The Z11 mini is a small-sized mini model launched this year by Nubia. It uses a 5-inch small-size screen and is equipped with a combination of Xiaolong 617+3GB operating memory and 64GB of built-in storage. It has a relatively small and exquisite appearance. The machine was unexpectedly equipped with a 16-megapixel rear camera using the Sony IMX298 sensor, and equipped with Nubia's unique NeoVision 5.8 camera application, providing a variety of more interesting camera modes, such as electronic aperture, light Paint cameras, star-track cameras, etc. Today we will take a look at how the Nubian Z11 mini performs.
The box design is very simple, pure white box, only a black nubia logo on the front.
The packaging lined with Nubian's iconic red color, quite prominent.
The packaging is simple and the Z11 mini is wrapped around the red lining of the box after opening the package.
The charging head, Type-C data cable, card pins, and instructions are supplied with the unit.
The supplied charging head is 5V, 1.5A, not a fast charging charging head.
Nubia's little red dot is covered by a sticker.
The Z11 mini uses a 5-inch LTPS screen, so its body size is smaller. Comes with a sticker, quite Nubian features.
The front design is concise, with only the handset at the top and an 8 megapixel front camera. The front sensor is hidden on the left side of the front camera. The design is hidden and can only be found at a certain angle.
The bottom of the design is also very simple, the middle of the iconic red Home button, on both sides of the hidden menu key and return key.
The overall shape is quite sleek, and the front uses a 2.5D glass + middle frame + resin back cover design. There is a clear plastic washer between the glass/back cover and the frame. Although the front and rear plastic washers were slightly unsightly when the frame was carefully observed, it was unexpected that it made the transition between the frame and the panel more natural and smooth.
The back cover is also designed to be simple, with a fill light and camera on the top, fingerprint recognition in the upper middle and a Nubian logo on the bottom. The camera uses Nubian's signature red protection ring and the flash is a silver protection ring.
The 2.5D arc of the edge of the back cover is more obvious, the four corners are rounded, and the hand is still more suitable for the palm of the hand. However, the back cover with good texture is actually made of polycarbonate plastic, but according to Nubian’s official statement, a custom back cover similar to the Z9 mini will be introduced later.
The power button and volume button are all located on the right side of the fuselage, where the power button is located at a lower position and can be easily pressed.
The SIM card slot is located at the top left of the fuselage.
The speaker and call microphone are located at the bottom of the fuselage, and the Z11 mini uses a USB Type-C connector. The border design is very sleek, with a good handshake and no hand-feeling.
However, it's slightly regretful that its frame is made of plastic chrome, and some seam marks can still be seen at the corners. Although it is a plastic material, but the overall texture is also good, but the durability of the corner joints remains to be seen.
Although the Z11 mini is only a low-end model of positioning, but the machine's face value is still pretty good, black panel + dark gray frame + red light home button with a very classic. The sleek and compact body is quite handy. Today, the screen is getting bigger and bigger. Today, there are fewer and fewer compact models. Although positioning is not high-end, this design is still commendable.
Nubia Z11 mini uses nubia UI 3.9.6.0 system, based on Android 5.1.1 development, in the use of the experience is still very smooth, no Caton status.
Nubia UI V3.9.6.0 continues Nubian's consistent style. The system application icons are mainly round and square. The icons are drawn with exquisite details. The details are very careful. For example, the camera application is added to the Nubian iconic red. Protection rings and color matching are also coordinated with the overall color of the system.
Pull-down menus and multi-tasking switching interfaces are all based on frosted glass designs that are coordinated with the overall style. With the setting menu, a pure white color is used, and the menu options are quite concise and clear.
The system has built-in applications that use small functions, such as WeChat and QQ, to implement dual-opening WeChat and QQ functions independently of third-party applications. Nubian features a sliding screen edge to start the application or switch applications, such as sliding up and down the left edge of the screen will switch the previous application / next application, trigger the corresponding action, the screen will have a blue edge The trigger prompts, quite useful little features.
Processor: Snapdragon 617 Eight-core processor 28nm to manufacture four 1.5GHz Cortex A53 + four 1.2GHz Cortex A53
GPU: Adreno405 graphics processor
Running memory: 3GB LPDDR3 933MHz
Built-in storage: 64GB eMMC 5.1 supports TF card expansion
Screen: 5 inch LTPS screen 1080P 441ppi
The main camera: 16 million pixels f/2.0 using Sony IMX298 sensor with NeoVision5.8 camera applications
Front camera: 8 million pixels f2.4 80 degree wide angle
Network Support: Dual SIM Dual Standby Full Netcom, Supporting VoLTE
Body size: 141.4×70×8mm
Body weight: 138g
Battery capacity: 2800mAh
In terms of processor performance, the PI took 41.078 seconds to complete. Compared to most of the models using 615/616, we monitored the operating frequency of the processor and found that when calculating the pi, it was a big core + four The small core is in operation, and the three large cores are offline. This should be the issue of Nubian's processor scheduling design. As for GeekBench running points, it shows the performance of Xiaolong 617, single-core 747 points, multi-core 3047 points.
In terms of graphics processing, in the 3DMark's latest scene Sling Shot, test1 is 3.8 FPS and test2 is 2 FPS. In the Ice Storm scenario, test1 is 43.8 FPS, test is 34.6 FPS, Physics is 27.1 FPS, and it uses the same level of SoC. The mobile phone was basically flat, and the performance was pretty good. In the test of GFX Bench, its Manhattan off screen was 6.4 FPS, and Tyrannosaurus off screen was 16FPS, slightly ahead of most models using the Snapdragon 615.
Flash read and write performance, RAR multi-threaded 1030 points, A1 SD Bench read 204.11MB / s, write 133.38MB / s, write speed is flat with similar products, read speed is good, slightly ahead of most Same price product. AndroBench reads continuously at 259.76MB/s, continuous writing at 131.47MB/s, random reading at 16.4MB/s, and random writing at 5.22MB/s.
The Z11 mini uses a 16-megapixel rear camera and monochrome fill light. It uses Nubian's iconic red lens protection ring in appearance. The machine uses a Sony IMX298 sensor to support phase focus, aperture F2.0 .
Aperture: f/2; ISO: 100; exposure 1/100
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Aperture: f/2; ISO: 100; exposure 1/102
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Aperture: f/2; ISO: 100; exposure 1/324
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Aperture: f/2; ISO: 100; exposure 1/521
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Aperture: f/2; ISO: 2300; exposure 1/14
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Aperture: f/2; ISO: 2300; Exposure 1/12
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Aperture: f/2; ISO: 1700; exposure 1/25
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The white balance of the Z11 mini is pretty good, but in some scenes the colors are somewhat bluish, but the overall reduction of the colors is more realistic. In the face of solid color scenes, such as the leaf veins of green leaves, its resolution is somewhat inadequate. If there are solid objects such as large leaves on the outside of the focus, there will be a slight sense of smearing, but the screen purity is fairly good, and the edges of the screen are slightly sharpened. But overall, the Z11 mini's camera performance is remarkable, reaching the normal level of using IMX298 models, in the domestic mobile phone is still relatively good. In the night scene proofs, although the sense of smear was heavy, no color noise appeared, and the purity of the picture was quite good.
The machine also uses Nubia's latest NeoVision 5.8 camera application, bringing with it a variety of new games such as locking and adjusting focus, exposure, and white balance. And equipped with a variety of more practical gameplay, such as electronic aperture, light painted camera, star-track camera.
Multiple exposures. Its built-in multiple exposures allow users to use two or more exposures and then combine them into one artistically pleasing photo, which is still useful for users who like photography.
Clone mode. In addition to multiple exposures, the machine also provides a game called cloning mode. The mobile phone has a fixed position. After the object is moved, two pictures taken in succession can be collectively called one, resulting in a cloning effect. The effect is not bad. However, there are slight differences in the color of the photos at the edge of the stitching.
Electronic aperture + long exposure. In addition to these new features, the machine also provides the function of electronic aperture + long exposure. The spring water in the picture below successfully captures a picture with turbulent water effect by changing the aperture size and prolonging the exposure time. Users who are not accustomed to using the manual mode can quickly shoot through these built-in modes. However, it should be noted that some modes, such as electronic shutters, slow shutters, or light painting modes, require longer exposure times and work with tripods. Use more effective.
Nubian Z11 mini as a positioning in the low-end mini-size mini model, which is equipped with a 5-inch 1080P screen, and has a 2.5D screen + very rounded frame design, holding a good sense of handshake, more fit the palm of your hand, However, in the ointment is that it uses a plastic chrome frame + polycarbonate back cover design, if you can further enhance the material will be better. In addition, the aircraft is equipped with a 16 million-pixel rear camera using the Sony IMX298 sensor, the sample performance is superior in the same price models, to achieve the standard IMX298 should have. And Nubian's latest NeoVision 5.8 camera application is built in, providing a variety of more interesting modes, like tossing users can try it.