Listen, Progress: A Detail of the Huawei Ascend P7

Last week, Huawei invited us to a product briefing on the Ascend P7 to explain in detail almost all the details behind the development of this new flagship. Leaving with a white version of the P7 in my hand, I think this is a very sincere but risky move by Huawei, because on the one hand Huawei has given us a full understanding of the ingenuity behind the product – but at the same time, it will arouse my curiosity to taste the product carefully, which means that no details will be missed in the process.

The hardware information about the P7 will not be repeated, and interested readers can rewind it toTake a look hereAfter a week of use, the outline of this Huawei’s annual flagship has gradually become three-dimensional. In appearance, the P7 still adopts the same design as the P6But unlike the metal back shell of the P6, the P7 this time uses front and rear glass (Corning’s Gorilla III), with a sandwich structure with a full metal frame in the middle. Huawei said that the advantage of using Gorilla III as the back cover material is that it is wear-resistant and has a flatter feel.

The 7-layer coated back cover mentioned in the promotion does have a bonus. If you take a closer look, you will find that the back cover of the P7 is not simply milky white, but has countless fine dots and lines interlaced. Especially when there is external light hitting the fuselage, you will see the unique "ripple pattern" that is unique to the brushed metal shell.

As for its grip, one word, cold. 6.5mm thickness, 124g weight, all-metal frame, the feeling that feeds back to the fingers is light and cold. This kind of finger feels out of place with body temperature as it slides over the glass and metal of the fuselage, giving the fuselage a sense of cheapness. I think even in 2014, all-metal frame can still make an excellent, timeless design.

DSCF3450The newly designed power button has a good texture, but it seems to have a trace of Sony

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Compared with the previous generation of P6, the production process of P7 has made a big leap. We will no longer see the SIM card holder and frame with inconsistent paint color. There are no terrible gaps, and there are more delicate spiral texture all-metal power keys. In addition, Huawei revealed that the P7 is assembled using "zero labor". In simple terms, even if the most advanced manufacturing process is used, there will be certain errors between parts. Therefore, during the assembly process, Huawei will find the component group with the highest degree of mutual fit for assembly to ensure that there will be no process problems in the product shell when it leaves the factory. At least this P7 in my hand meets this definition.

In addition to the improvement of the manufacturing process, as mentioned in the previous article, in order to better meet the user’s usage habits, Huawei has absorbed the P6 experience and readjusted the position of the P7 data and headphone interface, so it has specially designed a new miniature antenna for this purpose.

But even so, I still think the P7 has some room for improvement. For example, when Huawei designed a delicate metal frame around the camera of the P7, but the earphone jack less than two centimeters away is a simple and rough opening, this kind of "schizophrenia" in design thinking inevitably makes people feel abrupt. In addition, although it can be seen that the designer specially made a concave design for the speaker on the back of the fuselage, because the speaker is too thin, as long as there is a barrier on the back of the phone, it will greatly affect the external quality.

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Regarding the introduction of hardware and performance, there are several fixed links that come and go. Review the configuration:

  • Android 4.4.2 + Emotion UI 2.3;
  • 4G LTE (Cat 4) with a maximum download speed of 150Mbps.
  • 5 inch 1080P full fit high definition LCD (ppi 445);
  • 1.8GHz HiSilicon Kirin 910T quad-core processor;
  • Mali 450 GPU;
  • 2GB RAM + 16GB ROM (supports up to 64GB microSD card expansion);
  • 800/13 million pixel front and rear cameras;
  • 2500mAh battery.

The system is based on Android 4.4.2 Emotion UI 2.3, which officially claims to have made more than 200 improvements to the previous version. In actual use, the Emotion UI system running on the P7 is stable and smooth. In terms of screen, the P7 finally swept away the haze of the P6, ppi is 445 full high definition 5 inch screen, JDI top panel with full fitting process, even if it did not catch up with the 2K screen trend, but the P7 still provides users with absolutely excellent display effect.

However, for the hardware of the P7, I believe everyone is most concerned about the HiSilicon four-core processor developed by Huawei. The Kirin 910T four-core processor running at 1.8GHz on the P7 is actually designed based on the ARM A9 standard. The rest is equipped with a display core Mali 450 and 2GB random access memory.

If we use quantitative means to measure the performance of P7, AntuTu’s running score is about 25,000 points. It is basically at the level of Snapdragon 600 or MTK octa-core processor this year. As for actual use, the P7 brings excellent experience in system interaction, daily applications, and browsing a web. Consistent with my experience of evaluating many high, medium, and low-configuration mobile phones in the past, in today’s operating system has been greatly improved and hardware performance is excessive, there is no equal sign between excellent user experience and heap hardware.

It should be pointed out that the P7 can occasionally struggle to navigate certain web portals or large 3D games, so when choosing this product, you need to ask yourself what your true performance needs are: this product can meet most of your daily needs, but if you are a serious 3D game enthusiast, there are better options on the market.

However, this still prompts me to think. Since it is a flagship, I think the most conventional way of thinking should be to apply the latest and best to this product. Because consumers are emotional, everyone wants a product that is known as a flagship and has the best "indicators" – who cares if there is excess performance! I try to use limited IQ to explore the reasons why Huawei insists on using HiSilicon from the perspective of products:

1. Heat dissipation. For the P series, Huawei has always been proud of the ultra-thin body record that this series has maintained. As a 4G LTE mobile phone, the 6.5mm thickness of the P7 is actually an excellent set of numbers. However, correspondingly, the ultra-thin makes the power consumption of the mobile phone core a key consideration. The HiSilicon four-core chip on the P7 undoubtedly meets Huawei’s requirements in this regard. Specifically, in the copy machine process, the shell temperature of the P7 is only slightly hot throughout. Imagine that if such a thin body is equipped with a Snapdragon 800-level processor, the heat will be very amazing.

2. Profit margin.

3. A little bit of ambition. HiSilicon has been used many times on flagship models, which shows that Huawei, which has a technical background, wants to support its ambition to develop mobile chipsets independently.

But in general, I still Huawei only relies on thin and light to make up for the lack of performance, and does not use the brand perception between the core high-end user base.

If the performance of the P7 can’t surprise consumers too much, then I believe that taking pictures can make it save a game. First of all, the P7 has made a great favor to female users who like to take selfies, equipped with a front-facing camera with pixels up to 8 million and an aperture of 2.4, and built-in automatic beauty function.

The rear camera uses Sony’s fourth-generation stacked photosensitive elements, with 13 million pixels and 2.0 aperture. And the front and rear two of the P7 are designed with 5 aspherical lenses, which the official claims can maximize the picture clarity, and the anti-distortion and purple edge capabilities are also better.

From the proofs, the P7’s photo quality is solid. Although we can still see slight dispersion and purple edges at the edges of the photo, the overall photo is quite sharp. In addition, I specially took pictures in some backlight and dark environments, and found that the P7 film still maintains good sharpness and retains rich details in low-light environments. The color of the film is too bright, it is a matter of opinion.

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In addition, the P7 provides the function of quickly starting the camera. As long as you press the volume-button twice in a row in the sleep state (and this button also acts as a shutter), the P7 can automatically take a photo and then open the camera application, providing a very convenient mechanism for capturing. In the communication, Huawei revealed that in order to keep the entire capture process at 1.2 seconds, in addition to the customized ISP (image processor), the team has also optimized the bottom layer of the system.

In actual use, if the photo is output at the maximum resolution, the P7’s fast capture can basically be completed at the nominal speed. However, I found that such a fast capture also comes with a certain price. For example, when you start the capture quickly, the camera will automatically ignore the "focus" process and shoot at an infinite focal length. That is to say, if you are capturing objects at medium and long distances, it will be very suitable for using this function, but if you are capturing at close range, you will get a photo that is out of focus.

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Emotion UI is already very familiar to many people. It adopts the single-layer interactive interface that is common in domestic ROMs, and even new users have no learning cost. Another major feature of Emotion UI is that it supports the bottom system bar, which has the advantage of making full use of the screen area in videos, games, and browsing a web. However, I found that some games do not support the hidden low bar very well. Users need to hide the low bar in advance before entering the game, otherwise if the low bar is hidden after entering the game, a blank bar will appear. However, this problem is not big, and I hope it can be solved through software updates in the future.

In addition, if the user hides the low bar, Huawei also provides an auxiliary floating button (similar to the small dots of the iOS).

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A good thing for small white users is that the built-in mobile housekeeper of Emotion UI can intelligently manage the programs that consume resources and power in the background, and automatically block some applications that will pop up. In terms of ease of use and peace of mind, Emotion UI is very considerate.

Huawei has also made a lot of efforts in UI design, which has been criticized in the past. It has to be said that after so many iterations of Emotion UI, great progress has been made in art design, and the official also provides a very rich backup theme for users to choose from, such as the "Impression Merry" theme used in the evaluation of P7, which is very popular with us.

However, the fly in the ointment was that even though the theme was changed, the lower-level menus such as the notification center and the settings interface still retained the original ecology, which gave people a clear sense of incompatibility. In addition, for example, the pull-up toolbar under the lock screen and some desktop plug-ins used too much glass element effect, which was not very harmonious with the overall design.

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The 2500 mAh battery is considered a qualified line in the Android camp. Under moderate use in one day, the P7 will have about 30% of the power left, and it is inevitable to charge one battery at a time. However, this time Huawei has added the "super power saving" function that has been popular in recent years, that is, turning off all functions except initial phone calls and text messages in exchange for the most optimized standby ability. I really did an experiment. At 12 o’clock in the evening, the P7 entered the super power saving mode when the power was left at 9%, and found that there was still 9% power at 8 o’clock the next day. Therefore, in special cases, this kind of function still has great practicality.

Last year, the P6 was a product with obvious shortcomings. This year’s P7, we saw Huawei listening. Even though it remains thin and light, the P7 has successfully changed the various shortcomings caused by last year’s thin and thin, and the whole machine design has become very reasonable. As a dual-card dual-mode 4G LTE mobile phone with excellent workmanship and a body thickness of only 6.5mm, the Ascend P7 reflects Huawei’s strong hardware integration capabilities. We believe that in addition to the slight regret in performance, from all aspects, the P7 is definitely qualified to become Huawei’s representative model in 2014.

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Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

On September 20th, the new BYD Tang Family Beijing regional listing tasting was officially held. The new BYD Tang family offers Tang EV Champion Edition, Tang DM-i Champion Edition, Tang DM-p Champion Edition and Ares Edition to choose from. As a modified model, the new car is equipped with Yunqi -C intelligent damping body control system and CCT comfort control technology in addition to providing brand-new car colors, and the driving control and ride experience will be further improved.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

The new BYD Tangjia family launched a total of seven models with a price range of 24.98-30.98 million yuan. In addition, consumers can also enjoy the rights and interests including 15% down payment, 5-year long loan, replacement subsidy of 4,000 yuan, lifetime warranty of three-electric system of non-operating vehicles (the first owner), free system OTA, free pick-up and delivery of vehicles, free travel alternative services, etc. See the above figure for specific rights and interests.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

As a modified model, the new BYD Tang family follows the family’s aesthetic design language, and the overall design is very fashionable and atmospheric. The upgrade of the new Tang family not only adjusted the details, but also provided brand-new silver glaze white and glacier blue car color.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

[New Tang DM-i Champion Edition /DM-p Champion Edition]

Although there are many models in the Tang family, it is easy to distinguish the specific models from the front face design. Tang EV Champion Edition adopts a closed front face design, which also shows its pure electric identity. The DM-i Champion Edition of Tang Dynasty is changed into a "big mouth" grille, and the internal net is a banner, which is also more exquisite. In addition, the mesh in the DM-p Champion Edition of Tang Dynasty is designed as a dot matrix, and the effect is more radical and sporty.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

In terms of appearance details, the new Tang family adopted a brand-new Chinese knot penetrating taillight, which is closer to Chinese culture. At the same time, the new car also provides a brand-new 20-inch wheel hub with red brake calipers, which makes the visual effect more fashionable and dynamic.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

In the interior part, the new Tang family also followed the old design, among which 7 versions also added lotus rhyme gray interior color matching. In terms of seat layout, the Tang family still brings six-seat and seven-seat models to choose from. Among them, the big six-seat model comes standard with the Tang EV Champion Edition, and the Tang DM-p Champion Edition and the Tang EV Champion Edition are all optional.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

The new car is still equipped with the familiar 15.6-inch adaptive rotatable central control screen, equipped with DiLink(5G) intelligent network connection system, which supports wallpaper/map dual desktop, full scene intelligent voice, 3D car control and situational mode. In addition, it also supports full-scene intelligent voice, full-scene digital key, NFC digital key compatible with both Apple and Android devices, UWB digital key and other functions.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

[New Tang DM-p Ares Edition]

According to BYD’s layout, the DM-i model focuses on fuel economy, while the DM-p model focuses on performance. However, to say who is the coolest in the Tang family, it is naturally the DM-p version of the God of War. The new car adopts a series of blackened appearance kits, including black painted multi-spoke wheels and matte black logo, and the side window decorative strips, four-door decorative strips, roof rack and front grille are all painted in black, which is absolutely crazy and cool.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

Tang DM-p Ares Edition adopts a brand-new 21-inch multi-spoke wheel hub, and the pure black wheel hub with golden yellow high-performance 6-piston fixed pliers directly stretches the sense of movement of the whole vehicle.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

Tang DM-p Ares also uses a series of sports kits, including the door panel, passenger side panel, central control armrest box, seats and other places are covered with black suede, and with a number of yellow stitching to echo the appearance, further enhancing the sports atmosphere inside the car.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

In terms of power, Tang EV Champion Edition offers two versions: single-motor two-wheel drive and dual-motor four-wheel drive. The motors are 168/180/380kW according to different high and low power, and the four-wheel drive version can accelerate up to 4.4 seconds per 100 kilometers. At the same time, the new car offers three versions of CLTC integrated endurance 600/730/635km.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

Tang DM-i Champion Edition is equipped with a plug-in hybrid system consisting of a 1.5L engine and a single motor. The motor power is 160kW, the motor torque is 325N·m, the pure electric cruising range of NEDC can reach 200km, and the comprehensive fuel consumption of WLTC is 1.27L/100km.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

Tang DM-p Champion Edition and DM-p Ares Edition are in the same power, equipped with a plug-in hybrid power system consisting of a 1.5L engine and front and rear dual motors. The total motor power is 360kW, the total motor torque is 675N·m, the acceleration can reach 4.3 seconds per 100 kilometers, and its NEDC pure electric cruising range is 215km.

Dayun -C control system/brand-new car color The new Tang family sold for 249,800.

As the focus of this upgrade, the new Tang family comes standard with FSD variable damping suspension system, and at the same time, the high-end models are equipped with Yunqi -C intelligent damping body control system and CCT comfort control technology. This system is mainly aimed at the intelligent adjustment of damping (shock absorber) in millisecond level, and has a higher optimization effect in shock absorption and buffering. Whether it is high-speed cornering or bumpy road, the suspension will adjust its control strategy through damping change to achieve the perfect balance between handling and comfort.

US Vice President Harris was in a car accident on his way to work: Is the Secret Service still "reliable"?

According to the latest report on the 6th, US Vice President Harris suffered a car accident on his way to work on Monday, but he was not injured. However, this incident worried both Director united states secret service and the Vice President, and once again triggered doubts about the Secret Service.
According to two people familiar with the matter, a motorcade carrying Harris to work had a bicycle accident on a closed road in Washington on Monday morning local time. An SUV driven by Agent united states secret service drove Harris into the curb of a tunnel in the city center. Because the accident caused the vehicle to need to change tires, Secret Service agents had to transfer Harris to another car in the convoy before finally sending her to the White House safely.
According to reports, united states secret service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said that the cause of the accident was that the driver swerved excessively while driving.
U.S. Vice President Harris
Unexplained accident
The head of the Secret Service was "kept in the dark" for the first time.
However, because the agents in charge of driving the president and vice president’s vehicles have received high-level training, accidents in routine work like this have puzzled many Secret Service personnel, even Harris himself.
According to the report, the Secret Service personnel did not mention the key details of the incident in the official email that reported the delay of Harris Team to their superiors. The agency’s protection intelligence department only wrote in the report that during the scheduled trip to the White House, the "mechanical failure" of the lead car forced the agent to transfer Harris to another car.
A person familiar with the matter said that it was not until Monday afternoon that Secret Service Director Kim Chettle received a message from other agents, saying that the email did not accurately convey the truth. In fact, many other Secret Service agents around Harris and the White House know that Harris’s driver hit the sidewalk of the tunnel.
Guglielmi confirmed the news, saying that the agents did not disclose all the details of the problems in the vice president’s motorcade in the formal written warning at first, but later reported the situation to their superiors in person. He explained: "The initial radio communication showed that this was a mechanical failure. After the protection operation was completed, the leadership was verbally updated with additional relevant facts, that is, the vehicle hit the curb. "
A witness photographed Harris’ motorcade stuck at the tunnel entrance.
There are many "black history"
The accident once again triggered public concern about the Secret Service.
It is reported that because united states secret service has a "long and troublesome history" in covering up his mistakes and misconduct, the accident has once again aroused people’s concerns about the agency. An official of the Secret Service revealed that Kim Chettle had told people around her that she was uneasy about the inaccuracy of the Harris accident warning, and "I was relieved when I learned more comprehensive information later that day."
According to the report, united states secret service’s top officials and managers often rely on the "presidential security cloak" to cover up their weaknesses and failures. In 2011, there was a shooting incident in the White House. Under the "misleading" of the Secret Service, the American public and the first family thought that "this is a group of gang members shooting at each other". But in fact, the real information obtained by the Secret Service is that the gunman tried to kill the then US President Barack Obama.
In 2014, a veteran with mental problems successfully jumped over the fence and broke into the White House. The Secret Service tried to cover up his mistakes and provided wrong information. According to the report of the Secret Service, the man was unarmed, but in fact he was armed. The report also claimed that the man was detained by Secret Service personnel at the main entrance of the White House, but in fact he broke into the main building of the White House after subduing a Secret Service official, and was finally caught in the East Wing of the White House.
In 2015, the Secret Service was caught in a public opinion dispute because of the bomb investigation that disturbed the White House. According to reports, after drinking all night, the top agent in charge of White House security affairs and another senior executive drove into the White House, crossed the cordon and entered a scene where a bomb investigation was going on. Subsequently, the vehicle driven by the two men hit a temporary roadblock and stopped directly next to the suspicious bomb package.
According to reports, although dozens of secret service staff knew about it, no one reported it to the director at that time. Five days after the incident, Joseph Clancy, then director of the Secret Service, learned about the safety accident from a former agent and friend.
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Seventy years of age Simpson was released on parole after serving his sentence and was picked up by an unidentified person.

  CCTV News:In 1990s, American football star O·J· Simpson’s "suspected wife murder case" caused a sensation, which was also called "trial of the century". Although Simpson was acquitted in that year, in 2008, the famous American black sports star was jailed for "kidnapping and armed robbery". On the 1st, after serving nine years in prison, seventy years of age Simpson was released on parole.

  The Nevada Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed that Simpson left Lovelock prison in northern Nevada at 0: 08 am local time on the 1st after signing the release papers.

  Although the American media generally predicted that Simpson would be released on parole at the beginning of this month, the Nevada Bureau of Corrections and Rehabilitation released Simpson in the early hours of Sunday, which was somewhat unexpected. This also enabled Simpson to avoid the media when he was released from prison. After he got out of prison, he was picked up by an unidentified friend.

  Former football star Simpson was jailed for robbery.

  In 2007, Simpson and others clashed with two sports souvenir sellers in a hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada, trying to snatch thousands of dollars worth of souvenirs with guns — — Simpson claimed that the photos, badges and football souvenirs were his own belongings. After the incident, Simpson was arrested by the police and charged with 12 counts including kidnapping and armed robbery.

  In 2008, the court sentenced Simpson to 33 years in prison, but he could be released on parole after nine years.

  In July this year, four members of the Nevada Parole Adjudication Board voted unanimously that Simpson was "unlikely to commit another crime" and agreed to grant him parole.

  "Trial of the Century" — — Simpson’s "Suspected Wife Killing Case"

  Simpson was once a star of the National Football League. In June 1994, Simpson’s white ex-wife and boyfriend were found dead in their residence in Los Angeles, and all the evidence showed that Simpson was the biggest suspect — — The case was a sensation, but after a tortuous trial, Simpson was acquitted by a jury in October 1995. This case, known as the "trial of the century", has caused public controversy about the fairness of the American judicial system, highlighting the differences of opinion among different ethnic groups in American society.

[Looking for coaches] How is the proportion of the correct motivation? That’s it! -The table tennis national ball exchange

Find a coach+ask the Ma Kaixuan coach to guide it to see if there is any problem with the front and back action? thanks

Coach Ma Kaixuan Answers

Boys, right -handed horizontal board, single -line exercises on the front and backhand.

1. Positive hand. The plate shape is stable, the hitting time is reasonable, and the proportion of impact and friction is quite good. The first thing that needs to be adjusted is the shape, the big arm is started, and now it is too close to the body’s torso, causing the big arm tension, and the continuous shoulders are raised.

It is best to swing with bare hands to solve it. At the same time, the front arm is opened horizontally a little more. In this way, the focus of the exchange is adjusted together. My legs, but I estimate that the distance between my feet is close. That is to say, we comprehensively govern during waving,Open your feet properly, the knee is slightly bent, and the structure will be much more reasonable.It is best to use multi -ball to adjust the action with more effort. It is not impossible to use a single ball. The requirements for the sparrows are relatively high. Of course, you can do a single ball.

2. Affairs. This video is shot well, and there are angle changes, and it will be much more comprehensive.

The child is stable and the action structure is quite stable. The proportion of playing and rubbing in the ball is quite good. This coach is a bit level, at least, it is quite satisfactory. You can stand some properly at your feet, and the sense of stability will be much better.

In addition, there is a detail that he must stand in front of him with his left foot. Sometimes he comes out of his right foot. At the same time, the left foot heel is twisted on the ground. This is not possible. Can you remind him that when hitting the backhand, the left forearm of the left arm is placed near the left waist, and the height on the table is very helpful to the body balance.

At this age, the practice of training, and the number of training hours, the ball skills will rise very fast.

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Ma Kaixuan, former Beijing team member. In 1990, he went to work in the United States and many students were selected as the U.S. National Team. Its table tennis resumes are colorful and unique and have rich teaching experience. He is currently a technical consultant of Ping Pong World Magazine and National Ball Exchange.

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