mobile phone market has long been killed into a "sea of blood". No one among domestic mobile phone manufacturers likes each other. But if the boss of which manufacturer dares to come forward and report Xiaomi's false marketing twice, then the mobile phone of this brand must be even more "fever".
At the end of 2015, Tan Wensheng, who had reported Xiaomi twice, led Qingcong brand to upgrade again. The new Qingcong Metal is its first transformation work. After teasing "Mile Hammer" at the press conference, can Qingcong Metal be called Lao Tan's rebirth masterpiece?
Appearance level Great Leap Forward
Qingcong Metal has released two products: Standard Edition and Ultimate Edition. The 1999 yuan flagship version 2K giant screen + Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor configuration has more components to enhance the brand height. In comparison, Qingcong Metal standard version, which costs only 799 yuan, may be worth more attention.
is still a familiar super low price, but this time the green onion is no longer the same as the Beidou and Little Peppers as before. Even if the all-metal body can no longer let you take a look at it, the all-metal body with craftsmanship and design still makes the Green onion Metal standard version look a bit different.
From the front, the Green Metal standard version is designed with a more conventional design, with a border that is not narrow, and the earpiece openings do not have any emotional design, but the slight small arcs on both sides give the product a little Japanese style.
The entire side frame of the Green Metal Standard Edition is a more precise part. The double polished chamfers, side buttons and holes at the bottom give people this feeling. Unfortunately, the slot part is still reduced. The "and or slot" design is very practical, but the connection between the two parts of the slot itself is a bit loose. The curved design on the back of the
body fits the palm, and the entire back design layout is also the most thoughtful part of the Green Metal Standard Edition. The glass plate similar to the iPhone 5s on the top neutralizes the "leucorrhea abnormality". The completely symmetrical design looks very simple, and the rounded rectangular fingerprint recognition module is set a bit high.
For the appearance, Qingcong Metal Standard Edition still interprets the element of "Metal" very well. It is solid and even has a style different from other brands in its own design. This breakthrough is worthy of recognition.
hardware configuration has highlights
Qingcong Metal standard version uses a 5.5-inch 1080P display, MediaTek MT6753 octa-core processor, 3050mAh built-in battery, 3GB RAM + 16GB ROM memory, and the front 800W + rear 1300W camera combination are relatively eye-catching. The display effect of the standard version of
Qingtan Metal is quite good. The narrow bezel of 0.46mm combined with the 74.26% screen-to-body ratio enhances the visual impact. It is worth noting that in most cases, this screen will give people a white color, which is actually closely related to the color matching of the system UI.
MediaTek MT6753 octa-core processor is not a powerful tool for pursuing performance, but as long as you don’t "say a point" every day, the performance of the mobile phone processor has already reached an oversupply stage. The addition of 3GB RAM is obviously more practical than a simple enhanced processor. Unfortunately, from the relevant information, MT6753 is a chip that supports full network communication, while the Qingcong Metal standard version is marked to support five-mode thirteen-band mobile China Unicom network.
As we all know, Sony almost dominated the supply of original mobile phone cameras, but the standard version of Green Metal uses Samsung stack sensors this time and supports PDAF phase focus. Samsung's current Galaxy flagship product has indeed returned to Sony's embrace in terms of camera selection, but in the previous generation of Samsung Galaxy S5, the photography effect of Samsung's own camera is still quite amazing.
The photo shooting ability of the Green Metal standard version is not disappointing. The shooting details are displayed in place, the colors are accurate, and the overall style is colder than the iPhone 6s Plus. The only disadvantage is that the focus speed cannot be described as fast. PDAF phase focus does not play a significant auxiliary role here.
system design has a long way to go
appearance technology and hardware configuration can be regarded as a plus point for Qingcong Metal Standard Edition, which is enough to reflect the sincerity of brand transformation and upgrading. However, "transformation" is often impossible to be directly in place, and the CONG OS system equipped with Qingcong Metal Standard Edition still has a lot of room for improvement.
CONG OS adopts the design of virtual buttons in the screen, making some changes to Android native virtual buttons. They can be hidden or changed the arrangement method. The multi-task button is replaced by the menu button. A function button is added to the right-most point, integrating multi-task management and quick settings, which is repeated with the function of long pressing the home page button.
has not only cancelled the secondary menu of the application, but the basic operation logic of CONG OS is not much different from that of native Android. The operation is smooth, but the interface is slightly beautified, especially in the design of notification bars, which still looks a bit rough.
In CONG OS, the visual unity of the application icon is higher. Unfortunately, some basic services that cannot be uninstalled still come from third-party APPs, such as Baidu Defender, 360 Cloud Drive, etc. Whether it is suitable depends on the user's taste.
For those who are used to using iPhone 6s, the fingerprint recognition efficiency of Qingcong Metal's standard version is still the level of iPhone 6, and it is not bad in the Android camp. Some additional functions such as fingerprint photography enhance the fun of the fingers. It is said that Qingcong Metal uses a 175μm glass cover, which is more wear-resistant and practical than the 100μm cover on the market.
In addition, some small functions in the system are a bit inhumane enough, such as many gestures to wake up, but the most commonly used double-click is missing. Double-clicking the volume key in the screen is a very creative idea. Unfortunately, the quick shot time exceeding 1S is not only not fast enough, but the quick shot completion also looks very strange to display time on the screen.
Therefore, the CONG OS of Qingcong Metal standard version generally performs mediocrely. Among domestic mobile phones with system UI as the important distinction, it is difficult to gain more market competitiveness for Qingcong Metal standard version. Fortunately, when the new product was released, Qingcong Metal stated that it will be equipped with a new system based on YunOS in the future, which will inevitably bring considerable changes.
's transformation work, the "hard" part has been prepared
Some people may remember that before the release of the Green Metal series, a product called Green Metal was used as the first product to upgrade the brand. During this period, Xiaomi released the metal red rice, and Meizu released the metallic blue, which caused Tan Wensheng to fall the Green Metal in anger, bringing Green Metal.
Qingcong Metal is definitely the best mobile phone ever released by Tan Wensheng. Even the standard version of Qingcong Metal is priced at 799. Although there are not many things worthy of praise at the software level, it has proven in hardware that this is a careful product.
Qingcong's brand upgrade transformation, from the perspective of product, can be said to be two-thirds successful.
