Glory released its new model, Glory 8, on July 11. This is another flagship product following the release of the V8 in the glory series. The beginning of the title talked about the pre-value, in fact, is the first in this phone's design and everyone to discuss, because this phone's biggest bright spot is its design, the official claim is the history of the most glorious mobile phone , And the official poster is also eye-catching marked "beautiful", it can be seen that the official value of this phone is still some effort.
Glory Family
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At this stage, many models of the official website were honored. Glory divided the mobile phone into two series of glory and play.
Glory Series: Glory 8, Glory note8, Glory V8, Glory 7, Glory 7i, Glory X2
Play Series: Play 5A, Play 5C, Play 5X, Play 4A, Play 4X
From 2015 to 2016, it seems that the sales volume of Xiaomi meters does not seem to be blowing. High-, mid-, and low-end handsets are fully covered, and they are also multi-machine strategies at each price point. The glory of this evaluation 8 is a high-end flagship model of the Glory series. At this price point, Glory V8 which was released earlier and Glory note8 that was released later was also included in the sales flagship model. As for the detailed comparison here, there is not much to say, and there are related contents on the Internet. Glory 8 is actually a lot better than the other two in terms of face value. It is also more practical to use. Saying that the current manufacturers change the mobile phone hardware to launch a new machine, this tactics really let consumers choose to be more tangled, or to see their needs, like that kind of hardware configuration to select the phone it is good.
The main parameters
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(Information from the official website)
Price:Â¥2499.00 (high version)
Name: Glory 8
Storage: 4GB+64GB Netcom Edition
Exterior
Body size: 145.5 71.0 7.45 (mm)
Body weight: about 153g (with battery)
Appearance color: streamer gold (other pearl white, magic night black, cherry powder, charm blue optional)
system
Operating System: EMUI 4.1+ Android 6.0
CPU model: Kirin 950
CPU core count: Eight cores
CPU frequency: 4Cortex A72 2.3GHz +4Cortex A53 1.8GHz + micro-intelligent I5
GPU: Mali T880
Dual SIM: Support
screen
Screen size: 5.2 inches
Screen color: 16.7 million colors, color saturation (NTSC): 96%
Screen type: LTPS negative LCD screen
Resolution: 1920x1080 (FHD)
Screen pixel density PPI: 423 PPI
Shooting function
The main camera: 12 million 2,6 P lens, F2.2 aperture.
Deputy camera: 8 million, F2.4 aperture, fixed focus
Anti-shake mode: Optical image stabilization is not supported
battery
Battery capacity: 3000mAh
Exterior
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Glory 8's box design is quite special, just like the side of our usual cell phone box, the side turned into a positive design.
Withdrawing the design of the opening method, the side of the phone in the box, which and P9 packaging is the same.
The location of the mobile phone keys, SIM card, light sensing area, and NFC sensor area is also indicated on the outer plastic packaging of the mobile phone so that the user can easily get started.
The middle area can be directly presented. The box inside is a common accessory such as a charger and a manual. The box is also marked.
Common accessories are available, the description is a graphical description, easy to read, but this price of the phone is not equipped with headphones or seem not sincere.
Both sides of the charger have a concave design, which makes it easier to remove and insert, and it is very close to the details. The charging output is 5V/2A or 9V/2A and supports fast charging technology. This different design also automatically adjusts the charging output during charging. However, although current mobile phones are basically equipped with fast charging technology, the specifications of various chargers are different. Sometimes we usually have to use multiple mobile phones or multiple people to carry multiple chargers when traveling with the same specifications. It's still inconvenient. Here is to remind everyone again, try to choose the phone's own charger or the same specifications of the regular manufacturers of products.
Shooting equipment and limited levels, or please everyone unconditionally watch. . . .
Glory 8 uses a 5.2-inch 1920x1080 (FHD) resolution screen. The average small screen mobile phone is now selected in 5.0 or 5.1 inches, 5.5 inches on the big point, 5.2 inches models are not many, although the number looks a bit poor, but from the regular 5.0 inches mobile phone to become 5.2 inches mobile phone The feeling is still very obvious. Only from the size of the design is not small nor small, accustomed to use a big screen will not say, if it is used to use that kind of 5.0-inch mobile phone, then it is really better to experience the size of the next model.
The key design and function of the fuselage are quite satisfactory and there are no touch buttons. The fingerprint support press function is better than other touch-only designs, and it also has the function of Glory Spirit key. Support infrared remote control function.
Front 8 million pixels, F2.4 aperture camera. Support "charm me" function, you can customize the photo settings only belong to your beauty mode. The indicator light is hidden in the handset. The phone still has no touch buttons, but the bottom of the virtual button (optional hidden), the border is still relatively narrow, hidden black side is also good.
Officially stated that Glory 8 is the most glorious mobile phone in history. In fact, this sentence is not an exaggeration, from the material point of view, the use of double-sided 2.5D arc glass surface of the fuselage itself can make the machine's face value increased a lot, it can be said that the high value of the glass material also have to Mobile phone. The difference between Glory 8 and other glass materials is that it contains 15 layers of superb craftsmanship under the glass. It reflects unique light patterns under the light, and the official saying is like the feeling of aurora. However, the color of the test model that was obtained this time was streamer gold, the effect of the aurora was not obvious, and the main push of the blue to see other people's pictures was still very obvious.
This is the effect of reflecting light at different angles. Of course, the effect of different external light will be different. It can be said that the whole machine doesn't look too amazing but it still has a refreshing feeling. At this stage, mobile phone design aesthetic fatigue, can make a big difference can be considered a breakthrough. The only downside is that the back of the fingerprint sensor still looks awkward, destroying the overall aesthetics.
Although the appearance of the glass material is quite a lot of good, but the golden models often leave a lot of fingerprints on the back, it can be said that the fingerprint collector. No other color touches do not know what to do.
Rear dual 12 million pixels, 6P lens group, F2.2 aperture camera. Dual camera configuration was first made by Huawei. From the current development of mobile phone photography, the configuration of dual cameras will become mainstream in the future.
There is an infrared sensor on the top and the phone comes with a remote control APP.
The headphone jack and speaker are at the bottom of the phone, and the data interface uses the now mainstream Typc-c interface.
Double-sided 2.5D glass combined with curved aluminum alloy frame makes the overall look of the phone more rounded.
You can insert two Nano-SIM cards at the same time, you can also choose a Nano-SIM card or a TF card (up to 128G), support dual-card dual standby 4G+ full Netcom. However, it should be noted that when one card uses data, the other card can only use the calling function and cannot use two telecommunication cards at the same time.
Feel
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The whole thing is still very good to use in your hand, 5.2 inches compared to many of the current 5-inch models in the hands or there are obvious differences. One-hand operation is more convenient, thumb can be easily operated. As for the size of the mobile phone is also different from person to person, see you like it, but when you use the large-screen mobile phone for a period of time to change the feeling and convenience of this small-size mobile phone is obvious.
If you have trouble with one-handed operation, you can use the small screen mode directly, and the keyboard can be changed individually. The size and position cannot be customized after a small screen.
2.5D curved glass with curved border convergence is also very good, feel palm transitions feel natural transition, glass material feel is still a lot better, but the disadvantage is relatively slippery, easy to drop on the table.
fingerprint
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From the black screen to the completion of unlocking is still very fast, the accuracy rate is also very high. Function can be directly pressed into the dialing interface, of course, can also be customized click or double-click to open a different program, you can also slide operation. It should be noted here that if the fingers are too wet and there are drops of water, then it is not enough. Generally, we sweat a little from our fingers. If it is too wet, it can be unlocked easily. The specific demonstration can be seen from the video.
The fingerprint sensor is designed to the back of the body. This design benefit is easy to operate and has more scalability. The disadvantage is that it reduces the appearance, and the overall look does have a lot of LOW. For a larger screen mobile phone, if the fingerprint sensor is designed in the HOME key position of the fuselage, then we put the phone out of the pocket and the thumb is not easy to press this button, designed to unlock the back of the fuselage with the index finger It's much easier. The fingerprint sensor of Glory 8 can be pressed, and it is combined with Huawei's “Wisdom†in design. In this case, a variety of different custom settings can be performed, such as touch unlocking, single-click, double-click, long press, etc. Open the application directly from a black screen, and also use the slide-down action to open the notification menu when using the bright screen. Touch it twice to clear the notification reminder. You can also swipe left and right to switch between pictures while viewing the picture. Although it has a lot of functions, it does not achieve the advantages of fingerprint backside design. In fact, it can also carry out more extended functions. For example, we can choose another finger to enter different fingerprints to achieve more operations. This will be more convenient to use.
performance
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Glory 8 uses its own Kirin 950 eight-core processor, plus an I5 coprocessor. This co-processor mainly manages various sensors, and supports the use of positioning, voice recognition, etc., which makes the mobile phone respond faster and at the same time Bring lower power consumption. Storage uses 4G RAM + 64G ROM storage combination (high version), now the big game deposit is already a standard for Android machines. In the past two years, everyone may have been unanimously inclined to Qualcomm's processors, and they are highly skeptical about MediaTek and Huawei's Hass processor. With the development of these processors in the past two years, their capabilities have also had Greatly improved. Huawei's Hessian Kirin is only used in its own models, and has used Huawei phones. But for smart phones, the smoothness of the system and the ease of use of the mobile phone do not all depend on the phone's own powerful hardware capabilities, but also on its own optimized system. The iPhone is actually a typical example. It can only be said that the Android system is The hardware is more dependent. So the fluency of the system is based on performance, but the powerful performance must be reflected in the optimization of the system.
4G's Universe can be doomed to complete more tasks at the same time. Before the video experience has been directly into the game, eliminating the need to enter the game. The video is mainly about the fluency of the test system. The test games include "National Assault", "Daily Speed", "Real Racing 3", "NBA2K16" and other APPs. When testing, the player comes with a music player and listens to music on one side. The game is still very good. In addition to the network buffering factor, there is no pressure in the single game. Open multiple games for different switching tests, and the switching process is smooth. It is also very easy to open other programs if you are playing a game. The test time is a bit short, but there is no overheating when the body heats up during the game. The temperature control is still very good. It should be noted here that the fluency of the operation is not just a powerful capability on the hardware, but also a part of the reason is that the optimization of the system is good or bad. Therefore, when selecting a model, it is not only necessary to look at the running and running conditions, but also to consider the comprehensive factors.
EMUI4.1
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Glory 8 is equipped with an EMUI4.1 system based on Android 6.0 customization. The interface adopts the same main color as the mobile phone, and the same is true for other color matching mobile phones. It looks more uniform and beautiful. Huawei's mobile phones and Glory phones are now using the EMUI system, but the default interface of the two brands is different at the time of delivery, and they are all the same.
The interface is not much different, the icon is a box plus graphic design, third-party software is still there, but not many, you can uninstall directly. Related folders can also directly download the same type of software, without opening the application store, it is more convenient.
Lock screen wallpaper is a bright screen switch, you can also choose to turn off this feature. Message notifications are displayed on the timeline. There is a guideline that looks more convenient. SMS is also in this form. It is a very good design. With the addition of a sports health program, it's easy to see simple activity on the notification screen and lock screen. When you use it, you will be reminded if you have risk software or a background power-hungry application. The viewing task is presented in a full-screen format, which is more convenient for viewing and selecting. Because of the infrared sensor, it comes with a remote control APP, and the specific operation is similar to that of a third party.
Glory 8 is equipped with NFC function and can also carry out mobile payment functions. Huawei is currently testing the Huawei Pay feature, but only supports CITIC Credit Cards, and only uses the glory 8, Glory V8 (full Netcom) and Huawei Mate S. In addition to the common acceleration background application, the security aspect also has background automatic start management. This background management is also the current mainstream system practice. In addition to blocking the relevant self-starting software, it can also block other related self-starting software of the software. This is to prevent the association from starting and make the phone smoother.
It is still very practical for people who often go abroad to use the “Sky Link†function. Whether it is at home or abroad, you can find a network connection that can be used. Data traffic can be purchased directly or downloaded from an APP. Going abroad is also a lot easier.
LINK+ can be said to be a network optimization assembly, which includes automatic optimization of WLAN, mobile phone signals, and roaming networks to make mobile phone network connections better.
The mobile phone has also joined the children's model. After all, children nowadays love their mobile phones more than adults. You can set a simple style, that is, the old age model. At the same time, it also has eye protection function, which can reduce blue radiation and relieve eye fatigue.
Video playback
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It is also very smooth when playing local high-definition video, and it can be dragged freely without any hindrance in a dramatic scenario. The mobile phone's ability to achieve it is completely stress-free.
Lifetime and fast charge
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Glory 8 uses a 3000mAh battery. Typc-c interface. Support fast charge capacity. In the current situation where the development of battery technology has not stopped, mobile phone manufacturers have always focused on power saving and fast charging, saving more energy by saving energy, and fast charging can save us a lot of time, so we still have to understand The phone's performance in charging capacity.
Lifetime
Glory mobile phone from the first generation of "long life" is a major highlight of the promotion. Zhidian 4.0 is also considered more comprehensive after the development of these generations. In addition to the adjustment on the hardware and the optimization of the system, a lot of efforts have been made. From the point of view of use, it is probably from 8:53 pm that full use of electricity, which uses two phone cards, the background to retain QQ, WeChat, sports health and a small message notification APP. All other programs are directly exited after use. The background is not deliberately cleaned up, use is also a daily use habit. In addition to the use of WeChat and QQ for a short period of time between 16:09 (the two received more data), playing the game for about two hours or so, the remaining electricity is 46%. From 16:22 to 17:42, I watched an hour and 20 minutes of online TV dramas, and then finally used some APPs (all connected to the Internet) between the last 20:16. The remaining battery power was 9%. The total length of use is about ten hours. From the use point of view is also considered good, basically to ensure the use of one day, but with the official website to promote the heavy user 1.22 days is still a far cry from. Now the practice of mobile phone life is generally to increase the battery capacity of the premise of the system to carry out a deeper level of optimization (the day before yesterday is to rule out the power consumption of the hardware itself), for the 3000mAh mobile phone is the Zhidian 4.0 on the battery life affirmation It has played a great role, but this role is also very limited. Compared to other manufacturers' power-saving methods, Zhidian 4.0 has no more prominent highlights. The gap is not very large. This can also explain the current life of the mobile phone. On the other hand, various manufacturers have already done their best to optimize the system's power saving. If you want more battery life, you must first solve the battery problem.
Fast charge
The power management and optimization functions of the mobile phone are still quite powerful. In addition to the common smart and super power saving, the power saving can also reduce the screen resolution to achieve the purpose of power saving. The background power consumption program can also be easily viewed and optimized. Charging starts with 3% of 17:00, closes the background program, closes the data and WIFI, and uses two phone cards. It rushed to 10% at 17:06 and rushed to 15% at 17:10 in 10 minutes. The charging speed in the early stage was still good. Half an hour rushed to 36%, one hour rushed to 65%, and finally to 18:53 filled with a total of almost 1 hour 53 minutes or so, of course, this is only a rough record, if you open some programs and the network is estimated to be longer some. Taking into account the 3000mAh of electricity, such a charging rate is still satisfactory, if it is compared with other fast-charged phones, then there is no advantage.
Taking pictures
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Front 8 million pixels, F2.4 aperture camera, rear dual 12 million pixels, 6P lens group, F2.2 aperture camera. The biggest highlight of this phone is the use of a rear dual camera, although not the first to be equipped, but the camera models are not many. One of the two lenses of the Glory 8 is a black and white lens, and one is a color lens. The cooperation between the two parties is different from the current dual lens of another manufacturer. At the same time using a laser sensor, the focusing speed is faster, and the focusing in the dark light environment is more accurate.
Camera camera interface is relatively simple, the left can directly open the real-time filter and large aperture camera.
Swiping the main interface to the right allows you to select various camera modes. The modes are still very rich. Among them, the difference is that when you join a professional mode, you are more professional and support beauty videos. Supports 3D dynamic panorama shooting, online translation, document correction and other capabilities.
Swiping to the left allows basic settings for the camera. In addition to the usual nine-squares for reference lines, you can also set timing, voice control, smile capture, and other operations. The professional mode adds three focus modes: AF-S/AF-C/MF. Large aperture mode can take pictures, after focusing, and then adjust the aperture, the difference is that you can follow the photo aperture adjustment, maximum support F0.95-F16 aperture adjustment, which is only the dual lens can reach the degree of adjustment. Before the document correction was also seen in other mobile phones, but many manufacturers have canceled this feature, mainly still not practical and the reasons for the inconspicuous shooting results, Glory 8 in addition to the automatic acquisition of the document information in addition to the manual interception For user convenience. The online translation function can directly take Chinese or English text and then directly display the translated content below, which is still very good, but the translated content can only be viewed on the interface, and the translated content cannot be copied. Sorry.
You can shoot 3D dynamic panoramas or shoot from. Some ways of controlling the exposure of the shutter are also categorized separately, and it is also possible to shoot a star track, which allows me to shoot beautiful photos. Super night shooting requires a stand assist because the camera will take 11 seconds to take multiple photos and finally compose a beautiful night scene during the shooting.
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(Bring your own photo editing)
Advantages and disadvantages
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advantage:
1. All-glass material, outstanding hand feeling, high facial value (excluding fingerprints).
2. Dual cameras have greater potential for shooting and higher levels of playability.
3. The use of infrared and NFC functions will be more widely used.
4. Fingerprint operation modes are various and easy to use.
insufficient:
1. Fingerprints on the back of gold are obvious, affecting the appearance.
2. The bottom virtual buttons do not look beautiful.
3. There is no optical image stabilization function.
to sum up
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Overall, this phone performance is still good, remove the CPU part of the other hardware specifications are also considered mainstream domestic flagship configuration, the price is the price of domestic mainstream flagship machine. Most of the models are using their own unicorn CPU Although this Kirin 950 is not the most high-end, but there is no difference in actual use, after all, now the mobile phone is a hardware capacity excess, when running most of the program is no pressure. In terms of functionality, this phone has infrared, NFC, and other capabilities, but also can be considered a more comprehensive mobile phone.