IT168 evaluation entered 2016, after the transition of intelligent machines, consumer expectations for smart phones are getting higher and higher. ZTE is also keenly aware of this change, launching a boutique strategy and comprehensively streamlining its own product line, retaining only the AXON series, the ZTE young fashion series and the Blade series. Among them, the Blade series, as a national popular product, is targeted at young people, focusing on online sales and a cost-effective route.
In the first half of the year, Blade A2, which was launched by ZTE, achieved the metal and fingerprint characteristics at the price of 599 yuan, and became a very competitive product in the online market. After half a year, ZTE introduced Blade A2 Plus, a derivative of Blade A2. We know that Plus has a "bigger and stronger" meaning. After implementing the product, where does Blade A2 Plus upgrade? The following evaluation will take a closer look.
Configuration is the basis for determining the experience of a mobile phone. First of all, we use a table to understand the configuration of the Blade A2 Plus.
ZTE Blade A2 Plus main parameters operating system MiFavorUI 3.5Network standard full Netcom, dual card dual standby body size 155 76.2 9.8 mm
Weight 189g Screen 5.5 inches resolution camera 13 million pixels F/2.2 aperture, support for phase focus processor MT6750T Body memory RAM: 3GB/4GB ROM: 32GB (support extended to 128GB) Features feature key + fingerprint recognition, support anti Rechargeable battery 5000mAh body color streamer gold listing price 899 yuan / 999 yuan View
In terms of configuration, ZTE Blade A2 Plus has distinctive features. Equipped with a 5.5-inch full HD screen, 3GB/4GB+32GB memory combination provides powerful protection for operation and storage. The 5000mAh battery capacity is even more impressive, with the power-saving optimization of the MT6750T processor, more reliable life, 13 million pixels The +800-megapixel camera combination is also the mainstream. Appearance is also incorporated into the popular design of the metal fuselage +2.5 D glass, taking into account its price level maintained at 899 yuan / 999 yuan, is undoubtedly quite attractive. Below we begin the evaluation, first of all to interpret the most obvious part of the appearance.
ZTE Blade A2 adopts the design of Munich, Germany, and adds 599 yuan to the exact positioning to win a lot of new users. This year, ZTE Blade A2 Plus once again ushered in an upgrade, with a 2.5d arc drop screen and a large curved metal body design. , whether it is exquisite design or comfortable grip feel this phone has a larger upgrade in appearance, so the so-called high-end cooling process in the end how the performance, we take a look.
The ZTE Blade A2 Plus review is a youth product targeted at young users, so the overall design of the fuselage is more youthful and the metal material penetrates the atmosphere of young artists. The front panel of ZTE Blade A2 Plus is white, but the Home key of the bottom Blade series classic blue circle design is changed to gray, which looks very refined.
The biggest highlight of the front panel is to cover a layer of 2.5D glass, and have a harmonious transition with the edge, the perception is more crystal clear, and the touch is more smooth and smooth. It should be noted that 2.5D glass is not directly in contact with the metal middle frame. ZTE has additionally designed a round of polycarbonate edging for this piece of glass, which mitigates the risk of dropping the screen to some extent. The opening at the top of the fuselage was changed from the original asymmetrical four-hole to an external symmetric three-hole, which was once the high-end symmetrical design that Luo Yonghao pursued on the hammer mobile phone.
ZTE Blade A2 Plus uses a metal body design, which is widely popular among thousands of machines, highlighting the manufacturer's process, showing the quality of the product. Specifically, a three-stage design is adopted, namely the middle metal, covered on both sides with a polycarbonate cover, and the newly added texture design also makes it look younger and fashionable. In addition, we can see that the back of the fuselage is also a lot of optimization of the body design, such as the square camera, the flash from the new design position and even the order of the location has been the level of high-end mobile phones. It is worth mentioning that, in order to ensure the grip of ZTE Blade A2 Plus, the fuselage adopts an arc-shaped design that fits the hand, and the sides are also polished with high light to further enhance the quality.
The top flash part of the ZTE Blade A2 Plus fuselage was changed from the original prototype to a square design. First of all, the appearance design has already won. To know that the current mainstream design is a round design, but the sensation of the square's sensation. In addition, the camera, flash and fingerprint recognition in the position through the design from the Xin, higher-level camera + flash can allow users to use Hing key busy operation will not be contaminated to the lens, avoid the lens problem.
ZTE Blade A2 Plus speakers were changed from the original design of the back of the fuselage to the design of the bottom of the fuselage, this design brings a good overall. In fact, it is very important to talk about the sense of luxury in the body of a thousand-class mobile phone. The design of the bottom speaker of ZTE Blade A2 Plus also made it enhance the overall texture. The only downside was that the bottom of the fuselage did not use the current common USB Type-C data interface.
MiFavor3.5 system experience
The system of domestic mobile phones has always been a plus for mobile phones. Both in terms of functional innovation and stable performance, they all have remarkable performance. MiFavor3.5 pre-installed in the Blade A2 system, the application of dual-open, family and other characteristics of the mode, to some extent, this phone is a plus item. Below, we will interpret the interface, functions, and performance of power saving to help you quickly understand the phone's system.
The default interface of the MiFavor3.5 system is biased towards a flat design. The icon uses a rounded rectangle design to emphasize the use of color blocks. Because it is built on Android 6.0, its multi-task bar, pull-down notification bar also maintains a native style, refreshing and simple.
New interface mode
On the interface, the biggest improvement this time is the addition of the family relationship model, which is the model of the old people. In the family relationship mode, each function is distinguished by color blocks, fonts are also increased by a lot, and functions that remain on the interface are streamlined, and only common functions such as telephone and text messaging are retained. Of course, these changes not only stay on the interface, but also increase the volume of the mobile phone, which is convenient for the daily use of elderly users and does not miss the call. It is worth mentioning that, due to the consideration of the needs of special users, the entrance of the doctors on the palm has been increased, and it is more humane.
Original creation key + fingerprint interaction
Fingerprint recognition on the back of the mobile phone can be pressed, and it is also ZTE’s main key, “Xing Keyâ€. With the original fingerprint recognition function, it provides a full range of touch and tap operations, with more possibilities for interaction. For example, each input fingerprint can correspond to the start of an application, and the recognition fingerprint can easily evoke common applications. If you press or long press, you can also complete the quick action of taking pictures and receiving calls. Of course, all this supports the user's own settings, providing convenience for everyday use.
Support application double open
MiFavor3.5 supports WeChat application splitting, that is, users can use the same mobile phone to log in to multiple accounts at the same time, and the data between split applications does not affect each other and can be run at the same time. This design resolves one person's multiple accounts and can better switch identities in work and life scenarios to meet the social needs of users. This feature also appeared in a variety of domestic mobile phones, becoming the standard for domestic systems.
Integrated Internet Services
The system supports Internet free telephone service. In the case of both the caller and the called party are Blade A2, the call is completely free. If you use Blade A2 to call other mobile phones, there will be 300 minutes of free time per month, enough to use.
In addition to the call, the system has built-in BesTV applications, and will also receive a half-year of BesTV members. You can watch several live TV channels for free. Some popular network plays can also be watched at any time, in conjunction with the screen size upgrade of ZTE Blade A2 Plus. The experience of chasing dramas on mobile phones has improved significantly.
System-level power-saving optimization
The Blade A2 Plus comes standard with a 5000mAh, high-capacity battery that directly addresses the battery life from the hardware level. Not only this, ZTE also started from the software level and made many targeted optimizations on the system. The system can dynamically adjust the frequency of the CPU according to the resource allocation, apply a unified wake-up, and prevent background applications from frequently waking up power consumption. In addition, there is a practical function of power-saving time switching and temperature detection, which enhances the life of the mobile phone in all directions.
On the whole, MiFavor3.5 brings convenience for daily use, and has also made some customizations for its own hardware features. The function is still improving and the performance is more reliable.
Camera part evaluation
If you say, what is the biggest highlight of smart phones in 2016? Then I think it must be taken pictures. Two years ago, the smart phone's portable operating experience matched the big screen's visual sensibility and replaced the tablet perfectly. Today, the smart phone's camera experience is gradually replacing similar cards and entering SLR cameras. The ZTE Blade A2 Plus is equipped with a 13MP rear camera and 8M front camera in the camera section. The combination of PDAF 0.1 seconds fast focus, smart beauty, and self-calibration has reached the same level as the mobile phone.
ZTE Blade A2 Pluss outdoor proofs (click to enlarge)
How to evaluate a cell phone camera is good or bad, then we must see whether its white balance is accurate. Due to the long-term rain and rain in Beijing, the performance of the camera was also tested during the shooting. When the ZTE Blade A2 Plus encounters a higher scene in cloudy conditions, the white balance of yellow can also be controlled to be close to that of the human eye.
ZTE Blade A2 Plus indoor proofs (Click to enlarge)
ZTE Blade A2 Plus indoor proofs (Click to enlarge)
Another point to test the phone to take pictures is to capture the light of the object. In the past, when thousands of Yuan machines encountered low light intensity, the focus in the strong light position would cause the surrounding darkness phenomenon. When the focus is in the low-light part, it will cause the highlight part to pass the safe. We have seen through the above two proofs that the ZTE Blade A2 Plus can still protect the details of the highlights in low-light situations, and the proofs can also guarantee the details of the low-light parts. This kind of low-light performance still makes me more surprised, to know that Samsung, Apple and other products in the picture but this performance.
ZTE Blade A2 Plus indoor proofs (Click to enlarge)
ZTE Blade A2 Plus indoor proofs (Click to enlarge)
In the details of the proofs section, we can still perform well in the details of the ZTE Blade A2 Plus, and the large aperture outside the focus can also perform very well. However, in the indoor environment, the overall color is somewhat dim. In the future, low-light can adjust the overall picture color through software debugging. Compared to a white cover, it is more ugly and more users prefer brighter things.
ZTE Blade A2 Plus proofs (click to enlarge)
ZTE Blade A2 Plus Click to enlarge (Click to enlarge)
ZTE Blade A2 Plus indoor proofs (Click to enlarge)
The overall performance of ZTE Blade A2 Plus in the photo experience is still outstanding, especially the performance of low light still makes me more surprised, we must know that Samsung, Apple and other products in the camera but this performance. In addition, in actual operation, with the pdaf fast focus in the photographing process can also quickly focus, instant photo. For a 999 yuan ZTE Blade A2 Plus in the camera can have such a performance, only in the camera we are still very recommended. If you plan to buy a thousand yuan machine that takes good pictures, then it can be considered.
Performance section interpretation
ZTE Blade A2 Plus is equipped with MediaTek's MT6750T processor. The processor is manufactured on a 28nm process technology. It has eight Cortex-A53 (4xA53 1.5GHz+4xA53 1.0GHz) cores, and is targeted at popular products, with low power consumption and full Netcom. , 4G+ function. Of course, taking into account the pressure exerted on the graphics processing by the larger screen, this time the "T(Turbo)" high-profile processor was selected. The GPU clock frequency was raised from the standard version of 520MHz to 650MHz, and the memory bandwidth was increased to 833MHz.
MT6750T is MediaTek's newly launched processor platform this year. As a chip for the popular mobile phone product line, the MT6750T is absolutely cost-effective in terms of power consumption and connectivity. As we all know, the core feature of the Cortex-A53 architecture lies in its high energy efficiency and small area, so it has the name of “energy-saving small coreâ€. The MT6750T has eight Cortex-A53 cores and is clocked at 1GHZ-1.5GHz. The energy consumption is further controlled. In the GPU section, the MT6750T uses an ARM Mali-860 MP2 with a clock speed of 650 MHz. There is no problem with a normal 1080P resolution screen.
In addition, the processor's connectivity is also a major highlight, integrated LTE Cat.6 Modem, not only supports full Netcom, but also supports dual carrier aggregation and VoLTE high-definition voice calls, downlink speeds up to 300Mbps, uplink speeds are also 50Mbps, adapted The 4G+ standard pushed by operators this year.
Built-in 5000mAh battery
Overall, the MT6750T is selected for cost control on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also a consideration for power consumption. In particular, with the 5000mAh built-in battery of the Blade A2 Plus, the performance of the battery life is unquestionable. The official test showed that Heavy use 40 hours, light use 3 days, standby up to 30 days. An additional explanation is that the built-in 5000mAh battery supports fast charging, and 50% of the power can be completed in one hour, while supporting reverse charging as a charging treasure.
to sum up
The ZTE Blade A2 Plus launched this time is a derivative version of Blade A2. The upgrade of Plus is comprehensive. The appearance of the fusion of the metal fuselage +2.5 D glass elements, coupled with the family-style small circle design, so that the Blade series of totems have a very good heritage. On the hardware, the upgrade of the ZTE Blade A2 Plus is also obvious. The screen has been upgraded from the original 5-inch to 5.5-inch full HD, the main camera has reached 13 million pixels, and it supports phase focus, built-in 5000mAh large battery to ensure adequate battery life. The processor adopts MT6750T, not only has the full Netcom attribute on the network, but also integrates LTE Cat.6 Modem, fully compatible with 4G+ standards, and brings a faster Internet experience. In line with the upgrade of the system, the practical features of Hing-key and dual-open applications have been added, and the experience has been further improved.
Taken together, at the price of 899/999 yuan, the configuration of ZTE Blade A2 Plus is still sincere. As a main online product, it definitely has the strength to compete with mainstream red and blue models. Its 5.5-inch large screen, 3GB/4GB large memory, and a long battery life of 5000mAh are undoubtedly a lot of consumer demand. It is worth considering.