ZTE officially released the upgraded version of Star II mobile phone in Guangzhou yesterday, which brought richer somatosensory/local voice functions. What is unique about the so-called somatosensory voice function? Can we surpass the existing international brands? Let's take a look together. ...
In fact, there are many phonetic operations, such as SIRI from Apple, Xiao Na from Microsoft, and even Iflytek dialect in China. Why did Star II subvert the traditional voice operation? This time, ZTE developed according to the usage of consumers. Star II adopts system-level voice operation. The so-called system-level voice operation means that voice services can be easily used in any application and scene, and the voice recognition rate is higher.
"Zhongxing No.2.
Main parameter
operating system
Based on Android4.4.2 and Mifavor 3.0.0.
Network standard
TDD/FDD/WCDMA/GSM
Fuselage size
140.5× 69.2× 6.9mm
Fuselage weight
130g
screen
5.0 inches 1920X 1080 pixels
camera
130,000 rear+5 million front
processor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 80 1 Quad-core 2.3GHz
Body memory
Memory: 2GB Memory: 16GB
eigenfunction
System-level voice assistant
battery
2300mAh (non-detachable)
Fuselage color
White, black, pink
listed price
2499 yuan "Click to view the details.
In fact, in 20 10, Microsoft launched a somatosensory game peripheral called Kinect, which ignited the competition in the field of somatosensory technology. In recent years, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft XBO and other somatosensory games have also extended to many fields of technology and life. However, ZTE Star 2 is the first one to experience language operation in a mobile phone! As usual, we still want to see the detailed configuration of ZTE Star 2.
To tell the truth, if you hadn't told me, I would have thought that Star 2 was Star 1, because he looks really alike. The only difference in appearance is that Star 2 is slightly thicker than Star 1 (6.58mm for Star 1 and 6.9mm for Star 2), which solves the problem that Star 1 does not feel enough. According to ZTE's product manager, after investigation, most of their users like the fuselage design of the third generation of double-sided Corning glass very much, which looks very exquisite. In the future, they will have three choices: white, black and pink. In terms of the appearance of the fuselage, the appearance of Star II also adopts a three-microphone design, which improves the recognition of the two microphones by 20-30%.
In the details of the fuselage, the edge of the fuselage of Star II is cut with metal. We look at it from any angle, and it is very beautiful. This is also a continuation of Star One. Star series mobile phones also talk about the overall technological quality of ZTE mobile phones in by going up one flight of stairs.
Of course, the shortcomings of the previous generation have completely continued. Star II designed the speaker on the left side of the fuselage, which can effectively avoid the situation that the mobile phone is flat on the desktop or put in the trouser pocket to cover the speaker. But after I actually use it, I often cover the speaker when I hold my mobile phone in my left hand. In fact, in this case, many mobile phone manufacturers design the speakers at the bottom of the fuselage, such as Apple iPhone series products. ZTE is not designed at the bottom of the fuselage, because the bottom may not be very compact.
As the Star II also adopts a non-detachable fuselage design, both the Micro SIM card and TF memory card are designed on the left side of the fuselage, and we need a card pin to replace them. In addition, it is worth mentioning that Star II adopts the design of 5-mode 13 frequency, which is very convenient for users who travel frequently to reach the world with only one mobile phone. According to Lu Bianshe News, Star II will launch a dual-card version in the future, and users who need dual-card can wait for the dual-card version.
It is not enough for an excellent smart phone to have a beautiful appearance. This time, ZTE pays more attention to product connotation. One star and two stars are like twin brothers, but the younger brother (two stars) has more connotation. The so-called connotation is not only the main selling point of the product we just mentioned, but also the experience of intelligent voice. Star 2 also uses a brand-new MiFavor 3.0UI, which users can freely match.
This time, MiFavor 3.0 UI can be said to improve the problems of ZTE's previous mobile phone UI. For example, in the screen lock interface, we will no longer need complicated pictures, but only need a simple transition picture to unlock it, which looks easier. The theme of this MiFavor 3.0 UI is personality. You can swipe up on the main interface to customize and change the desktop wallpaper. This is the first time that I have changed the wallpaper on the desktop immediately, so that we can check whether the wallpaper is suitable for us more conveniently.
The main interface of MiFavor 3.0 UI also looks fresher than MiFavor 2.3, which may be due to the addition of flat application plug-ins. When using the flat plug-in, the flat picture looks better. In addition, we also found that MiFavor 3.0 UI cancelled the setting of the secondary menu. Simply put, we can browse all the apps by sliding the interface left and right, and we can view all the apps without clicking the menu.
Just now we talked about MiFavor 3.0 UI, which emphasized the personalization of UI. In addition to customizing the background color and wallpaper, icons and dynamic effects can be freely matched. We can exchange three icon choices in the setting interface, including the previous plane icon with water chestnut, pure plane icon and diagonal plane icon. The author thinks that ZTE's design can make flat icons look less rigid and a little angry. But considering that carrots and vegetables have their own tastes, it provides users with three choices.
For another example, we can see that the yellow pages function has been added to the dial-up interface. Although this is nothing new, it does meet the query function of ordinary users. In addition, our overall style in the document interface is simpler and more intuitive. Not only that, we can also make DIY changes in the photo interface, setting interface and even drop-down menu. If MiFavor 2.3 scores 60 points, MiFavor 3.0 definitely scores 80 points.
More and more young users are used to brushing their circle of friends and running while driving, but it is inconvenient to operate their mobile phones frequently, so voice operation solves the needs of some users, but the boring, stupid and tedious voice makes many users give up voice operation. For example, SIRI of Apple, Xiao Na of Microsoft, and even Iflytek dialect in China, why do you say that Star II subverts the traditional voice operation? This time, ZTE developed according to the usage of consumers. Star II adopts system-level voice operation. The so-called system-level voice service can be easily used in any application and scene, and it is completely offline and has no network, so the voice recognition rate is higher.
First of all, let's learn what somatosensory interaction is. The so-called somatosensory interaction can make people use gestures or body movements instead of traditional keyboards, mice or smart devices to achieve operations. Somatosensory technology not only makes many existing daily chores more convenient, but also can handle tasks such as controlling games, 3D virtual reality, motion detection, training pilots, checking whether clothes match and browsing medical images during surgery without contact. For example, the recently popular "3D fitting mirror" allows us to stand in front of the "magic mirror" and wave our hand, so that we can instantly change into our chosen clothes, thus avoiding the trouble of frequently putting on and taking off in the store. Move to the mobile phone, for example, raise your arm and it will know that this means "dialing the phone", raise your hand and you will know that we want to take pictures, and so on. Compared with keystroke interaction and touch interaction, somatosensory interaction has almost no learning cost.
The voice operation of Star II is a seamless integration at the system level. For example, if SIRI wants to light up the screen, we need to hold down the HOME button and then light up the screen through voice. But this time, Star II can call the brightness enhancement screen directly on the browser page, and it can brighten the screen without exiting the interface. For example, when taking a selfie, you can only call it "taking a picture" to take a selfie. This time, in addition to the traditional photography, Star II can also adjust the front and rear cameras by voice and other means. For example, when we used to use ZTE driver's assistant for voice navigation, we only needed "Hello ZTE-driver's assistant-we are going to Guang Zhouta". Now we only need the reader to shout "I'm going to Guang Zhouta" to complete voice navigation.
It should be noted that the local voice operations are all here, and the local voice settings of Star II do not need a network. Of course, like playing music and ordering songs, Baidu search still needs the Internet. Therefore, the focus of this voice operation is the local voice setting, which can be said to be a real liberation of hands.
Simple At present, all voice assistants are single-task and auxiliary applications. This time, ZTE voice assistant is a system-level voice assistant. ZTE voice operating system combines voice and somatosensory, the two most natural human reactions, by taking advantage of the inherent advantages of previous language assistants. Capture the movements of limbs by somatosensory technology, and prepare to give instructions by voice technology. In the process, you don't even have to move a finger.
In the future, adding somatosensory voice phones may also be an important step for ZTE to lay out voice phones. ZTE integrates practical voice into the system level, and at the same time introduces all kinds of advanced technologies to cooperate with the voice services at all operational levels, and imperceptibly occupies the voice telephone field with the voice operation mode that best meets human habits and needs.
As for the camera, Star II upgraded the camera to the mainstream combination of13 million+5 million pixels, and its functions are basically the same as those of the previous generation, including voice control photography, smiling face photography, dim light detection, auxiliary composition, light-focus separation, intelligent beauty, dual cameras, intelligent group photography, template photography, tilt straightening and background removal.
A little different. This little star 2 mobile phone runs voice operation function through its basic functions, which simplifies the steps and improves the efficiency. For example, the voice-activated camera in the camera function can turn on or off the flash and switch the front and rear cameras by voice. The improvement of rich voice operation functions also shows the advantages of ZTE in integrating upstream and downstream technologies and resources in the intelligent voice industry chain, and improves the format of the intelligent terminal voice ecosystem. In addition to easy operation, let's enjoy the proofs together and see how the actual photo effect is. (Software version: Android 4.4.2/Mifavor 3.0.0)
In the aspect of proofs, the camera algorithm is optimized again, and the white balance is more accurate, the color temperature is cold, and the sharpness details are well preserved. In the basic photo scene, white balance, brightness, macro display and color reproduction are all well done. Simply putting the basic camera function in place can meet the needs of ordinary users.
In terms of hardware, ZTE Xingxing II also has a 5-inch 1080P screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 80 1 quad-core 2.3Ghz processing, and13 million+5 million pixel combination. This release ZTE advocates intelligent voice service and downplays hardware configuration. It's a bit like an international factory, but Star II did upgrade its hardware.
The hardware adopts the familiar Qualcomm Snapdragon 80 1 processor, and Samsung GALAXY S5, HTC One M8, Sony Xperia Z2, OPPO Find 7, vivo Xplay3S, vivo Xshot, nubia X6, Yijia Mobile Phone, ZTE Grand S II, Hammer T 1 etc. have also installed this chip. Our IT 168 mobile phone channel has also conducted a number of professional tests on Snapdragon 80 1.
▲3DMark comparison test
▲Basemark ES 2.0 comparison test
▲GeekBench 3 comparative test
▲VELLAMO
▲ Ann Bunny
contrast test
▲ Ann Bunny's total running score.
Through the 3DMark comparison tests of Antu Bunny, VELLAMO, GeekBench 3 and Basemark ES 2.0, we found that Xingxing No.2 was far ahead of competitors in graphic performance (including 1080P graphics), 3D drawing and web page performance test, and it also achieved good results on GeekBench 3 and Antu Bunny.
Since ZTE is also an international manufacturer, the production capacity of Star II should not be a problem. After the press conference, we can log on to Vipshop, JD.COM Mall and ZTE's official mall to make an online reservation at a price of 2499 yuan. In addition, JD.COM Mall also launched an activity. Anyone who made an appointment for Star II through JD.COM before 65438+February 30th and the transaction was successful (no refund) can get a Bluetooth headset and a mobile power gift package. Successful users can also pre-sell the lucky draw, and interested friends can pay attention to it in JD.COM. "Click to view the details.
Many friends will ask, the appearance of Star II is almost exactly the same as that of Star I, and it is thicker, and the price is even more expensive than Star I 1000 yuan. But you can think about it, the camera is upgraded from 5 million pixels to13 million pixels, the processor is upgraded from 400 to 80 1, and the voice assistant is upgraded from a simple chicken rib to a system-level intelligent voice. Both hardware configuration and software experience have been upgraded in all directions, so we think Star II is still a smart phone worth buying. For the brand-new human-computer interaction system carried by Star II, the strongest advantage is that the local voice operation settings, such as navigation, phone call, screen adjustment, etc., are all in one step. ZTE also said that the voice operation of Star II will also be applicable to other ZTE mobile phones. In the future, when users mention voice operation, they will think of ZTE mobile phones.