May 14, 2017 22:00:00

Xiaomi new flagship 'Mi 6' review, compared dual camera performance with iPhone 7 Plus

Xiaomi's flagship smartphone '

Mi 6 ' is equipped with Qualcomm's high-end SoC 'Snapdragon 835', 6GB memory, UFS2.1 storage, and adopts a dual camera that has become a global trend. It is a terminal that can be said to be the highest peak. I took a picture of how many Mi 6 dual cameras are, which makes the camera performance high, and compared it with the iPhone 7 Plus, which is also a dual camera.

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◆ Basic specifications
Mi 6 is a 5.15 inch full HD (1920 × 1080) liquid crystal display, SoC is Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 (8 cores up to 2.45 GHz), memory is 6 GB, storage is equipped with 64 GB / 128 GB UFS, Xiaomi's flagship model is.

Like a Xiaomi terminal, the OS adopts a custom UI 'MIUI 8.2' based on Android 7.1.1.

Although it is an Android OS, the UI design is similar to that of iOS, there is no drawer button, and the style is to store app icons on the home screen.

In order to estimate the performance of Mi 6 equipped with Snapdragon 835 (4 cores up to 2.45 GHz), which is the highest peak of mobile SoC at the moment, the overall score is over 170,000 when benchmarking with 'Antutu Benchmark'. In past reviews, the ' Xiaomi Mi 5 ' with Snapdragon 820 & 4GB memory was '130850', and the ' Mi Note 2 ' with Snapdragon 821 & 6GB memory was '141925', so it can be seen that it has achieved a reasonable performance improvement. increase.

In addition, when using the benchmark of 'Ice Storm Extreme' of '3DMark ' to measure the graphic performance, the performance is too high and cannot be measured as 'Maxed out!'.

Even under 1080p conditions, FPS seems to stick at '60'.

When measured with 'Ice Storm Unlimited' as recommended, the overall score was '41384'.

The detailed scores are as follows. Snapdragon 835's 'Adreno 540' seems to have the highest performance as a GPU for current smartphones without complaint.

◆ Dual camera
The biggest feature of Mi 6 is that it uses a dual camera with a 12-megapixel wide-angle lens and a 12-megapixel telephoto lens at the rear. It also has a 4-axis optical camera shake correction function.

I was shooting with a dual lens camera at once. It's a slightly backlit situation where you take a picture of a tower apartment in the southwest direction at noon on a sunny day. It looks like this for normal shooting (1x zoom).

Tap the 'x2' button at the bottom of the screen to instantly switch to telephoto mode with 2x optical zoom. Using optical zoom on a smartphone can be quite convenient in some scenes.

In order to compare the optical zoom function and camera performance, I shot from the same place with Mi 6 and iPhone 7 Plus. The photo shows Mi 6 on the left and iPhone 7 Plus on the right. All HDR functions are turned off, and all other settings are left as default. The angle of view of 1x zoom is wider for Mi 6.

It looks like this with 2x zoom.

This is because the angle of view is different, but I get the impression that the iPhone 7 Plus is 'closer'. However, the wide-angle Mi 6 has 12 million pixels, which is a sufficient number of pixels, so if you are willing to trim, you can say that the shooting range is wide and it is easy to handle.

The appearance on the smartphone display was not so different between Mi 6 and iPhone 7 Plus, but the difference in color is clear when the JPEG image is imported to the PC and displayed. Mi 6 is extremely colorful.

On the other hand, the iPhone 7 Plus feels like 'resolution rather than saturation'. It's difficult to argue which one has the better image quality, and it seems to be greatly influenced by taste, but I personally felt that the Mi 6 which is vivid in the default state without processing is more beautiful.

The Mi 6's dual camera can shoot vividly, so you can get very good images with colorful subjects.

If you take a close-up shot of an azalea, the background will be blurred, so you can take a picture like a point-and-shoot.

Take a picture of the figure indoors.

You can get closer than you think, so you can use it for shooting small items.

◆ Summary
Xiaomi Mi 6 has the highest level of specifications for Android smartphones, and web browsing and the reaction of various apps are very sharp and comfortable. With 6GB memory, the harder you use it, the more powerful it will be, such as launching many apps or opening dozens of pages in your browser. In terms of 'smartphone speed', it is almost the highest level.

In addition, the curved line that smoothly connects from the front side to the back side has a good design and texture, and despite the large 5.15 inch screen, it fits comfortably in the palm of your hand, so it is easy to operate with one hand and you can not let go of it as you use it. It makes me feel the goodness of such a material.

The dual camera is easy to use, and the 2x zoom is still convenient. The camera performance is also satisfactory, and it is easy to use by pressing the volume '-' button twice in a row to switch from sleep mode to immediate shooting mode.

Even though it has dual SIM slots, you can not use a microSD card, so if you are worried about the storage capacity of 64G, you can choose the 128GB model. The battery has a large capacity of 3350mAh for a thin terminal, but due to the trade-off with the powerful performance of the Snapdragon 835, I do not feel that the battery life has increased so much. Compared to the previous flagship model 'Mi 5' (Snapdragon 820 / 3000mAh battery), the Mi 6 has a slightly faster battery consumption. However, thanks to the quick charge function 'Quick Charge 3.0', the battery can be recovered in a relatively short time, so I did not feel dissatisfied in practical use.