Charm Blue E3 Contrast with Red Rice Note5: The Oldest Family Thousand Yuan Machine Once Again

Looking at mobile phones released in March, many mobile phone manufacturers have released products with a price of RMB 1,000. Charm Blue E3 and Redmi Note 5 are all representative products. In the first model of the month we saw Qualcomm Xiaolong 636. , And 6GB large memory cell phone has begun to penetrate thousands of Yuan machines, Thousand Yuan machine configuration is also getting better and better, for users is indeed a good thing to hear. Of course, performance is part of the experience, in the full screen popularity The era of how to make a full-screen interactive experience better, this is to enhance the focus of the entire mobile experience.

▲ Charm Blue E3 contrast red rice Note5

Charm Blue E3 and Redmi Note5 as a new product in the thousands of mobile phones, has a lot of the same point, the same 5.99-inch full screen, also uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor, also has a 6GB version of the deposit, and The minimum price of the red rice Note 5 is as low as 1099 yuan, flaunting the 'water bucket machine' banner in all respects, and the 6GB+64GB high version is priced at 1,699 yuan, and the Charm Blue E3 is 6GB+64GB. 1799 yuan, two mobile phones 6GB operating version of the difference between the sale price of 100 yuan, for mobile phone users with the pursuit of performance, the two mobile phones how to choose?

Charm Blue E3 (Standard Edition) / Redmi Note5 (High Edition) Parameter Comparison
Phone model	Charm Blue E3 (Standard Edition)	Red Rice Note5 (High Edition)
screen size	5.99 inch full screen	5.99 inch full screen
Resolution	2160x1080	2160x1080
processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 636	Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
frequency	Eight cores 4xKryo260 18.GHz+4xKryo260 1.6GHz	Eight cores 4xKryo260 18.GHz+4xKryo260 1.6GHz
Body memory	64GB	64GB
Run memory	6GB	6GB
Main camera	12 million + 20 million	12 million + 5 million
Front camera	8 million to support beauty	13 million to support beauty
Dimensions	156.8x75x7.6mm	158.6x75.4x80.5mm
Body weight	160g	181g
battery	3360mAh (20w fast charge)	4000mAh (10w)
operating system	Flyme6	MIUI9.5
Network format	Mobile / Unicom / Telecom	Mobile / Unicom / Telecom
price	1799 yuan	1699 yuan

From the specification point of view, Charm Blue E3 standard version and red rice Note5 is very close, using Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor, Qualcomm Xiaolong 636 uses a big.little architecture, has 4 Qualcomm Kryo260 large core and 4 Kryo260 small core , Performance is also very powerful. At the same time using 6GB of large memory, and 64GB of body storage, this memory specification for the thousand yuan price of the phone is already very 'luxury', and has been on par with many flagship mobile phones.

▲ Charm Blue E3 and Red Rice Note5

The difference between the two mobile phones is 100 yuan. There is still a gap in hardware. The first is the camera. The Charm Blue E3 uses a 12 million+20 million-pixel camera, while the Redmi Note5 uses a 12 million+500-megapixel camera. Using the depth of field solution, the main camera is also using the IMX362 sensor, but the secondary camera has a wide gap, perhaps because of the cost control of the Redmi Note5.

The other is the battery, the charm blue E3 uses a 3340mAh battery, red rice Note5 4000mAh battery, the battery capacity red rice Note5 than the evil blue E3 bigger, this also led to the body weight on the red rice Note5 than the charm blue E3 In addition, Charm Blue E3 uses 20W fast charge, red rice Note5 only use the normal 5V2A charging specifications, for a mobile phone with 4000mAh battery, 10W charging power is relatively low.

For Charm Blue E3 and Redmi Note5, we compared the appearance, system, charging and battery life, and taking photos. We can see which one can do better and which one is more worth choosing.

Charm Blue E3 / Red Rice Note5 appearance comparison

▲ Left: Charm Blue E3/Right: Red Rice Note3

On the exterior design, Charm Blue E3 and Redmi Note5 all use a full screen design. They all have a very high screen share. The same 5.99-inch screen is used. The screen resolution is also 2160x1080. All of them are screens made of LCD materials. Since all use a full-screen design, there is nothing to compare positively, but we found that there are still gaps between the screens of the two mobile phones.

We found that the screens of Charm Blue E3 and Redmi Note5 all have the problem of smearing. Shooting with 120 frames of slow shutter speed, you can see that both phones have screen smears. The smear of Meizu E3 is slightly more serious than that of Redmi Note5. , For daily use, little effect, but visually feel 'unhappy'. We also found a look at the screen data on the evil blue E3 and red rice Note5, the official did not elaborate, this 5.99-inch 1080x2160 resolution screen Including BOE, JDI, Tianma, and so on, screen makers all have production. There are generally problems with screen smearing, which may be caused by screen material issues.

▲ Left: Charm Blue E3/Right: Red Rice Note3

Charm Blue E3 and red rice Note5 are designed with a metal body, Charm Blue E3 uses a full-metal body, and red rice Note5 with three-section body design, and the back design is obviously feeling Charm Blue E3 is better than red rice Note5 Excellent. The design on the back of Charm Blue E3 is similar to Meizu PRO 6. It adopts a one-segment antenna design, and the integration effect of the back cover is stronger. The three-segment fuselage design adopted on Redmi Note 5 is relatively mature, so its cost is relatively low. , The integration effect is poor.

▲ camera protruding

Charm Blue E3 and Redmi Note5 on the back of the camera are convex design, Charm Blue E3 camera position using 'crater' design, the camera protruding a certain slope, there is a certain degree of excessive effect. Charm Blue Note5 camera position did not go through What to deal with, straight up and down design, it seems more 'obtrusive', which is more beautiful this is clear.

▲ Left: Charm Blue E3/Right: Red Rice Note3

Charm Blue E3 and Redmi Note5 are all using a full screen design, so the front has put no fingerprint recognition module, Charm Blue E3 uses side fingerprint recognition, red rice Note5 uses the back of fingerprint recognition, red rice Note5 back fingerprint recognition needs in the phone's The back cover is open, which affects the integrated effect of the back to a certain extent.

▲ Left: Charm Blue E3/Right: Red Rice Note3

As for the experience, Charm Blue E3 side fingerprint recognition operation is more convenient than the back of the fingerprint, the main finger does not need to move to the back of the fingerprint recognition position, keep the original gesture holding the phone can touch the side of the fingerprint identification position.

Charm Blue E3 / Red Rice Note5 system experience comparison

Charm Blue E3 uses Flyme6 system, Redmi Note5 uses MIUI9 system, two mobile phone systems are optimized for a full screen, the system details are not detailed comparison, Meizu's Flyme and millet MIUI are the best in today's For the two systems, we compare the overall screen experience.

Charm Blue E3 uses Super mBack instead of the HOME key of the phone. It uses the pressure sensing of the screen to achieve the HOME key function. At the same time, it also retains the function of the touch return, so that the small dots in this screen have the same operation mode as the previous mBack. , retained mBack good operating experience. Red rice Note5 uses gesture operations to achieve the HOME key and return operations, using the screen below the slide operation to achieve the HOME key function, return to use the screen side slide operation. Call out the application background operation The Charm Blue E3 is similar to the Redmi Note5. The Charm Blue E3 slides up and down at the bottom of the screen. The Redmi Note 5 is also a slide-up operation. This operation is similar to the HOME button, but it takes longer to slide until it vibrates. The operation is a bit confusing and may conflict with the operation of the HOME key.

▲ background switching operation

Charm Blue E3 provides three kinds of background switching methods, all based on gestures, and the gesture operation is Meizu Flyme system in addition to the HOME key to bring another good interactive operation. Sliding start the application background This operation is Meizu The user is familiar with the newly added horizontal sliding bottom bar to switch background tasks and long press the blank area of the bottom bar. Following the finger sliding, switching the background tasks these two switching modes is exclusive to the Charm Blue full screen, which can enhance background applications. The switching speed, the two adjacent background APP can be quickly switched, simplifying the background switching operation.

Experience charm blue E3 and red rice Note5 have their own strengths, charm blue E3 operation is more closely fit MEIZUO HOME key operation mode, but the dot HOME key will occupy the screen position, although you can hide, but to operate Need to slide out the small dots, and take time to learn, of course, will be very easy to use after getting started. And red rice Note5 gestures without the need for on-screen virtual keys, does not occupy the screen position, and the relatively low cost of learning, Getting started is fast, but the functions are relatively simple.

voice assistant:

The function of the voice assistant on the phone is a little 'chicken', it is basically not used, and the function is not much, the experience is not excellent. Xiaomi MIUI9.5 has added 'Little Love Classmate' to this AI voice assistant, Redmi Note6 After upgrading the system, you can support 'Little Lovemates'. In terms of experience, Redmi Note5's 'Little Love Classmates' is really easier to use than the Voice Assistant on Charm Blue E3, and can implement various message search functions and switch the function of the mobile phone. , More direct access to WeChat internal, these are not the features of Charm Blue E3, this point on the charm blue E3 did not do a good job red rice Note5.

Charm Blue E3/Red Rice Note5 Charging Contrast

▲ Left: Charm Blue E3/Right: Red Rice Note3

Charm Blue E3 is equipped with a 3340mAh battery, while Redmi Note5 is equipped with a 4000mAh battery, and the battery capacity is larger on the Redmi Note5, but the Redmi Note5 does not support fast charge, only the 5V2A charging specification is used, and the 10W power supply power is for a 4000mAh large battery handset. It is a bit difficult. Charm Blue E3 is not only equipped with fast charging, but also uses the latest cool mCharge technology, 10V2A charging specification, 20W charging power, and can greatly reduce the heat when charging.

▲ Charging test

It can be seen that Charm Blue E3 uses 20W fast charge as long as 95 minutes can be filled with 3340mAh battery, and red rice Note5 because there is no fast charge, to be full of 4000mAh battery takes 195 minutes, more than 3 hours, for emergency situations Red rice Note5 may appear to be somewhat inadequate, but the red rice Note5 large battery has certain advantages in endurance.

Life test

▲ PCmark battery life test

Red rice Note5 uses 4000mAh battery, PCmark battery life test can run 6.48 hours, 4000mAh battery does bring a better battery life performance. Charm Blue E3 has a 3340mAh battery, PCmark battery life test can run 5.57 hours, in fact, Charm Blue E3's battery life performance Not bad, plus fast charging, the experience will not be much worse than the red rice Note5.

Meizu E3 / red rice Note5 photo comparison

Charm Blue E3 and red rice Note5 are dual camera design, the same use of IMX362 sensor, are used to use Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 processor, so the hardware specifications are very close, the difference is Charm Blue E3 is a dual camera zoom The program, Redmi Note5 uses a dual depth of view solution, there is the algorithm is different, Charm Blue E3 uses a rainbow soft algorithm, and red rice Note5 has not announced which one of the algorithm.

Lossless zoom

▲ Charm Blue E3 lossless zoom

It can be seen that the Charm Blue E3 adopts a zoom dual camera scheme, which can achieve 2.5 times lossless zoom, and the 2.5-time zoom has less loss of image quality, maintaining a higher image quality.

▲ red rice Note5 digital zoom

Redmi Note5 uses a depth of field solution, can only achieve digital zoom function, after 2.5x zoom quality deterioration, loss of detail. Lossless zoom function is relatively more practical, special than for travel photography can take more distant scenery, Charm Blue E3 lossless zoom is very practical.

Beauty selfie

▲ Left: Charm Blue E3/Right: Red Rice Note3

Charm Blue E3 uses a 8 megapixel front camera, red rice Note5 uses a 13 million pixel front camera, the specifications of red rice Note5 specifications are higher than the charm blue E3. But the evil blue E3 uses the latest rainbow soft algorithm, Face AE facial brightness intelligent enhancement technology, you can see the charm blue E3 self-portrait picture more natural skin color, ruddy face, while the red rice Note5 although the self-timer effect skin color is white, the beauty effect is less than the charm blue E3.

Dual camera blur

▲ Charm Blue E3 proofs

▲ Red rice Note5 proofs

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We don’t talk about picture quality here. Let's start with the algorithm of blurring. We can see that the mapping algorithm for Charm Blue E3 and Redmi Note5 is quite complete. The recognition of camera subjects is quite accurate. In the case of change, look at the blurring of the focus, you can see that the degree of blurring of Charm Blue E3 is not as high as Redmi Note5, and it is more biased towards the blur effect of nature, and there is no blunt debuffing from the second. Group pictures can be seen in the red rice Note5 blur effect in the focus is still the old algorithm, the blur effect is relatively blunt, the focus of life is not natural.

Photo quality

▲ Charm Blue E3 proofs

▲ Red rice Note5 proofs

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▲ Red rice Note5 proofs

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In the well-lit environment, Charm Blue E3 and Redmi Note5 all have very good camera performance. Because they are all using the IMX362 sensor, the details of the screen performance are not significantly different, but the color rendering on Charm Blue E3 is slightly brighter, the same The sensor plus the same ISP allowed the two mobile phones to be photographed and the performance of the previous generation of products was greatly improved.

▲ Charm Blue E3 proofs

▲ Red rice Note5 proofs

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▲ Charm Blue E3 proofs

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For night shots, Charm Blue E3 and Redmi Note6 are all very good in terms of noise control. The screen is clean, and there is no obvious smearing. However, in metering and color performance, Charm Blue E3 is better than Red Rice Noet6. Metering is more accurate, so that the color of the picture is more vivid. The overall shooting results on the two mobile phones are satisfactory, after all, the hardware configuration is almost the same, and the color of the charm blue E3 slightly better.

Meizu E3 / red rice Note5 contrast summary

Charm Blue E3 and Redmi Note5 are the two best mobile phones with the best overall performance in the current price range of 1,000 yuan. Both of them use the latest and best processors from Qualcomm, and they all have 6GB of large memory and are even equipped with them. The same sensor camera, and the difference between the two is only 100 yuan, it really makes it difficult for consumers to choose.

▲ Charm Blue E3 and Red Rice Note5

We previously compared the appearance, experience, charging and battery life, and photographing of the two mobile phones. Since the CPU and memory configurations of the two phones are the same, we do not compare the performance here. The performance is already strong enough. Say, the advantage of Charm Blue E3 lies in the appearance design of the mobile phone and the fast charging and photographing function. The Charm Blue E3 has a more excellent design, and it does let many users who do not pay attention to the appearance of the mobile phone choose Charm Blue E3, the most important Charm Blue E3 is equipped with a fast charge, and red rice Note5 no fast charge, after all, 4000mAh battery using 10w of the charging power is full for 3 hours.

In terms of photographing, both mobile phones use the IMX362 sensor, which also provides protection for the picture quality. The photographing effects of the two mobile phones are satisfactory, but the Charm Blue E3 uses a dual-camera zoom program, compared to the red rice Note5. Depth-of-field scheme has added 2.5 times of lossless zoom, and Charm Blue E3 has adopted Rainbow Soft's algorithm to make blur more natural. There is still much room for improvement in Redmi Note5.

▲ Charm Blue E3 and Red Rice Note5

Speaking of Redmi Note5 had to say something about the system, the Flyme used by Charm Blue E3 and the MIUI used by Redmi Note5 are all the best systems for the moment, all optimized for the full screen, and for the full screen of the two phones. The system optimization has its own merits. However, in the Redmi Note5 system, Xiaolie Classmate's voice assistant was added, which greatly improved the experience of the mobile phone voice assistant and brought about a more intelligent and better mobile phone voice assistant function.

Charm Blue E3 is priced at 1799 yuan, Red Rice Note5 is equipped with a high price of 1699 yuan. It is also equipped with 6GB+64GB of storage. If the user's budget has reached a price of 1,699 yuan or even higher, in fact, the charm blue E3 is better, after all, The appearance value is better, and there is a fast charge. If the budget is really tight, selecting red rice Note5 is also a good choice. After all, all aspects of performance are very good, that is, there is no fast charge this is indeed for 1699 yuan Mobile phones are a bit immature. Of course, Redmi Note5 also has a lower version of the configuration, the price is also starting from 1099 yuan, facing the user group is more extensive than the charm blue E3, in the price segment of 1100 to 1500 yuan, red rice Note5 is still worth choosing.