On the evening of March 17, 2022, Honor held a domestic new product launch conference for the Magic4 series flagship mobile phone and launched the flagship product Magic4 Pro in the first half of 2022.
Recently, the Honor Magic4 Pro is in the hot reservation of Suning Tesco, the 8GB+256GB version is priced at 5499 yuan; the 12GB+256GB version is priced at 5899 yuan; and the 12GB+512GB version is priced at 6499 yuan. In addition, Suning Tesco also launched a price insurance service, "7 days price insurance, buy expensive to lose".
Presumably everyone is curious, as the flagship product of Honor after a year of independence, does honor magic4 Pro have the technology to fully digest the new supply chain? Is it possible to compete with the iPhone 13 Pro Max? Next, let's take a comprehensive look at this product through the evaluation.
LTPO is smooth and power-saving and has high-frequency PWM eye protection
Honor Magic4 Pro uses a four-curved screen, this advantage is mainly in terms of aesthetics, front view of the left and right borders can be almost ignored; the upper and lower borders have been reduced to 0.94mm, 50% smaller than the previous generation, leaving more space for the screen.
The quality of the screen itself is also quite excellent, with 1.07 billion color support, covering 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, and the color display is real. The contrast ratio is 5000000:1, with enough display layering, the peak maximum brightness is 1000nit, and the screen can be seen clearly in various bright light environments.
The biggest upgrade point in terms of screen is the upgrade of LTPO technology, through the "adaptive dynamic frame rate" function developed by the self-developed MotionSync technology, the refresh rate of the screen can be dynamically adjusted, so that the refresh rate can be adjusted on demand between 1Hz and 120Hz. In short, it automatically matches a high refresh rate when fluency is needed, and lowers the refresh rate to save power when the screen is stationary.
The advantage of the adaptive dynamic frame rate function over the previous generation ltpo function is that the refresh rate gear is more flexible, and it can recognize the content displayed on the screen and quickly adjust the refresh rate. For example, in the main interface of the mobile phone screen cutting operation, you can see that the refresh rate when the screen slides quickly soars to 90Hz, and after the screen is completed and static, it is adjusted to the 10Hz refresh rate in time to save power. The quick scroll screen in the setting interface will quickly increase to the 120Hz refresh rate. In reading applications, a minimum refresh rate of 1Hz can be performed to maximize power savings.
Adaptive dynamic frame rate function is different from the previous whitelist adaptation mechanism, has a very comprehensive compatibility with third-party applications, we tested a lot of common applications, Honor Magic4 Pro can accurately allocate the most appropriate refresh rate according to the display content.
Another highlight of the Honor Magic4 Pro screen is the 1920Hz PWM dimming support, which can significantly improve the visual effect in environments with low screen brightness, and the color display is more uniform than DC dimming, and there is no color cast, especially suitable for use in dark environments before going to bed. Compared with low-frequency PWM dimming phones, the stripes are more uniform, the human eye is not aware of the change of screen refresh, viewing is not dazzling and eye protection.
Excellent video capture experience Everyone can shoot hollywood shots
In terms of image functions, honor Magic4 Pro in both optical and computational photography two-pronged, 50 million pixelS IMX766 main camera strength is obvious to all, 50 million pixel ultra-wide angle lens provides a large field of view, but also able to take macro photographs; 64 million pixel telephoto lens enriches the focal length, providing up to 100X zoom function.
At present, there are many flagship mobile phones that do not have good zoom capabilities, and the Honor Magic4 Pro is equipped with a periscope telephoto lens, the zoom ability is quite excellent, the machine is excellent in 1X, 3.5X, 10X zoom photos, the zoom magnification is increased to 50X or even 100X is still clear.
In the focal length that the telephoto lens cannot cover, the full focal length fusion scene function takes pictures through the fusion of different lenses, which greatly improves the shooting clarity of the full focal length. For example, in the focal area that the 3.3 times periscope telephoto lens cannot cover, the Honor Magic4 Pro improves the clarity in the photo through fusion technology, whether it is the sharpness or recognizability of the long-range handwriting, it is far more than another flagship machine.
The advantage of full-focus coverage of the Honor Magic4 Pro is even more evident in night photographs, with clear details of the building, light signs or building surfaces in the distance. Without a flagship camera equipped with a periscope telephoto lens, the edges of the light plate are blurred, and the surface of the building is completely devoid of detail, full of smear marks.
Honor Magic4 Pro performs quite well in night photography, with a clean and transparent noise reduction effect, just the suppression of the highlights, and enough detail preservation in the shadows. It can not only improve the brightness of the picture, but also take into account the unique beauty that should be at night. The lack of OIS stabilization in the main camera did not affect the film yield.
The ultra-wide lens also has excellent camera effects at night, which supports night mode, and the actual effect is not inferior to the main camera.
The right spotlight ghost
"Taikoo Li" handwriting ghost
Honor Magic4 Pro has obvious ghost problems in night photography, and there is a lot of probability in taking pictures. We also used two other phones for comparison reference, and the sample did not have a ghost problem at all, which needed to be improved by Honor in subsequent system upgrades.
Portrait
Snap a sample
Snap a sample
Snap a sample
Honor Magic4 Pro has two new features that are very useful for video shooting. The first is that the capture effect in video recording is very good, and the recording of Chinese and American shooting is different from the simple frame extraction in previous video photography, but better clarity and detail are obtained through multi-frame fusion. When recording video content such as people, pets, and blue skies, the system will also intelligently identify, automatically capture, and select up to 5 photos from them. Judging from the capture sample we showed, the capture effect of the Honor Magic4 Pro is clear and beautiful, and it does not lose the normal shooting effect at all.
The 4K 60fps 10bit-log movie mode is a more professional video shooting method, which can maximize the retention of wider color and dynamic range, leaving more space for the user's post-color grading, and can be directly edited with multiple Hollywood film-level 3D LUTs exclusively provided by Honor Magic4 Pro after shooting, which can generate Hollywood-style movie style effects with one click.
For the Log and 3D LUT functions of the Honor Magic4 Pro, in fact, we can understand it as a black and white + color photo method. Log mode is to shoot a video content with a very comprehensive detail preservation, and 3D LUT is a filter added later, but its effect is better and more professional than the filter. However, the Log mode has high requirements for light, which is more suitable for professional use, and ordinary users can directly use the 3D LUT in the movie mode to shoot directly.
How to Train Your Dragon has a unique set of Turbo technology to improve hardware efficiency
Honor Magic4 Pro uses the main configuration specifications of the new Snapdragon 8+LPDDR5+UFS 3.1, from the hardware point of view, there is actually nothing to say, after all, this is the current top hardware. However, to maximize hardware performance, it is also necessary to look at heat control and system performance optimization.
Here we directly look at the performance of the actual game, first of all, the medium load of "Glory of the King", test the ambient room temperature of 25 degrees, the game opens the extreme frame rate, ultra-high resolution, HD image quality, and turns on anti-aliasing. The average frame rate of the 30-minute game is 114.8 frames, the overall operation is very stable, the frame rate curve fluctuates between 110-120 frames with a very small range, and the visual stutter is definitely not. The temperature control is good, and the maximum temperature of the fuselage surface is 42.8 degrees.
The high-load game "Original God" was also tested in a 25-degree environment, and the game turned on extremely high quality and turned on the 60-frame running mode. The average frame rate of 30 minutes high-load games (not simply running pictures, normal high-load games) is 47 frames, which is a very good frame rate performance, and some new flagship models in the same environment have an average frame rate of less than 40 frames.
From the frame rate curve, the Honor Magic4 Pro maintained a full performance of nearly 17 minutes or so, and then began to control the temperature, locking the maximum frame rate at 40 frames. In the final stages of the game, we tried to do low-load scenarios (in-game enhanced relics scenes), and finally after the temperature was controlled, the maximum frame rate returned to 60 frames. The surface temperature of the mobile phone is controlled below 45 degrees.
We also tested the Bright Mountains, the game's quality adjustment options are very free, we adjusted all the picture quality to the highest, the resolution is adjusted to 2436x1165, the average frame rate of the 30-minute game is 49.7 frames. The fluency aspect is very good, but the phone heat is slightly higher, and the temperature continues to rise throughout the game, and the performance temperature has reached 46.2 degrees at the end of the test.
Overall, with the support of GPU Turbo X and AI super rendering technology, Honor Magic4 Pro can make the computing efficiency of SOC improve and consume less power; the graphics processing algorithm based on deep learning further reduces the total load of graphics processing between GPUs, NPU and CPU, makes the load of GPU, NPU and CPU more balanced, and improves performance again under the premise of ensuring game image quality.
In daily use, Honor Magic4 Pro can break through the limitations of physical memory, expand additional storage space, allow more applications to reside in memory, improve application retention rate, and speed up application startup. OS Turbo X technology through the cold start + page breakpoint recording algorithm to achieve intelligent page recovery, this technology can make the "killed" background application, when launched again, still in the previously used interface, equivalent to the application with its own collection function, very practical.
In terms of battery life, honor Magic4 Pro provides a 4600mAh battery, and consumes 41% of the power consumption for 5 consecutive hours of endurance test, which belongs to the more power-saving performance of the flagship aircraft.
In terms of fast charging, 100W wired fast charging and 50W wireless fast charging can fully and quickly replenish the power. In the measured test, the Honor Magic4 Pro took 30 minutes to charge to 100% display power, and then took 15 minutes to fully charge. In terms of charging speed, Honor's 100W fast charge is even slower than some 65W-80W fast charge, and the long trickle charging process needs to be improved. Single-cell fast charging technology may be a "long-distance running" runner, and the endurance is not significantly reduced after long-term use, but the charging speed on the body feel does need to be accelerated.
Eye of the Muse classic design Privacy security without leakage concerns
Honor Magic4 Pro's privacy protection function has also been upgraded, dual security system, comprehensive permission management, clipboard privacy, maintenance mode and other original security features are fully retained, Honor also specially upgraded the privacy protection in the call. When using the Honor Magic4 Pro call, the earpiece and the screen sound will work at the same time, the screen sound gathers most of the sound wave energy, while the top earpiece compensates for the low frequency and other low screen sound energy bands, so that the sound wave energy is gathered near the ear, so that it has the directionality of transmission, thereby reducing the earpiece sound leakage. Even in a quiet environment, the call content is guaranteed not to be leaked.
Honor Magic4 Pro continues the family-style muse eye design, the rounded corners of the four-curved screen design are smoother and more symmetrical, the upper and lower borders on the screen are further narrowed to 0.94mm, and the left and right borders are almost completely hidden. IP68 level dustproof and waterproof ability, not afraid of daily wind and rain, the use will be more casual.
Summary: All-round bucket machine, Suning affordable, worth buying
Overall, the upgrade points of the Honor Magic4 Pro are all full of dry goods, which is a feature that users urgently need.
The upgrade of the configuration is very solid, with the support of honor of various Turbo technology, hardware performance has been maximized, long-term use can feel the glory of the heart, is a good experience that is difficult to return.
The emphasis on privacy and security protection will be full of security in use, especially after 315 has just exposed a number of security risks in the use of mobile phones, so that the security functions of the mobile phone system are infinitely valued.
In terms of imaging, the Honor Magic4 Pro has once again ushered in innovation, popularizing more professional photo effects into mobile phone photography, and both ordinary users and photographers can find the pleasure of taking pictures.
It is worth noting that in Suning Tesco, honor Magic4 Pro is hot reservations, not only the price of the product is lower, but also provides many additional gifts. For example, Honor trade-in subsidies up to 3 million yuan, credit card payments up to 200 yuan, Super new members with coupons to reduce 100 yuan. Considering that the Honor Magic4 Pro brings us a lot of experience beyond the iPhone on the basis of only selling 5,000 yuan, the small partner who wants to change an all-round bucket machine at this time will definitely not be disappointed in buying a Glory Magic4 Pro at Suning Tesco.