Charm Blue 3s evaluation: 699 yuan mobile phone should not have him.

IT 168 evaluation Meizu released Charm Blue 3 at the end of April. This 599 yuan mobile phone is equipped with eight nuclear CPU, 5-inch 2.5D glass screen and polycarbonate body. The functions and configurations that need to be equipped have become the benchmark of cost performance in the hundred yuan machine. Meizu released Charm Blue 3s more than 1 month later. Charm Blue 3S adopts metal body design and adds fingerprint recognition function. In terms of hardware configuration, it is the same as Charm Blue 3, and the price is higher than Charm Blue 3 100 yuan, 16G standard version 699 yuan. Why did Charm Blue first launch Charm Blue 3 and then Charm Blue 3s?

▲ Charm Blue 3s evaluation

"Why did you launch Charm Blue 3s?

As we said before, Meizu PRO 6 has started a new round of brand adjustment and transformation of Meizu, and Charm Blue 3s will be the continuation of this brand adjustment and transformation of Charm Blue. Meizu will achieve sales of 25 million units in 20 16, and to achieve a double harvest of sales and profits, Meizu is more aggressive in product strategy and marketing than before. Meizu has achieved a greater brand premium on PRO 6, and the low-end Charm Blue has also shouldered the task of increasing sales. It can be seen that from Charm Blue note3 to Charm Blue 3 to Charm Blue 3s, the cost performance of Charm Blue series is higher than the previous Charm Blue products, and it has begun to seize a large number of mobile phone markets below 1,000 yuan, and more importantly, the sales volume has been well improved.

▲ Charm Blue 3 and Charm Blue 3s

Looking at the current entry-level mobile phone market of 599 yuan to 799 yuan, it is not difficult to find that everyone has begun to take the road of differentiation and change the situation that 100-yuan mobile phones did not design hardware. Hundred yuan machine has begun to use metal body design, such as Redmi 3, which has changed the clumsy appearance design of Redmi series. Metal body design has become the current trend of mobile phone design. With more and more mobile phones adopting aluminum alloy body design, the aluminum alloy body technology has matured, and the cost has been reduced a lot. Perhaps it is not much different from materials such as double-sided glass or polycarbonate, which also makes mobile phone manufacturers equip low-end entry-level 100-yuan machines with metal bodies.

▲ Charm Blue 3s

Charm Blue 3S is also Meizu's first product named after "S". According to Meizu's propaganda, can the new products of S generation only continue the appearance of the previous generation? Charm Blue 3S has really changed a lot in appearance than Charm Blue 3. Typical Meizu metal body design, three-stage design, high-gloss T-slot and Meizu design have been used in MX5, PRO 5 and Charm Blue note3 before. It can be seen that this design is quite mature and has penetrated into low-end models. Under the metal tide of the hundred yuan machine, this metal fuselage design will also be accepted by consumers.

Another difference of Charm Blue 3S is the addition of fingerprint recognition. At present, there are not many mobile phones with fingerprint identification at 100 yuan, but the fingerprint identification function is the mainstream configuration now. On the one hand, fingerprint identification can provide security for mobile phones, on the other hand, it can also support the function of fingerprint payment, and something that can improve the user experience is better than nothing.

"Comparison of parameters between Charm Blue 3 and Charm Blue 3s.

Mobile phone model

Charm blue 3

Meilan 3s

screen size

5 inches 2.5D

5 inches 2.5D

resolution ratio

1280x720

1280x720

processor

MediaTek MT6750

MediaTek MT6750

frequency

Eight nuclear 1.5GHz

Eight nuclear 1.5GHz

Body memory

16GB

16GB

Random access memory

2GB

2GB

Main camera

13 million, F/2.2 PDAF

13 million, F/2.2 PDAF

front-facing camera

5 million, F/2.0, support beauty

5 million, F/2.0, support beauty

Fuselage size

141.5x69.5x8.3mm

141.9x69.9x8.35mm.

Fuselage weight

132g

138g

battery

2879 mah

3020 mah

Fuselage color

White/blue/gold/gray/pink

White/gold/powder/gray

operating system

Flyme5. 1(YunOS)

Flyme5. 1 (Android 5. 1)

Network standard

Mobile/Unicom/Telecom

Mobile/Unicom/Telecom

price

From 599 yuan

Starting from 699 yuan

Charm Blue 3 and Charm Blue 3s are also quite similar in hardware configuration. They also apply to the MT6750 eight nuclear CPU, which also provides 2GB of memory and the same 5-inch 720P screen. For Meizu, the manufacturing cost of Charm Blue 3s can save a lot. CPU, memory, screen, camera, etc. Charm Blue 3S can be purchased together with Charm Blue 3. The PCB design basically does not need major changes, and even the PCB scheme of Charm Blue 3 can be directly applied. This can also reduce the cost. Charm Blue 3s only needs to replace the phone case with a metal case, and replace the HOME key with fingerprint recognition, thus completing a Charm Blue 3s. The real cost is only the metal shell and fingerprint touch, and the research and development cost of Charm Blue 3s has been well controlled, which is why Charm Blue 3S is only higher than Charm Blue 3 100 yuan, so Meizu and consumers have benefited. Why not?

▲ Charm Blue 3

You may wonder whether Charm Blue 3s and Charm Blue note3 will compete directly, but we can see that there is a big gap between Charm Blue 3s and Charm Blue note3. Charm Blue note3 has a larger screen, a larger battery, and Charm Blue 3S has a small body with fingerprint recognition. This is also more advantageous, and the target user groups are different, so there will be no competition. In addition, for Charm Blue 3 with a price of 599 yuan, Charm Blue 3s is only a step-by-step upgrade and supplement on the basis of the original product, and the price difference of 100 yuan gives users one more choice.

"Classic Meizu metal body design.

In terms of appearance, Charm Blue 3s still follows Meizu's classic metal body design, three-stage and Meizu's iconic high-gloss T-slot. However, on the basis of Meizu 3, the appearance and feel are further optimized, and the feel and impression of the mobile phone are improved. Let's take a look at the appearance of Charm Blue 3.

▲ Charm Blue 3s and Charm Blue 3

▲ Charm Blue 3s and Charm Blue 3

Charm Blue 3s is different from Charm Blue 3 in appearance. Charm Blue 3s is made of aluminum alloy and Charm Blue 3 is made of polycarbonate, which brings a better texture in terms of material. In addition, Charm Blue 3s continues the feel of Charm Blue 3. The 5-inch compact body is only 8.5mm thick, which is basically the same as Charm Blue 3, and the mobile phone battery has increased to 3020 mA.

▲ Charm Blue 3s

The front of Charm Blue 3s still continues Meizu's classic family style, with a rounded body and classic waist buttons, which makes the front look clean and neat. As one of the few brands in China that have their own ideas in design, Charm Blue 3s really doesn't have much to be picky about in appearance, which can be called the peerless splendor in the hundred-dollar machine.

▲ Charm Blue 3s top

The opening at the top of the fuselage is relatively simple, followed by the front camera, earpiece and optical fiber sensor, but it does not adopt the symmetrical design like Charm Blue Note3. Charm Blue 3s is equipped with a 5-megapixel front camera. With FotoNation intelligent beauty technology and Face AE facial exposure algorithm, Charm Blue 3s has good self-timer performance.

▲ Charm Blue 3s mTouch

Below the fuselage is Meizu's classic "waist round key". The waist button of Charm Blue 3s is equipped with fingerprint recognition function, which is the first time to apply the fingerprint recognition function to Charm Blue series products. At the same time, it supports Alipay fingerprint payment, which also enhances the strength of Charm Blue's new series in the same competition.

▲ high-gloss T-groove

The biggest difference between Charm Blue 3s and Charm Blue 3 is the colorful metal body, and the metal surface is sandblasted 360 degrees, which increases the touch of the metal surface. Charm Blue 3s surface is colored by anodic oxidation process. As a "good product for young people", Charm Blue 3s will have four colors of gold, silver, pink and gray, which is more dynamic.

At the bottom of the fuselage is Meizu's iconic high-gloss T-groove. As a metal fuselage, it needs to be cut with a100000 rpm CNC machine tool at the opening of the T-groove, but there is still some color difference between the plastic material and the underlying metal, and there is a slight feeling of "cutting hands" at the junction of the two materials.

▲ camera

On the back of the fuselage is a camera with a13 megapixel sensor, with an aperture of F2.2, and the size of a single pixel reaches 1. 12 micron ... In terms of lens module, Charm Blue 3s adopts 5P optical lens and blue glass filter, which can filter out infrared rays and improve image quality. Charm Blue 3s also added PDAF focusing technology, which is rare in thousand yuan machines, to support video shooting with 100P resolution.

▲ key

The volume key and power key are located on the right side of the fuselage. Charm Blue 3s adopts a laser tool setting system at the volume key and earphone hole, which allows the mold to simulate and calculate a more accurate processing route and ensure the same metal texture in details.

"It is no longer the Flyme system at the bottom of YunOS;

Different from the previous generation Charm Blue 3, this Charm Blue 3 is not equipped with Yun OS system, which means that geek users can get the highest authority of their mobile phones through ROOT, streamline their own software or use some game AIDS. In terms of system version, the Charm Blue 3S (engineering machine) I got in my hand is equipped with the Flyme 5. 1 system based on Android 5. 1, and I didn't choose the Android 6.0 underlying package for development like PRO 6. In fact, for a low-end mobile phone that pursues practical power saving, stability and reliability are the most important. For a deep customization system like Flyme, the new bottom package does not greatly improve the user experience.

Fingerprint identification function is the highlight function of Charm Blue 3s. For the development of fingerprint identification function, Flyme is more practical, and the main function that can be realized is to unlock the screen.

Alipay pays, locks the application, and enters the document lock area through fingerprints. It is worth mentioning that after upgrading the latest Flyme5 system, many users can't find the previous document lock area, and now it is hidden in my collection by Meizu engineers.

In addition, after the user locks the application, although the interface does not show that the fingerprint can enter the application when opening the application, as long as the fingerprint identification function is turned on, the user can directly enter the fingerprint to open the application. In the process of the author's trial, the recognition success rate of Charm Blue 3s is very high, but users need to input more finger edge positions when inputting fingerprints.

I believe that users who have used Meizu mobile phones know that Flyme 5 is a milestone upgrade of Meizu's system. The sliding damping is moderate, the animation transition is natural and smooth, and mBack is simple and easy to use. Its fluency and aesthetics have been greatly improved. Flyme 5. 1 equipped with Charm Blue 3s optimizes the underlying code again on the previous basis, and adds some animation special effects to the system APP as the finishing touch. In terms of functions, the folder name supports input expressions, and the mobile phone housekeeper has added the application freezing function.

As a representative of domestic customized ROM, Flyme's optimization in localization is also commendable. For me, the most commonly used are the life yellow pages interface, the subscription function in the calendar and the slide-up search menu. When you need to charge the phone bill to check the express delivery, you can directly enter the function page through the Life Yellow Pages. Calendar can subscribe to movies or TV series, sports events, special offers and even LPL competitions you want to watch. As for the search page, users can not only search local applications and Internet content, but also directly search the food they want to eat. It will be sent directly to you in the form of a card, which is both beautiful and practical.

Generally speaking, although we didn't see the new function of Flyme on Charm Blue 3s, as a low-end product, I was deeply impressed by the smoothness of its system and the beauty of UI design. From the system experience, Charm Blue 3s has a good endurance and a smooth fingerprint experience. Although the hardware configuration is not high, large-scale games are unexpected.

"Charm Blue 3s continues the performance of Charm Blue 3.

Charm Blue 3s adopts the same MediaTek MT6750 processor as Charm Blue 3S. Since MediaTek and Wei Rui Dentsu reached a cooperation agreement on CDMA network patents, the whole Netcom has ushered in an explosive spring. The MT6750 processor is positioned in the low-end and belongs to the second generation full netcom processor in MediaTek. Using 28nm process technology, eight nuclear 64-bit A53 architecture, typical frequency 1.5Ghz, there are not many bright spots in performance, but full netcom and 4G+ network support still add a lot to its performance. It is worth noting that since Charm Blue 3 launched this processor, this processor has appeared in many low-end models on the market. It can be said that MT6750 is one of the star processors in the low-end mobile phone market.

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Charm Blue 3s System Information (AIDA 64)

As the second-generation full netcom chip in MediaTek, the biggest highlight of MT6750 is that it integrates the baseband chip with the highest rate (about 300Mbps) of LTE Cat.6, and supports the aggregation technology of dual-carrier aggregation, which is commonly referred to as supporting the 4G+ network. Although the performance of the processor is not very bright in the current mobile phone market, the MT6750 has a lot of improvement compared with the first-generation full netcom chip MT6735 in MediaTek. It integrates eight A53 cores, and its main frequency is increased from the previous generation's 1.2Ghz to 1.5Ghz. The GPU part uses ARM Mail-860 MP2, and the "Charm Blue 3s" in this test is 2GB+ 16GB standard version.

. Let's take a look at the overall performance of this processor through performance test and game performance test.

"Performance test:

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Comparison of Ann Bunny's Running Test (left: Charm Blue 3S; Right: Charm Blue 3)

In comparison with Ann Bunny of Charm Blue 3, both versions of the system are Flyme5. 1, but the underlying system is slightly different (Charm Blue 3: YunOS; Charm Blue 3s: Android 5. 1), and from the comparison of Ann Bunny, because the hardware configuration of Charm Blue 3 and Charm Blue 3s is almost the same, the gap between them in Ann Bunny's running score is relatively small.

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Performance test (geek workbench)

In the whole performance test, it can be found that the performance of MT6750 is basically in the low-end ranks. Of course, running scores only represent theoretical performance, and actual experience is obviously more important. Since the release of Flyme 5.0, even Charm Blue 3s, which is positioned in the low-end market, is rarely stuck in daily use, and there is basically no problem in dealing with daily use scenarios. However, because Charm Blue 3s has only 2GB of running memory, it may get stuck due to insufficient memory when running multiple tasks.

"Game performance experience:

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Game performance test (3Dmark)

In the 3Dmark running test, the GPU theoretical score of Charm Blue 3s is not ideal. Of course, it is still on the table in the same level of mobile phones, so how does it perform in the actual game experience? The author tries to test it by playing the popular game "the glory of the king". By default, the picture quality of the game is the highest, and the number of frames of the game is recorded through the GameBench application.

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Game Performance Test (the glory of the king)

It can be seen that in the whole process, the number of Charm Blue 3s frames is quite stable, and there is no jam. Mail-860 MP2 equipped with Charm Blue 3s can cope with daily online games and casual games. As for large-scale games such as Need for Speed, NBA 2K 13 and Charm Blue 3s are much more difficult to deal with. Even if you can play games, the experience is very poor.

On the whole, the performance of Charm Blue 3s can basically meet the daily needs of users. Of course, if you bought it for games, this mobile phone may not be your dish, and you will suffer in the number of frames when dealing with large games.

"Shooting effect: the same level is the best.

Charm Blue 3s uses a Samsung/OV13 megapixel sensor with an aperture of F/2.2 and a single pixel in the camera of1.2μ m.. The fill light was upgraded from Charm Blue 2 to double color temperature fill light, and PDAF was added for focusing. But the difference is that the opening size of Charm Blue 3s flash is slightly larger than the previous generation, so it will be slightly better when the flash is turned on. At the press conference, Meizu emphasized that Charm Blue 3s is not a shell-changing version of Charm Blue 3. What is this? We also made a simple sample analysis of these two models.

In daily life, we usually take macro or close-up shots of an object. We are choosing a blooming flower to test. During the test, we can see that Charm Blue 3s and Charm Blue 3 can record the details of flowers well, but the effect of water drops behind us is slightly clear, so we can see that Charm Blue 3s can show more details to users when taking macro photos.

Evaluating whether a mobile phone is good or not is more of a white balance. Only a better white balance can restore the scene seen by the naked eye to a greater extent. Charm Blue 3s is more realistic in color on the ground, while Charm Blue 3 looks more yellow and has the feeling of deliberately bright color. Charm Blue 3s is a little white, but it is closer to the color we see with the naked eye.

This sample is more obvious. Charm Blue 3 is not only richer in color, but also loses more details at the top of the stone pillar. At the same time, we focus on the UCP position, so that the details of Charm Blue 3s column fuselage are more real, and the details at the top of the column are also preserved. This is that Charm Blue 3s can be better restored in the dark and high places, while Charm Blue 3 is overexposed.

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Charm Blue 3s proofs ()

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Charm Blue 3s proofs ()

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Charm Blue 3s proofs ()

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Charm Blue 3s proofs ()

As can be seen from the proofs, Charm Blue 3s and Charm Blue 3 have been simply debugged in software, both of which have maintained the mainstream level of the hundred-dollar machine, while Charm Blue 3s has been slightly improved. Charm Blue 3s has been upgraded in software focusing speed, regional white balance and fill light. Although the white balance of Charm Blue 3 is not as accurate as Charm Blue 3s, the brighter the color, the more eye-catching. Accurate white balance and gorgeous colors can't have both. Charm Blue 3s has13 million pixels, double color temperature fill light and PDAF focusing among the best in the same class. To put it simply, if you want to buy a mobile phone with a price of 100 yuan, it's a good choice to take pictures.

"Charm Blue 3S Test Summary: You have everything you need for a hundred yuan machine.

Meizu 3s is very close to Charm Blue 3 in hardware configuration. Adopt metal body design and add fingerprint recognition function. Charm Blue 3s's 2.5D glass screen, eight nuclear CPU, and feel design are all preserved, which can be regarded as the metal plate of Charm Blue 3. Of course, this configuration is not a simple copy. Charm Blue 3s adds fingerprint recognition and battery capacity, which Charm Blue 3 does not have.

▲ Charm Blue 3s

Charm Blue 3s integrates the advantages of Charm Blue 3, adds fingerprint recognition and metal body, and the battery is increased to 3020 mA, which makes up for what Charm Blue 3 does not have. As a 699 yuan mobile phone, you can't say that you basically have all the functions you want, except for fast charging, which is of course the only fly in the ointment.

▲ Charm Blue 3s Test Summary

For most low-end users, it is really attractive to have high face value, metal body, excellent feel and fingerprint recognition, and the price is only 699 yuan. Users can buy a 100-yuan mobile phone with the above characteristics at this price. No regrets. For the market, Charm Blue 3s' direct competitors are Redmi 3, and glory and 360 mobile phones with the same price, which are close in price, but have more functions and features, and will also become the weather vane of the hundred-dollar machine market.