The Chinese market, which has a large population, has always been a contestable spot for major mobile phone manufacturers. This time, Samsung, the overlord of the mobile phone industry, in order to further expand its influence in the Chinese mobile phone market, launched the customized Clarion C5 and C7 for the Chinese mobile phone market. As far as the C5 I got, its pricing starting from RMB 2199 is indeed a relatively friendly approach. Here, I will follow this point of view to learn more about this product with Chinese characteristics.
Unpacking & Designs
"Frugality" is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. This is also reflected in the packaging of the C5 . The compact size and compact internal design are sufficient. In addition to the front of the SAMSUNG Galaxy C5 printed with silver-gray lettering, the large letter “ C †is also stamped on the middle-upper part.
In order to ensure that every user gets a new machine, it uses a fragile sticker on both ends of the box, which is still considered to be more careful.
In fact, the back of the package is still a cliché of some electronic products. There is no need to introduce too much. However, there is a very important saying that "This product supports the NFC support of Samsung Pay , and does not support MST payment." It is very embarrassing to keep in mind that if you fail to install X carefully.
You can see the Galaxy C5 at the first glance of the package, but it is still necessary to introduce the accessories first. After all, important things have to be said finally. In addition to conventional chargers, data cables, headsets, card pins, and manuals, Samsung has not yet given gift cards to purchase users. Through the built-in S- assistant operation, you can receive a WeChat cash bonus of 100 yuan or 300 yuan for replacement.
The first impression of the real machine is very thin, indeed 6.7mm thickness, 143g weight, the feeling in the hands is still relatively thin. In order to cater to the Chinese market, C5 has four color matching options. The hottest “brain residue†is naturally indispensable, and their names have also made a bit of a taste: Maple Leaf Gold, Rose Powder, Jiejie Silver, and Ciyuyu.
The front is still a rugged hole with Samsung features, personally think it is still better to look at the black panel. However, if you leave the hole open, the positive design of the C5 is still quite good, with a higher proportion of screens and narrower borders. Even if the screen is lighted, there is no big black border on the train. Samsung's insistence on the use of a pressable home button is a very wise choice. Today, fingerprint recognition has become a standard and it is a huge advantage. Hidden in this slightly protruding screen on both sides of the home is the return key and multi-tasking key, speaking of Android this key set, here have to praise Meizu again, mBack really good!
In addition to the narrow border and high screen ratio, C5 also uses the popular 2.5D glass. Between the glass panel and the middle frame, a layer of plastic buffer is added to C5 to protect the fragile glass. However, many manufacturers deal with this layer of plastic, they tend to make it slightly higher than the glass surface, which makes the transition between the glass and the middle frame is not smooth. However, C5 did a better job at this point. Although the plastic layer was added, the hand feel remained uniform and there was no sense of splitting.
The transitional arc between the back of the C5 and the middle frame is somewhat similar to the R9 I've experienced before. This approach allows for better fit with the palm of the hand when held, and at the same time it looks thinner at some angles. Fitting the curvature of the palm of the hand to match with the rounded R angle makes the stress of the opponent's heart in the whole machine more dispersed, even if holding it for a long time is not easy to fatigue.
The thickness of the original 6.7mm is relatively thin, coupled with a curved transition, making the middle box further narrowed. I think this is why the C5 's power button and volume button are relatively narrow. One power button is located on the right side of the fuselage, the volume key is located on the left side of the fuselage, the actual experience of the key work is very good, no loose. On the feel is biased, the feedback is clear, the rebound is clean and neat. The card slot is located below the power button and is very stable after insertion. It does not loosen at all and the transition between the middle box and the box is smooth.
Some of the more conventional openings were concentrated in the bottom of the fuselage, and the workmanship still maintained a good standard, but did not choose a symmetrical design. The noise reduction microphone falls on the top of the fuselage, which is the only hole in the top.
The back of the fuselage is a public face, covering the logo estimated who can not recognize who came, but I think that the sinking "camera" camera is still very Samsung. This kind of three-stage all-metal design seems to be no blackspot besides everyone else. C5 using the blasting particles 0.45 μ m, the touch is quite delicate. However, I think that when the hands are very dry, all-metal mobile phones will be slippery in their hands. This is a common problem.
This time the C5 was not particularly stunning in design, but it did not make mistakes. It used the hottest full metal and 2.5D glass. As an international company, the details of the workmanship are in place, such as the processing between the glass and the middle frame, key processing, and card slots. I think this is the quality of experience, but a good mobile phone can not just rely on work to please users, but also to achieve the ultimate in hardware and software optimization.
System interaction
Galaxy C5 is equipped with TouchWiz which is based on Android 6.0.1 depth customization. It can be seen in the actual experience process, it is more optimized for the Chinese people.
In the previous article, I mentioned that C5 has four color combinations. This time, Samsung specially created a theme for each color scheme. Although I don't like the color scheme of Maple Leaf Gold, it is still worthy of recognition.
Under the system's default theme, the icons that come with the application are round, fat and sculpted, and the colors used are brighter and look fuller and lovely. However, after installing a third-party application, it would be paralyzed. It looks like it has not been redrawn. It looks like a mess, and hopes to improve it as soon as possible.
The TuouchWiz pull-down notifications integrate many shortcuts and users can edit them. However, the most grounded gas is the red envelope assistant inside. When WeChat receives a red envelope, there will be a big pop-up window to remind you.
C5 comes with Samsung Milk Music, simple operation, simple interface, rich resources, free online audition or download 320kbit / s , but also provides membership services, there are 8 yuan per month and 12 yuan per month two packages. In general, the experience is good, and the member price is similar to that of similar products. If you can cooperate with the operator in the later period to open the free-flow service, it is even better.
In addition to its outstanding performance in music resources, it is also very rich in video and theme resources. Samsung Video integrates the resources of iQIYI. Many popular internet dramas are broadcast on iQIYI's entire network, such as the former "Illegal Crime." In the theme shop, you can choose from a variety of themes with different styles. There must be one for you.
In fact, during the entire experience, what impressed me most was whether it was optimized for a big screen. Now if there is no split screen function in the system, they are embarrassed to go out. TouchWiz split screen is very simple to open, in the recent task, the top right corner of the card with two small box signs to support the split screen, click to open. Then the proportion of the two applications in the screen can be adjusted according to their own needs, commonly used QQ , WeChat, today's headlines, iQIYI, mobile Taobao and other applications support this feature.
However, the "pop-up view" is the most fun function. In any interface, slide from the corner of the screen at any corner along the diagonal line to view the modified application in the pop-up window. In fact, this function is somewhat similar to the windowing in Windows . Applications that support split-screen support this function. In use, the pop-up window can also be minimized as an icon, which is quite interesting to use.
Although the entire system has brought me a good experience, but there are some details that still need to pay more attention, such as third-party application icons are not uniform, the lock screen interface can not be directly fingerprint unlocked when the music is displayed, the system upgrade function is hidden too deeply, etc. Hope to experience a better TouchWiz in the future.
Performance & Life
Galaxy C5 uses Qualcomm's Snapdragon 617 SoC , and is equipped with the current mainstream 4GB of memory and 32GB of memory, network standards support full Netcom 4G , telecommunications users can also rest assured to buy. If you want to have a larger ROM , you can choose to buy 64GB version or insert a memory card, C5 uses a dual card (and or card slot design).
Judging from the C5's use of this chip, it is certainly not a high-end or flagship level (from the price can also be seen), but I think the daily experience is enough. Although the software startup speed is not very fast, but 4GB of storage can allow me to switch back and forth between multiple applications without application reloading.
The QQ , Weibo, and WeChat are the ones I most frequently use in daily life. These three applications need to be permanently resident in the background, and then they will also launch software such as browsers, Taobao, and music. I tested and turned on eight commonly used software, and they can also smoothly switch back and forth between them. There is also a big game, the 2K16 , which is not a big problem if it is used in everyday use.
However, the pursuit of performance must be imprinted in the human bones, so simple use must not allow us to meet. Since I'm trying to play 2K16 on my mobile phone, this type of large-scale game has relatively high requirements for the performance of the mobile phone. In the default setting, the long-term use does not feel obvious Caton, but it has been used with the flagship. There is still a slight gap compared to the machine, at least here is able to run smoothly and can continue to play. The fever performance during the game is still relatively ideal, there is no phenomenon of hand warmers, the main heat source is located near the camera, in general, the temperature control is still relatively ideal.
C5 's battery capacity is only 2600mAh , but considering its relatively thin body still able to reluctantly accept it. Considering these days' usage, if you want to stick to a point in the 4G network, it's still a bit difficult. At 7 o'clock in the morning, the battery was fully charged. After 7 hours of use, the remaining battery power was only 17% . During the period of two and a half hours, the screen was kept on in the background. Wechat and QQ have been kept running in the background, and then we occasionally brushed and looked at the page. . In the three -hour power-down test, the C5 consumed 16% of the electricity, and the entire process was maintained at 4G . The background program also had only WeChat and QQ . So, in general, C5 power is really not enough. If you go out, it is recommended to carry a charging treasure.
Using an original 9V 1.67A charger to charge it, it takes about 90 minutes to complete the 0-100% charging process and 44% for the first 30 minutes. In the course of 10 to 70 minutes, the power consumption maintained a steady growth trend, and the charging rate began to decrease after 70 minutes. In general, the charging speed of the C5 is still very fast, and it is considered to be a little to make up for the shortcomings of the battery life.
During the charging process, the heating is still quite obvious. The temperature of the whole machine will rise to a certain extent. The concentrated area is the same as the game and is located near the camera.
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screen
The Galaxy C5 uses a Super AMOLED screen with a 5.2 -inch 1080P . Due to its narrow border, it often causes misuse during use. I have been using the automatic brightness mode these days. I can see the screen even in the sunlight. As for the color performance, I'll take a look at the actual comparison with the nut phone below.
It can be seen through the actual comparison with the mobile phone with nuts that the Super AMOLED screen, which is famous for its vivid color, has a more vivid display effect, and the C5 is more comfortable in displaying the color-rich pictures. However, I prefer the color adjustment of nuts when displaying white, because I always feel that C5 's display is somewhat cyan. As for the saying that "no 2K is not an A- screen" circulated on the Internet, I don't agree very much with it because the so-called "big-grain" phenomenon does not occur at all for ordinary use. Of course, if you have to be nitpicking, you must be careful. Under the observation, it is still able to find a certain degree of sawtooth and does not affect daily use.
camera
Galaxy C5 is equipped with a front 8 million, rear 16 million pixel camera, both before and after the f/1.9 large aperture. The camera's App interface is simple and easy to use. Various functions are readily available. Commonly used HDR , panoramic mode, and night scene modes all support 9 real-time filters, and over 50 creative watermarks can be enjoyed by you. Unfortunately, in professional mode, shutter speed adjustment is not supported. In the course of long-term photographing, the body will have a significant fever, also concentrated in the vicinity of the camera.
Actual photo proofs
In actual use, it can be found that the C5 camera performance is not particularly good, but with a large aperture of f/1.9 , it is still relatively good performance in the macro. Overall, the white balance of the C5 is accurate, and it can basically restore the real scene. If the pictures on the mobile phone are directly viewed in bright colors, thanks to the advantages of the Super AMOLED screen, it will make it very rich and seductive. The photos taken by C5 are still relatively sharp, but in some scenes with a high light ratio, it is easier to switch the focus to overexposure.
Special feature
Privacy space
Recently, WeChat and QQ are both very hot, and major manufacturers are rushing to introduce this feature in their own systems. Samsung's KNOX can also implement such features, allowing users to use a variety of applications in a more secure environment.
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fingerprint
Fingerprinting can now be said to have become the standard configuration of mobile phones, from almost a thousand dollars of mobile phones to high-end flagships, almost all use fingerprint recognition. The fingerprint recognition speed of C5 is not very fast. After the finger is put on for a period of time, the recognition is successful, and the recognition rate needs to be improved.
On C5 , fingerprints can be used not only to unlock the device, but also for website login, Samsung account authentication, Alipay, KNOX, and Samsung Pay .
Some time ago, all kinds of Pay were very hot. This time, the C5 also supported Samsung Pay . However, unlike the S7/S7 Edge , it only supports NFC and does not support MST . Therefore, it has made some discounts in terms of practicality. However, I often use it to pay for Alipay, because whether it is the lock screen, lock screen, or the main interface can easily call Alipay's payment QR code.
to sum up
As a "just right" product, Galaxy C5 gave a more perfect interpretation in the past week of use. The thin and light body, all-metal design, and excellent workmanship are definitely worthy of its pricing. Although performance is not a flagship, it can meet daily needs. Of course, during this time, it also felt some of its deficiencies, such as endurance, anti-false touch, etc., I hope the user can understand before buying. In general, as a mobile phone specially launched for the Chinese market, I am optimistic about its market performance.
