Original Smart Key with Fingerprint/Kirin 935 Glory 7 First Test
[Zhongguancun Online] Glory 7 evaluation: When it comes to domestic intelligent leading brands, glory is definitely on the list. Since the e-commerce and independent operation at the end of 2013, glory brand has launched a variety of hot-selling smartphones with high, medium and low grades. The entry-level play series occupies a favorable position in the thousand-yuan market with its high cost performance, while the glory series shoulders the banner of establishing brand bargaining power.
The first test of glory 7
One year after the release of the previous generation products, Glory released a brand-new flagship product Glory 7 in Beijing today. This new machine not only combines the selling points of fingerprint identification, full netcom and 20 million pixels, but also creates the unique design of "Smart Key", which really attracts people’s attention. Zhongguancun Online Evaluation Center also had a detailed experience after receiving Glory 7, and then we will send you a comprehensive evaluation of Glory 7.
First, let’s take a brief look at the parameter configuration of Glory 7: it has a 5.2-inch 1920*1080 resolution screen, a built-in 64-bit eight nuclear Kirin 935 processor, clocked at 2.2GHz, and a storage combination of 3GB RAM+16GB/64GB ROM. The camera is a combination of 8 megapixel front and 20 megapixel rear, equipped with front LED fill light. Pre-installed EMUI 3.1 based on Android 5.0, supporting fingerprint identification, and the battery capacity is 3100 mAh.
Design: Following the Glory Family Gene
As the flagship product of glory series, glory 7 inherits the design elements of the family in the design concept, and it can be distinguished from the front that it is a glory product at first glance. At the top of the screen, we found an LED fill light, which is specially prepared for the front camera to take a selfie, which can improve the brightness and success rate of the selfie to a certain extent. As for the virtual buttons, they are still within the screen range, and users who have used glory should be familiar with them. Virtual buttons can be hidden and the arrangement order can be adjusted by users.
Glory 7 front appearance
The front camera is equipped with fill light
Virtual buttons are made into the screen.
The size of this screen is 5.2 inches, the resolution is the mainstream 1080p, and the higher 2K resolution is not used, and the pixel graininess is almost invisible at the normal use distance. In addition, this screen supports the sun visual enhancement algorithm, and the brightness of the screen display content can be automatically improved and optimized under strong light illumination, so as to avoid the situation that the screen cannot be seen clearly under strong light.
Headphones and infrared emission ports are arranged at the top of the fuselage.
Three-in-one two-side card slot and smart key
Volume key/power key
USB interface and speaker (single side)
The frame and back of Glory 7 are all-metal design, and the grip with the weight of 157 grams of the fuselage is relatively thick, and the thickness of the fuselage is not slim when it comes to 8.5 mm. The infrared emitting port familiar with the key layout is still at the top of the fuselage, and on the left side of the fuselage are three-in-one card slots (Nano SIM and Micro SD) and a smart key (detailed functions will be introduced later), in which the full netcom version supports all network standards of China Mobile Unicom, and does not distinguish between the main and secondary card slots. The bottom of the fuselage seems to be double speakers. In fact, only the left side of the USB slot is the speaker, and the right side is the position of the microphone.
Glory 7 back design
Three-stage metal design
Fingerprint identification area and 20MP camera
At present, most flagship machine on the market are made of metal, and its excellent feel is also valued by consumers. The back of the fuselage of Glory 7 is a three-stage design, and the polished metal back shell has a little matte texture, which has a good ability to defend fingerprints. The fingerprint recognition area on the back can be clearly seen at a glance. On it is a 20-megapixel rear camera, but the camera protrudes from the back panel and is equipped with a dual-color temperature flash.
System: EMUI 3.1 is easy to use
I am a user myself, so I am familiar with the EMUI used by Huawei and Glory. Now that EMUI has been updated to version 3.1, let’s take a look at what features EMUI has in user experience and interface design.
EMUI 3.1 interface/reading.
EMUI 3.1 still uses the unique magazine to unlock, and cancels the secondary menu to make the desktop look simpler. There are various free or paid themes in its own theme store, and there are many kinds of apps in the app store. Slide the desktop to the right to open the reading function, which contains a huge amount of information and articles in waterfall style. Users can set their own preferences and the system will automatically push the content you are interested in.
The housekeeper can control the push permission.
Glory’s own functions are comprehensive. The notification center can set the types of notifications for each application installed on the mobile phone, such as only displaying in the status bar, appearing in the screen lock interface or disabling notifications. In addition, the basic flip mute, double-click wake-up and drawing letters into the application of intelligent somatosensory are all available.
Navigation bar icon variable/intelligent wire control
Because the navigation bar is built into the screen, EMUI supports the modification of the navigation bar. Users can adjust the positions of the return and progress keys according to their own usage habits. With the drop-down menu key, users can pull down the notification bar by clicking it, avoiding the trouble that one hand can’t reach the top of the screen. Intelligent wire control is a favorite function of the author. Using headphones with wire control function to perform corresponding operations can realize the functions of changing playback mode, collecting and so on. After the author’s actual measurement, the third-party headphones with three-stage wire control can turn on this function without Huawei or glory original headphones.
Support one-handed mode
The screen size of 5.2 inches is not very big, but it is a little stressful for female users or male users with small hands to touch the whole screen, so Glory 7 continues to support one-handed mode. Sliding the virtual button left and right can open the one-hand mode, at which time the display screen will be reduced and biased to one side of the screen. The principle of one-handed keyboard is similar. After opening, in the input interface, the whole input keyboard will be biased to one side of the screen to facilitate one-handed input.
Infrared remote control supports a variety of household appliances.
The infrared emission port at the top of the glory 7 fuselage is mentioned immediately here. Glory 7 supports intelligent remote control, which can remotely control mainstream household appliances such as TV air conditioners and relatively unpopular products such as SLR, and the number of brands supported is relatively large.
Glory 7 has unique technical support in the field of calls.
Relying on Huawei’s strong technical strength in communication technology, Glory 7 has a good performance. Signal+ technology basically solves the problem of poor signal of metal mobile phone, and the unique high-speed rail mode solves the problem that users used to talk on the Internet on the train. WLAN+ can automatically search and automatically switch to the WLAN network with the best signal. Roaming+ technology greatly improves the speed of roaming search for users who often go abroad and need international roaming.
Originality: a magical spiritual key
In fact, the biggest selling point of glory 7 is the smart key on the left side of the fuselage, so let’s take a look at what function this small key can achieve.
The operation modes of Smart Keys include single click, double click and long press, and the functions that can be realized by each operation mode are different and customizable. Here we mainly talk about double-clicking and long-pressing. By default, double-clicking Smart Key can open the situational intelligence function. Situational intelligence refers to giving reminders similar to "warm tips" at specific times of the day according to the user’s usage habits and the specific information visited, and the event types include the commonly used aspects such as flights, trains, hotel weather, etc.
Double-click Smart Key to enter Situational Intelligence Mode.
Glory 7 situational intelligent experience
Long press the smart key can open the voice control function of Glory 7, and users will basically give accurate feedback quickly when they say their own needs. Different from the general, the voice control of Glory 7 can directly reach the user’s demand point. For example, "Send to a certain person" not only opens WeChat, but also directly reaches the WeChat editing interface with this person, without the need for the user to press the button again.
Long press the Smart Key to turn on the voice control.
Glory 7 voice control experience
People often encounter the situation that they can’t find their mobile phones. Although they can basically find them in the end, the time and energy they spend can’t make up for it. Glory 7 supports non-contact voice wake-up. Set the wake-up word in advance and say it to the mobile phone three times to make it remember. Once the mobile phone can’t find it, just say the wake-up word, the mobile phone can automatically play music with increased volume, and at the same time turn on the back flash to facilitate users to find the mobile phone.
Glory 7 supports off-screen voice wake-up
Glory 7 voice wake-up to find the mobile phone experience
Because of the strong operability of the above functions, it is not intuitive to simply describe them in words. The author also recorded three videos to demonstrate the functions of double-clicking, long-pressing the smart key and voice wake-up to retrieve the mobile phone, which you can click to watch.
Endurance: light use for 16 hours without stress.
The endurance of a model is very concerned by consumers. After getting Glory 7, the author conducted a simple endurance test, focusing on daily life experience. The test items include online video, web browsing, online music playing and pure standby, in which online video and online music are played for 20 minutes, web browsing for 10 minutes and pure standby for 70 minutes respectively, trying to accurately simulate the usage habits of real users.
Select smart power saving mode before the test starts.
It should be noted that the 20-minute test of online music and the 70-minute pure standby did not light up the screen, and the Wi-Fi network was turned on throughout the 120-minute test. The author chose the default smart power saving mode.
Online video/web browsing/music playing test
The test started at 22: 40, and after 20 minutes of online browsing, the remaining power was 96%, followed by 10 minutes of online web browsing, and the remaining power was 92%. Next is 20 minutes of online music playing. Because the screen is off for 20 minutes, the power consumption is not much, and the remaining power is 90% after the test. Finally, it is a 70-minute screen-off pure standby. By 0: 40, the whole test process is over, and the remaining power is 88%.
After the two-hour test, the remaining power is 88%
This test is intended to simulate the battery life under normal use in a unit of 2 hours. If the consumption is stable at this speed, glory 7 can achieve about 16 hours of battery life. This means that a single charge can completely maintain the use from going out to work in the morning to going home from work at night, and it is not a big problem for light users to cope with the whole day. In addition, medium and heavy mobile phone players can also choose super power saving or super long standby mode. More detailed endurance data about Glory 7 can be expected for the special endurance experience we will bring later.
Fingerprint: Unlock quickly and play more.
In the last year or two, fingerprint identification has basically become the standard of flagship brands. In China, fingerprint identification is used to unlock at most, and the function is rather monotonous. Can Glory 7 be played differently this time? The answer is a must!
The first press fingerprint identification scheme without metal ring
Glory 7 is the first model in the glory series to support fingerprint identification, and it is also the first one equipped with a metal ring-free press fingerprint identification scheme. What is "no metal ring pressing type"? With reference to 6, we know that the key to its fingerprint identification function lies in the metal ring on the Home button, while glory 7 cancels this metal ring design and integrates it with the metal body.
Unlock quickly and sensitively.
If you look carefully, you will find that its fingerprint identification module is actually a piece of metal body. What are the advantages of this design? My understanding is that it can make identification more sensitive and rapid, and at the same time shorten the time of fingerprint entry. Because there is no metal ring, it means that the contact area of fingerprint identification will be larger.
According to the data provided by Huawei, the fingerprint identification of Glory 7 adopts the second generation fingerprint identification chip scheme of FPC and the enhanced fingerprint identification algorithm, which takes only 0.5 seconds at the earliest. From my actual experience, it only takes about 5 times for Glory 7 to enter a new fingerprint, and the time is about 8 seconds, which is very fast.
Up to 5 sets of fingerprints can be entered.
If it is used to unlock, the speed is about the same as that when you press the power button to light the screen directly, and it can be unlocked when the screen is off. The fingerprint recognition of iPhone 6 is often criticized as insensitive after a long time, but glory 7 may not have this problem, because it adopts a unique fingerprint self-learning algorithm, which can be used more and more sensitively. This is not something we can experience in a short time, but it is still credible to want to honor such a big enterprise.
If glory 7 is simply unlocked, I don’t think we will take it out to explain it alone. In fact, it can also be used to pay, answer the phone, turn off the alarm clock, take pictures and so on. Unlike Apple’s dedication to building its own Apple Pay, Glory 7 chose to fully support Baidu payment, Alipay payment and payment-this should cover the payment methods commonly used by most mobile phone parties!
Quickly open the drop-down notification bar
In addition, glory 7 does not need to enter fingerprints. Just swipe your finger down the fingerprint panel to enter the drop-down notification bar of the mobile phone, and then double-click it to clear the notification. When opening the application, long press can realize the Home button function, and long press the fingerprint in the photo interface to take a quick photo. This function will be very convenient for friends who like to take selfies. Besides, you can answer the phone or turn off the alarm clock by pressing your fingerprint.
Fingerprint identification module is convenient for self-photographing.
If there are still some "skeletons in your closet" in your mobile phone, you can also use the fingerprint recognition function of Glory 7 to protect your privacy, such as setting file lockers, application locks and visitor mode.
Audio-visual: not top-notch or ordinary.
Nowadays, intelligence is not only a simple communication tool, but also carries more abundant audio-visual entertainment functions. In terms of film and television, Glory 7 has established a content cooperation with, and its own rich online resources can be found in popular films and television.
Video interface screenshot
If your own video resources can’t satisfy you, it also supports rich video formats for local video. According to the measured results of 15 1080P videos with different formats, Glory 7 was played in only two formats, but all the others could be played normally. This means that in Glory 7, the necessity of third-party devices is not so great.
15 videos actually measured
In terms of music, Glory 7 has established content cooperation, and its online resources are also very rich, while its playing interface is relatively fresh and bright. Of course, if you are an enthusiast, you may be more concerned about its sound quality.
Screenshot of music interface
Glory series mobile phones have not been publicized much in terms of sound quality, but this does not mean that HONOR has not paid attention to this aspect. Glory 7 is equipped with an independent sound cavity design, using the second generation Smart PA (Smart Amplifier) and DTS sound effects. In terms of calls, Huawei Voice can also help users continue to press the Volume+button at the maximum call volume, which can at least increase the volume by more than 50%.
Photographing: 2K megapixel imaging is good.
The first generation of Glory 6 is equipped with a 13-megapixel IMX214 lens, while Glory 6 Plus is equipped with an innovative dual rear lens. This generation of Glory 7 should also be upgraded in terms of taking pictures. It is equipped with a 20-megapixel Sony IMX230 sensor lens, equipped with a sapphire mirror, built-in second-generation SLR-level independent ISP, equipped with an intelligent image 3.0 image engine, supporting PDAF phase detection, and can focus quickly in 0.1 second at the earliest.
Screenshot of photo interface
In terms of camera mode, Glory 7 supports food mode, time-lapse photography, slow motion, streamer shutter, etc. At the same time, it also supports sharing function: the small video after shooting can be automatically within 20MB during the sharing process, so the sharing will be much faster. As for its specific imaging performance, let’s take a look at the real sample!
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When the proofs were taken, it was raining in Beijing, but when we look at the daytime proofs, Glory 7 has shown a high level, the imaging sharpness is just right, and the color and saturation are satisfactory. The proofs of sunny days, Glory 7, are even more brilliant, colorful but not too rich, and the restoration of the blue sky is also excellent, basically achieving what you see is what you get.
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In the indoor part, the performance of Glory 7 is still excellent, and the glare control is better. Although the indoor light is not as good as the outdoor, the imaging is still clear. At the same time, when glory 7 is shot in close range, its F/2.0 aperture lens can also have a good background blur.
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In terms of night shooting, the glare control of Glory 7 is still remarkable, and its noise control is also satisfactory. For a model, being able to shoot such a sample at night has actually shown a high level.
Level 10/Level 5 Beauty Effect
In terms of self-timer, Glory 7 has an 8 megapixel lens in front, a wide angle of 26mm, and a soft light in front. It also supports the charm function, which can continuously take selfies from different angles and customize the user’s own unique beauty mode. As before, Glory 7 supports level 10 beauty. See the picture above for the specific self-timer proofs, and more proofs are as follows:
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Performance: Kirin 935 runs 5W+
Finally, many fans are most concerned about the performance. Not surprisingly, Glory 7 is equipped with HiSilicon Kirin 935 eight nuclear chip. This chip adopts four A53 cores with 2.2GHz frequency and four A53 cores with 1.5GHz frequency, and the design is big.LITTLE. This heterogeneous design of large and small cores not only improves the performance of the processor, but also controls the power consumption well.
It is worth mentioning that in this Kirin 935 chip, there is also an I3 motion coprocessor and Sensor Hub technology, which can accurately manage each sensor, improve the response speed of the mobile phone and reduce power consumption. Let’s take a look at the running scores of the third-party test!
Comprehensive performance test——
AnTuTu()
As you can see, in the running test, Glory 7 finally scored more than 53,000, which represents excellent performance. From this result, Glory 7 has left behind many well-known competing products.
GPU graphics test——
GFXBenchMark
GFXBenchMark mainly tests the mobile phone graphics processor. The new version 3.0 adds some functions of ES 3.0 and Manhattan test scenario test. According to the official statement, this test is very sensitive to the performance of GPU and can restore the real performance of GPU to the greatest extent. However, HONOR’s GPU performance has not been outstanding.
test——
Vellamo
Vellamo is a benchmark application (similar to Neocore) developed by Qualcomm, which allows you to test the performance and stability of. The new version is more detailed, which can quantitatively display the temperature of each test and the CPU frequency.
Evaluation summary:
Glory 7 has maintained the consistent high standard of this series, and the fingerprint recognition function added this time has not let us down. In addition to adding more gameplay, the recognition speed is also very sensitive. In other aspects, such as taking photos and running points, Glory 7 is also a worthy flagship. Three generations of HONOR, this Glory 7 may not be a subversive product, but it is a mature all-around flagship. After Glory 7 goes on the market, maybe you should make up your mind to buy it!
The above is a report on the product evaluation of Glory 7. For the follow-up content of Glory 7, such as its appearance, screen, photo, battery life and performance, please continue to pay attention to Zhongguancun Online’s report on the evaluation of Glory 7.