【【【Foreword: The direction of demand for smart phones, there is a more pragmatic pole】】
Since the beginning of 2022, we have brought you a lot of evaluation content of new smart phone products. Looking at these new machines, it is not difficult to find that "game performance", "flagship photography", "light and thin beauty", and "high-end business" are still the main selling points of most models.
However, does all of the above already sum up the mainstream needs of today's consumers? Obviously not. Because in addition to mobile game high play, image creators, fashionistas, business elites, in the mainstream user group, there is actually such a part, they never or rarely use mobile phones to play games, there is no high demand for taking pictures, do not care too much about fashion trends, and do not have any intersection with business occasions.
For this part of the consumer, "game performance", "flagship photography", "thin and light", "high-end business" actually does not have much significance. In contrast, solid workmanship, reliable quality, convenient system experience, and most importantly, long battery life are often the product features they value most.
Obviously, mobile phone manufacturers actually recognize this. Therefore, after the "flagship war" at the beginning of the year gradually came to an end, we also ushered in a number of more pragmatic new opportunities. For example, the Recently Released Voyage 30 Pro by ZTE is one of the most representative products.
【【Appearance: Pragmatic design, large battery is not heavy】】
As you can see, we got all two color matching versions of the Voyage 30 Pro this time - "Obsidian Black" and "Huan Sha Qing".
Honestly, this is not the first time that our Three Easy Life has touched a 6000mAh-class ultra-large capacity battery model. But because of this, in our initial imagination, we thought that the Voyage 30 Pro would be a "brick" heavy model.
However, I have to say that the texture after the real machine is much better than we expected.
Why? First of all, as you can see, the Voyage 30 Pro has a rounded mid-frame and a large curved back design this time, which makes it not look very thick from the side or the actual grip.
Secondly, in terms of the details of the appearance, the Voyage 30 Pro has obviously made a lot of effort this time. It can be seen that its back part adopts a light matte same-body process, and in the rear shooting area, it uses the current popular large-size bright surface "porthole" shape, and the other parts of the back of the machine present a matte material with a slightly matte texture.
And from the actual effect, the matte fuselage of the Voyage 30 Pro not only looks special visually, but even the touch has a large sense of damping, and the anti-slip effect in the hand is excellent.
How is this done? A closer look at the fuselage reveals that in the matte part of the back of the Yuanhang 30 Pro, there are actually countless laser-carved stripes, which undoubtedly give this model a unique visual and tactile performance. From this point of view, although its own market positioning is not much high-end, it is obvious that ZTE has paid attention to the design of this model.
【【Appearance: LCD screen is the highlight, 1080P + eye protection design is worthy of praise】】
Next, let's take a look at the front part of the fuselage of the Voyage 30 Pro.
This time it uses a 6.67-inch open screen, the screen material is the LCD that many friends like to see, so it also has the advantage of eye protection.
From a functional point of view, this screen has also passed the UL eye protection certification, and has AI blue light filtering and imitation paper reading mode, etc., designed for viewing comfort.
The effect of reading mode
Incidentally, the RGB arrangement of pixels of the LCD, coupled with the resolution of the FHD+ level, also means that the screen of the Voyage 30 Pro is guaranteed in terms of fineness. At least, it is much better than many 720P screens or "big fruit grains" and "little yellow duck" OLED screens with poor materials.
【【Performance:Tianji 810 5G SoC, system update is a potential advantage】】】
For a model with "practical" as the main selling point, running points, games and so on should not be the focus, but this does not mean that consumers will tolerate too old master control. After all, whether the master control is advanced enough is actually related to whether the product can be continuously maintained by the system for a long time to come and ensure compatibility with new applications.
From this point of view, the Yuanhang 30 Pro chose the Tianji 810 program is quite wise. After all, the Tianji 810 not only has a more advanced 6nm process, a "2 big 6 small" A76+A55 CPU architecture, and a Mali-G57MC2 GPU solution. Most importantly, it's an entry-level 5G SoC that was only released in the third quarter of 2021. That is to say, compared with the more common Tianji 700 (released in the fourth quarter of 2020) and the Tianji 720 (released in the third quarter of 2020), the release time of the Tianji 810 is much "new", so the support cycle is bound to be longer.
This is not the end, from another system information software (Inware) display results, the system of the Voyage 30 Pro also uses ab dual system partition design. This means that the update can be installed without rebooting when the system is updated, and there is a relatively easy recovery mechanism even if the system is damaged. From this detail, ZTE may have done some extra work on the long-term system update and maintenance of the Voyage 30 Pro.
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Of course, we still used the conventional theoretical performance running score software to conduct some tests on the Voyage 30 Pro. From the actual results, the comprehensive performance and 3D performance of the Voyage 30 Pro have also reached the mainstream level of the current class of products.
【【Endurance: 6000mAh large capacity battery, charging a power for a few days is not a problem】】】
However, the "running score" is obviously not the highlight of the Voyage 30 Pro. The low-power main control coupled with the ultra-long battery life brought by the 6000mAh large-capacity battery is the real most valuable place of this model.
How low is the power consumption of the Voyage 30 Pro? First of all, we used the pressure test module that comes with Antutu Evaluation to test it for up to 45 minutes.
Before the test began, the power of the model under test was actually less than 30%. But after 45 minutes of full load testing, it can be seen that only less than 15% of the power is consumed, and the CPU is not downgraded at all during the whole process, and all the cores are not "dropped".
Then we will fully charge this mobile phone, plug in the 5G mobile phone card, at the same time turn on the traffic and WiFi, screen brightness manually adjusted to the maximum, continuous playback of B station 1080P high bit rate video for two hours, and then standby for two hours. As you can see, the power consumption is only 24% at this time.
What is this concept? To put it simply, even according to this usage, the Yuanhang 30 Pro can support 10 hours of high-bitrate movies online under the premise of automatic brightness and only connected to WIFi. If it is a usage scenario such as making phone calls and brushing WeChat, it is not impossible to charge a battery for a few days and nights.
【【Function experience: no ad NFC is worthy of praise, the system is suitable for the elderly performance is excellent】】
To be honest, when we first contacted the Voyage 30 Pro, we once thought that low heat, low power consumption, and long battery life were its biggest highlights. But after actually using it, we found that this model still has some very special places.
First of all, in terms of storage configuration, the Voyage 30 Pro only provides two versions this time, namely the 8+128GB basic model and the 8+256GB "Free travel version". This means that even the long-distance version with the lowest price threshold will not appear small in terms of storage space. Not to mention, it is also likely to be one of the few models in the same class that offers 256GB of storage capacity, which is obviously also meaningful for some users who like to take pictures, watch dramas, and listen to songs.
Secondly, for the high-end "Changxing Edition" of the Yuanhang 30 Pro, in addition to having more storage space, it also provides NFC functions that support the simulation of bus cards and access control cards. And compared with the vast majority of models with NFC functions on the market, the NFC software of the Yuanhang 30 Pro is completely ad-free - without any push, financial services and other functions, which is obviously very praiseworthy.
Speaking of "no ads", this is also a highlight of the voyage 30 Pro that surprised us. In fact, the MyOS system itself has no advertising push on a daily basis, and in the built-in mobile phone manager, calendar, weather and other applications, it is completely impossible to see the pervasive push content in other brand models.
Even, the Voyage 30 Pro allows users to manually turn off the "negative screen" and designs a "simple desktop" mode that is obviously optimized for aging users. In this mode, the icons and fonts of the entire system will become significantly larger, and the arrangement of icons will automatically change, and the most commonly used functions of users will be displayed on the desktop first. I have to say that this detail is indeed quite careful.
Sample: Flower ISO136 f1.79 1/100s
Sample: Building ISO106 f1.79 1/1000s
Sample: Door knocker ISO311 f1.79 1/30s
Sample: Bird's Nest ISO266 f1.79 1/30s
Finally, although the positioning is only a more practical model, the 48-megapixel main camera equipped with the Yuanhang 30 Pro can also be remarkable in the image performance of common scenes.
In fact, due to weather conditions, we shot this set of samples on a cloudy day. However, it can be clearly seen that the AI algorithm in the Yuanhang 30 Pro has brightened and brightened the picture, making it more pleasing to the consumer's eyeballs. In addition, in close-up shooting scenes, the camera's focus speed and accuracy also have a certain level. Considering the use scenarios of the target user population, the quality of this camera is obviously enough.
【【【Summary: Conscience long-lasting divine machine, unexpectedly very competitive in the market】】】
Looking at the entry-level market in the past two years, you will find that the vast majority of manufacturers are actually not very careful in this area. Older hardware is used repeatedly for many generations, and the system is bloated and full of advertisements, if not everywhere, at least quite common.
It is in this market environment that ZTE was pleasantly surprised when it launched the Yuanfang 30 Pro with a 6000mAh large-capacity battery, a new 5G SoC, an extremely clean system, and ad-free NFC function.
After all, everyone knows that the relatively "snubbed" situation of this entry-level market today is actually caused by multiple factors. For example, the rise in hardware costs, such as the elongation of the target user replacement cycle of entry-level models, such as the current high-priced flagship models are selling better. But it is also in this complex situation that ZTE can seriously do a good job of an entry-level 5G model with long endurance and less advertising, which is obviously more commendable.