Huawei Mate 10 Experience: flagship machine without Shortboard.

After three years of IT 168 evaluation, Huawei Mate series has firmly occupied the first echelon of domestic smart phones, and can compete with Samsung Note series or iPhone, which also focuses on business, both in product strength and brand value. According to statistics, Huawei's shipments in the first nine months of 20 17 were1.102 million units. At one time, Huawei even surpassed Apple in global market share, ranking second, and even ranked first in China market. To a certain extent, Huawei has done what many domestic manufacturers want to do but haven't done yet: brand promotion. Therefore, the current Mate series, whether for the media or users, carries the deepest expectations of domestic smartphones in a sense. So today we don't talk about digression and theory, but only look at one thing: whether Mate 10 will work or not.

First, the appearance experience

Whether it is market-driven or technological upgrading, the rapid development of smart phones has also brought various upgrades. In the current flagship "full screen" period, perhaps it is to distinguish the product strength from Mate 10, or perhaps the positioning of the main business makes Mate 10 still need a steady and steady product. The Huawei Mate 10 standard version we experienced today still uses the screen ratio of 16:9. However, thanks to its narrow border and tightened "forehead" and "chin", the screen ratio of Mate 10 reached 8 1.6%. And this figure is even higher than most so-called "full screen" mobile phones on the market. After waking up the screen, it still brought a certain visual impact.

Here, the author also wants to say a few words about full screen. At present, there are still some disputes about the topic and definition of full screen in the market, whether according to the screen size (18:9) or according to the screen proportion. For many mobile phone users who don't surf the Internet often and don't care about their mobile phones, they don't even care about what a real full screen is. For them, the full screen may be just the first visual sensory stimulation for the real machine to light up the screen. So from this point of view, I think that Mate 10, which is positioned as the flagship of business, adopts the traditional screen of 16:9, which gives users considerable screen share while ensuring it, which is undoubtedly a wise decision.

In terms of content, Huawei has set up a "Mate 10 exclusive" zone in video, including HDR video and "full screen version" video, which can cover 16: 9 video resources, and the actual experience is quite good. Therefore, compared with other manufacturers to follow the trend of making 18: 9 screens, there is no post-adaptation video resources, and Huawei gives users a little more care.

In fact, when the video of 16:9 is overlaid on the screen of Mate 10, the display area is much larger than that of the mobile phone with big black border around 18: 9. Therefore, today, when the software and video resources with the screen ratio of 18: 9 are not fully adapted, Huawei Mate 10 has a screen ratio of not less than the full screen, and adapts to more software and videos. The reserved front fingerprint can be unlocked, which will undoubtedly give users a better experience.

However, due to the narrow chin of Mate 10, the area left for the fingerprint identification module on the front is relatively narrow. Mate 10 when using this Home button in daily life, there are certain requirements for hand posture, no matter from the visual center of gravity or the grip center of gravity, to prevent accidental falling. It is also inappropriate to put the multitasking and return buttons on both sides of the Home button.

Huawei seems to be aware of this, so it added the function of "floating navigation" to the system. It has four gestures: touch, long press to release, long press to slide and drag, which correspond to the functions of returning to the previous level, returning to the main interface and multitasking. We know that in the human-computer interaction of the screen, most of them are operated by clicking and sliding, and among these four gestures, the two most commonly used functions need the combination of long-distance clicking and sliding, which also brings users a certain learning cost. So, here, I recommend using the Home button directly. Although you may need to pay attention to your hand posture, it is always more direct than gesturing in a sphere the size of a thumb.

Second, the system function experience

As the first commercial Android 8.0 model in China, the EMUI version of Mate 10 has also jumped to 8.0, which is in line with the Android version. The actual experience can be said to be both surprise and regret.

In the design of system UI, the theme elements of Huawei Mate series have always been based on a steady style. Until last year's EMUI 5.0, some more active elements were made on the interface based on the inspiration of Love Sea. Therefore, on EMUI 8.0, the interface has not changed much compared with the previous generation.

However, one of the highlights of upgrading to Android 8.0 is that the function of calling up the shortcut menu by pressing the APP icon with 3D touch in native Android 7.0 is finally added, except that Mate 10 is completed by long press: for example, long press the set icon to call up the "hotspot/mobile data/Bluetooth /WLAN" switching menu. Long press the camera icon to bring up the shortcut operation of "dynamic photo/large aperture photo/video/selfie" is some common functions, and third-party apps that adapt to this function have been tested one by one, including Alipay, Weibo, Netease Cloud Music, Meituan and Vipshop. There should be more software adaptation later, and there will be vibration feedback when it is called out. High functional completion and good experience.

The artificial intelligence voice assistant mentioned at the press conference is also highly playable: the finger slides up from any area at the bottom of the screen and exhales the voice assistant. It can be said that "the phone is a little stuck" and other instructions can help us clean the phone, ask about the weather, ask about the menu and so on. But when we recognize some instructions, we may encounter the phenomenon of "stuck", that is, we can't recognize the meaning. At this time, we often have to change our expression or give up. But generally speaking, when we are in a hurry, it is very convenient to send us a short message and set an alarm clock. I hope it can learn more semantics and habits in the future and become a real artificial intelligence assistant.

In addition, another highlight of the system is the integration of Microsoft Translation, which supports offline real-time translation. At the press conference, it was also explained that Mate 10 because the blessing of NPU in Kirin 970 will be much faster than other mobile phones equipped with Microsoft translation applications. In practical experience, if you want to translate English into Chinese, you need to download the 108M simplified Chinese language pack. In fact, you feel that you can pre-install the language pack directly in the version of Bank of China, because some users may only encounter the scene of using this function, and if there is no wifi with sufficient traffic or network speed, it may be embarrassing.

Another thing that can be improved is that, under a certain probability, for some characters, it is obvious that the same font cannot be recognized and translated. But on the whole, thanks to the assistance of NPU, the experience of recognition and translation is still very good, which can solve the urgent need when you need to understand some foreign language instructions or travel abroad.

For video, music, reading and other resources in the system, Huawei also brings many benefits to Mate 10 users. For example, a three-month Huawei video member with the original price of 60 yuan only needs 10 yuan to open it, and there are many video resources. As mentioned above, Mate 10 16: 9 screen can lay a lot of video resources, which undoubtedly improves the viewing experience. Huawei Reading also gave Mate 10 users a three-month experience member directly with 30 yuan. In addition, there are exclusive gift packages of Mate 10 in the app store, including game packages, electronic parking tickets, food and travel coupons, which shows Huawei's sincerity.

However, although the function is further improved, this generation of EMUI still has some points to pay attention to. Perhaps due to the problem of adapting to Android 8.0, the adaptability of some software needs to be improved in the initial stage of the experience. For example, there is a certain probability that Weibo will get stuck and the screen will be blank. In the end, there will be no response, whether to end the task or not. However, this is also a problem of adapting to third-party software. I believe that more and more Android 8.0 models will be available, and third-party software will be more actively adapted. And there is still room for improvement in system fluency. Frankly speaking, at some moments, Mate 10 didn't even have the carefree feeling when Mate9 first arrived.

Third, the photo experience

In terms of taking photos, after Huawei P9 announced its cooperation with Leica, each generation of flagship left a good impression of taking photos. In the experience of Mate 10 for several days, it can be considered that Mate 10 has a very good level in taking pictures of domestic mobile phones.

From the parameter point of view, two SUMMILUX-H lenses with super aperture F 1.6, which have been tuned by Lycra, are the combination of 1.2 million pixel color and 20 million pixel black and white. They were just given a score of 100 by Dxo Mark, an authoritative French photographic equipment rating agency, on the day of the domestic press conference, and endorsed by a comprehensive evaluation of 97 points.

As introduced at the press conference, Mate 10 equipped with artificial intelligence 970 chip can automatically identify the scene type and adjust the shooting preset when shooting most scenes, such as knife and fork icon when shooting food, leaf icon when shooting plants, and text "T" icon when shooting objects with words, which are all optimized for different scenes. In actual shooting, the scene can be identified very quickly, which makes users.

In terms of camera function setting, it is divided into three screens. By default, the viewfinder screen slides left to enter the mode menu, such as black-and-white camera, HDR switch, 3D dynamic panorama, streamer shutter and other modes, while the viewfinder screen slides right to enter settings, such as setting resolution, drawing format, watermark, reference line and so on.

The camera interface is turned on in bright or soft mode, and there is a strong "German taste" when previewing the screen. This is also the point that the author wants to mention: in addition to the image quality, Huawei has a unique style and rich colors in the adjustment of proofs, which is more suitable for artistic creation. This undoubtedly gives ordinary users of non-technical parties a "crash course" in taking good photos at hand.

In practical experience, the advantages of F 1.6 with large aperture and large light input are fully demonstrated in low light conditions. Whether it is the overpass in the evening or the light box in the street in the evening, the details of low light are kept to the maximum extent, and the edge of light is not blurred and does not produce shadows.

In terms of night scene, Mate 10 also gave the author a surprise. The super night scene is turned on during the evaluation, and no additional equipment such as tripod is needed. The long exposure of 9 seconds can not only greatly improve the image quality, but also record the bustling streets, which is very artistic. The photos are excellent in both quality and atmosphere.

Fourth, the battery life/charging experience

The battery life of Mate series is naturally an expert skill. Mate8 and Mate9 have captured the hearts of many business users with their excellent endurance. This time Mate 10 is no exception. It is equipped with a 4000 mAh battery, and the Kirin 970, which is more energy-efficient in principle, supports Huawei's super fast charging.

This Mate 10 is the first time that a standard Mate product uses a 2K screen. Therefore, Huawei designed the "smart resolution" option. When turned on, the resolution will be automatically reduced as needed, or you can manually select three resolutions of 720P, 1080P and 2K to give users who don't need 2K more battery life.

There are power saving mode and super power saving mode when the power is insufficient. In power saving mode, background applications will be restricted, and automatic mail synchronization will be turned off to save power. In Super Power Saving mode, only six applications can be used. After a few days of experience, I am fully charged at night, and I usually have about 30 charges when I go out to work at 7 am and go home at 9 pm during the day. The author uses it moderately, depending on Weibo and his circle of friends. I believe that even if it is used in large quantities, it will be enough to support one day's use.

This time Mate 10 is equipped with Huawei's super fast charge, which gave me the first impression that it was fast. Because charging often starts from 20 power, it can reach 80 in almost half an hour, and the fast charging speed is getting faster and faster, which also causes users' doubts about charging safety. This time Mate 10 has been certified by Rheinland Security, which is believed to be the embodiment of paying attention to charging safety after the Note7 incident last year.

Generally speaking, I don't know whether the battery life of Mate 10 is subjectively not as good as Mate9 due to the adaptation problem of Android 8.0, but the difference is not big. It still belongs to the first echelon of battery life, but the faster super fast charge can still bring excellent service time.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) abstract

Mate 10 is the absolute domestic flagship this year because of the performance and endurance of the first echelon, the top camera ability and the addition of artificial intelligence, but the function of artificial intelligence NPU is still limited at present. For voice assistants and camera scenes, users' habits still need to be learned and further enriched, and the adaptation of Android 8.0 is also a problem that cannot be ignored, but these are believed to be solved over time.

In recent years, through the cooperation with well-known institutions such as Leica, Pan Tong and Rheinland Security, we have continuously shaped the tonality of Huawei's high-end brands, and finally have a brand that can compete with Samsung and Apple internationally at home. The brand tonality that has been pulled up has also objectively given the Mate series stronger genes. At the end of the article, if we sum up the subjective experience of Mate 10 in one sentence, it should be a product with almost no shortcomings at this stage.