Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

On the evening of April 20, vivo held the flagship launch of the folding series and unveiled three new products: vivo X Fold2, vivo X Flip and vivo Pad2.

In the past two years, in the context of the overall downturn in shipments in the smartphone market, the folding screen mobile phone track is "unique on this side of the landscape." According to data from iResearch, a market research firm, shipments of folding screen phones in China increased by 154% year-on-year in 2022 and are expected to reach 5.5 million units in 2023.

Behind the growth of shipments is the maturity of folding screen products, and the vivo X Fold series is the representative of excellent folding screen products on the market. This release of vivo X Fold2 brings a lot of innovative experiences.

CTOnews.com has got the Huaxia red version of vivo X Fold2 for the first time, and now we will send you an experience report.

First, the design vivo X Fold2 packaging box and the previous generation is not much different, flat square black gift box design, the front of the product text is highlighted black, very low-key, "ZEISS" small blue label is more eye-catching.

After opening the package, you can see that the folding screen is stretched out and lying in the box, and the butterfly-shaped flower wallpaper is very elegant.

Let's close the phone and look at the back. Vivo X Fold2 Huaxia red color matching is not that kind of bright red, the brightness is lower than the previous vivo X Fold+ Huaxia red, visually thicker, comfortable and classical.

The overall back of the two Vientiane splicing design, the left side of about 3 to 4 part of the leather material, the right part of the dark red bright glass, meaning Yin and Yang, giving birth to Vientiane.

The modeling design language of the camera continues the expression of the artistic conception of the round place, concise, but worth pondering.

The mirror ring around the camera is 960 fine textures carved by CNC precision machining machine and highlight cutter. These textures are designed with the triangular pit pattern of a Rolex watch, which looks exquisite and feels delicate.

The front of the phone has a 6.53-inch outer screen, and the top is centered on the front camera. On the right side of the screen is a curved surface, which extends directly to the middle frame of the phone.

The vivo X Fold2 uses a shiny metal middle frame with a deep silver-black blend with the screen and a solid feel with the camera on the back.

Expand the phone, inside is an 8.03-inch inner screen, the top on the right side of the screen is centered on the front camera, surrounded by a matte plastic edge, can protect the screen when closed.

The hinge hinge part has no special design, the matte texture looks very comfortable, but also reflects the simple design concept.

The vivo X Fold2 unfolds with a thickness of only 6.07mm, a folding thickness of 12.9mm and a weight of 278g, making it noticeably lighter and thinner than the previous generation.

In terms of other elements, the phone has speakers and microphones at the top, SIM card slots at the bottom, speakers, microphones and USB Type-C ports. There is only one mute state button on the left side of the fuselage, and the volume key and power button on the right side.

In the box, in addition to the mobile phone, there are 120W charger and data cable, instruction manual, card pin, premium membership card, and a plain leather protection case. The protective shell is the same as the back of the phone is spliced design, Huaxia red leather and transparent plastic splicing, have a sense of design.

In addition to the protective case that comes with the package, CTOnews.com also received a customized plain leather bracket protective case from vivo X Fold2, which is similar in overall design to the built-in protective shell, but also a splicing of plain leather and plastic, except that the plastic part is a black vertical stripe texture and the whole is red and black.

At the same time, the protective shell can also unfold a bracket leg, which allows the mobile phone to stand horizontally on the desktop, making it convenient to work or watch movies.

Generally speaking, vivo X Fold2 Huaxia Hong has exquisite workmanship and good appearance, which makes it quite good-looking in folding screen phones.

Second, performance experience as a flagship mobile phone, the basic experience can not be poor, so let's first take a look at the performance of vivo X Fold2.

The phone carries a second-generation Snapdragon 8 SPU custom chip. SPU (Secure Processing Unit) is the built-in security processing unit of the second-generation Snapdragon 8 SPU custom flagship chip, with independent hardware-level processors, which can be used to enhance the security of existing businesses and further enhance the security of existing businesses. And the second generation Snapdragon 8 is familiar to everyone, which is the standard of this year's flagship mobile phone.

At the same time, the vivo X Fold2 folding screen phone is also equipped with vivo self-developed chip V2, and its built-in self-developed image processing unit supports 19 trump card algorithms such as AI NR noise reduction, HDR tone fusion, MEMC frame insertion and so on. At the same time, there is a self-developed AI computing unit that can achieve 100% MAC utilization, and the maximum computing power per watt of the kernel can reach 16.3TOPS / W.

In addition, the V2 chip also has a self-developed memory unit, which realizes the equivalent SRAM cache of 45MB, and the SRAM speed is as high as 1.3 trillion bit / s.

When in use, CTOnews.com first tested the running score of vivo X Fold2, and the score of "an Rabbit Evaluation" was 1308112, which is the performance of the second generation Snapdragon 8. "GeekBench 5" runs 1380 points in a single core and 4878 points in a multi-core, with a little restraint. In the flash performance test, the write speed of vivo X Fold2 has reached 3103MB/s, and the read speed has reached 3490MB.

Next, we take a look at the performance of vivo X Fold2 through actual game tests. The first is "original God". During the test, CTOnews.com sets the image quality to full height, as follows:

The mobile phone turns on BOOST mode and uses the inner screen to play the game for 30 minutes. During the game, the first 15 minutes wander around Liyuegang, and the next 15 minutes run the picture while playing strange. The overall average frame rate is 59.07fps.

From the frame rate curve, the frame rate of vivo X Fold2 will fluctuate obviously when playing monsters, but it can also be played from the actual experience, and the experience does not have much impact. As can be seen from the CPU frequency, the performance tuning of the second generation Snapdragon 8 by vivo X Fold2 is restrained, and the super large core frequency will not rush up to 2.2GHz, but fortunately, its scheduling for different core performance resources is more reasonable, and the performance core and energy efficiency core can maintain stable output respectively.

The advantage of this is that vivo X Fold2 has excellent control over the power consumption of the whole machine. At the end of the game, Xiaobian measured the highest temperature of the fuselage only 32.8 ℃, and he really felt that the phone was only slightly hot when playing.

Since the overall business positioning of vivo X Fold2 folding screen phones is the business flagship, the restrained performance training strategy is actually reasonable.

Then the editor used "Arena of Valor" to do a test, the test will also set the picture quality to the highest, 120fps high frame rate mode, using the inner screen for a game of about 15 minutes.

In the course of the game, the average frame rate measured is 120.37fps. From the frame rate curve, we can see that the whole process of the game is very smooth, and the actual experience is the same. Almost no frame drop is felt, and it is smooth and smooth.

At the end of the game, the highest temperature of the fuselage was 33. 3 ℃, near the rear camera.

Overall, as a business flagship, the vivo X Fold2 is not as wild as other flagship phones in terms of performance output, but thanks to the strong foundation of the second-generation Snapdragon 8 platform, this phone still shows a flagship level of performance, and there is hardly a lack of performance in daily use unless it is a challenge to particularly high-load games or other tasks.

3. Folding screen experience for a folding screen phone, the functions and user experience derived from the folding screen are very important, which is also an important point of vivo X Fold2.

This time the vivo X Fold2 inner screen is an 8.03inch Samsung E6 OLED screen with a resolution of 2160 × 1916, a refresh rate of 120Hz, and an aspect ratio of 415. 55. The outer screen tests the 6.53-inch Samsung E6 OLED screen, the resolution is 2520 × 1080, the ratio is 21:9, the refresh rate is 120Hz, the inner and outer screens are of the same high quality, and there is no difference in experience.

After expanding the inner screen, you can see that the vivo X Fold2 can hardly see the creases, and the whole screen is very flat.

The vivo X Fold2 uses the world's only ultra-durable lightweight hinges, FS54 aviation grade steel and high-strength carbon fiber plus the sturdiest IPC sheet, which is very durable and has passed 400,000 times Rheinland T Ü V folding worry-free certification.

Like the previous generation, vivo X Fold2 also supports the global exclusive 3D ultrasonic dual-screen fingerprints, that is, 3D ultrasonic fingerprints on both the inner and outer screens, and the measured unlocking speed is so fast that the unlocking process can hardly be felt. And only need to enter once, inside and outside the screen can be used, very convenient.

For business people, the improvement of office productivity brought about by folding screens can not be ignored. For example, vivo X Fold2 supports the WPS document multi-opening function, with a small window / split screen way to open up to 4 documents at the same time, so that you don't have to switch back and forth when looking at different materials.

And when the document is more open, the content can also be interchanged, so it is easy to drag the information from one document to another.

For example, business people often need to have meetings, and vivo X Fold2 also has optimization for online meetings for folding screens. Here, take "Tencent Conference" as an example. When conducting a meeting, it supports the meeting hover function. In the hover state, the upper part of the meeting screen content shared by the other party can be displayed in the upper part, while the lower part is the operating area such as the trackpad, which is placed on the table as if using a notebook.

And during the meeting, you can also use the AI subtitle function that comes with vivo to convert the voice content of the meeting into text in real time, and after the end, you can synchronize the text and audio to the atomic notes that come with vivo X Fold2, making it easy to find key points or make further edits to the content after the meeting. It's really useful for business people who hold meetings a lot.

When it comes to office productivity for business people, you have to mention vivo's Quantum Suite, the first series of Android phones to interconnect with Mac and work across devices, synchronizing the phone with Mac or PC by searching, scanning codes, data lines, and so on. In particular, the pain points of information sharing between friends who use Mac and Android phones can be resolved to a great extent.

However, one function that the editor would like to talk about in particular is the PC remote control of the quantum suite. I believe everyone has been on a business trip to another place, only to find that there are important documents left at home on the computer. At this time, you can remotely control your PC through the built-in vivo remote control PC application of vivo X Fold2, thus realizing remote document editing, data sending and receiving, to-do processing and other operations on the computer.

When in use, the PC screen will be displayed on the phone, and you can also fold the vivo X Fold2 to hover mode, so that the top half of the screen is a PC screen, and the bottom half of the screen is a virtual trackpad and other functional areas. The operation logic of the trackpad is the same as on the PC, as if you were using a mini computer.

Qualified students can also connect external keys and mice. Of course, the main function of this function is to deal with some unexpected situations, which requires temporary remote control of the computer, which can solve big problems at critical times for business office workers.

When it comes to hovering, vivo X Fold2 also supports hovering in a variety of application scenarios, such as hovering. In hovering, the top half of the screen is video content, and the bottom half is the functional operation area.

When making a video call, the top half of the screen displays the video call, and the bottom half of the screen clicks to control the mute, volume, sharing and other operations to make the call more casual.

In addition, in the form of desk calendar, vivo X Fold2 can also be displayed as a desk calendar clock, improving the practicability and experience interest of folding screen in family scenes.

Generally speaking, vivo X Fold2's optimization of the folding screen experience is really intentional. In addition to the folding screen itself without creasing and durable, a series of interactive functions built around the folding screen are also very comprehensive, especially the optimization of productivity, which can become a good emergency production tool for business users when they travel on business.

Fourth, in terms of image experience, the vivo X Fold2 is equipped with a rear three-camera group, including a 5000-megapixel VCS bionic spectrum background main shot, f / 1.75mm aperture, and a 1.49in VCS IMX866 sensor, supporting OIS optical anti-shake. There is also a 1200-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens with an IMX663 sensor and a 1200-megapixel professional portrait lens with the IMX663 sensor.

Next, let's take a specific look at the image performance of this phone. The first is the scene with plenty of light during the day. The photos straight out of vivo X Fold2 are full of color, clear and sharp, and the overall style is brighter and brighter.

Vivo X Fold2 supports Zeiss Natural Color 2.0. when opened, it will be more inclined to restore color realism, fine-tune the imaging saturation of the camera, and cooperate with white balance, brightness and tone to achieve a natural and soft picture effect and highlight the color layering. For example, in the same scene, when the editor opens Zeiss Natural Color 2.0, you can obviously see that the color of the photo is closer to the reality, neither the flowers nor the sky is as gorgeous as the previous one, and the overall exposure and contrast of the picture are more natural.

The following is a scene with a large backlight. Vivo X Fold2 shows that in addition to a good dynamic range, the sky is full of cloud details and is not overexposed, the backlit area of the plane model is not dark, and the overall light-dark transition of the picture is relatively natural, and the color is not distorted.

In terms of macro, although the vivo X Fold2 does not have a special macro lens, it can also shoot objects at very close range, such as the one below, which is almost taken on the wildflowers. You can see that the flowers are well focused and the background is full of virtual images.

Then we look at the photos taken by the ultra-wide-angle lens. Compared with the wide-angle samples taken in the same scene, there is no significant difference in the imaging style between the two, and the edges of the ultra-wide-angle photos are not distorted, and the lines of the building are still straight.

Then there is the night shooting scene, such as the following photo taken in front of the mall, the picture is bright and pure, while vivo's HDR algorithm is as stable as ever, and the suppression of highlights is a bit abnormal, even the light source of nearby electric car lights can be pressed down.

If you take another picture in the night scene mode, the brightness of the picture will be improved, the purity will not be lost, and the white balance of the picture will be corrected. However, the overall atmosphere of the night seems to be less strong. Relatively speaking, it is more suitable for use in scenes with extremely dark light.

In addition to the basic shooting quality, vivo X Fold2 also brings a number of photo features co-developed with Zeiss, such as Zeiss Cinematic movie mode, professional food mode, Zeiss flare portrait and so on. Here is a fun feature that may be overlooked: Zeiss scenery and architecture. Entering this mode, the mobile phone can use a professional lens to change the perspective and focus area of the picture, keep the main body unchanged, and miniaturize the scenery into the visual sense of a toy.

This function is suitable for overshooting some magnificent scenery scenes, such as this one taken by Xiaobian on a tall building, and you will feel that the bridges and buildings in the distance are like small three-dimensional toys, which is very interesting.

There is another function, which the editor thinks is more interesting, that is, hover star mode. Shooting the starry sky requires a long exposure, which used to be inseparable from a tripod, but this time vivo X Fold2 uses a folding screen to shoot the starry sky without a tripod, which is like the following, placed in the appropriate shooting point in the hovering state, the upper half of the screen becomes a viewfinder, the lower half of the screen becomes a shutter and other control areas, press the shutter and wait for the exposure to complete the shooting.

Unfortunately, Qingdao, where CTOnews.com is located, has been cloudy recently and no starry sky has been photographed, but the following photo shows that although it is an extremely dark night, the whole picture is very bright and clear, and the clouds in the night sky are also clear. If the environmental conditions are right, shooting the starry sky is not a problem.

Finally, the editor would like to say that the 4K chip-level night vision device powered by the self-developed V2 chip of vivo X Fold2 can also take pictures of ultra-high brightness and purity in an environment with almost no light. For example, in the following scene, the environment is so dark that it is almost invisible, while the vivo X Fold2 viewfinder interface is much brighter than it can be seen with the naked eye.

This is not over. Press the shutter and hold it for about 6 seconds, and you will output this photo with unimaginable brightness and purity. If not, I believe many people will think that this picture was taken in the afternoon.

Moreover, the shooting process is completely hand-held, although the exposure time is a bit long, but as long as possible to ensure that the hand does not shake too much, the photo will not paste.

On the whole, the imaging capability of vivo X Fold2 is also online, and the basic imaging capability is flagship. In addition, the rich Zeiss image playing method, the hovering shooting function brought by the folding screen, and the computing photography capability enhanced by the V2 chip are believed to be enough for most users. If it is not enough, then the telephoto lens may indeed be counted as one.

For more vivo X Fold2 photo samples, please see:

Conclusion: nowadays, folding screen mobile phones have gone from the initial taste period to the exploration of "common use", but there is still a long way to go before the real popularity. The theme of this section of the road is the lightness of the product and the practicality of the function, so that the folding screen can really give play to the advantage of "folding", so that more consumers will be willing to choose the folding screen.

Although vivo entered the folding screen market late, the X Fold series went in this direction from the beginning, so it showed good competitiveness from the very beginning. Vivo X Fold2 is equivalent to entering a deeper exploration period on the basis of this bright start. It can be seen that this year's vivo X Fold2 is more rational, restrained, and its positioning is also tilting towards business, especially in the mining of folding screen functions, which will arouse the interest of more business office workers.

Overall, this is still an excellent folding screen flagship, stacked enough, lighter and thinner, especially business-friendly, if you often need to work on your mobile phone, I believe vivo X Fold2 will be very suitable for you.

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