Vivo NEX Review: Truly comprehensive screen flagship

What is the future of mobile phones? During the MWC2018 mobile communications conference early this year, vivo APEX seemed to give the industry an answer. Full coverage The front of the mobile phone realizes a full screen in the true sense. In addition to the true full screen, it also brings a lifting front camera, the screen sounds Innovations such as Technical Design. However, at the time, vivo APEX only existed as a concept mobile phone. What was surprising was that less than six months later, the new flagship series NEX turned the concept into reality.

Vivo NEX well absorbed the core design of the concept APEX, as the receiver, the front camera left Liu Hai District ' Completely canceled. For such a screen design, vivo official to become a full screen zero. As the name suggests, vivo NEX's screen is infinitely close to the edge. It can be said that vivo NEX allows the industry to see the future of smart phones.

How is the zero screen full screen made?

For a long time, both the user and the mobile phone ring have been pursuing the full screen. In the most ideal state, the mobile phone screen can completely cover the front of the mobile phone. Since all the time, the front camera, the receiver, the sensor, and the fingerprint recognition have all been obstacles. In simple terms, the camera always has to open the hole. The receiver must also open a hole to conduct the sound. However, in the vivo NEX, everything is solved.

Vivo NEX has an 8 megapixel front camera at the top of the fuselage. With a built-in micro stepper motor, the independent drive IC precisely controls the lifting process. Also hidden, there are distance (top) and light sensors that do not need to be open ( The screen is placed.) It is known that in the existing internal structure of the mobile phone, behind the screen is the main board. Putting these additional parts in a 7.98 mm body is actually a very difficult matter.

Vivo NEX raises the front camera process, and the process of switching the front camera from the normal mobile phone is time consuming, so you don't need to worry about the problem of slow startup. When you close the camera or information screen, the front camera of the vivo NEX will be automatically turned off. The operation is very natural.

Like the concept APEX, Vivo NEX uses full-screen sound technology. Unlike bone conduction, the vivo NEX transmits the sound of the call on the screen. As long as the ear is attached to the screen, it can be heard clearly. The voice of the phone. While debuting APEX until the release of NEX, the full-screen sounding technology has also been optimized. Compared with the former, NEX's hearing will be more accurate and more penetrating.

Vivo NEX uses a piece 6.59 inches The OLED screen has a resolution of 2316×1080. According to the official data display, the percentage has reached 91.24%. What does the data represent? Here is a reference for everyone. The screen ratio of vivo NEX is 2.14:1, and the movie theater is wide. The screen is 2.3:1. This means that it is finally possible to experience the visual impact of ultra-widescreen movies on mobile phones. In fact, many new movies are released, and the online APP uses the widescreen ratio of the movie theater. Therefore, vivo NEX It is a good companion for watching movies on mobile phones.

After returning to the glass body, it has become a trend to create a personalized texture on the back cover of the glass. Through nanotechnology, numerous quadrangular pyramids are carved under the glass. Vivo NEX presents it to everyone, and it is similar to the color transformation. effect.

For the feel, the vivo NEX is aimed at the gestures when the game is held. The curvature of the corners is optimized. Therefore, the sense of grip will be more rounded. Of course, the weight of 199 grams is still slightly a little sense of weight, but considering the built-in 4000mAh Battery and more mechanical parts, still within acceptable limits.


Jovi AI who can understand

In May, Vivo as the Android P starting brand, has been the first to release a developer version. However, in the vivo NEX, it is still based on the mature Funtouch OS 4.0, based on Android 8.1 depth optimization. For the flagship mobile phones for mass users, natural We need a stable system. In fact, everyone should not worry about the version number, because vivo NEX has prepared a new AI smart experience for everyone.


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On the previous vivo X21, Vivo formally added the artificial intelligence assistant Jovi to their own Funtouch system. On vivo NEX, Jovi received a brand new upgrade. The core of this is the introduction of voice interaction - Jovi Smart Voice. Assistant. Prior to this, the author proposed that Jovi should join the voice interaction function and could not think of achieving this on vivo NEX so quickly.


To use Jovi's intelligent voice assistant, vivo NEX offers two methods. One is to wake up the voice of the specified word, the other is through an independent dedicated button (left side of the camera), this button can open the smart map or voice assistant.

Different from traditional voice systems, Jovi's intelligent voice assistant not only provides basic voice responses such as opening APPs, finding information, etc. It also opens the bottom layer of many mainstream applications, and can directly complete required functions through voice commands. For example, Open After the voice assistant says: Send a 100 red envelope to his wife. Vivo NEX will find the corresponding contact to send the red envelope through the WeChat address book (the following is a demo video).

Even more interesting is that Jovi Smart Voice Assistant recognizes the current screen state. If you wake up from the lock screen state, you will be required to unlock the user first. When you encounter an app that needs to be updated, it will allow the user to perform the operation first and then automatically continue the execution of the command.

A problem with many speech systems is that the way the user speaks is very constrained. It's like the robot can speak systematically and understandably. And Jovi's analysis of semantics is also in place. You can interact in a more colloquial way (below Demonstration video) According to an insider in vivo, Jovi's intelligent voice assistant is still being optimized and will perform better and better.

As mentioned above, Jovi's intelligent voice assistant has opened up many mainstream apps. Therefore, vivo NEX can be operated directly with voice operation software. For example, in Taobao, we can directly tell us through Jovi what we need to buy.

Currently, Jovi's intelligent voice assistant has adapted head applications and high-frequency scenes, but more powerful is the built-in teaching function that can add new command voices to Jovi's intelligent voice assistant. For example, the author will take delivery points every day, you can set For 'I'll give you a classic takeaway'. Then record the operation process: Click on the US group Takeaway - order - order already - again. Then as soon as the author speaks to Jovi, it will automatically point to a recent Have taken the take-out menu. With this teaching function, you can also create various sections for opening the music app, the circle of friends and other instructions.

The following author recorded a takeaway voice command, the function is to automatically complete the operation of the US group takeaway on a single order.

In addition to Jovi's intelligent voice assistant, Vivo NEX has added AI features such as smart maps, smart filters, etc., because it needs to use the camera to obtain the information relationship, and then share it with everyone in the camera part behind. Here, let's take a look at the most Expected performance.


Not only picture quality but also wisdom

In the camera function, vivo XEX also carried out a new upgrade. The first is the use of a new generation of Sony's IMX363 sensor, a single pixel area has reached 1.4μm , Support 1/1.8aperture The 12-megapixel dual camera also incorporates 4-axis OIS optical image stabilization support, which can reduce the blur caused by camera shake.

However, if it is simply to improve the picture quality, the improvement of entertainment is very limited for the user. How to ensure the user's enjoyment of the picture while ensuring the clarity and color performance of the picture? It is the focus of the future mobile phone camera optimization. For the playability of the camera, vivo NEX first brings the user an AI scene camera. Vivo NEX can intelligently identify night scenes, sports, shake, backlight and other photo scenes, more able to target portraits, food, Scenery, etc. subject to be photographed labels provide corresponding photo optimization program. According to official data show, vivo NEX has now supported 17 tags and 140 scenes.

Almost every smart phone has a built-in filter, but which filter to use will cause selection difficulties. We spend a lot of time in gathering and traveling. We spend a lot of time on the choice of filters. The solution of the filter, according to the scene content in the viewfinder, the camera system will automatically recommend a filter that is more suitable for the current scene.

Late night hate and ordinary food photos, in the middle only one key smart filter.

Open the camera interface, you will find that there is also a button to add a Jovi icon. This is a new smart mapping function, in which users can search for products through the camera, identify translated text (in English), find the answer to the title.

Now that JD.com, Taobao has the ability to search for merchandise through photos, the vivo NEX integrates this function into the camera, which reduces the cumbersome steps such as opening the app and greatly improves the utility and efficiency of this function. When walking on the street and suddenly seeing something you want to buy, the convenience of this function is more able to be reflected. Of course, vivo NEX's ability to identify the goods must be further optimized.

Text recognition is an external version of Smart Screen, which currently recognizes Chinese characters and English texts. It can be translated and copied as long as there is a network. This function is quite suitable for small partners who like to travel, eliminating the need to manually enter translations. trouble.

It can be seen that after joining a series of smart features, the camera's picture-taking fun of the vivo NEX has been improved differently. What about the picture quality of everyday pictures? Here's a sample shot of vivo NEX. .

Thanks to the 4-axis optical image stabilization, the use of the vivo NEX camera is less likely to appear blurred photos, even if the phone is not very stable at some times. This also greatly increases the desire to take macro photos, because shooting a little Dithering photos will get rid of. In terms of color, the real effect of vivo NEX is still quite pleasing, I think the sharpness can continue to optimize.


Powerful flagship performance flagship

Vivo NEX is equipped with Xiaolong 845 eight-core processor, running at 2.8GHz, and equipped with 8GB of memory and 256GB of storage space. From the configuration point of view, vivo NEX is undoubtedly the top specifications in modern Android phones. However, the same configuration , According to different training, actual performance is also very different. And have a crowd of flagship mobile phones (Xplay series) optimization experience vivo, obviously to the enthusiast-level players have brought surprises.


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With reference to the latest Ann Bunny Android mobile phone performance rankings, we can find that vivo NEX's running score far exceeds the existing Android flagship. However, this is only a theoretical performance test. How is the performance in the game?


▲ Ann Bunny Android phone performance list in May

With respect to the aspect ratio of the screen, as the most popular "King of the Glory", "Jade for survival: Stimulating the battlefield" and the new resolution of vivo NEX are perfectly adapted. There is no problem that Liu Haiping lacks one piece, I believe Virgo Never again will it be difficult.

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In the state of full effect, the combination of the Snapdragon 845 and 8GB memory running "Glory to the King" without any pressure, has been maintained at the highest frame rate of 60FPS.

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“The Jedi Survival: Stimulating the Battlefield” has more stringent requirements on the performance of mobile phones. Here I chose the HDR HD and ultra-high frame rate mode. As for the limit frame rate of 60FPS, the game needs to be cracked, so here is still The settings provided by the game are correct.


In the ultra-high frame rate mode, the Jedi Survival: Stimulation Battlefield frame rate capped 40FPS. According to Gamebench's record, the vivo NEX is also stable at the maximum frame rate. It seems that there is a chance to challenge the extreme frame rate mode, but Due to the time constraints, a separate test is followed to try out the game performance of the dried NEX.


Vivo NEX

Since the performance of the game is impeccable, what is the life experience? Vivo NEX built a 4000mAh battery, the purpose is naturally to play the visual can be longer. The author of the "king of glory "with "The Jedi Survival: Stimulating the Battlefield" runs for 30 minutes each. The screen brightness and playback volume are set at 50% respectively. The game mode is turned on.


Vivo NEX

From the power consumption test, we can see that the increase in battery capacity has satisfied Vivo NEX Increased processor performance and increased screen size. In addition, vivo NEX's charger specifications have been increased accordingly. The maximum support is 10V/2.25A. Vivo NEX is also the first vivo-supported cell phone in vivo. The battery power consumption reaches zero. After %, it takes about 100 minutes for the vivo NEX to recharge.

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This speed is not imaginary fast, from the charging time-consuming curve, mainly when the power charge is about 70%, the vivo NEX tends to trickle charge. It seems that between the charging speed and protect the battery life, vivo NEX more Tend to the latter.


Reviews and purchase suggestions

Whether it is the zero-definition screen or the top performance represented by the Xiaolong 845, or the intelligent voice assistant and smart camera experience, Vivo NEX can bring hundreds of reasons for mobile phone enthusiasts. Vivo's persistent pursuit of the flagship phone, let Vivo NEX first knocked on the door of the future mobile phone.

From the concept of vivo APEX to the truly mass-produced vivo NEX, in addition to the appearance and hardware improvements, the addition of more AI artificial intelligence functions is the basis for the real fullness of the vivo NEX experience. It can be said that in addition to the visual experience is better Zero-definition full screen and lift camera, evolving AI artificial intelligence experience, let Vivo NEX and other performance flagship mobile phones look different.

For vivo NEX, the author's most hopeful optimization is the application of special adaptations to special games, so as to give full play to the advantages of zero-screen full screen. Second is the optimization of charging efficiency. The current charging speed is still relatively conservative. When the lift camera is turned on, it should go back to the main camera mode by default. Otherwise, the last time it is turned off in the self-timer mode, the next time it is turned on, it does not necessarily need self-timer, but the camera has already risen.

As for the proposal to start, the top-notch vivo NEX has strong performance. The key is that the storage space reaches 256GB. However, it is still more suitable for high-end users or enthusiasts to buy. If you want to experience first-time full screen, lifting camera, and The new Jovi Smart Voice Assistant's partner, the standard version of vivo NEX should be a more value option.

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