Talking about Nubia, the most recent highlight was the invitation of Ronaldo as a brand image spokesperson. In fact, investing in the sports industry, inviting sports stars to endorsements is actually commonplace in mobile phone circles. After all, ZTE sponsored the NBA's top three teams; afterwards, it took the title as Guo'an and Huawei signed Messi. The resources of the sports industry have been viewed by the mobile phone industry as a piece of cake. In addition to the benefits it brings to brand marketing, it also has a positive impact on the publicity and ecological integration of products. Obviously, this Nubian Z11 Max and the Nubian Z11 launched later will greatly benefit from the marketing momentum of Ronaldo's endorsement and gain a good degree of attention. So there is a degree of attention, how is the product? If it can move people, I believe you can find the answer in this article.

This Nubian Z11 Max is different from the past. Say it is different, the most important manifestation is iterative product ID design. If you still think that it is still the same as the previous generation 5.5-inch screen, then it would be wrong. The Nubian Z11 Max switched to the same 6-inch screen as Huawei's Mate 8, which made the phone slightly more bland than it was before. Body measurements were changed from 154.8x76.6x7.9mm to 159.1x82.3x7.4mm, although they were fatter but slimmer. Of course, the larger size of the fuselage also frees up more space for the interior of the fuselage, and thus foreshadowed the increase in battery life and heat dissipation.

After getting started with Nubian Z11 Max, the first thing that gave me the impression was that the front screen had a very high proportion of screens, and I didn't think it was big in my hands. Of course, this was also related to my own palm, but compared with the screen size. Huawei Mate 8 is significantly lighter and more gripper. Having such a high screen share means that foreheads and chins have been cut away, and the entire body is more mellow than before. This cell phone gave me an impression that Nubia gave up Square's niche design and embraced the mellow and delicate public aesthetic. There are gains and losses, the author will not make comments.

But there is no doubt that the rounded body chamfer with 2.5D glass is bound to bring about a better visual perception and better grip. As for the more detailed process and details, we will mention it later.


First we focus on the list of parameters of this phone.

Nubian Z11 Max basic parameters at a glance Screen characteristics 6 inches, 1920×1080 resolution, Super AMOLED
Body size 159.1x82.3x7.4mm Body weight 185g Processor Snapdragon 652 Network mode Dual SIM Dual standby, Full Netcom, VoLTE HD voice memory 64GB Operating memory 4GB Camera Features 16 million (IMX 298) + 8 million Features Sell ​​NeoPower2.0, NeoVision battery capacity 4000mAh, support fast charge QC 3.0 operating system nubia UI body color gold / silver / 锖 sales price of 1999 yuan

From the parameter list, we can easily find that Nubian Z11 Max is not the same as last year, using the top flagship chip, but the choice of relatively strong performance, and weighing the power consumption of the chip, that is, Qualcomm Xiaolong 652 . This chip is more power efficient than Xiaolong 820, and the performance of CPU and GPU is stronger than that of last year's flagship chip Xiaolong 810. Therefore, it is widely used in the mid-to-high end long-term mobile phone products, such as Samsung A9, OPPO R9 Plus, Millet Max and so on.


In addition, Nubian also has a large memory combination of 4GB RAM+64GB ROM for the Z11 Max, and it is equipped with a 4000mAh battery to support full Netcom. In terms of camera, the Nubian Z11 Max also uses the same IMX298 sensor as the Xiaomi 5 and Huawei Mate8. With the new NeoVision camera system, the Nubian mobile phone still retains the excellent camera experience.


In terms of hardware configuration, the Nubian Z11 Max has an easily accepted body size and screen size, combined with a processor with good performance and superior power consumption control, plus large memory and first-rate camera sensors. It is an overbalanced and comprehensive mobile phone. If you think that this phone looks good, you can click on the next page to understand how it works in the specific aspects of work, systems, photographs and so on.

For a mobile phone using a 6-inch screen, how to make the body light and smart, not stupid and stupid is actually worth a designer to work hard. Because large-size screens are bound to bring larger body sizes, in order to meet the size of the mass of consumers, it is necessary to increase the proportion of screens in order to reduce the size of the body. In addition, the fuselage also needs to choose a more lightweight and durable aluminum, so as to ensure that the body weight is moderate, and will not be oxidized or corroded.

Nubian Z11 Max uses 6 series aluminum alloy. The biggest feature of this material is its excellent corrosion resistance and oxidation resistance. This guarantees that mobile phones can afford time to baptize and are durable. In addition, the hardness of the 6 series aluminum alloy is moderate, it is not easy to deform the fuselage in daily life, and it also has a certain buffer effect on the screen and the body when it is accidentally dropped.

In terms of appearance, the Nubian Z11 Max uses a 2.5D glass design. Although the current low-end machine is as low as several hundred dollars, the 2.5D glass design will appear in the flagships up to several thousand dollars, but the glass thickness, the size of the cut edge, the diameter of the side arc, and the size of the arc are all required to be designed. The teacher carried out repeated experiments to polish. The official said that he had made hundreds of different hand boards for the Nubian Z11 Max, and compared them, and finally chose the most suitable one, presenting to the consumer the best quality visual effects.


Nubian also made efforts to ensure the safety of glass panels. It is provided with a layer of plastic buffer at the junction of the glass panel and the metal middle frame. In this way, when the mobile phone accidentally falls, the impact force of the ground will not be directly transmitted to the glass through the middle frame, but is buffered by the plastic belt, which reduces the risk of the broken screen.

In the middle part of the box, Nubian Z11 Max has undergone a CNC cutting process, and the high-angle chamfer shines under the illumination of the light, giving it a metallic feel. In fact, in addition to the middle box, all the openings in the phone body are CNC cut, if you count the internal structure, the entire mobile phone through a total of 21 CNC machining. This careful polishing can make the Nubian Z11 Max look so delicate and extremely metallic.

In addition Nubian Z11 Max's body back through fine sandblasting, secondary anodizing and other processes, which makes the body feel more delicate, close to the skin, but also difficult to leave fingerprints. In terms of design, Nubia followed the principle of symmetry, and the main camera and the fingerprint recognition button are relatively beautiful with respect to the two-color temperature supplement light. At the bottom, there is only a neat nubia logo, which echoes with the top. This makes the design of the entire back seamless.

In general, the Nubian Z11 Max is very elegant in terms of workmanship. Although it does not use innovative technological solutions, delicate sandblasting with 21 CNC cutting and arc chamfering is enough to make this phone look refined and not Limit stupid and stupid. Although the body size is larger, but the weight of 185g, 7.4mm thickness can be regarded as relatively thin in the same size mobile phone.

Nubia Z11 Max is equipped with nubia UI 3.9.9 based on Android 5.1.1. Compared to the nubia UI 3.9 carried by the Nubian Z11 mini, it has almost no change in the UI interface. The main upgrade is the optimization of the power-saving algorithm and the underlying system code. As for the cross-version nubia UI 4.0, it is believed that we will meet with us at the press conference of Nubian Z11. Regarding this system evaluation, Xiao Bian mainly wanted to emphasize its optimization features for large-screen mobile phones, such as one-hand operation, edge gestures, and split-screen mode.


Split screen mode


Before the evaluation of millet Max, Xiao Bian found that the current MIUI 8 does not support split-screen function. In fact, for a large-screen mobile phone, if it does not make good use of the advantages of a large viewing area and a large operating range, it is a waste. Fortunately, nubia UI has already begun to support split-screen functions early on, and with the iteration of the version, optimizing the operating experience, and software compatibility, it is still relatively good to use.

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Adjustable screen ratio assignment

For me, although the split-screen function is not just needed, it still has certain usage scenarios. For example, when searching for information on the Internet, I will enable the split screen function and use the browser to open the notebook at the same time. This encounter valuable news or I want to save the data can be copied directly to notepad to organize. The software that comes with the system can be perfectly compatible with the split-screen mode. Commonly-used apps like Weibo, WeChat, Taobao, etc. can also be seamlessly compatible. However, the compatibility of the game is poor, and the game screen cannot be completely displayed in a single split screen.


Edge gestures


Edge gestures are a feature of Nubian phones. They can be used to switch back-end applications, cell phone acceleration, start applications, and take pictures quickly by sliding across the edge of the screen. Although this function has a certain learning cost for the user, you will find it very useful when you are familiar with it, especially the switching of the background program and the acceleration of the phone.

However, the edge gesture function also found two problems in my use. One of them is the situation of inadvertent touching when browsing the webpage. For example, if you browse the webpage with a normal sliding screen, the thumb of the fish may occasionally oppose the edge of the screen. If the contact area is large, the background program will be directly switched. However, fortunately, the frequency of appearances is not many, and occasionally appearing once is still acceptable. The second is that there will be a certain delay in switching background programs. This requires nubia UI to do more optimizations in later updates.


One-handed operation


One-handed mode is also nubia UI optimization for large-screen mobile phones. Its use is very simple, long press left small red dot exhaled the small screen is displayed on the left, and vice versa is on the right, this design takes care of some of the users used to left-handed operation. In addition, the size and position of the small screen mode can also be freely enlarged or dragged. Users can also add applications that do not require one-handed operation to the blocking list, such as cameras, games, and so on.

One-handed main application scenario and typewriting, for users like Xiaobian who are accustomed to using the Jiugongge input method, a large-screen mobile phone may cause the thumb to reach the left side of the screen, which is not very useful for single-handed operation. . The one-handed mode of nubia UI exactly compensates for this problem.


Summary: Nubian Z11 Max for 6-inch screen, nubia UI did a series of optimization. The split-screen function fully shows the advantages of the large-screen mobile phone, and the one-handed mode makes up for the lack of one-handed operation of the large-screen mobile phone. The edge gesture function as an addition to the icing, has made the system's ease of use has improved. In addition, because the Nubian Z11 Max has a long battery life, the system has also been optimized for power saving.

Nubia Z11 Max uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 platform, with 4GB RAM + 64GB ROM memory, in the middle of the intelligent machine count on the more mainstream configuration. Currently, in Qualcomm's mobile SoC product line, the Xiaolong 652 features a mobile entertainment experience, which is called "sex-availability, affordable," and provides cost-effective control for many mid-market handsets. Therefore, we can see that from this year onwards, many of the same products have chosen this SoC.


In terms of process, Panlong 652 uses TSMC's 28nm HPM process. From the point of view of its name, High Performance Mobile (high-performance and low-power technology) also revealed the positioning of Xiaolong 652 on the mobile terminal, and in the process of 28nm process. Compared with HPL and LP, HMP has the best performance, and leakage rate ranks second.

A72 architecture diagram


The Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor uses 64-bit four 1.8GHz Cortex A72 cores and four 1.4GHz A53 cores. Compared with the Snapdragon 810 that failed slightly last year, the Cortex A72 and A53 are obviously more suitable for the mobile experience than the A57. On the GPU side, Xiaolong 652 uses Adreno 510, Adreno's GPU has always had a clear advantage on the mobile side, and this GPU supports the latest API instruction set, and joined Qualcomm's latest Universal Bandwidth Compression (UBWC) technology, making data from the GPU The transfer to memory is faster and smoother when running large games.

In the test of GFXBench running software, Nubian Z11 Max got 13 Fps off the screen in 1080P Manhattan, and the 1080P T-Rex off screen was 27 Fps. In GeekBench3's test, the Xiaolong 652 had a single-core performance of 1306 points and a multi-core test of 4688 points. In the ranking of CPU performance, even exceeded the Android flagship S6 last year.

For Nubian phones, photos have been deeply rooted in the genes of Nubian products. In the current mobile phone homogenization atmosphere, there is no lack of ways to persist in creating their own product features. Like the Z11 mini, the Nubian Z11 Max still chooses Sony's top IMX298 sensor. The IMX298 sensor has 16 million pixels, a sensor area of ​​1/2.8 inch and a pixel area of ​​1.12μm. And IMX298 set stacking and RGBW structure and one, in the low light noise control has a good effect. For this evaluation, we used the same millet 5 with IMX298 as the comparison model for the photograph.

You can see that the same as the Sony IMX298, 16 million pixel sensor, the difference between the two in terms of analytical power is minimal, but the millet 5's screen looks more solid, Nubian Z11 Max's wall has been a little smear.

Z11 Max proofs

Millet 5 proofs

In this group of well-lit outdoor proofs, Nubian Z11 Max's exposure was slightly less than that of the Xiaomi 5 in the leaves. However, Xiaomi 5 was somewhat whitish at the sign. On the whole, the default white balance of the Nubian Z11 Max is relatively normal, which is probably the feeling of “what you see is what you get”. Unlike millet 5, it has a relatively strong tendency to develop hair color.

Nubian Z11 Max

Millet 5 proofs

In this set of backlight proofs, you can see that Xiaomi 5 has a good performance in the shade of leaves, the overall brightness of the picture is very high, the dark part also has a certain level of detail performance, Z11 Max is not enough brightness. Of course, this is also likely due to the difference between the Xiaolong 820 and Xiaolong 652 ISPs.

In the photo test, we found that Nubian Z11 Max's white balance is more conservative, and even some of the phenomenon of partial blue, which is also a photo of the Nubian style of white balance, expressed in this group of asphalt road.

Macro proofs

Night proofs

Night performance, Nubian Z11 Max's performance is acceptable. Even at night when there is insufficient illumination, the efficiency of focusing is relatively high, and there is no scene of “pulling the bellows” and the brightness of the screen is not bad, which is better than the author expected.

In addition to hardware, the Nubian Z11 Max also upgraded the NeoVision to version 5.9, adding real-time filters to the camera/video function. During the recording process, creative functions such as filters and special effects can be replaced in real time. The video real-time special effects function has been added. In the video recording process, functions such as movie special effects can be experienced in real time. In this regard, even MIUI8, which has always been known for its full functionality, has not yet been implemented. Although it is only a small function, it may be able to attract more people to experience after increasing the interest of video.

At the press conference, Nubia declared that the upgraded system uses NeoPower 2.0 technology, which has a good upgrade to battery life. We also conducted a simple battery life test on the Z11 Max. The battery life is as follows:

It can be seen that Nubian Z11 Max has a good performance in battery life. In the three-hour test, Nubian Z11 Max only consumes 22% of power, especially in the part of playing video, 30 minutes 1080P video playback It also consumes only 3% of power; in the 8-hour standby test at night, the Z11 Max consumes 2% of power. As a whole, the Nubian Z11 Max can do what it claims to be a farewell day.

Product summary:


After the evaluation we conclude that the Nubian Z11 Max is a mobile phone that is well-balanced in all aspects and has no obvious shortcomings. All-metal body with 21-step CNC cutting technology throughout the body, so that the appearance of the phone is more refined and with a rich metallic texture. Although the body size is slightly larger than that of mainstream mobile phones, Nubia is well-controlled in terms of thickness and weight, and grip is also very good. In terms of performance, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor with 4GB of running memory absolutely guarantees normal daily use. Even if you play a big game like the wild car 8, it can calmly face it. In addition to Nubian's consistent high-quality camera capability and excellent endurance, it is no exaggeration to say that the Z11 Max is an all-around king.

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