New series of hardware upgrades / experience explosion hammer M1 evaluation

IT168 Review After Hammer Smartisan T2 was released 294 days later, Hammer Technology released two new M1/M1L mobile phones in Shanghai instead of the previously rumored T3. According to the previous letter from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, a group of people thought that “this is Fake ", because this design is not a "hammer", especially the frontal round Home button causes the front of the fuselage to look a lot like the iPhone. So immediately after the release, some people said "Ugly refused to buy". However, Xiao Xiaomu, director of hammer technology products, said that the Smartisan M1/M1L is not a design-driven product. We can find that this time, Smartisan M1 picked up the hardware. Configuration, of course, hardware configuration has always been a pass in the hammer conference, in the final stage of the conference, a product manager surnamed Luo re-staged to speak three heavyweight features is the biggest highlight of Smartisan M1/M1L, change The inherent thinking of people in the use of mobile phones to improve efficiency, just like the Chinese translation of one of the features, the operating experience of the Smartisan M1/M1L is “explosive”.

This time, the Smartisan M1/M1L unexpectedly achieved "big satisfaction" in the hardware configuration, Xiaolong 821, 4GB started running memory, fast charging, NFC and so on. Basically, the hardware configuration of the current flagship machine is flawless. Our evaluation product is a 5.15-inch Smartisan M1. Let's first look at the comparison of the two products' parameters.

Hammer Smartisan M1/M1L Product Parameter Comparison Product Type Hammer Smartisan M1 Hammer Smartisan M1L Body Size 149.36 x 71.75 x 8.22mm 159.66 x 78.96 x 8.32mm Product Weight 146g 175g Screen Features 5.15-Inch JDI Display, Gorilla 4th Generation Glass 5.7 Inch Sharp display, Gorilla 4th generation glass resolution 1920 x 1080 resolution, 428 ppi 2560 x 1440 resolution, 515 ppi processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Frequency characteristics 64-bit 14nm process, single-core up to 2.35 GHz Body Memory 32 GB 32 / 64 GB Running Memory 4 GB
4 / 6 GB main camera 23 million pixels, F / 2.0, Sony IMX318 sensor front camera 4 million pixels, F / 2.0, unit pixel size is 2μm Operating System Smartisan OS 3.1 Battery 3050 mAh 4080 mAh Body color white · matte Aluminum Alloy / Coffee Gold Leather White Matte Aluminum Alloy Coffee Gold Leather White Stainless Steel Mirror Fingerprint NFC Fingerprint NFC Cirrus Logic CS4398 Custom DAC Network Standard Netcom Dual SIM Dual Standby Price 2499 / 2999 / 3299 yuan

Hammer Smartisan M1 has only 4GB of memory to run a version, in addition to 6GB of RAM is not optional, the machine did not join the custom Hifi chip, battery capacity is only 3050mAh, but from my personal use, the morning to spend 75 Minutes can be charged from 0 to 100%, starting from 7:30 in the morning, moderate usage can be used until about 8:30 in the evening, and the battery is depleted. Therefore, from normal use, it is not necessary to go from morning to evening and return home. The problem, if used heavily, it is recommended to bring a charger, after all, after adding QC3.0 fast charge, the use of fragmentation time charging effect is also very significant.

Whether it is a nut or a Smartisan T-series, the hammer's mobile phone always surprises people in appearance, but this time, the M-series did not give a stunning appearance, or it may have been difficult to accept due to the expectation of high expectations. This huge drop.

Smartisan M1 is more suitable for one-handed gripping, equipped with a 5.15-inch 1080P resolution JDI screen, the display effect is delicate. The surface is covered with 2.5D glass. The top of the fuselage is still an iconic integrated sensor and handset module. However, due to the round Home button, the overall frontal recognition is not as good as before. At the press conference, Lao Luo also said that he was helpless in doing this choice now. "It's not the same thing to do better. It's not for the difference."

Smartisan M1 canceled the three physical buttons below the screen, changed to a circle, the operating logic is similar to the Meizu mBack button, press the back to the desktop, touch Back. Support fingerprint recognition, a total of 5 groups of fingerprints can be recorded, and an individual fingerprint can be set to directly activate the payment function of WeChat/Alipay in the case of a lock screen. However, there is a small detail, this Home key is lower than the front panel, the assembly between the decorative metal ring and the fingerprint identification module is a little loose, there is the possibility of accumulation of dust.

In the back of the fuselage, Smartisan M1 does not use glass material, but uses high-gloss plastic, the visual perception is still good, will give people the illusion of a glass back cover, but the actual grip when the feel is significantly different.

In the design of the bottom fuselage interface, Smartisan M1 uses a Type-C interface that can distinguish between positive and negative two-sided insertions, supports the latest QC 3.0 fast charging scheme, and has greatly improved the product before charging speed comparison. And Lao Luo is interested in designing a data cable with a small lamp at the interface, which is convenient for users to quickly connect the power supply for charging in the dark.

For the previous series of hammer phones, the camera is definitely not a long item. However, the Smartisan M1's camera function is worth mentioning. It chose the 23 million-pixel Sony IMX318 stack sensor, which supports laser, phase and contrast autofocus modes. The official stated that the fastest focusing speed can reach 0.03s; This camera also supports four-axis optical anti-shake + three-axis electronic anti-shake, with a more stable image output capability.

Next, let's take a look at the performance of the hammer Smartisan M1 vs. Smartisan T2 in the photo shoot with a real shot sample:

Smartisan M1 (left) and Smartisan T2 (right)

Smartisan M1 (left) and Smartisan T2 (right)

Smartisan M1 (left) and Smartisan T2 (right)

Smartisan M1 (left) and Smartisan T2 (right)

By comparing with us, it is not difficult to find that the lifting level of the Smartisan M1 camera is not a star, and the problem of serious white balance on T2 is solved on the Smartisan M1. The performance is stable and excellent. At the same time, the color reproduction degree of M1 is also at the flagship level, which is not much different from the color seen by naked eyes.

Smartisan M1 (left) and Smartisan T2 (right)

Smartisan M1 (left) and Smartisan T2 (right)

In addition, we can also see that the Smartisan M1's screen purity is quite high under low-light conditions, and it also performs satisfactorily on the glare control of self-illuminating objects. Overall, the progress of the Smartisan M1 in the level of photography is still quite remarkable, reaching the level of the current flagship.

The Smartisan M1 runs the new Smartisan OS 3.1.0 system. The ease of use of the Smartisan OS has been praised by users. Zhu Xiaomu said at the conference that Smartisan OS 3.1 brought 153+65 new and optimized features, such as adding an adaptive status bar option, and modifying the application to download animations and other small details, but the most important is the final The three major functions introduced by the product manager surnamed Luo - Xavier speech input method, Big Bang and One Step.

First of all, the first signal input method voice input method, and sometimes excitedly with the small partner WeChat voice Tucao tens of seconds later, the results of the other back in the class can not type, it is very embarrassing, after all, the word too lazy So we only send voices. Although the information flight input method was used before, it has never been thought of before to use speech input. The accuracy of speech input recognition and the speed of speech transfer are doubts. However, through the presentation of Lao Luo at the live conference and our own experience, it was found that the X-Fei voice input method was really easy to use. Functionally, the input method supports not only Putonghua, but also local dialects. In addition, Chinese and English can be translated into each other. The speed of recognition and the accuracy of the text-to-text conversion can only allow the author to sigh: It is indeed easy to use.

Signal input method voice input method supports multiple dialects and Chinese-English translation

The second highlight is Big Bang. To be honest, when the three major feature names appeared in the PPT at the beginning, I was wondering what the Big Bang would be. According to Luo Luo's tone, it wouldn’t be a friend. Big Bang Chinese translation "big explosion word segmentation", in fact, pretty image, use a large area of ​​the finger (the size of the system can be set area) press on the text, the system through a burst of animation, a section of text exploded into one Segmentation, you can arbitrarily select the desired content to search, copy and share. For the efficiency of text editing in mobile phones, this feature is really explosive.

One of the last and most important highlights One Step changed the concept of multi-tasking on large-screen mobile phones. It is no longer a split-screen function that puts two windows side by side, but rather a bit like the bottom task bar in a computer system. Click and drag and drop gestures to greatly simplify the procedure. In the old Luo's view, One Step is a small step in hammer technology, is a big step in the evolution of smart phones.

In use, the One Step callout method is very simple. After the option is turned on in the setting, slide down in the left/right corner of the screen to a direction of 45° to call One Step. This feature adds two sidebars at the top and bottom to facilitate the recent addition of pictures, documents, or packages to be quickly shared to each other, saving the need to frequently switch between applications, breaking the application in the old Luo's words. boundary. However, we also found a problem in our experience. At present, One Step does not support sending multiple originals to each other, sending images that have been compressed in the past, hoping that Hammer Technology will continue to strengthen in the next version.