"bucket machine" with powerful image and balanced performance, evaluation of ZTE Axon 4 Pro

Last month, ZTE released its annual flagship product Axon 4 series, and we also got this large glass Axon 4 Pro. Axon 4 Pro has three dynamic color schemes this time, namely Magic Night Black, Crystal Fog Blue and Starlight Orange. We got the Magic Night Black color scheme. As an "infallible choice", black is generally conservative in design, but ZTE Axon 4 Pro reveals a unique aesthetic feeling. The most eye-catching aspect of the ID design of the whole machine is this classic double-ring design. The classic and steady black back cover is matched with the gold three-dimensional metal lens decorative ring forged by high-speed CNC diamond cutting technology, which is smart and exquisite. The exquisite combination of double-ring decoration and rectangular Deco makes the fuselage present harmonious and elegant geometric aesthetics.

ZTE Axon 4 Pro adopts a 6.67-inch FHD+ flexible curved screen with a ratio of 2:9, supports 1-bit color depth display, covers 1% DCI-P3 color gamut, and has a refresh rate of 144Hz and a touch sampling rate of 36Hz. Peak brightness is as high as 1nit. These excellent parameters show that ZTE's stacking of Axon 4 series screens is still very real. The border control of the whole screen module is excellent, although it is not as extreme as the big brother Axon 4 Ultra, but it surpasses most Android phones and iPhone in positive perception.

in terms of performance, Axon 4 Pro is equipped with a "God U"-Snapdragon 87 5G mobile platform. This chip adopts mature TSMC 7nm process, and its performance and power consumption level are very ideal, which is well-known in the machine circle. The measured running score of Ann Bunny is over 69,.

in the actual measurement of the game scene, we chose the original God version 2.7 for a 3-minute running map. The average frame rate of Axon 4 Pro is stable at around 5fps. After 3 minutes, the temperature of the back cover is only 41.6 degrees Celsius, and the screen temperature is only 43.7 degrees Celsius, which is just warm. It shows that the software optimization and heat dissipation stacking of Axon 4 Pro are still in place. In addition to SOC, ZTE has a lot of peripheral hardware related to the game experience, including dual stereo speakers supporting DTS:X Ultra, X-axis linear motor, 5mAh battery and 66W PD protocol super flash charging. The full-featured USB Type-C 3.1 Gen1 interface that ZTE has been insisting on has not fallen this time, which is well received.

the Slogan of Axon 4 Pro this time is "shooting and shooting". As one of the main selling points, the 1-megapixel AI high-definition four-camera system consists of a 1-megapixel main camera, a super wide-angle lens with 8MP 16mm equivalent focal length, a 4cm macro lens and an independent depth-of-field lens. Among them, the 1 million-pixel main camera has a large aperture of f/1.89, a 1/1.52-inch large-size sensor and a 9-in-1 equivalent pixel of 2.1μm, which has excellent performance in dark imaging and definition.

how effective is this imaging system? Let's look at the proofs directly.

ZTE Axon 4 Pro supports super night scene, lightning capture, human image color system, Hitchcock, electronic aperture, starry sky, time-lapse photography and other camera family games. Lightning capture adopts customized adaptive shutter shadow pursuit algorithm, which has fast and clear shooting performance for moving objects.

The color system of humanistic images selects the most important impression colors of people, such as skin color, green space, blue sky, etc., to focus on optimization and restore the true colors of humanity.

as ZTE's flagship series of the year, Axon 4 Pro is powerful in image and performance, and it continues the powerful camera shooting and 5G intelligent communication functions of ZTE's flagship series in a light and thin size. There are no obvious shortcomings in the product, and the configuration is balanced, stable and reliable, which will not make your mobile phone a hot potato in this hot summer.

The 1-megapixel video system is highly playable, so heavy users who like taking photos and playing games can choose with confidence.