Starting from 5,288 yuan, review of Huawei's high-looking new phone

In total, it has been six years since the folding screen mobile phone category was launched. In the continuous exploration of various brands, folding screen mobile phones have been divided into two categories: large folding (horizontal folding) and small folding (vertical folding). Up to now, despite the rapid growth of foldable screen mobile phones, it is still a relatively niche category, and its product diversity and market share are far from being "accepted by the public".

So, as Huawei’s latest masterpiece in the field of small folding screens, the Huawei nova Flip, which has just been officially released, can the small folding category become “bigger and stronger” like other mobile phones in the nova series? ? Lei Technology has already obtained Huawei nova Flip in advance. After many days of in-depth experience, we gave the following answer, enjoy~

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What Lei Technology got is the Huawei nova Flip (Kirin 8000 processor) 12GB+256GB version, the color is Xiangxin Green, and the price is 5288 yuan (512GB 5688 yuan, 1TB 6488 yuan).

"Qufang Screen" is highly recognizable,

holds It feels great in hand

Whether it is from the design or workmanship point of view, the finish and texture of Huawei nova Flip are very good, and the overall folding and unfolding does not have the common "sloppy" feeling. The Xuanwu water drop hinge gives a significant boost to the phone when it is nearly fully opened, so it cannot hover freely from 0 to 180 degrees. However, this design also allows it to be locked better when unfolded, without the "loose" feeling of the upper and lower parts of the fuselage.

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In terms of external screen, Huawei nova Flip does not have the same external screen as most small folding screen phones this year. It adopts a large-size "full-screen external screen" and instead uses the industry's first "fun square screen" design.

It is difficult to have perfect design in the world. Similarly, whether the external screen design of a small folding screen is "large" or "small" has always been a different route explored by the industry. It is undeniable that the design of Huawei's nova Flip "Qufang Screen" will limit the interaction with the external screen of the mobile phone, and you cannot "only use the external screen for a day." However, considering the impact of the camera on the external screen area and interaction, this design that provides "limited fast interaction" for the external screen also has its practicality. After all, the ultimate goal of buying a folding screen is to use it with both large and small screens, rather than treating the small screen as a large one. Screen use.

Before talking about the internal screen of Huawei nova Flip, Xiaolei would like to talk about the feel of nova Flip.

In order to balance the battery capacity and heat dissipation performance of the small foldable, the thickness of the small foldable is usually thicker than the ordinary "candy machine", and the too narrow screen ratio will make the phone feel a little strange when held. But nova Flip does not have this problem: the slim body of 6.9mm (Lei Technology Note: glass version, plain leather 6.88mm) and the weight of 195g allow it to have a balanced machine while equipped with a 6.9-inch screen. Great size and great feel.

The external screen is "small but beautiful",

full of fashion sense

In other words Back, even though nova Flip adopts a small external screen solution, this does not mean that its external screen can only tell the time like a smart bracelet.

Huawei has designed a variety of different external screen themes based on the characteristics of the nova Flip’s small external screen. Among them, Xiaolei’s favorite is the theme of the Star Maze, which is a 3×3 small puzzle. , can spell out a nova logo. It is a pity that this puzzle currently only provides the nova logo layout. It would be better if the puzzle layout could be automatically switched like a magazine lock screen in the future.

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It may be to balance the power consumption in external screen mode, nova Flip external screen The frame rates of the interactive themes of the other two games are not high. We hope that Huawei can conduct OTA on the themes of the external screens in the future to bring a richer interactive experience.

In addition to games, nova Flip also has a variety of different external screen themes such as analog clocks, live weather, and cute pets. The cute pet themes have different interactive effects at different times. It can be said that this design Very endearing. If you want to personalize the outer screen of your phone, the nova Flip’s outer screen also has smart pattern options that can match the corresponding theme color according to the dressing style of the day.

Lei Technology has previously shared the trend of "digital trend". From the appearance and external screen design, Huawei nova, which is positioned as fashionable and young, really understands young people: on platforms with a high concentration of young people such as Xiaohongshu , digital is becoming a "trendy consumer product". Fun, good-looking and easy to use are as important. Among them, using digital products as fashionable elements is one of the important trends. Huawei Pura 70, Huawei Watch, Huawei nova Flip and other products are leading the trend of "digital trend" and becoming the trend pioneer.

The external screen of nova Flip can also be used to display Call-emoji when receiving calls; when using services such as Hanglv Zongheng and Didi Chuxing, the corresponding service progress will be displayed on the external screen. The customized design eliminates the need for users to You can easily view information by opening your phone, and the interaction is more intuitive and convenient.

Just like Lei Technology’s previous analysis: The interactive innovation of “external screen” is the biggest breakthrough for domestic mobile phones after the iPhone “Smart Island”. The iPhone "turns waste" into treasure by launching the "Smart Island" on the screen, which provides some innovative interactions with App compatibility. Huawei novas have gone a step further and made full use of the "external screen" of the small folding screen that has been ignored or weakened, opening up a new interactive experience for users, and also giving the small folding screen mobile phone an extra layer besides being portable and foldable. Interactive advantages.

New selfies are fun,

Advanced image optimization

Camera is an extremely important feature application of the nova Flip external screen. When folded, slide the external screen to the left to open the nova Flip camera. Considering that this operation is usually for taking selfies, when you open the camera with the external screen, nova Flip will automatically turn on the portrait mode, and you can directly set the selfie countdown and beauty effects.

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Unfortunately, opening from the external screen is the only way to open the nova Flip external screen viewfinder. If the camera is opened in the unfolded state, the nova Flip is currently unable to transfer the viewfinder to the external screen. Even if you use the external screen to open the camera and unfold the phone, the preview screen will switch to the internal screen, which makes taking selfies slightly inconvenient. Fortunately, these problems do not involve hardware, and Huawei can solve them through OTA later.

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In terms of camera, nova Flip has a 50MP outsole main camera, using F1.9 large aperture and 1/1.56-inch large-size RYYB sensor. With four-in-one pixel technology, it can achieve Larger pixel unit area.

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Judging from the sample, nova Flip performs very well. Under the excellent software algorithm optimization, even the RYYB sensor can achieve excellent restoration of green and light colors. In addition, there is no obvious difference in image quality in the corners of the photo compared with the center area. It can be seen that Huawei has indeed made great achievements in camera optimization.

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Huawei nova Flip's portrait mode has also been upgraded. The new Huawei DaVinci Portrait Engine 2.0 can better identify the subject of the task and separate the front, middle and back scenes, bringing better There are layers of blur effects and skin details.

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If the background is too cluttered, nova Flip’s AI elimination can eliminate most background clutter, and it also has a very convenient design: Other AI eliminations generally require manual circles. Eliminate people or objects, but Huawei's AI elimination only needs to draw a line on the eliminated person, and the phone will automatically identify the specific elimination object. You no longer have to worry about the hand painting not being precise enough. For users with thick fingers like Xiao Lei, Very friendly.

This is a

"attitude" folding screen

After a few days of experience, nova Flip has left a very deep impression on Lei Technology.

Limited by the physical structure of folding, small folding screens (vertical folding) need to pack more components into a space similar to a candy bar mobile phone. This determines that small folding screens will have challenges in performance, heat dissipation, and battery life. The balance of thinness, performance, heat dissipation, battery life and even imaging capabilities has always been the tireless pursuit of many small folding screens.

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On the basis of "balance", we give full play to the morphological characteristics of small folding screens, provide unique value in appearance, feel and interactive innovation, and make products more usable, fun and beautiful to meet the needs of young people. Another direction that manufacturers are working towards.

After experiencing it, I feel that Huawei nova Flip has done a very good job in key points:

The excellent hinge design not only ensures the "integrity" of the phone when folded and unfolded, At the same time, the screen life is greatly extended - nova Flip has obtained the world's first Swiss SGS 1.2 million folding certification with its Xuanwu water drop hinge.

At the same time, it maximizes the advantages of folding screens in product form: the exclusive "1:1 external screen" can bring out the aesthetics of the phone without destroying the aesthetic design on the back of the phone. to maximize the display area. The software interface specially redesigned for external screen interaction also makes external screen interaction more convenient.

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It is undeniable that there are still some things that can be optimized in the current version of nova Flip At the same time, I also hope that Huawei nova Flip can work with developers to bring more interesting interactive themes to the "Qufang Screen".

Regarding the current small folding industry ecology, Lei Technology believes that the contribution of nova Flip cannot be ignored: It once again proves that small folding external screens do not "have to be bigger", and small screens also have small screens. And the advantages of beauty. Only by leveraging the respective advantages of the inner and outer screens in a limited form, instead of "lazy" mirroring the inner screen, can such a small folding phone take full advantage of its physical characteristics and constitute unique value.

According to Lei Technology’s practice, let’s finally summarize the advantages and disadvantages of Huawei nova Flip according to our template:

Advantages:

1. Unique design Highly recognizable, the fashion sense stands out;

2. The external screen interaction design of "Qufang Screen" is "attitude";

3. Relying on Huawei's AI ecosystem, system AI Rich in functions;

4, feel, appearance, battery life, performance and image balance;

Disadvantages:

1. Lack of flagship processor, There is room for improvement in performance;

2. The internal and external screen collaboration logic needs to be improved OTA.

nova Flip Is it worth buying? The following are suggestions from Lei Technology:

1. If you are already a user of Huawei flagship phones such as Pura 70 Ultra and want to completely replace the flagship phone as your main phone with a folding screen, then nova Flip may not be suitable. you.

2. If you don’t have strong requirements for the performance of your mobile phone, for example, you don’t play games very much, you just need daily use and taking pictures, and you want a “new selfie tool” suitable for selfies, or you want to If you want a "trendy new device" with high playability, then Huawei nova Flip is indeed very suitable.

3. If you love beauty and fashion, don’t like to take “big things” out with you, are used to traveling lightly, and want to easily put a mobile phone in your pocket or even a cosmetic bag, or even wear it on a chain as a For matching elements, Huawei nova Flip is also worth considering.

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