry.
HTC 10′ s mode interface is different from others. Zoe’s dynamic photos, panoramic views, sweeping and professional cameras are arranged below the camera function, and friends who have just started need to adapt.
HTC 10(lifestyle)Photographing interface
Various shooting modes
Professional mode adjustment bar
After the professional mode is opened, all adjustable items are arranged at the bottom. After clicking, a red data bar will appear, and drag to change the parameters. In the setting options, you can choose to open and close the shutter sound, open the auxiliary line and other functions. It is worth mentioning that HTC 10 supports taking photos in RAW format for post-processing.
Camera settings menu
In addition to the basic functions, HTC 10′ s camera also integrates other small shooting functions, such as scanning the item label to enter the purchase page. The following figure is the test that the author did. As long as the barcode is scanned, it will immediately go to the sales information.
Scan bar code function
Let’s learn about the shooting function of HTC 10 first. Let’s take a look at the performance of the real shot sample of HTC 10.
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Comments: Considering the overall situation of other intelligence in taking photos, I am very satisfied with the camera performance of HTC 10. What is certain is that it is at the top level among the current smart phones. In this regard, dxomark, a professional camera evaluation agency, also gave HTC 10 a high score of 88. Like Xperia X Performance, I personally think this is very appropriate. Taking pictures is undoubtedly one of the biggest highlights of this phone.
In fact, HTC 10 lifestyle and HTC 10 have the same camera equipment and the same camera performance, so this is actually the common highlight of both. HTC 10′ s photo experience HTC 10 lifestyle can also be provided. It is obviously more rational for users who only value taking photos and don’t value performance equipment to choose HTC 10 lifestyle.
HTC 10 lifestyle night sample reference:
HTC 10 lifestyle night scene sample
HTC 10 lifestyle night scene sample
As mentioned earlier, the biggest difference from the pre-release version 10 lifestyle is that the processor has been upgraded to Qualcomm Xiaolong 820, and the system running memory has been upgraded to 4GB. So, what kind of performance will the upgraded HTC 10 have?
First of all, I will take the trouble to introduce Xiaolong 820. Xiaolong 820 adopts Qualcomm’s first custom-designed 64-bit quad-core CPU, with four Kryo cores and the highest frequency of 2.2GHz. It is based on Samsung’s 14nm FinFET process and supports Quick Charge3.0 technology. The GPU chip is Adreno 530, and the DSP digital signal processor is Hexagon 680. The newly designed Qualcomm Spectra 14-bit dual ISP processor is adopted in image processing, which can support up to 25 million pixels /30fps and the throughput can reach 1.2GPix/sec (1.2 billion pixels per second). In terms of multimedia performance, Xiaolong 820 supports the decoding of 10-bit 4K resolution 60fps video, 1080p 240fps video and H.265 10-bit/VP9, and also supports the decoding of 192kHz lossless format with a sampling rate of 24 bits. In addition to the core performance, other qualities of Xiaolong 820 are also tough, which is one of the most important reasons why Snapdragon chips continue to occupy the position of the first mobile chip.
▲ Xiaolong 820 adopts independent Kryo architecture 14 nm FinFET LPP process.
▲ Xiaolong 820 adopts independent Kryo architecture, and the highest frequency reaches 2.2GHz.
Take a look at the running performance of HTC 10 for reference only.
Previously, the comprehensive performance score of HTC 10 lifestyle was 85,608 with v6.1.6 version. You can compare the performance of HTC 10 by yourself and feel the gap. The difference between running points is for reference only.
Ann Bunny v6.2.1 actually measured data showed a small problem in the local UX performance test. Theoretically, the overall score should be 130,000+for reference only.
Measured data
In terms of battery life, it is equipped with a 3000mAh battery, and it also provides Quick Charge 3.0 fast charge. In the previous test of 10 lifestyle, it took 10 minutes to charge from 0% to 14%, 48 minutes to charge 60%, and 1 hour and 40 minutes (100 minutes) to charge 100%. Theoretically, HTC 10 and HTC 10 lifestyle are the same.
However, the author once again measured the HTC 10. Coincidentally, this time, some problems were encountered in the initial stage, and 12% of the charge was completed in one hour. However, after booting up, it was found that the HTC 10 system prompted this, indicating that it was in a "slow charging state". After the author unplugged the plug, the situation immediately improved. At this time, the system would show that it was in a fast charging state, and the charging speed soared rapidly, starting from 20% of the power. From this point of view, under normal fast charging conditions, its charging efficiency is basically the same as that of HTC 10 lifestyle tested before, and it can be fully charged in 100 minutes.
In terms of endurance, the official data of HTC is that HTC 10 can support full standby for 19 days and talk time (3G/4G network) for 27 hours. In order to further understand the actual situation, the author conducted actual measurement. On the premise that the screen brightness is adjusted to half and the sound is adjusted to half, the power consumption is 7% after watching American TV for about 50 minutes, 2% after listening to online music for 30 minutes, and 7% after experiencing the game for 15 minutes. At this time, the power is 84%, and the performance is not bad. Basically, in normal use, HTC 10 can guarantee a battery life of about one and a half days.
HTC 10 charge and discharge data
In terms of control, HTC 10 has also designed "power saving mode" and "advanced power saving mode" in power management, and the system level uses cloud intelligent power saving technology. The so-called "smart power saving in the cloud" means analyzing the application power consumption behavior in the cloud and reducing the power consumption through the management of the application behavior. Users can also customize it on the mobile phone and manually close high-power applications.
Cloud power saving mode
Conclusion:
Overall, the storage of Xiaolong 820+4GB obviously brings better performance to HTC 10, but other highlights of this phone still have the same experience on HTC 10 lifestyle, such as one of the biggest features-excellent photo performance, including the sound quality performance that HTC has been good at for a long time, etc. The consistency of appearance also makes the two models completely indistinguishable from each other in appearance, so on the whole, HTC 10 is obviously the best choice for "rice rolls" who wants performance, the best and not bad money, but it is also a good choice for rational users who pay more attention to cost performance to choose HTC 10 lifestyle. After all, besides performance, other highlights of HTC 10 can be seen and experienced in both mobile phones.
This shows from the side that HTC’s earliest promotion of HTC 10 lifestyle is actually a very rational choice. Of course, perhaps this ignores the emotional factors of users who value configuration. In any case, the arrival of HTC 10 can make up for this part of the previous "emotional factors". The choice provided by the two models is sufficient.
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