Huawei nova 6 SE review: new level of appearance, superb performance

Competition in the mobile phone market is fierce now. In order to gain more users, various manufacturers have made many new attempts on their own products. Especially in the mid-range product line, by "decentralizing" the technology of flagship products, each company has given a "leapfrog" experience that was difficult to imagine for products at the same price in the past. Consumers can also enjoy a better experience at a more affordable price.

The Huawei nova 6 SE introduced to you today is such a "leapfrog" product. Speaking of Huawei's nova series, one of the major features that must be mentioned is taking pictures. The nova series mobile phones have always performed well in taking pictures. Among them, functions such as handheld night scenes also use the technology of its own flagship products, and benefit from Kirin. The leading technology of the fourth generation self-developed ISP of the 810 chip can handle even daily night scene shooting and sports capture. In terms of hardware configuration, Huawei nova 6 SE adopts a four-camera imaging solution, using an all-round combination of main camera + ultra-wide angle + depth of field + macro, which is suitable for most life usage scenarios.

The "matrix" camera module layout adopted by Huawei nova 6 SE first appeared on Huawei's flagship mobile phone Mate 20 series, and has a high degree of product recognition throughout the mobile phone industry. This innovative change of position to the upper left corner of the back of the fuselage undoubtedly makes Huawei nova 6 SE more personalized, unique and full of aesthetic qualities.

The specific parameters of the nova 6 SE rear camera are a 48-megapixel ultra-high-definition lens + an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens + a 2-megapixel macro lens + a 2-megapixel depth-of-field lens, which can meet the diverse needs of consumers .

In the daily photography process, noise and overexposure problems in night scene photos have always been a problem that troubles the majority of users. This pain point is also the focus of nova 6 SE. In order to solve this problem, the Kirin 810 chip of nova 6 SE adopts the leading fourth-generation self-developed ISP to improve the pixel throughput rate, integrates the DE module, and enhances the detail processing capabilities and noise reduction of the picture through its own leading architecture and algorithm technology. Effect. When shooting scenery and portrait scenes, Kirin 810 integrates a DMAP module to effectively improve the large aperture blur effect, making the subject of the photo more prominent and the separation from the background more natural.

In low-light environments at night, Huawei nova 6 SE also provides a handheld super night scene mode. Through multi-frame synthesis and AI automatic alignment, a "long exposure"-like picture can be achieved without a tripod. The effect is bright and pure, retaining more details.

In terms of algorithms, Kirin 810’s ISP processing capabilities have been significantly improved compared to previous generation products, and can fully support the ever-increasing camera specifications of mobile phones. In AI object detection and motion capture scenarios, captures are more accurate. , clear, achieving a "what you see is what you get" photo effect.

Looking at the sample photos, Huawei nova 6 SE has stable imaging performance. After turning on AI scene recognition, the color saturation is higher, the look and feel is more pleasing to the eye, and the edges of the photographed objects are obviously sharpened. Such photos are suitable for Daily social sharing is very friendly, and there is no need to add filters or retouching in post-production.

Huawei nova 6 SE also introduces a 2-megapixel macro lens. The focus distance is locked at about 4 centimeters for better results. It can capture micro details that are difficult to see with the human eye at close range. .

With the rise of short videos, people have more and more demands for mobile phone photography. Currently, Vlog has become one of the important ways for people to record and share their lives. However, the post-editing of videos is a big threshold for most people. nova 6 SE is equipped with powerful AI video editing functions, which can automatically edit videos in the gallery, realize touch-point splicing based on background music, and support a variety of transition effects.

Through advanced face detection and aesthetic algorithms, nova 6 SE can also achieve "protagonist association" through AI video editing: identifying different protagonists from videos and creating videos based on them. For the same video, up to 5 independent highlight video collections of the protagonists can be generated.

Huawei nova 6 SE uses the Kirin 810 chip, and its NPU is equipped with Huawei's self-developed Da Vinci architecture. Compared with previous NPU architectures, the Da Vinci architecture is based on the unique Da Vinci Rubik's Cube. It integrates a tensorized stereo computing unit to form a highly innovative 3D architecture design. Its performance is currently the most powerful in the industry, and its AI Benchmark surpasses any current flagship chip. The Kirin 990 chip installed in Huawei’s flagship Mate30 series released in the second half of this year also uses the DaVinci architecture NPU.

In terms of gaming performance, Kirin 810 is equipped with a customized version of Mali G52, equipped with Kirin Gaming+, GPU Turbo and other technologies. GPU Turbo breaks through the processing bottleneck between EMUI and the GPU and CPU, allowing software and hardware to work together to greatly improve overall computing efficiency.

With the support of this technology, nova 6 SE deeply optimizes the gaming experience, supports more games, has higher frame rates, lower power consumption, and high performance. It can also intelligently predict load conditions, intelligently allocate system resources, and perform well under high load conditions. It provides sufficient performance and reduces lag, making the gaming experience smoother; while not providing too many resources under low load to avoid energy waste. Currently, mainstream games such as "Honor of Kings", "Peace Elite", "Onmyoji", and "Honkai Impact 3" are supported by the new generation of GPU Turbo.

As users use their mobile phones longer and program performance improves, battery capacity and super-fast charging have become a necessity for users when purchasing mobile phones. The nova 6 SE series is equipped with a large 4200mAh battery and is equipped with 40W Huawei super fast charging. Official data shows that it can charge 70% in 30 minutes. Both the battery capacity and the fast charging speed are very satisfactory.

With the powerful performance of Kirin 810, combined with the EMUI Ark compiler and EFOFS super file system, even poorly optimized apps can run with ease. The machine also has a powerful recognition function. It can use the mobile phone camera to recognize objects within the user's permission. The recognition range covers three meals a day, food, clothing, housing and transportation, flowers, plants and trees, and provides information assistance based on the recognition content, bringing you more convenience and health. , interesting new life.

In terms of appearance design, Huawei nova 6 SE adopts an "extreme full-screen" design. A round hole is punched out in the upper left corner of the screen to place the front camera. Compared with the special-shaped cuts of bangs and water droplets, the "screen "Inner opening" has less loss of screen display area and has a more complete visual presentation.

nova 6 SE’s 6.4-inch FHD+ extreme full screen, high color gamut true color display, front camera aperture is only 4.5mm, achieving a complete screen shape with no irregularities on all four sides, avoiding the bangs design occlusion, the screen-to-body ratio is as high as 90.6%. The entire screen is natural, beautiful and practical.

Compared with the "punch screen" models of other brands on the market, Huawei nova 6 SE adopts a "blind hole" solution, which only punches through part of the LCD screen but does not dig through the entire LCD screen, which can bring The aperture of the proactive area is smaller, but the process challenges that come with it are also greater. Generally, mobile phone screens are composed of three main structures: glass cover, LCD panel, and backlight layer. However, Huawei nova 6 SE only penetrates the backlight layer and digs out a small hole while retaining the complete liquid crystal layer.

Turn over to the back of the fuselage. It uses smooth and full micro-hyperbolic 3D glass. The large arc processing on both sides fits the palm of your hand. With the weight of 178g, it is very solid to hold.

nova 6 SE adopts a high-end CMF trend design, which integrates multi-layer processes such as color, glare texture, metal highlight, and protective film onto the millimeter-level diaphragm to create a gradient background. , showing colorful light patterns. In different light source environments, the fuselage will show different light and shadow effects. This kind of process is far more difficult than other products in the same price range.

The innovative fingerprint unlocking and power button integrated design is faster and has a higher success rate than screen fingerprint unlocking. Holding it with one hand, it can be easily unlocked in any direction and is very efficient. Huawei nova 6 SE is available in three colors: Sakura Snow Clear Sky, Magic Night Black, and Qijing Forest. Color and light are condensed in the body, bringing a unique visual experience that can meet the needs of different groups of people for the appearance of their mobile phones.

Summary

With the development of the nova series, today’s nova series not only has a mature brand image, but also can further develop market segments and make products in different grades. Make precise choices to achieve more refined operations. Focusing on Huawei nova 6 SE, it provides an extremely full-screen design, fast and efficient side fingerprints, continues the tradition of the nova series in selfies and good looks, and provides users with very fast video editing functions. All these give nova 6 SE more "hard power" and more outstanding competitiveness among products in the same price range.