Nubian Z 18mini evaluation: new upgrade of small steel gun

IT 168 Evaluation With the popularity of full screen, mobile phone brands can carry larger screens within the same body size range, so that small screen products can get a greater visual experience. Among these small-screen mobile phones, Nubian calf series can be said to occupy a place. When it comes to Nubian calf series, the key word "small steel cannon" may come to mind. Nubian calf series, as a rare small-screen high-performance product on the market, has always been one of the choices of many small-screen enthusiasts. Just recently, Nubia officially released a new product of the Mavericks series: Nubian Z 18mini.

Nubian Z 18mini, as a brand-new product of the Mavericks series, is equipped with a 5.7-inch full screen while maintaining the size of the previous generation, bringing a broader visual experience. At the same time, Nubian Z 18mini has been greatly upgraded in appearance, performance and system compared with the previous generation. Let's take a brief look at the configuration of this product!

Nubian Z 18mini detailed parameters

Mobile phone model

Nubian Z 18mini

screen size

5.7 inches 18:9 full screen

resolution ratio

FHD+ 2 160x 1080

processor

Qualcomm Snapdragon 660AIE processor

frequency

Eight nuclear 2.2GHz

Body memory

64/ 128GB

Random access memory

6GB

Main camera

24 million+5 million pixel dual camera

front-facing camera

Eight million

Fuselage size

148mm× 70.6mm× 7.6mm.

Fuselage weight

153g

battery

3450 mah

Fuselage color

Diamond Black/Glacier White/Celadon Blue/Jade Powder/Provence Purple

operating system

Customize nubia UI (based on Android 8. 1

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Network standard

Mobile Unicom Telecom 4G/3G/2G

Price: 1799 yuan

From the overall configuration point of view, Nubian Z 18mini has been comprehensively improved compared with the previous generation. First of all, in terms of performance, Nubian Z 18mini is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 660AIE processor, and the performance of this processor is believed to be known by many small partners. In terms of Nubian's strong photography, Nubian Z 18mini is equipped with a 24-megapixel+5-megapixel dual-camera solution, and with the brand-new NeoVision 7.0 image engine, the actual imaging is clear to the chest.

Nubian Z 18mini appearance: colorful body/feel is the highlight.

Compared with previous generations of Mavericks, Nubian Z 18mini's biggest change is its full screen, which makes its capacity of 5.7-inch full screen basically the same as that of the previous generation. In addition, because the users of Mavericks are mostly young people who love life and have passion. Therefore, Nubian Z 18mini has also made great efforts in the overall design and color matching of the fuselage.

▲ Nubian Z 18mini

In terms of design, this time we got the Nubian Z 18mini diamond black version, with a 5.7-inch full screen on the front and a resolution of 2 160x 1080(FHD+), which conforms to the full HD screen standard and brings a better sensory experience. The constant measurement size under the full screen blessing also allows Nubian Z 18mini to continue to maintain the selling point of one-handed holding.

▲ Nubian Z 18mini appearance

In the choice of fuselage material, Nubian Z 18mini uses glass as the fuselage material. Compared with metal, the unique texture of glass is quite attractive. At the same time, the glass material also allows Nubian Z 18mini to be matched with more colors (diamond black/glacier white/celadon blue/jade powder/Provence purple) to meet users' personalized needs for colors.

▲ Nubian Z 18mini appearance

Under the blessing of the full screen, the front of Nubian Z 18mini is quite simple. At the same time, in order to prevent the fuselage from being too slim, Nubian Z 18mini made the iconic "little red circle" into a virtual button. Maybe some friends will say, why not put the button outside?

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Nubian Z 18mini appearance

But in fact, in my impression, the full-screen products with off-screen buttons are either too slender or uncomfortable to operate because the bottom space is too narrow. Nubian Z 18mini uses virtual buttons on the screen, which is a way to ensure the continuity of brand design language and meet the actual needs of users.

▲ Nubian Z 18mini appearance

At the same time, on the left side of the fuselage, Nubian Z 18mini integrates the shortcut button of "calf voice", and the color matching of red and black buttons conforms to Nubian's consistent design style. The function of this button will give you a detailed experience in a later article.

▲ Nubian Z 18mini

At the same time, in order to improve the strength of the fuselage, Nubian Z 18mini has attached a layer of anti-collision rubber ring between the glass and the metal middle frame to minimize the risk of glass breakage. According to the official, these tiny design details just reflect Nubian's pursuit of user experience.

▲ Nubian Z 18mini

In terms of taking photos, Nubian Z 18mini uses 24 million pixels +500 pixels to form a dual camera. I still remember the last time Mavericks used 24 million pixels, and this high-pixel camera was Nubian Z 1 1miniS. In addition, the large aperture of F 1.7 also makes the performance of this camera more worth looking forward to.

▲ Nubian Z 18mini

As the standard of Nubian products, Nubian Z 18mini also uses Type-C data interface, which is convenient and efficient for blind insertion. In addition, compared with the more radical design of the previous generation, Nubian Z 18mini re-used the 3.5mm headphone jack, which further facilitated users.

▲ Nubian Z 18mini

Generally speaking, Nubian Z 18mini has a broader visual experience with the blessing of a full screen. At the same time, it inherits the excellent design of previous generations of calves and gives it a good feel. The adoption of the glass body also makes the texture of Nubian Z 18mini quite outstanding, and the colorful body color matching also meets the individual needs of many users, which can be said to be a new weapon for young fashion users.

Nubian Z 18mini performance: Qualcomm Snapdragon 660AIE/ game gun.

Nubian Z 18mini is equipped with Snapdragon 660AIE processor. I believe many friends are familiar with the details of this processor. As a product second only to Xiaolong 845 and Xiaolong 835, the actual performance of Snapdragon 660 is quite good. Using 14nm process technology, eight kryo260s form an 8-core architecture, of which four kryo260s are clocked at 2.2GHz and the other four are clocked at 1.8GHz.

On the GPU side, Snapdragon 660AIE processor integrates Adreno 5 12 graphics processing chip. According to official data, the GPU of Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 is 30% higher than its predecessor. Therefore, the performance of this processor in the game is also worthy of attention. Baseband, Snapdragon 660AIE processor adopts Snapdragon X 12 LTE modem, which supports the highest speed of Cat. 13/ 12.

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Ann Bunny has escaped.

In the benchmark test of Ann Bunny, the score of Nubian Z 18mini is 145479, which is in line with the actual performance of Snapdragon 660AIE. It can be said that such achievements can meet the needs of most users.

Game measurement:

Of course, in this era of excessive CPU performance/popular mobile games, GPU performance is the focus that users pay most attention to. Therefore, the author deliberately measured the game.

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Heroic Arena: 5v5 Arena Game; Five storms; King's honor

▲ Crash 3

Judging from the actual measurement of the game, the actual game performance of Nubian Z 18mini is quite good. In the test in the glory of the king, Nubian Z 18mini can basically keep 60 frames full of blood, so it can be said that the game performance of Snapdragon 660 is still worthy of recognition. In the larger 3D game Crash 3, the author plays the game with the highest quality/high frame rate, and it can be seen that the number of frames in the game is relatively stable.

Simply put, Nubian Z 18mini can still enjoy mainstream online games and most 3D mobile games.

Nubian Z 18mini system: calf voice blessing/ease of use UP!

On the system side, this Nubian Z 18mini is equipped with a customized nubia UI (based on Android 8. 1). Compared with other versions, this version adopts a brand-new Android 8. 1 as the bottom layer of the system. At the same time, in terms of system, it provides help for full screen through different operation modes. Overall design, this set of UI inherits the overall design style of nubia UI, but the icons have been redrawn, and the adoption of multiple colors is more in line with the tastes of young users. I won't elaborate on this UI.

▲ Nubian Z 18mini UI design

Speaking of system functions, it is most worth mentioning that Nubia launched a brand-new function "calf voice" on 20 18.

As a major function of Nubia this year,

, user

Press the independent calf voice button to send voice commands, and users can directly convert voice into words through voice real-time commands.

It also supports sending WeChat voice directly on the WeChat interface.

▲AI blessing can perform various operations through voice.

At the same time, in order to facilitate users' use, Mavericks Voice also supports functions such as voice quick opening applications, making phone calls and even quick voice reply in WeChat.

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calf

Voice-to-text/phone call

▲ Mavericks Voice Open APP

▲ Input voice information directly on WeChat through calf voice shortcut keys.

From the actual experience, the calf speech recognition rate and accuracy are quite good. At the same time, because of the independent calf voice button, it has great advantages in ease of use compared with other competitors. However, it will take some time to adapt to the compatibility of the APP. At present, only WeChat supports fast voice input, and Nubia needs to make more efforts in this regard.

Nubian Z 18mini photo: 24 megapixel+5 megapixel dual camera.

As Nubian's traditional strength, Nubian Z 18mini has Nubian's advantages in photography. First of all, in terms of pixels, it is equipped with a dual camera with 24 million+5 million pixels, and also has a large aperture design of F 1.7. The performance of ultra-large aperture and extremely high pixels per inch is worth looking forward to. In addition, the blessing of Nubian NeoVision7.0 image engine also provides strong support for users to create beautiful photos.

▲ Rear 24 million+5 million dual cameras/front 8 million pixels

From the overall interface design, Nubian Z 18mini maintains a simple and efficient interface design, and common shooting functions can be quickly used by sliding left and right. In terms of functional diversity, the functions of light drawing, star orbit, multiple exposure, cloning and so on are adopted to make users take interesting photos more simply and quickly.

▲ Nubian Z 18mini camera interface

Let's take a look directly at the sample performance of Nubian Z 18mini.

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Nubian Z 18mini proofs

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Nubian Z 18mini proofs

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Nubian Z 18mini proofs

Judging from the daytime proofs, the overall performance of Nubian Z 18mini is quite good. First of all, the Nubian Z 18mini tends to restore the true color. At the same time, thanks to the high resolution brought by the 24-megapixel lens, Nubian Z 18mini also properly handles the light and dark details.

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Nubian Z 18mini proofs

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Nubian Z 18mini proofs

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Nubian Z 18mini proofs

The imaging quality of Nubian Z 18mini is also very good at night and in dark scenes. Under the blessing of F 1.7 aperture, Nubian Z 18mini restores the details of light and dark parts quite well. However, the overall picture is a bit dark, which should be the problem of software tuning. In the indoor lighting scene, the performance of Nubian Z 18mini is also remarkable, with no overexposure in the bright part and no great loss in the dark part.

After the experience, the author thinks that Nubian Z 18mini inherits Nubian's consistent camera advantages, and the dual cameras with 24 million+5 million pixels make the resolution the advantage of Nubian Z 18mini, and the blessing of F 1.7 large aperture should also make Nubian Z 18mini.

Good photos can be taken day and night to further meet the needs of users.

Nubian Z 18mini battery life

: 3450mAh/ It's a pity that there is no fast charge.

In terms of battery life, Nubian Z 18mini has a built-in 3450mAh high-capacity lithium battery. However, it should be noted that Nubian Z 18mini does not support fast charging, which is really a pity. At the press conference, Nubia said that its NeoPower smart power saving scheme can effectively improve the battery life per unit of electricity. To this end, the author specially made a test on battery life.

▲ Nubian Z 18mini

fatigue-testing

Judging from the test results, the actual endurance of Nubian Z 18mini is quite good. Thanks to the high-performance Snapdragon 660, the power consumption speed of Nubian Z 18mini is not as fast as expected. The 30-minute the glory of the king only consumed 7% electricity, which was quite good. And the achievement of 3% power consumption for one hour of music playback is also eye-catching. Generally speaking, although there is no fast charge, the excellent energy consumption control still makes Nubian Z 18mini pull back a game.

Summary of Nubian Z 18mini

: "Small performance steel gun.

"Be worthy of the name.

▲ Nubian Z 18mini evaluation summary

For Nubian calf series, the author still has a certain say. After all, as a hardcore player who has been using Nubia since the Z7mini era, Nubian's Mavericks series has always been a "small steel gun" with high quality and low price in the hearts of many small partners. In the generation of Z 18mini, we still see Nubian's emphasis on the Mavericks series, and the author is also very pleased to see this scene.

Judging from the current mobile phone market structure, although Nubia's position is somewhat embarrassing, the author sees a more radical Nubia. From azazel series products for game series to V series products for entry-level thousand yuan machines, what we see is that Nubia has taken its own steps on the road of diversification. And this brand-new Nubian calf is believed to be an important piece of Nubian diversification. Let's bless Nubia together and expect Nubia to bring us more good products!