Redmi brand was officially upgraded to Redmi, and successively released Note series, digital series, and K series mobile phones. Near 2020, 5G has already knocked on the door of the era. The young Redmi is positioned as the “5G pioneer” of the Xiaomi family. The first 5G mobile phone of Redmi will be sold next month. The price of Redmi K30 5G has been lowered beyond imagination The limit-1999 yuan.
However, the construction of the 5G network will take some time in most cities across the country. The Redmi K30 also provides a 4G version for a large number of people who are not in a hurry to replace 5G mobile phones. It has already achieved spot sales and the starting price is also ” “Cruel”, down to 1599 yuan.
The 4G version of the K30 is weakened in some specifications compared to the 5G version. For example, the Snapdragon 765G was replaced by the Snapdragon 730G. Dual-band GPS was not added. The rear macro lens was changed from 5 million pixels to 2 million pixels. The glass is replaced by a matte material with glossy glass, but it also has a lot of bright spots, such as a 120Hz high refresh rate screen, a Sony IMX686 64-megapixel lens, a large battery, and fast charging.
To put it simply, the current thousand yuan 4G mobile phone may be more expensive than the K30 and not as high as the K30. The cheaper configuration parameters than the K30 must be better than the K30. This is the strongest thousand yuan machine that hit the thousand yuan stalls at the end of 2019. Fast Technology has now got the Redmi K30 4G version, so let’s share the experience.
Design & Appearance
After the forehead of the mobile phone dominated by water droplets and the lifting structure, the dug-out screen for a brief period of silence was back to spring, and it came back with double dug-outs. At present, there are glory and OV 5G models that have been and will be released on the market. Due to the larger heat dissipation area and battery capacity required in the 5G era, hole-screening may become the mainstream design of mobile phones in 2020.
The previous waterdrop screen was used by major manufacturers for a year. During this long time, I believe that everyone has gradually found that the water drop display area and the top border are not beautiful enough, and the digging screen will make the screen occupy Relatively higher than it looks, the screen will look more complete. Until the hidden camera technology under the screen is completely mature, whether you like it or not, the digging screen will replace the waterdrop screen and become the mainstream full-screen design.
As the volume of the front camera module continues to shrink, the digging radius will continue to shrink. At present, the opening diameter of the Redmi K30 is only 4.38mm, which is said to be the smallest opening design at present.
The screen size of the Redmi K30 is already quite large, reaching 6.67 inches, the screen ratio is 20: 9, and the screen material is a familiar LCD. This screen supports a refresh rate of up to 120Hz, which is also the only one among the thousand yuan machines. You should know that when the 90Hz high refresh rate mobile phone screen was first born, it was used by many manufacturers as a game phone. Later, after the 120Hz higher refresh rate screen appeared, ROG mobile phones were placed on their top gaming flagship. And Redmi directly used the 120Hz screen on its own thousand yuan machine. This radical operation is not “brutal”. About 120Hz screen will be the focus of this review, we will explain in detail later. Regarding the back of the fuselage, the shape contours of the Redmi K30 4G version and the 5G version are exactly the same. There are two main differences between the two:
1. The Redmi K30 4G version currently only provides three color combinations: Purple Jade Fantasy (purple), deep-sea light (blue), and Huaying Jinghong (red gradient); Redmi K30 5G version has an extra time monologue (white).
2. The back glass of the Redmi K30 4G version is a common ordinary bright glass, and the 5G version of the purple jade fantasy and time monologue is made of AG frosted glass. Obviously, the 5G version has a slightly higher selection and exquisiteness, and I personally like the 5G version of the time monologue. The design of the Chinese-style circle of the Redmi K30 rear camera was nicknamed a “coin machine” by netizens before the official release stage. Interestingly, Redmi is glad to accept the non-malicious name of the “coin machine”.
Lu Weibing, general manager of the Redmi brand, also stated publicly: “After the K30’s exterior photos were announced, many rice noodles called this design a” coin machine “, and a lot of pictures were made. I started to be surprised because we did not consider it when we designed the “Coin machine” design, but when you think of it, Mi Fan likes to call it anything, “Coin machine” design is very high-end. ”
Redmi officials even ridiculed themselves “coin-operator style, high-end design style”. This self-destructive and willing attitude also shows the low profile of Redmi in front of users. In fact, aside from official jokes such as “coin machines”, the back design of the K30 series is very creative and bright (after all, no model has done this before), and it has practical value. When you use your phone to take pictures At times, the subject ’s gaze will naturally fall on the camera area, making it easier for users to capture natural and communicative portrait photos.
This is the first time that Redmi has used the side fingerprint recognition module. The power button and fingerprint recognition have been done together. There is no need to worry about the unlocking speed, and the finger is pasted to complete the unlock. In addition, K30’s fingerprint recognition power button is slightly higher than the plane of the frame. The touch of your finger will make you feel that there are long bumps on the frame. In addition, the K30 uses a plastic matte frame, which is easy to wear for long-term use.
This is the top and bottom details of the phone. The intimate reservation of the 3.5mm headphone jack impressed the old 3.5mm headphone users who often lose the adapter. Third, the 120Hz screen experience: take the lead in delegating the game ’s flagship exclusive highlights and never return. As we said before, before K30, the 120Hz refresh rate screen can only be found on Asus’ top gaming flagship. The Redmi K30 is the first to bring it to a thousand yuan machine. This radical operation at the expense of cost-effective Redmi can take the lead. So what is the principle behind the 120Hz screen? What good is it for our daily use? Let ’s take a look together.
In fact, the human eye can be easily deceived. For example, the frame rate of current movies is mostly 24FPS, that is, 24 pictures are played in 1 second, and each picture records all the light information of the object’s movement in 1/24 seconds, and there is very obvious motion blur. The advantage of this is that it can make people feel that the picture is coherent, but the price is the loss of the movement details in 1/24 seconds. This sacrifice may be worthwhile for a movie, but in the game, almost every frame is a static image rendered in real-time. If it is also presented at 24 frames per second, you will feel an obvious action split.
The principle behind the 120Hz flow screen
The LCD liquid crystal display can independently control the current of each liquid crystal cell to change the brightness of the red, green, and blue sub-pixels, and generate corresponding colors. The 120Hz refresh rate means that the display time of each frame is only about 8.3ms, which is half of the screen of an ordinary mobile phone.
When the liquid crystal cell changes color, it needs to rise from the reference voltage to the data voltage. The time consumed in this process is proportional to the circuit load. Load refers to the electronic components such as capacitance and resistance in the circuit. By reducing these components, the load can be reduced, the charging climb time of the liquid crystal cell can be shortened, and faster refresh can be achieved.
Observe the performance of the sliding operation in slow motion. Slow down the screen speed. The 60Hz screen has obvious cuts. There is a visible gap between the font ghost and the actual display area. If you look closely, you can also find the characters of the previous line. The afterimage has overlapped with the next line of words, and a jelly sensation was observed in the hidden date. The 120Hz screen still looks seamless, and the picture changes are very coherent.
Of course, the above comparison is the display effect in high-speed shooting, which will not be so obvious in actual use. In addition to the refresh rate Hz, we have to mention the frame rate fps. The refresh rate Hz refers to the refresh rate of the display, which indicates the physical refresh rate of the display. For example, the K30’s 120Hz screen can refresh 120 pictures in one second, and other 60Hz screen models refresh 60 pictures.
Frame rate refers to the speed of the frame refresh rate. For example, 80fps means that 80 frames are refreshed in one second. The frame rate is usually affected by the software itself. For example, if the frame rate of certain software is stable to 80fps, but the display only supports 60Hz, then the 80fps frame rate cannot be expressed through the display, because the display can only display 60 frames per second, which is wasted. In other words, to truly experience the high frame rate, you must have both display equipment and software in place to experience the smoothness of the high frame rate.
Currently, the following software already supports the use of high refresh rates of 60Hz-120Hz.
Although the author has only used the Redmi K30 for only two days, the device has noticed a significant experience change compared to previous devices. The biggest feeling is that after playing with a mobile phone with a 120Hz refresh rate screen, I will go back and look at the 60Hz refresh rate screen, and I will feel that I am not following it. The Redmi K30 screen is really used and I ca n’t go back.
Cameras
In addition to the 120Hz screen, Redmi dared to launch the Sony IMX686 sensor on the thousand yuan machine, which, like the Redmi Note 8 Pro, has an impressive 64 million pixels. This is also Sony’s first test of 64-megapixel CMOS. Prior to this, only the GW1 from Samsung was available.
The IMX686 used by the Redmi K30 can directly output 64 Megapixels and RAW format with 9248 × 6944 pixels in hardware. It has a four-in-one 1.6-micron large pixel unit, and it is a 1 / 1.7-inch super-large photosensitive element with an outsole. + High pixels, F1.89 aperture, 6P lens, can be regarded as an upgrade of Sony IMX586.
1. Daytime performance
There have been debates about whether high pixels are really useful before, and I would like to say some of my own opinions with the Redmi K30. First, under the same conditions, the increase in pixels can indeed bring about an improvement in sharpness. As shown in the figure below, using the Redmi K30 to crop the same scene in the daytime environment to the same size, one is a 64-megapixel proof crop, and the other is a four-in-one 15-megapixel proof crop.
The gap is very clear. With 64 Megapixels, the font of the distant billboards can still be distinguished after being enlarged. The high-pixel mode is also conducive to post-creation, whether it is cropping or editing with AI, it will be more convenient. It is also because, with this lens, the zoom effect can often be achieved by cropping, and at least 2x zoom is not a big problem.
As shown above, the Redmi K30 does not have a telephoto lens. Its 2x zoom is achieved by cropping and zooming in photos taken with 64 megapixels, and the effect is still good.
The other three rear lenses are: ultra-wide-angle lens, 8 megapixels, 1.12 microns, 120-degree wide-angle; depth-of-field lens, 2 megapixels, 1.75 microns (mainly used for background blur in portrait mode); ultra-macro lenses, 5 million pixels, 1.75 microns, supports AF autofocus. Compared with the powerful main camera, these three lenses have a large gap (the cost pressure brought by Sony IMX686 is already quite large), and the pictures taken will have obvious chromatic aberration, and the emphasis is on increasing playability.
This camera module is almost the same as the Redmi Note 8 Pro we reviewed before, except that the main camera has been replaced with a Sony IMX686.
2.Dark light performance
Thanks to the large size of the Sony IMX686 sensor, low light can be captured clearly. It is said that the rear camera of the Redmi K30 uses the same algorithm as the Xiaomi CC9 Pro, which supports the “night god” super night scene. After the experience, the author believes that its performance under the city night scene can already be equal to many flagships that have been used before. The more extreme dark light scene is still not enough to shake the flagship status, but it is better than all the same price products I have used.
Performance
The performance of the Redmi K30’s 4G and 5G versions are different. The processor uses a familiar old friend Snapdragon 730G. The 5G version is adopted by Qualcomm’s heavy 5G rookie Snapdragon 765G at the end of this year. The integrated 5G dual-mode SoC is manufactured using the latest TSMC 7nm EUV process. The CPU, GPU, and AI architecture are basically the same as the flagship Snapdragon 865.
In front of the 5G version, the performance part of the Redmi K30 4G version using the Snapdragon 730G has no highlights, but it meets the top performance of the price segment from 1599 yuan. After all, the Snapdragon 730G is the strongest core after 765G. It uses the 8nm flagship process, which is 38% stronger than the Snapdragon 710 on the CPU. The single-core performance is 20% stronger. The GPU also has a 15% improvement.
As the Redmi K30 5G will be released next month, we do not have this machine at hand, and we will try to bring a detailed evaluation of the work after the official launch.
Next, let ’s take a look at the performance of the Redmi K30 4G version.
1. Master Lu
Master Lu can score and compare the five core hardwares of CPU, GPU, RAM, storage, and display. Even ordinary white users can use him to understand mobile phone related information.
2.Geekbench
Geekbench is a cross-platform CPU evaluation software that can accurately evaluate the CPU’s single-core performance, multi-core performance, and daily usage load. You can also evaluate the computing power of the GPU.
3.Androbench
AndroBench is a benchmark application that measures the continuous read and writes performance and 4K random storage performance of Android devices, including internal or external storage. Continuous reading speed is above 500M / s.
Battery
The big battery is the trend. Even Apple, which has been cautious about battery capacity, has expanded its iPhone 11 Pro Max to 3500 mAh. The Redmi K30 now controls the battery capacity at 4500 mAh. The 5G version with the most advanced 7nm EUV process performance of the Snapdragon 765G should be better than the 4G version. Let’s first look at the performance of the 4G version K30.
Clear the background, I use Bilibili client to play online barrage video, 20% volume, 70% brightness. Starting from 100% power, after 1 hour, the remaining power is 88%. Power consumption is 11%.
In the test, we started charging from the 1% power-on state, rushed into 58% in 30 minutes, 95% in 60 minutes, and the 27W fast charge allowed the large battery of 4500mAh capacity to basically return blood in 70 minutes.
Verdict
With the improvement of Redmi’s product line, its strategy has become more and more clear. It is the ultimate cost-effective, configuration as much as possible while making some appropriate trade-offs, shaking consumers’ hearts with the expected lower prices, such as the recent The flagship Redmi K20 Pro 8 + 512GB premium version is a flagship product that sells for 2399 yuan, which is cheap, affordable and lingering.
This simple and clear strategy also continues to be carried forward in the K30 series. Take the 4G version of the K30 in our hand as an example. It pulls the 120Hz screen held by the game phone into the thousand yuan machine camp. The first 64 million IMX686 is even more. It makes some of its photo performance in the daytime comparable to the current flagship. The existence of a large 4500mAh battery and 27W fast charge, NFC, infrared and even a 3.5mm headphone jack all make this phone in the stall from 1599 yuan. Blameless.
In terms of performance, the Snapdragon 730G, as an old friend we often see in 2019, is well aware of its performance. It is sufficient and easy to use. There is no problem with playing “Glory of the King” perfectly.
In addition, in the era of Redmi mobile phones, the Redmi K30 often does not pay much attention to the appearance design and has made breakthroughs. The “coin-operator” four-shot model is also very creative, trendy and comes with topicality. Whether it is the Redmi K30 4G whose price is as low as 1599 yuan or the Redmi K30 5G with a 5G mobile phone that costs 1999 yuan, both can give users a flagship experience in some areas. What is more worthy of attention is the Redmi K30 coming next month 5G, its meaning to the public will be “the first 5G mobile phone for young people.” The 4G version also has its own positioning and target audience, especially in the early stage of 5G commercial use. 4G still has great value for thousands of yuan users.
There is no doubt that no matter the 4G version or the 5G version, each of the Redmi K30 series is a real fragrant mobile phone at its own price. The starting price of 1599 yuan and 1999 yuan respectively is not too much to say “make a friend”.
If you are not in a hurry to upgrade 5G, you want to wait for the high 5G tariffs to slowly come down and then “punch in and get out of the car”, and have higher requirements for a comprehensive experience beyond the high refresh rate screen and performance, and are more price-sensitive, Then the 4G version of K30 can be included in the first choice. And users who want to upgrade 5G may wish to wait for the K30 5G version to be released next month. As of press time, there are still about half a month in 2019, but the strong gunpowder smell in the mobile phone market has not faded at all:
HiSilicon, who once rode the dust on dual-mode 5G, waited for the old rival Qualcomm’s power in dual-mode 5G. For the time being, the veteran of the main battlefield, MediaTek, returned with nature; the Redmi K30 5G series brought 5G like the spoiler The price of mobile phones dropped from 1999 yuan to 1999 yuan, adding a wall to the eager exit of many old 4G flagships, making people curious about what the mobile phone market will look like in 2020.