I. Introduction
In 2019, OPPO's new product line Reno Ace was unveiled, and it was cut after two generations of updates, which is regrettable.
The reason for being cut is very simple, the sales are not good, but it is not that the product is not good, OPPO should have done a fan portrait, found that the Ace and the main group do not match, no longer updated is also normal, can be understood as a timely stop loss.
The reason why it is regrettable is that the Ace has a very good user favorability, especially the Gundam and Eva custom versions, which give us a glimpse of what is real customization, not skinning.
After the integration of OnePlus and OPPO, whether it is product or marketing, OnePlus has quite a change, there is an old saying that the back is good for cooling, and today's OnePlus is so, if the Ace product line and OPPO are not satisfied, then and the main high-performance OnePlus should be a hit.
Recently got a plus Ace, can one plus successfully take over the baton, and what kind of changes will it bring?
Second, performance
First look at the performance, a plus Ace is equipped with a customized version of the Tianji 8100-MAX processor, the reason why it is called MAX, is not a frequency increase, but a combination of MTK frame stabilization strategy and HyperBoost's GPA frame stabilization strategy, when the processor is at different temperatures to use different strategies, to maintain a longer time of frame stabilization.
In addition, the AI performance of the Tianji 8100-MAX has been further adjusted and optimized, which helps the processing of image capabilities, and adds a night scene noise reduction algorithm to support night scene noise reduction of 1080P video.
So in terms of CPU and GPU, there is not much difference between the Tianji 8100-MAX and the regular version of the Tianji 8100, let's see how the running score is.
After practical testing, one plus Ace's Antu rabbit run is divided into 825228, surpassing the Snapdragon 870, shoulder-to-shoulder positioning flagship Snapdragon 888, is currently the best performance of the sub-flagship processor, Tianji 8100 GPU integrated with six-core Mali-G610, the score easily exceeded 300,000, full frame running mainstream games no problem.
In other respects, the OnePlus Ace is equipped with LPDDR5 memory and UFS 3.1 flash memory, with a sequential read speed of 1916.9MB/s and a sequential write speed of 1294.7MB/s.
3. Appearance
A plus Ace provides two colors of open black and back blue, and the name can be seen that the positioning of the machine is biased towards the game, so the shape design has a unique recognition, and this one in my hand is open black.
Mobile phone packaging
Mobile phone packaging
Mobile phone packaging
Front of the phone
Front of the phone
Front of the phone
One plus Ace front for the flexible straight screen, centered digging form, compared to the curved screen, the straight screen reduces the edge of the wrong touch, more suitable for two-handed holding to play the game, almost all the models that are biased towards game positioning are so, the border is right angle design, so the three-stage switch is cut, only the side of the power key and volume key, this design is very different, is the biggest change in style in the past two years.
Front of the phone
OnePlus Ace uses a 6.7-inch flexible OLED screen, drill-like arrangement, resolution of 1080 * 2412, 394PPI, support 60/90/120Hz refresh rate, as well as 720Hz touch sampling rate, instantaneous 1000Hz touch, parameter point of view, this screen belongs to the mainstream level.
The left side of the fuselage is the volume key
On the right side of the fuselage is the power button
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back of the Ace adopts a new electric light waterfall process, with a matte gradient effect, the camera area is 3D processed at the edge, the whole is not cut, the texture of the back cover line is not the same depth, there is a change from dark to shallow, rich layer, while having a matte texture, not easy to stain fingerprints.
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The back of the phone
The package comes with a charger and protective case
One plus 18W freezing point heat dissipation back clip
One plus 18W freezing point heat dissipation back clip
In addition, I got a plus 18W freezing point cooling back clip, built-in 284 refrigeration units and 900mm cooling area, with 18W high power input, multi-size model universal, with three-speed solid switch for easy adjustment.
Fourth, the system
OnePlus Ace is running ColorOS 12.1 based on Android 12, which is not a major version of the update, but has added some small features, try to say it, before the already has not much time.
The overall animation of ColorOS 12.1 has not changed much, among which the OnePlus phone has a hydrogen OS icon, not a native icon, and the time display also has a unique logo of OnePlus, such as the number 1 is red.
In terms of display, a plus Ace can adjust 60Hz and 120Hz, support HDR video highlighting mode, and do not support MEMC video interpolation frames, which is a little regrettable, but has a built-in independent display chip, which seems to be used only for games, and I don't know if the follow-up OTA can be supported.
In terms of privacy, ColorOS 12 is relatively perfect, and application behavior records such as microphones and cameras can be seen, as well as various functions such as application locks, system twins, and privacy doubles.
5. Games
In addition to the Tianji 8100-MAX, oneplus Ace also has a built-in game unique chip, which realizes MEMC game interpolation, improving the game frame rate while stabilizing the high frame rate. At the same time, it supports HyperBoost game frame stabilization engine, such as GPA frame stabilization technology and graphics heterogeneous technology, etc., to improve GPU efficiency and stabilize game frame rate.
In terms of heat dissipation, one plus Ace's world premiere supercrystalline graphite heat dissipation, which can be called the strongest new graphite process heat dissipation technology in the history of one plus, as well as large-area liquid-cooled VC + high thermal conductivity die-cast aluminum frame + large-area graphite sheet, with a total heat dissipation area of 35198.2mm.
Let's take a look at how its game frame rate and temperature perform.
- "Glory of Kings"
Game frame rate
The frame rate chart shows that the OnePlus Ace runs the "Glory of the King" 120 mode is very stable, after opening the game mode limit stable frame, there is rarely a frame drop during the period, especially in the early stage, it has maintained a continuous stability, and the body temperature is also a normal performance, almost no heat, it is no longer displayed.
- "Peace Elite"
Game frame rate
The frame rate performance of "Peace Elite" is described in one word, that is, stable, after opening the limit stable frame, the frame rate curve is very stable, and the 30-minute game drop frame is a few, which is more surprising.
- "Original God"
Game frame rate
It is more surprising that a plus Ace runs the "Original God" 60 frames and does not reach the full frame, after opening the limit stable frame, the frame rate is maintained at about 52fps, and the subsequent frame rate begins to be unstable with the heating of the fuselage, but this performance is normal in the mainstream model, with an average frame rate of 47.82fps.
In terms of temperature, the heat source is concentrated in the processor, and the temperature in other locations is not particularly high, the maximum temperature is 44.5, and the average temperature is 41.3, which is acceptable.
6. Battery life
In terms of battery life, a plus Ace built-in 4500mAh dual cells, equipped with a battery health engine, customized battery management chip, and bionic repair electrolyte technology, extending the battery life of high-power charging, official data shows that the battery cycle charge and discharge 1600 times still has 80% of the remaining capacity, which is more than 2 times the industry standard. Take a look at the measured data, and routinely use the Antutu stress test function to carry out super power consumption test.
Stress test is a built-in function of Antutu Evaluation, by performing high load calculations to test the stability of equipment performance, the CPU needs to carry out a lot of calculations, so the power consumption is greater than video, daily use and other scenarios, open 120Hz high brush.
Under the super power consumption test, the OnePlus Ace equipped with Tianji 8100 insisted on 170 minutes, compared with the Snapdragon 888 model with the same battery capacity, the OnePlus Ace battery life is obviously better, and it is longer than the same 150W model released not long ago.
Compared with other models, the OnePlus Ace belongs to the 4500mAh battery life of the long model, especially compared to the Snapdragon 888 model is more obvious, mainly due to the power consumption control of the Tianji 8100.
Then look at charging, a plus Ace equipped with a longevity version of 150W wired fast charging, as the name suggests, is compared to other high-power fast charging, has a higher battery life, which has been said earlier, through the battery health engine tuning, battery life is more than 2 times the industry standard.
Measured measurements show that it took 17 minutes for the Ace to charge to 100%, of which 3 minutes were charged with 31% of the power, 6 minutes were charged with nearly half, and 60% began to slow down the power, which is expected to be considered for battery life.
7. Take pictures
In terms of imaging, a plus Ace rear 50 million pixel main camera (IMX 766 OIS) + 8 million pixel ultra-wide angle (IMX 355) + 2 million pixel macro triple camera, IMX766 has been very familiar, polished for nearly two years, imaging quality belongs to the mainstream level, while customizing Tianji 8100-MAX supports exclusive customized night scene noise reduction algorithm, to see how the effect is.
Tall buildings (12MP default for main camera f/1.9 ISO-106)
High-rise buildings (ultra-wide angle 8MP f/2.2 ISO-100)
Warning sign (default 12MP f/1.9 ISO-100)
Main camera macro (main camera default 12MP f/1.9 ISO-147)
Plants (default 12MP f/1.9 ISO-108)
Plants (12MP default f/1.9 ISO-144)
Coffee Beans (12MP default for main camera f/1.9 ISO-170)
Light plate (main camera default 12MP f/1.9 ISO-814)
Turn on night mode (default 12MP f/1.9 ISO-584 for main camera)
Street lights and trees (default 12MP f/1.9 ISO-1393)
Power Tower (main camera default 12MP f/1.9 ISO-3963)
As the sample shows, the 50-megapixel IMX 766 plays steadily, with a wealth of detail during the day and night, but the 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens belongs to the level of being able to see, and there is some gap with the flagship, and the same is true for the 2 million macro lens.
Night noise control is very good, but turn on the night mode to increase the brightness, for some highlights are prone to whitening or overexposure, follow-up still needs to be optimized.
VIII. Summary
One plus Ace is a very non-"one plus" model in these years, the most obvious is the shape change, compared to the past can be said to be a drastic change, but still maintain a delicate feel, the core is equipped with Tianji 8100, performance and power consumption is very good, has the potential to become a generation of god U, and 150W fast charge blessing, so that the machine stands out in the competition.
In the impression, OnePlus does not have many models equipped with mediatek platform, which does not mean that it is not familiar, there is a green factory technology integration, one plus Ace for the Tianji 8100 tuning stable, and has an independent display chip, the heat is not obvious, but in the face of the "Original God", the performance is still not as good as the game phone, although the heat dissipation is said to have supercrystalline graphite heat dissipation, but the effect is not obvious.
In terms of imaging, after the integration of the previous OnePlus and OPPO technology, it was felt that the camera was stable, but the performance was somewhat unsatisfactory, and the follow-up needed optimization, and it was not excluded that the Tianji 8100 was the possibility of a new platform, and the ISP needed to re-adapt the algorithm.
Then let's talk about why OnePlus wants to do Ace? The brand's marketing strategy in the past two years began to change, tearing off the niche label, and began to run to the mainstream track, such as inviting celebrity endorsements, and camera manufacturers to jointly sign, etc., the effect is that the user base of OnePlus is gradually large, so the difference between the user groups begins to be obvious.
Previously, the digital series alone can not be satisfied with this brand, the need to position the sub-flagship products, a plus Ace is so, compared to the digital series, Ace price is more close to the people, the performance is also completely enough, the most important thing is that the Ace series is easier to go, but also let more people know about one plus.
However, this series also means that the OnePlus brand is no longer small and beautiful, after all, it is a compromise with the market, and the once OnePlus has gradually drifted away, and looking back, it is no longer a teenager.