618 buy right or not expensive, the same price is difficult to refuse the sub-flagship AI phone: OnePlus Ace 3

XXP Digital Tinkering House

2024-05-15 13:01Published in Guangxi

Preface

The OnePlus Ace 3 released at the beginning of the year, I have already started at the first launch, and after a few months of use experience, it is really worthy of the claim of "making the flagship experience fully accessible with an all-round attitude". It is equipped with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, up to 16GB LPDDR5X+1TB UFS 4.0 storage, with "Tiangong Cooling System Pro" technology, memory genetic recombination technology 2.0, storage renewal technology, game cloud computing private network technology, screen rain touch technology, and has obtained TÜV SÜD's 48-month A-level smooth certification, and also customizes a new "independent display chip", which is not only strong in performance, but also has very low power consumption. OnePlus Ace 3 is also the official designated machine for the two major events of PEL Peace Elite and League of Legends mobile games.

In addition to the performance advantages, OnePlus Ace 3 also has the "world's first 1.5K oriental screen", a 5500mAh large battery, equipped with a metal middle frame that is rare in the same class, ultra-thin fingerprints, etc. In addition, it also has the multi-functional NFC that users care about, full-function infrared remote control, dual-frequency GPS, stereo dual Yang, x-axis linear motor, etc.

Design

OnePlus Ace 3 has two highlights in the design, the first is that it follows the ID design of the flagship OnePlus 12 in design, with a highly recognizable family-style design, so that the sea of machines can be recognized as OnePlus at a glance. Especially for OnePlus, in a highly competitive market, if a product wants to stand out, it must have a unique logo and features, just like the iPhone, the permanent absence of an apple on the back cover is a mark of recognition.

The second design highlight is the use of a metal middle frame, which is rare in its class. Just imagine, a few months from the release to the present, there are several models in the same price segment that can be given a metal middle frame in the follow-up release. The metal middle frame is considered the "default" standard configuration of flagship phones in the market, but in many sub-flagship products with slightly lower positioning, plastic middle frame is the norm. For many consumers, even if practicality is abandoned, only in terms of quality, the metal middle frame is not only a material choice, but also represents the quality of the flagship machine.

The four sides of the metal middle frame have been finely cut, not straight edges and right angles, but chamfered design, which makes it more comfortable to hold when held, I have to say that OnePlus sees the real chapter in the subtleties! Just like the chin position of the mobile phone, the little finger will support the edge and fix it when holding the mobile phone normally, if the mobile phone is too heavy or the edges are straight and angled, the little finger will feel very sore.

In other details, the OnePlus Ace 3 retains the family's classic "three-stage switch design", which can quickly switch between three modes: ring, vibration, and silent with a slight toggle.

This three-stage button is not available in many Android phones, and in real life, this button is very practical in meetings and sleep scenes, which can avoid the embarrassment caused by sudden ringing and reduce disturbance to yourself and others.

The OnePlus Ace 3 is available in three colors: Star Black, Moon Blue, and Mingsha Gold, all of which use flagship-grade glass technology, using state-of-the-art production equipment and more complex diaphragm processes, so that each color has a unique texture and different levels of light and shadow. This one in my hand is Mingsha Gold, and when the light sweeps by, it shows a clear glass texture and metallic color. Using the industry's first molten glass process, it presents different metallic colors under the refraction of light at different angles.

Domestic 1.5K oriental screen

▲ Left: OnePlus Ace 3, Right: OnePlus 12

The flagship OnePlus 12 uses a 2K oriental screen, which integrates high resolution, high brightness, high refresh rate, high-frequency PWM dimming, and high color accuracy, which is currently one of the models with the strongest screen quality in the full price segment.

OnePlus Ace 3 also enjoys OnePlus 12 decentralized features, such as brightness, refresh rate, PWM dimming frequency, etc., the two models are exactly the same, and also support the "rain touch" function, and it is also the only mobile phone in the same class with 8T LTPO technology screen. The screen is changed to a 1.5K oriental screen, using BOE's latest X1 light-emitting material, achieving the highest local 4500nit excitation brightness in the industry, surpassing the same industry standard, and the screen life is twice the industry average.

The 6.78-inch 3D flexible OLED LTPO display supports 1-120Hz dynamic refresh rate, 1.07 billion colors, 100% DCI-P3 wide color gamut, HDR 10+ certification, supports Dolby Vision and 4500nit peak brightness, and has obtained DisplayMate A+ certification.

In terms of eye protection, OnePlus Ace 3 is equipped with the same "Bright Eye Protection" technology as the OnePlus 12 flagship, which supports "3 EM Pulse+1 EM Pulse DC dimming" and "2160Hz high-frequency PWM dimming". In addition, OnePlus Ace 3 also supports super light and shadow ProXDR display, ultra-clear image quality enhancement, video color enhancement, and non-stop screen when looking at it.

▲左边:一加Ace 3,右边:一加Ace 2

OnePlus Ace 3 uses a more expensive ultra-thin optical screen fingerprint, and compared with short-throw unlocking, its module is positioned a little higher, and the one-handed thumb unlocking experience is more comfortable and natural, and you can touch the recognition area without bending too much.

The previously well-received rain touch function is still carried forward, and the touch operation can still be completed normally when there is water on the screen, which is very useful in some public scenes where there is no condition to dry hands in time after washing.

Performance testing

OnePlus Ace 3 is equipped with the second-generation Snapdragon 8 mobile platform, and is equipped with a full-blooded version of LPDDR5X, starting from 12GB to up to 16GB memory, UFS 4.0, providing 256GB / 512GB / 1TB three storage tiers, and also has three self-developed technologies at the system tuning level: "Microarchitecture Supercomputing Engine", "Memory Genetic Recombination 2.0", and "New Storage Technology".

The Snapdragon 8 Gen2 is built on TSMC's 4nm process and adopts a "1+4+3" CPU architecture. Although the latest is the Snapdragon 8 Gen3, the performance of the Snapdragon 8 Gen2 will remain ahead of the curve in the next two to three years and will not be left behind in the performance rankings. In the Antutu running score, the measured OnePlus Ace 3 got a total score of 1668287 points, with a CPU score of 402171, a GPU score of 607696, a MEM score of 344644, and a UX score of 313776 points, all of which ranked at the top of the leaderboard. It can be seen that this Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is also very handy in the hands of OnePlus, and the overall running score is very in line with the positioning and tuning of the performance flagship, for consumers who target mid-range models but pursue high performance, OnePlus Ace 3 is indeed a good choice.

OnePlus Ace 3 is equipped with a discrete graphics chip, which works in tandem with the new generation of "Game Frame Stabilization Engine", "Super Frame Super Picture Engine" and "Smart Touch" technology to achieve optimal allocation of game commands, significantly improving graphics rendering efficiency. This allows all games to be opened at the same time at a super frame rate of 120 frames per second and a super resolution of 1.5K, ensuring millions of zero-break touches with two fingers. In addition, OnePlus Ace 3 also popularizes a new generation of self-developed super HDR image quality technology, which brings gamers a long-term smooth and full-frame gaming experience, as well as clear and natural image quality and multi-finger heel-hand stability.

▲Left: Turn on super-resolution, Right: Default

Calling out the game sidebar, in "Super Frame Super Picture", you can enable three options at the same time: Adaptive Super Frame, Super Resolution, and Super HDR Quality. When you turn on "Super Resolution", you can see that the image quality is obviously up to the next level, the edges of the picture are more three-dimensional, sharper, and the details are richer.

The highest image quality + 60 frames of "Genshin Impact" test, the test environment is an indoor room of about 25°C, the game test scene is a wild running map + fighting monsters, the battle scene accounts for about 30% of the total game time, and the e-sports mode of the mobile phone is turned on. After testing, the OnePlus Ace 3 achieved an average frame rate of 59.3 frames per second in the daily runtime, reduced the average power consumption of the daily runtime by up to 7.9%, and shortened the first load time to 14.56s in the game. During gaming, the OnePlus Ace 3 did not experience frame locks with frequency downscaling throughout the game, and there were almost no visual stuttering in the game, and the overall performance was very satisfactory.

High frame rate and temperature control, as an integral part of the basic gaming experience, are the "foundation" requirements for a flagship phone that advertises performance, in other words, a performance flagship phone, in addition to playing games well, must also play well.

OnePlus Ace 3 is equipped with the flagship-level "Tiangong Cooling System Pro", which is currently the most advanced design, the most complex process, and the best thermal conductivity of the current smartphone, with a large area of 9140mm², which can effectively cover more heat sources inside the whole device. Through the optimization of the three-dimensional level, the continuous and stable output of performance is ensured, providing users with a better user experience. Thanks to OnePlus Ace 3's excellent cooling system and efficient temperature control strategy, the maximum temperature of OnePlus Ace 3 is 42°C in an indoor environment of about 20°C and 30 minutes of Genshin Impact.

Battery life and charging

In terms of battery life, in the Xiaobai battery life test database, OnePlus Ace 3's battery life ranks fifth, which is relatively close to the battery life performance of OnePlus 12, and it is far behind the mid-range performance machines of the same price. I did a simple test, and 30 minutes of Genshin Impact consumed a total of 11% of power, so I could play the game for almost 5 hours with a long high load. It should be noted that this is still the test result in the extreme scenario of the highest image quality + highest brightness + battery performance mode on + game e-sports mode, and if the image quality requirements are slightly reduced, its battery life can be further extended. Overall, the OnePlus Ace 3's large 5,500mAh battery does have a decent long battery life, which is outstanding among other models equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen2.

In addition to the super battery life, OnePlus Ace 3 is also equipped with a longevity version of 100W wired flash charging, which adopts a new DC architecture, which no longer needs to go through the charge pump step-down conversion, which also makes the charging efficiency reach 99% in the industry, and there is almost no power loss: 27% in 5 minutes, 52% in 10 minutes, 73% in 15 minutes, 89% in 20 minutes, and 100% in 25 minutes. Even if you forget to charge at night, you can use a short time to wash up and eat breakfast when you get up the next day to quickly replenish the battery.

The OnePlus Ace 3 not only has a fast charging speed when the screen is on, but it can also maintain a high charging power when the screen is on, so that when charging while playing games, it will not lose power after a while like other brand models. In addition, OnePlus Ace 3 is also equipped with intelligent battery health algorithm and bionic repair electrolyte technology, which can greatly reduce battery capacity loss and extend battery life, so that the battery capacity is still greater than or equal to 80% after 4 years and 1600 charging and discharging cycles.

Imaging experience

The camera part of OnePlus Ace 3 is equipped with a 16-megapixel front camera, and a 50-megapixel main camera (Sony IMX890 sensor, f/1.8 aperture, supporting OIS optical image stabilization) + 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens (112° field of view) + 2-megapixel macro lens, the hardware specifications are the same as the previous generation, but this time the algorithm inherits the "ultra-clear image quality algorithm" and "ultra-light and shadow image algorithm" of OnePlus 12 flagship images, At the same time, it supports super light and shadow ProXDR display.

Sony IMX890 sensor, with a 1/1.56-inch large photosensitive area, the same main camera as OnePlus 11 and OPPO Find N2, is also used by the OPPO Find X series for the outsole periscope, for OnePlus Ace 3, most of the image scenes rely on this main camera to complete.

Let's take a look at the sample performance:

With the support of the outsole sensor and high pixels, the OnePlus Ace 3's imaging performance in natural light environment is still worthy of recognition. The overall picture color is more accurate, and the details are also very rich, so you basically don't need to post it to the circle of friends. Whether it's day or night, the OnePlus Ace 3 is able to give a clear and noise-free picture effect, and the contours, colors, and details of the objects are well rendered. And with the 1.5K oriental screen supportProXDR display features,OnePlusAce 3When taking photos, it will automatically brighten up to 8 times the dynamic range of local light such as street lights、Billboards、Sky,Make the whole picture display more realistic and three-dimensional,More in line with what we see。

Overall, although the OnePlus Ace 3 does not focus on the image flagship, such an excellent performance is already satisfactory: the image performance belongs to the first echelon of products in the same price range, whether it is day or night, its imaging ability can meet the needs of normal shooting, and it also has the expressiveness of the image flagship in some scenes.

AI assistant experience

Since OnePlus Ace 3 has been upgraded in several rounds of firmware, you can also use the same Andean model (AndesGPT) of the flagship, and I have to say that this AI is really fragrant, and it has taken the smartphone to a new level! For example, "AI Artist" can generate beautiful pictures with text with one click; "AI Elimination" can easily identify, eliminate and naturally fill in unnecessary elements of the picture; "AI Q&A" transforms into a smart multi-star according to different life scenarios, providing a variety of strategies; The "AI Machine Assistant" can completely realize a series of machine operations, and only need to verbally state the operation requirements.

Xiaobu AI assistant based on the Andean model is quite rich in functions, such as resume writing, intelligent generation of manuscript video scripts, translation, PPT, stories, etc., and a voice command can easily complete the work that used to take hours to complete. Among them, the most practical ones are "Xiaobu English Teacher", "Xiaobu Interviewer", "Xiaobu Essay Assistant" and "Xiaobu Creative Commentary", which can improve the efficiency of learning, work and life by simulating the wisdom of real foreign teachers to practice speaking, simulating job interviews, sorting out the thesis framework, and generating copywriting on various platforms.

The advent of AI mobile phones has not only made education more efficient and interactive, but has also greatly facilitated self-directed learning. For example, students often have a lot of essay assignments to complete after class, such as various analyses, perceptions or opinions. In the past, many people liked to go directly to Baidu from the Internet, and then patchwork together the searched content. Such papers often have a large number of similar paragraphs, and the repetition rate is also quite high, and the teacher can see at a glance how the paper came about, and the score of the course paper is bound to not be too high.

Now you only need to ask Xiaobu Assistant, a well-organized, logical paper can be generated in a few seconds, and the degree of completion is very high, you only need to polish it a little according to your needs, and a coursework will be done. The article is more coherent and can also open up the gap with others. Of course, this is more used for learning aids, and cannot be completely relied on AI, after all, the knowledge learned is used for life.

For those who travel frequently, it is very brain-consuming to make a trip plan every time they travel! Now all you need is the Citywalk route in Xiaobu, @Citywalk the route in the dialog box, write where you want to go, and Xiaobu can help you generate a complete travel route. Just like when I went to Guilin on a self-driving trip on May Day, I asked Xiaobu to help me plan my itinerary: "@Citywalk route Guilin", this itinerary planning is still relatively complete, and we planned a 5-day schedule. Through the attractions of Guilin on the "@Citywalk Route Elephant Trunk Mountain", you can give travel suggestions, such as must-see attractions, food recommendations, cultural activities, local suggestions and other practical information, which has a certain reference value for travelers who do not know the local situation.

When taking pictures, when he accidentally takes pictures of passers-by and sundries who don't want him to be in the picture, it is a very perfect photo, but because of these cluttered elements, the beauty of the picture is completely destroyed. This "AIGC elimination function" is very useful. You only need to simply check the passers-by you want to eliminate, and then the AI can erase irrelevant passers-by through simple calculations.

Different from the traditional smear elimination, the AIGC elimination function is to use the Andean large model + AI algorithm to eliminate and fill in the excess debris of the photo, and the content of the filling is completely dependent on the mobile phone AI judgment to achieve, and unlike the traditional erasing method, the final effect is very inconsistent. The final effect is comparable to the god-level cutout of the PS gods, but the operation is almost completed with one click, which is the result of making full use of the characteristics of generative AI, which shows that the Andean model itself and the application of OnePlus Ace 3 to it are mature enough.

brief summary

After a comprehensive experience, it can be seen that although OnePlus Ace 3 is a cost-effective bucket model, it is not a simple and brainless stacking of various configurations, but it really has a very rigorous knife method, using good steel on the blade, and giving the best and most useful configuration within the cost range as much as possible, so we can see that every core configuration of OnePlus Ace 3 is actually flagship-level quality, which makes me feel that it is really a cost-effective mobile phone with product power first, rather than giving priority to card price, so that the experience < price. Although the OnePlus Ace 3 may have certain shortcomings compared to high-end flagships, the experience is not inferior to the flagship in many aspects, and it can be said that it achieves the best experience on the basis of extreme cost performance. If the 618 needs to be replaced, and the budget is in this range, the OnePlus Ace 3 is one of the best value options at the 2.5K price point.

I found that some friends didn't know that OnePlus was OPPO, and OnePlus phones can be experienced in OPPO offline authorized stores across the country, and they can also be used for after-sales service in 1000+ after-sales service stores across the country.

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