Detailed evaluation of glory 9X PRO: What makes this phone unable to keep a low profile?

IT 168 evaluates the glory of x series products. Since its birth, every generation of products is explosive and has a very good continuity. Glory x series has been playing 4X, and now glory 9X has gone through five generations of products. Although the glory X series products are positioned as thousand yuan machines, with the upgrading of the glory X series in recent years, it is not difficult to find that the glory X series is also moving closer to the flagship. Flagship machine has many shadows from design to hardware configuration, but it still has a very high cost performance. Now glory has used the slogan of "products that can't be low-key" and brought two new products, Glory 9X and Glory 9X PRO.

Play 4X's first mobile phone with sales exceeding 10 million is from glory; Less than a month after the launch of Glory Play 5X, it overwhelmed the iPhone6s with a huge advantage and won the global bestseller list at that time. Then go to glory to play 6X to win 20 1 1 full platform Android phone and full platform thousand yuan machine double champion 20 1 1 glory 7X to win China mobile phone single product sales champion; Glory 8X, which was launched last year, has excellent hardware configuration and brings a very high cost performance. Zhao Ming even used "overexert" to describe the glory 8X. This year, Glory 9X is equipped with the flagship Kirin 8 10 processor, which has many selling points and creates a new explosion of Glory X series.

As a product that can't keep a low profile, Glory 9X series can be achieved with Kirin 8 10? Of course, apart from Kirin 8 10, the Glory 9X series has many highlights, such as design, photography and experience. Let's make a detailed evaluation with Glory 9X PRO.

Glory 9X PRO parameter

Mobile phone model

Glory 9X PRO

screen size

6.59-inch lifting full screen

resolution ratio

2340x 1080

processor

Kirin 8 10

frequency

2× 2.27 GHz+6× Cortex-A551.8 GHz Da Vinci NPU 7nm process based on cortex-A76.

Body memory

128GB/256GB

Random access memory

8GB

Main camera

48 million+8 million+2 million

front-facing camera

16 million pixels

Fuselage size

163. 1×77.2×8.8 mm

Fuselage weight

182g

battery

4000 mah

Fuselage color

Phantom purple, magic night black

operating system

EMUI9. 1. 1

Network standard

All netcom

listed price

21from 99 yuan

In terms of hardware configuration, Glory 9X PRO adopts Kirin 8 100 processor, and has two customized Cortex-A76 cores with a frequency as high as 2.27GHz and six Cortex-A55 cores, forming a dual slave architecture, built-in Huawei's self-developed Da Vinci NPU, and 7nm manufacturing process, with excellent performance and good power consumption control. In addition, the glory 9X PRO comes standard with 8GB of large memory, and provides two storage versions: 128GB and 256GB. These configurations can be said to be the current flagship configurations.

On the screen side, Glory 9X PRO uses a 6.59-inch screen with a screen resolution of 2340x 1080. Due to the lifting front camera design, the screen has no bangs, water droplets and openings, and the visual experience is better, with a screen ratio of 92%.

As for the camera, Glory 9X PRO adopts a 48-megapixel HD main camera, an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera, a 2-megapixel depth-of-field camera, supports AI photography 2.0, ultra-sensitive night shooting, and supports intelligent video anti-shake function. The rear camera configuration can also be said to be the flagship configuration. Glory 9X PRO is equipped with160,000 front HD camera. It is the first time to adopt the lift camera design, and the lift camera design has also been adopted by many flagship machine. It can be seen that this glory also cost a lot of money.

The battery adopts 4000mAh battery and adopts USB Type-C interface. In terms of system, Glory 9X PRO adapts to EMUI 9. 1. 1, supports GPU Tubro 3.0 technology, and has a better game experience.

Glory 9X PRO

Design: flagship craft

Glory 9X PRO adopts a 6.59-inch lifting full screen, and the front camera adopts a lifting design, which does not occupy any position of the screen, and there are no bangs, water drops and openings, which increases the screen ratio to 92%, bringing a better immersive visual experience. In addition, the screen of Glory 9X PRO is optimized by Rheinland, Germany, and video enhancement technology is added, so that the colors are brighter and the details are clearer when watching movies.

Our glory 9X PRO is a black version of Magic Night, and the 3D glass body on the black color matching machine looks more elegant. In addition, glory 9X PRO also provides phantom purple version, which adopts 3D magic glass body and diamond lattice to bring "X" texture. Glory also adopted a similar process on the Glory V20. The fuselage of the V20 has a "V" texture, which is also the process used on the flagship machine.

Glory 9X PRO adopts the lift camera design for the first time, and the front camera16 million pixels is hidden in the fuselage through the lift design. The lifting design can make the previous camera not occupy the screen position, so that the screen is not blocked, bringing a better visual experience.

Glory 9X PRO's lift camera supports waterproof and dustproof, and its reliability is very high. When not in use, the front camera is hidden at the top of the fuselage. In addition, the SIM card slot of the mobile phone is also at the top of the fuselage, which supports dual card, dual standby, dual 4G and dual VoLTE, and supports SD card expansion storage.

Glory 9X PRO adopts the design of side fingerprint recognition. Compared with the mainstream off-screen fingerprint recognition, side fingerprint recognition has higher recognition speed, convenience and security, and brings better experience.

Glory 9X PRO adopts a three-camera design, a 48-megapixel HD main camera, an 8-megapixel wide-angle camera and a 2-megapixel depth-of-field camera. It is also a rare high-profile camera for mobile phones of the same price. Glory 9X PRO supports AI photography 2.0, ultra-sensitive night shooting and intelligent video anti-shake function.

Glory 9X PRO provides a popular USB Type-C interface and a 3.5mm headphone jack. This design is still very "conscience". After all, many users are still using the traditional 3.5mm headphone jack.

Glory 9X PRO

Performance experience: Kirin 8 10 blessing

Kirin 8 10 processor continues the excellent genes of 9-series processors, and its performance is better than that of 7-series processors. Kirin 8 10 adopts 7nm manufacturing technology, has 2xA76+6xA55 architecture, and integrates Maili-G52 graphics processor, and its performance is upgraded again. Kirin 8 10 adopts the independently developed Da Vinci NPU, which can greatly improve the Ai computing capacity per unit area, and adopts the independently developed intermediate operator format, which greatly increases the compatibility of Huawei HiAi and accelerates the landing of more AI applications.

The Da Vinci NPU of Kirin 8 10 is one of its highlights. The "Da Vinci Rubik's Cube" based on the Da Vinci architecture, like the Rubik's Cube, is three-dimensional, and the three-dimensional operation mode is very suitable for AI matrix operation, which can provide surging AI computing power while ensuring minimum energy consumption. At the same time, Kirin 8 10 adopts 7nm manufacturing process, which further reduces the computing power consumption of Kirin 8 10. The AI-Benchmark of Kirin 8 10 scored more than 32,000 points, ranking first in the world, and Glory 9X became the "smartest" mobile phone.

CPU performance

Through the test of GeekBench, we can see that the performance of Kirin 8 10 processor used in Glory 9X PRO is very good, with a single-core score of 2799 and a multi-core score of 77 1 1, reaching the theoretical performance level of the flagship processor.

GPU performance

In 3D, Glory 9 X PRo scored 4304 points in 3Dmark ES3. 1, and Vulkan scored 42 12 points. In theory, such achievements can be easily done by mainstream mobile games at present.

NPU performance

For Da Vinci NPU on Kirin 8 10, we specially use AI Bemchmark to test it. The total score of the exam is 30253. Although it didn't reach the theoretical score of 32,000, this score is already quite high, far ahead of many flagship mobile phones.

Game performance

Glory 9X PRO supports GPU Turbo3.0, and adopts the acceleration technology of software and hardware to reconstruct the traditional graphics processing framework at the bottom of the system, so as to realize software and hardware collaboration, greatly improve the overall efficiency of GPU graphics operation and reduce energy consumption. GPU Turbo 3.0 can already support 60 domestic games, and more games will be added later.

We use Fast No to record the frames in the game. We can see that after the glory of the king started the high frame rate mode and multi-core support, the game kept at 60 frames for a long time, and the frame skipping was only 1.09 frames. Glory 9X PRO can provide sufficient performance support for the glory of the king, and it can run smoothly in high frame rate mode.

In addition, we also use Battlefield of Peace to test it. We can see that Battlefield of Peace keeps 30 frames for a long time when the high frame rate mode is turned on, and the number of frames jumps by 0.94. The performance of Gao Qilin 8 10 is fully exerted in performance mode and GPU Tubro 3.0.

Nine liquid cooling heat dissipation

Cell phone fever is also a concern, especially when playing games. Excessive heating of mobile phone not only affects the grip, but also leads to the decline of mobile phone performance. Glory 9X PRO adopts PC-class liquid cooling system, and the large-caliber liquid cooling pipe runs through the cold area and hot area of the mobile phone, which can dissipate heat in the first time in hot scenes such as games and navigation, reduce the core temperature by 5℃, effectively improve the CPU performance, and escort the full blood performance of the mobile phone.

We started the performance mode of the mobile phone when testing the heat dissipation of Dragon 9X PRO, ran the game "Peace Elite" to keep the CPU in a high load state, and recorded the CPU temperature with CPU temperature detection software. The room temperature is 28 degrees, and the CPU temperature of Glory 9X PRO is 30 degrees. After running the game for 5 minutes, the temperature rose to 35 degrees. After running the game for about 15 minutes, the CPU temperature rose to the highest point of 39 degrees, which remained until the end of the game. During the game, the glory 9X PRO fuselage remains slightly hot. At this temperature, the Kirin 8 10 processor will definitely not be down-converted or turned off. Glory 9X PRO has such excellent heat dissipation ability, on the one hand, it is the effect of nine-liquid cooling, on the other hand, it is inseparable from the 7nm manufacturing process of Kirin 8 10 processor.

Glory 9X PRO

Photo experience

Glory 9X PRO rear AI three shots, consisting of 48 million HD cameras+8 million wide-angle lenses+2 million depth-of-field lenses, supports AI photography 2.0, ultra-sensitive night shooting, and supports intelligent video anti-shake function. From the parameter point of view, glory 9X PRO can already be compared with many flagship mobile phones.

48 megapixel AI ultra-clear shooting

As for the main camera, Glory 9X PRO uses CMOS with a maximum of 48 million pixels, and the CMOS size reaches 1/2 inches. Four pixels are combined into one, and12 million pixel photos are output, and 48 million pixel photos are also supported.

Zoom in on details

Zoom in on details

Through these two sets of proofs, we can see that Glory 9X PRO supports 48-megapixel photo shooting, which brings better details. We enlarge the sample by 100%, and we can see that the details of the photographed object are still very clear. For users, 48 million pixels can print large-size posters, which is still very practical.

120 degree super wide angle

Glory 9X PRO uses an 8 megapixel wide-angle camera, which doubles the viewing area. More content can be shot through the wide-angle camera, which makes the shot picture more tense, and at the same time, the depth of the picture can be enhanced through wide-angle shooting.

Glory 9X PRO's wide-angle shooting has a very high image quality and brings a very strong picture tension. Through reasonable composition, you can easily shoot the feeling of a large film, and with the optimization of the system, the wide-angle shooting of Glory 9X PRO has brought a very shocking effect.

Night shooting:

Glory 9X PRO adopts 1/2 inch super-large sensor, flagship ISP and glory "owl" algorithm that pursues lossless image quality to construct the "iron triangle" of Glory 9X series. Let you easily capture the beauty of darkness beyond human vision, comparable to night vision; AIS holds a super night view, allowing you to bid farewell to the tripod and shoot night movies anytime, anywhere.

The night shooting effect of Glory 9X PRO is very good, even in the environment with insufficient light, you can still take excellent night photos. The night view of Glory 9X PRO can effectively control noise, and the light and shade control is in place, making the night view very transparent.

16 megapixel front natural beauty

Glory 9X PRO has a16 megapixel front camera, supports AI beauty function, and can provide self-portrait beauty with free adjustment from level 0 beauty to 10 depth beauty. After testing, the effect of level 5 beauty is the most natural, maintaining natural skin and complexion, and properly treating the face. Of course, if you want a deeper beauty effect, you can choose 10 Beauty.

AI intelligent video anti-shake

Glory 9X PRO supports AI intelligent video anti-shake and video AI HDR. Even when the backlight is dim or even shaking, the captured video picture is still stable and clear. In the actual test, we shot a handheld video, and we can see that the picture of Glory 9X PRO can still remain stable in the handheld state, and the picture has no strong jitter. In addition, we can also shoot better pictures for the video AI HDR of glory 9X PRO, keeping the brightness of the picture and the details of the shot object clear.

Glory 9X PRO

System experience: not only fast.

Glory 9X PRO adopts EMUI9. 1. 1 system, and through two revolutionary innovations-erofs super file system and Ark compiler, the running speed is improved from the bottom of the system. EROFS super file system improves the random reading performance of Android system partition and the speed of reading and writing system files from the bottom through the transformation of Android bottom user partition. EMUI9. 1 After using Ark compiler, the system fluency is improved by 24%, the system response is improved by 44%, and the third-party application operation fluency is improved by 60%.

Artificial intelligence intelligent communication 2.0

Glory 9X PRO applies AI intelligent communication 2.0 technology, and professional communication technology is integrated into AI technology upgrade to make mobile phone signals faster and more stable, and can intelligently identify weak signal scenes such as elevators, subways and garages, so that 4G signals can be quickly recovered. Dual 4G dual VoLTE dual-pass technology can realize intelligent switching of 4G signals and realize the function of talking while surfing the Internet. In addition, AI-based smart communication 2.0 technology also provides AI high-speed rail mode 2.0, AI smart dual-card Internet access, AI smart antenna, AI smart base station selection and other functions.

Personal data fingerprint identification:

The side fingerprint identification of Glory 9X PRO is the entity fingerprint identification key. Based on capacitive fingerprint identification, that is, the same fingerprint sensor as the front fingerprint identification module or the rear fingerprint identification module on its mobile phone, capacitive fingerprint identification is a very mature technology with the advantage of very fast identification speed. At present, the off-screen fingerprint identification technology adopts optical technology, and the fingerprint image information is collected by CMOS for identification. To put it bluntly, it is the principle of "punching machine".

Battery life:

Glory 9X PRO uses 4000mAh battery, which is a large battery model. At the same time, the AI intelligent power saving function of the 7nm processor and system further enhances the endurance performance of the glory 9X PRO. The official data of Glory 9X PRO shows that it fully supports 10 hour online video playback, 10 hour large-scale games and 100 hour online music playback.

We also conducted a 4-hour high-intensity endurance test on the Glory 9X PRO. A SIM card is inserted in the mobile phone, Bluetooth, wifi and NFC are all turned on, and the screen brightness of the mobile phone is 100%. After each test, the background application will be cleared. Play 1080p video 1 hour on the network first. Consumption of 10% power after one hour. After playing 1 hour, it consumes 20% of electricity. After playing 1 hour, power consumption is 2%. Play 1. On the whole, the endurance performance of Glory 9X PRO is satisfactory. After all, under such a high-intensity test, there is still 66% power left, and the large battery of 4000mAh has brought real endurance improvement.

Summary of glory 9X PRO test

Glory X series has experienced five generations of products since its birth, and each generation is a continuation of the classic. As the latest product of Glory X series, Glory 9X PRO has brought real dry goods from design to hardware configuration to system function experience. Glory 9X PRO is positioned as the flagship, but the price from 2 199 yuan is really kind, and it is a "very competitive" product.

Glory 9X PRO is equipped with the latest Kirin 8 10 processor, which makes this phone have flagship performance. From our tests, we can see that it can easily cope with large-scale mobile games, and with the manufacturing process of 7nm, this CPU has achieved a good balance between performance and power consumption, coupled with GPU Tubro3.0 and PC-level cooling system on Glory 9X PRO, the game performance of this mobile phone is better than many mobile phones of the same price.

In terms of taking photos, Glory 9X PRO is equipped with AI three shots, with a main shot of 48 million pixels and a super wide angle 120 degrees, which is also the configuration of many flagship machine. Glory 9X PRO also continues the excellent camera shooting ability of glory flagship series, supports AI photography 2.0, and supports ultra-sensitive night shooting, bringing the flagship night shooting ability. This glory 9X PRO also adds AI intelligent video anti-shake and video AI HDR for video, making video shooting equally excellent.

Glory 9X PRO is not only about performance and taking photos, but also flagship design, AI intelligent communication 2.0, 4000mAh battery, lifting camera, unobstructed true full-screen and so on. These are the highlights of glory 9X PRO, and these highlights also make glory 9X PRO destined not to be low-key.