There is a term in psychology called “halo effect”, which means that when a cognitive person has a good or bad impression of a certain characteristic of a person, he also tends to infer other aspects of the person. feature. In essence, this is a partial cognitive bias.

This cognitive bias does not apply only to people. For example, when I got the Xiaomi CC9 Pro, my first impression was that there are so many people in the world who like to take pictures. Personally, I am a person who is relatively insensitive to photography and has little demand. I may buy some mobile phones that are not so outstanding but attract me elsewhere. I may also buy a flagship machine. “s things.

This problem is also reflected in the video of a new digital big V in the past few days. He summed up the significance of photo progress to better record life. This is not wrong, but ignoring the hardware advancement is a very important part, and this is the premise.

Advances in camera hardware specifications are the biggest selling point of Xiaomi CC9 Pro. This is the first time to use five cameras and a 100 million pixel camera flagship. The next thing to discuss is very simple, just three questions:

1. After the 100 million pixel module, what is the extraordinary experience brought by Xiaomi CC9 Pro?
2. In order to get on this module, Xiaomi CC9 Pro abandoned or compromised something.?
3. Is it worth it?

We will start from the beginning of the photo. The biggest selling point of Xiaomi CC9 Pro is the flagship camera. It is not only the main function, but Xiaomi also hopes that the photo is a super-super long board. For this reason, they started this. 100 million pixel ISOCELL Bright HMX sensor.

First look at the specifications of Xiaomi CC9 Pro lenses:

The main photo is Samsung’s 1/1.33 super large base, ISOCELL Bright HMX, 108mp pixels, 7P/8P lens.

The size of the portrait lens is also quite good. From the specification, it is the Sony IMX363/Samsung 2L7. This one has been polished on the previous models of Xiaomi, such as Xiaomi 8 and Xiaomi MIX 3.

The ultra-long-focus lens sensor enables 5x lossless zoom, 10x hybrid zoom, up to 50x digital zoom, and no periscope.

The ultra-wide-angle lens has a pixel count of 20 million, far exceeding the usual 8 million or 13 million, and the closest focusing distance is supported to 1.5cm.

The last macro head is only 2 million pixels, althoughHowever, there are some suspects, but in fact support 2-10cm focus, the object details are more than the ultra wide angle 1.5cm magnification.

From the comprehensive specifications, the Xiaomi CC9 Pro can be said to be the strongest or even one of the current mobile phones.

This strong and iPhone 11 Pro series three-shot switching and synergy experience is strong, this is completely strong in hardware specifications, 100 million pixels bring strong resolution, from macro to 0.6 times super The wide-angle to 10x hybrid zoom multi-focus section is strong, and is the hardware monster that Xiaomi uses to create a luxurious camera spec.

After 100 million pixels, Xiaomi CC9 Pro brings those extraordinary experiences

The specification is strong, what will it look like when you switch to a photo?

We first talk about the most attractive main photo, 1/1.33 super large bottom and 108mp pixels is the most powerful place of this camera, what is the concept of this level of pixel? It is a full 9 times of 12 million, 2.25 times of 48 million pixels, and nearly 1.7 times of 64 million pixels.

What is the use of pixels? In the case of good light, 100 million pixels will bring a great resolution advantage over the mainstream of 12 million pixels and 48 million pixels. If you look at it, 12 million is about to see it, 48 million is clear, that is 100 million pixels. The details of the exaggeration point, it can be said that it is overflowing the screen. Or, this is a visible advantage.

In the case of light, even after the Quad Bayer four-in-one, there are still 27 million pixels, and the size of a single pixel is still small, still retaining the advantages of high pixels.

▲27 million four-in-one mode

▲ 108mp full pixel mode

Specific to the sample, in addition to the 27 million pixel four-in-one output, 100 million full-pixel proofs are also the focus of many people.

You can see from these two proofs, due to the main photo108mp can’t be HDR in full-pixel mode, so the relative tolerance of the picture will be relatively poor, which is a big difference from the default four-in-one mode.

▲ Same position 5x lossless zoom

From the proof of the day, 100 million pixels have a high level of detail in good lighting conditions. In the comparison, you can see that the texture of the tree is invisible under 12 million pixels, and the detail advantage brought by 100 million pixels is very obvious. After zooming in, the texture of the trunk is still very clear, and there is still a lot of cut. Cut the space.

Similarly, in the comparison photos of the second group, after forcibly zooming in to the same multiple, the text of Samsung Note10+ is already small and invisible. In fact, Xiaomi CC9 Pro can continue to enlarge, and the text is still clear.

Another benefit brought by the outsole is blurring. Compared to my iPhone XS, the iPhone has completely lost depth of field when the distance of the subject is the same, and the Xiaomi CC9 can also see the obvious depth of field effect. .

▲ equivalent aperture conversion. Image from: Tengfei ETPHOTS

Aperture F value does not represent the ability to blur, but also the aperture size of F2.2, which is quite different in the blur effect of mobile phones and cameras. In order to understand the blur, it can be converted into “equivalent aperture”, then the iPhone 11’s blurability is about the level of the full-frame camera F11, and the equivalent aperture of the Xiaomi CC9 Pro is F6.1.

In summary, the big bottom high pixel brings two very obvious advantages:

1. Larger amount of light, better image quality, and high pixel also brings a lot of post-cutting space compared to ordinary mobile phones. Only a part of the cropped area is still available. of.
2. Stronger blur, even if the subject is far away, there is still a blur effect.

In the dark environment, the full-pixel mode will drop due to the decrease in the amount of incoming light, so try to use the default 27-megapixel 4-in-1 mode at night. If the ambient light is dark again, It would be better to use night scene mode.

But in the whole process of taking pictures, there are two points in the deepest experience. First of all, this picture quality is really amazing. This is not to say much. Another point is that in the camera experience, high pixels still do bring The pressure, such as this main camera, whether it is four-in-one shooting or full-pixel shooting has a certain processing time, waiting for the longest is the night scene mode, which is significantly higher than the previous millet phone, and it is puzzling The ultra-wide angle of 20 megapixels also needs to wait for a while to preview in the album.

For the average user, waiting for the photo experience may deduct some points, but I can still accept it for the sake of image quality.

More proofs:

▲ Main photo four in one 27 million mode

▲ Same position super telephoto lens

▲ The main shooting in the evening

▲ Same position 5x lossless zoom

▲ Night Scene Mode

▲ Portrait lens

▲ Macro camera shoots the inside of the phone case.

▲ Portrait Lens: Movie Mode + Film Filter

For 100 million pixels, Xiaomi CC9 Pro has compromised something

In the early days of the promotion, Xiaomi was already on the net.Frequently output some warm-up information on the network. If you look closely, you can see that these pre-heating propaganda about the lens module is nothing more than two points.

More expensive, Xiaomi CC9 Pro’s camera module cost five times that of the previous generation, which means that the cost of this product will rise sharply.

Big, Samsung’s 100 million-pixel camera module is very large, and Xiaomi is determined to make the flagship of the camera, and the thickness jumps to 9.67mm.

The price issue is for the time being, although this will largely determine the sales trend of this mobile phone, but the first time I wrote this article, I don’t know the final pricing. The second is that these are more market strategies. Aspect, not something about the product itself.

But thickness is really a parameter about the product itself and that greatly affects the user experience. The front also said that the thickness of the Xiaomi CC9 Pro reached 9.67mm, compared to the thickness of Xiaomi 9 is 7.61mm, the thickness of Xiaomi 9 Pro 5G is 8.54mm, and the thickness of Xiaomi CC9 is 8.67mm.

In fact, the feeling of the hand is obviously not as thick as you think. The reason for this is the same as the one plus 7 Pro. The core is that the hyperboloid screen and the back are also curved backplanes. Two curved surfacesThe layer is arced to share the overall thickness.

The reverse example is the recent Nut Pro 3. The right-angled middle frame does not reflect the thickness of this phone less than 8mm. The feeling of getting started is always very general, only carefully in hand. After a while, I can see that this phone is still quite thin.

The curved screen with the curved back panel can reduce the thickness perception, but it can’t help the weight. The Xiaomi CC9 Pro is obviously a mobile phone with a considerable weight. The weight of 208g is comparable to that of a lift camera. 7 Pro, the most important one in the mobile phone that Xiaomi currently sells on the official website (no MIX series).

If you have certain requirements on weight and thickness, then it is best to wait until the millet home is on the line and actually try it out before you have a more accurate judgment.

As for this screen, it is a 6.47-inch, 2340×1080 19.5:9 AMOLED screen. Although it is not E3 luminescent material, it has no very “chicken blood” brightness, but the actual look is quite good.

Since the thickness of the module has to be thickened, what is the thickness used for? Xiaomi used this space to increase the battery capacity to 5260mAh. Interestingly, although the thickness itself is a product of compromise, the increase in battery capacity itself can lead to a better experience.

The battery capacity of 5260mAh can be used for half a day compared with current mainstream mobile phones. If you can support 4000mAh for about one and a half days, the same intensity can be achieved on the Xiaomi CC9 Pro for two days. Or the difference between continuous use and high intensity of 6 hours and 8 hours, in short, the bigger the battery is definitely better.

On the other hand, this also requires charging time. At present, the fastest charging of Xiaomi is the 40W wired fast charge of Xiaomi 9 Pro 5G. It takes about 50 minutes to fill from air and electricity, while Xiaomi CC9 Pro seems to still To be even more amazing, such a large battery can be filled more than an hour, it is not quite like the level of ordinary 30W fast charge, Xiaomi explained that this is related to the impedance of the battery and so on.

In the actual test, the charging speed is basically the same as the official one. It is charged from 19% to 40% in 15 minutes. It can charge 59% in 30 minutes, and it is full in 68 minutes. The speed is very impressive.

In order to plug such a large battery, Xiaomi also launched the latest ultra-thin optical fingerprint technology of Huiding, with a Z-axis space of only 0.3mm. If you look closely, you can see that some mobile phones have lower screen fingerprints because the thickness problem avoids the battery, and the ultra-thin screen fingerprints can be stacked on the battery. From the actual experience point of view, the speed and unlock recognition rate are not affected by ultra-thin, the physical sense is not the fastest on the market, but the speed and recognition rate is still good.

Xiami CC9 Pro is equipped with a Snapdragon 730G processor, which is very unexpected for many people. The first is why the flagship mobile phone is so powerful on the processor. The second is to use the 730G to bring 100 million pixels. Is there a feeling of a “small horse-drawn carriage”?

This may be more about controlling costs and sales strategies. First of all, there must be some space for the Xiaomi 9 Pro 5G. It is probably the easiest way to reduce the processor specifications. Another reason to use the 730G is that the price should be Press down one pressure. As for the 730G without a hundred million pixels, Qualcomm writes a maximum of 192 million pixels.

Of course, this is not to say that there is really no problem. The throughput problem caused by high pixels is actually prolonged in the multi-frame synthesis. This has already been mentioned before.

For other configurations, the memory is up to 8GB, the storage is up to 256GB, and the color has a green version in addition to white and black, which are very common operations. There is no X-axis vibration motor, although there are no dual speakers, but the volume is very large, support NFC and infrared, with 3.5mm headphone jack and so on.

Building a photo flagship, is it worth it?

At the end of the day, you might think that Xiaomi has created such a “very partial” mobile phone, is it worth it? This question is also difficult to answer, because the value is not worth seeing the follow-up market reaction. If the market feedback is good, it is definitely worthwhile, but the group who used to buy the cost-effective bucket machine may have such a question – the person who looks at the photo Is there really so much?

The advantage of Xiaomi CC9 Pro is twofold. The first is that 100 million pixels bring the details advantage. In the case of high quality accidents, the usage rate can be said to be much higher than the 48 million models. The second is that the focal length cover is more complete than the Reno10x zoom version and the P30 Pro. Whether it is a better quality double head or a 100 million pixel cutting advantage, the Xiaomi CC9 Pro has a good inside 125mm. The quality of the performance.

From this point of view, it may be more like a mobile version of the black card, the picture quality is excellent, the focal length is also very versatile, although there is still a big gap with the camera, but on the phone has stood out, plus The function and ease of use of the phone itself can be thought of as a group of people who would want it.

If the traditional flagship bucket is the best versatile student in the class, then the flagship of Xiaomi may be a sports specialty that reaches the athlete level. Although the school is good, most people like it, but it seems that the sportsman who likes the muscles and the youthfulness is not a bad thing, especially those who play basketball well, which will attract the screams of girls.

So according to my recent observations on Weibo and the feedback from my friends on this product, there are indeed some people who don’t care much about the processor but pay more attention to the camera performance. This group and those who focus on the processor Not a class of people, their demand for mobile phones is actually quite different.

Sometimes a leaf blind is like this. In the case that the market has already competed so fiercely, the launch of several cost-effective models has brought the market to a point where it is not a cost-effective bucket machine.

But jumping out of this group to see, there are actually many people who want different things.