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On October 25, Qualcomm held the 2023 Snapdragon Summit, which officially launched the new generation of flagship mobile platform Snapdragon 8Gen 3. The flagship platform of Snapdragon is launched every year, and the first model is a topic that everyone likes to talk about. This year, the debut of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile platform once again fell on Xiaomi.

On the evening of October 26, Xiaomi held a press conference and officially launched the new Xiaomi 14 series of phones, including Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro. This year's Xiaomi 14 series is a product of special significance for Xiaomi, not only because of the debut of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 platform, but also because of Xiaomi's seven-year effort to build a new system surging OS.

At present, CTOnews.com has acquired the Xiaomi 14 Pro, which is located at the higher end of the Xiaomi 14 series. Today, let's evaluate whether this phone is worth starting with.

First, the appearance design packaging, this phone uses the classic black paper box, the front has a white "xiaomi 14 Pro" logo, while the red Leica original logo is very eye-catching, the box as a whole is simple design, is Xiaomi's consistent style.

Opening the package, we looked directly at the body of Xiaomi 14 Pro phone. CTOnews.com got the rock cyan version, which is a low-brightness, somewhat gray cyan, soft temperament, quiet and introverted, with a high-level sense of the Morandi color system.

At the same time, the back of Xiaomi 14 Pro uses a piece of bright glass, which shows a mirror-like look against the low saturation color of the rock, especially when the light is refracted, the fuselage will look like reflective silverware, exquisite and eye-catching. It can be said that this is a product with introverted and flamboyant temperament.

The camera module is obviously the most eye-catching on the back of the phone. This time the Xiaomi 14 Pro uses a brand new Leica optical Summilux lens with rounded rectangle design, black glass panel, and a square metal ring wrapped under the panel. The top of the metal ring is decorated with Parisian nails, and the side is polished for the bright side, which adds a bit of exquisite feeling to the entire camera module.

The glass backplane of the fuselage passes through a very narrow arc to the middle frame of the phone, and the millet 14 Pro uses a polished metal middle frame, which is visually unified with the shiny glass on the back. The middle frame is a right angle without radians, which makes the fuselage look more sturdy and stylish.

Following the middle frame to the front of the phone, the Xiaomi 14 Pro uses a 6.73-inch tiny quadruple screen with a very small Radian directly connected to the middle frame of the phone. At the same time, the four sides of the screen frame is the same width, and the width is very narrow, so the bright screen can bring a very shocking visual impact.

In terms of fuselage elements, Xiaomi 14 Pro fuselage has loudspeaker holes and antenna partition at the top, volume keys and power keys on the right side, no buttons on the left, and SIM card slots, USB Type-C ports and speaker openings on the bottom of the fuselage.

In addition, the phone weighs 223g and carries a little weight in the hand, and although the Xiaomi 14 Pro uses a right-angled middle frame, it is not particularly cut-off, although it is not as soft as hyperboloid glass and a round middle frame because of the curved edges on the back of the glass.

Overall, Xiaomi 14 Pro is simple in design, solid in workmanship, and has a textured color match. for a flagship phone, both appearance and texture are online.

2. Performance testing as the product of the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile platform, the performance of Xiaomi 14 Pro is believed to be concerned by everyone, so we first conduct a wave of performance tests on it.

This year's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile platform adopts the architecture of 1x5x2 on the CPU core, including one Cortex-X4 super core with 3.3GHz frequency and five Cortex-A720 performance cores, including 3 3.2GHz cores and 2 3.0GHz cores. In addition, there are 2 Cortex-A520 energy efficiency cores whose main frequencies are 2.3GHz. The overall performance of CPU has been improved by 30% and energy efficiency by 20%. GPU, on the other hand, is Adreno 750, with official claims to improve performance by 25% and energy efficiency by 25%. In terms of process technology, this time Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 still uses TSMC's 4nm process.

During the test, CTOnews.com first tested the running score of Xiaomi 14 Pro. In Anbunny V10.1.0 version, Xiaomi 14 Pro score reached 2092487, in which CPU was 458145 and GPU was 884468, while in GeekBench 5, Xiaomi 14 Pro scored 1665 points in single core and 6138 points in multi-core. In terms of storage performance, through the an Rabbit storage test, Xiaomi 14 Pro sequential read speed is 3583.0 MB/s, sequential write speed is 3192.7MB/s, random read speed is 1503.0 MB/s, random write speed is 1065.0 MB/s.

From the running score point of view, the overall performance of Xiaomi 14 Pro is indeed very excellent, and let us see the strong paper performance of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Next, CTOnews.com also tested the game on Xiaomi 14 Pro.

First of all, "Arena of Valor", when the game is going on, all the picture quality options are set to the highest, and then there is a game of about 13 minutes. After the game is over, you can see that Xiaomi 14 Pro can maintain the whole 120fps, which is very stable, and there is no stutter dropping frames in the experience.

Looking at the CPU core scheduling, we can see that the performance release of each core of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is relatively balanced, with eight cores delivering power, but the whole core can be maintained at the level of 1GHz or so. Cortex-X4 super-large cores occasionally soar to 3.2GHz and then fall back quickly. Under such scheduling, the power consumption and heat of the whole chip can be controlled at a good level.

At the end of the game, the average power consumption of Xiaomi 14 Pro was 3.79W, while the highest surface temperature of the fuselage was 36.4℃ on the right side of the camera module, slightly warm.

Then carry on the "original god" test, the editor sets the game picture quality option to "extremely high" and sets the maximum frame rate to 60.

During the game, the first 10 minutes wandered in Liyue Port, and the last 20 minutes played strange while running pictures. For a total of 30 minutes, after the test, you can see that the average frame rate of Xiaomi 14 Pro is 59.82 fps. During the game, it is silky and smooth on the whole, and there is almost no feeling of frame dropping.

In terms of CPU core scheduling, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is mainly the core of Cortex-A720 performance, which can be maintained at 1.48GHz as a whole, while Cortex-X4 basically maintains the output level of 1.05GHz. As a whole, its performance has not been fully released, which shows that the performance potential of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is still huge.

In terms of power consumption, the average power consumption of Xiaomi 14 Pro running "Yuan Shen" is 4.93W, and the highest temperature of the fuselage is 42.0℃. The overall power consumption and temperature control level are satisfactory.

Through running points and game tests, it can be seen that due to the increasingly mature 4nm technology of TSMC, the performance and energy efficiency level of the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is still online. As the first model, the adjustment of the new platform by Xiaomi 14 Pro is also remarkable, and there is no need to worry about its performance.

Third, in terms of image experience, Xiaomi 14 Pro is equipped with a brand new Leica optical Summilux lens, a brand new image sensor "Light Shadow Hunter" with ultra-high dynamic range and 1.31 inch photosensitive area, with a single pixel of 1.2 μ m, which can fuse 2.4 μ m large pixels, but also has the native high dynamic ability of single frame, up to 13.5EV, so that the mobile device really has the super instant capture ability of full-time and full scene.

Specifically, it comes with a 5000-megapixel main shot, a Leica 75mm floating telephoto lens and a 5000 million Leica ultra-wide-angle lens.

Next, let's take a look at the specific image performance of this phone. The first is the daytime light environment, using Xiaomi 14 Pro built-in Leica vivid mode to take a picture, you can see that the color of the photo is bright, clear and sharp, the sky is bluer than the human eye, and the overall style of the picture is slightly colder.

After magnifying and looking at the architectural details, the clock on the roof in the distance is still clear, the figures can be seen clearly, and the basic frame texture of the wall brick is still there, but the details are smeared.

In Xiaomi 14 Pro camera standard mode provides 2 × zoom and 3.2 × zoom options, the editor chose 2 × zoom mode to take a picture, straight out is a 1200-megapixel picture, the overall picture is still clear, and there is no sense of pixel cutting.

Then switch to 3.2x zoom, and also output a photo of 1200 megapixels, and the picture is also very clear. compared with the magnified look and feel of 1 × mode, not only the numbers on the clock are clearer, but also the details on the wall tiles are richer. It is almost no different from the picture taken by the optical zoom lens.

Xiaomi 14 Pro also supports Leica classic mode, the editor took another picture under the same scene, in Leica classical mode, you can obviously see that the overall picture is softer, the traces of algorithm intervention are less, and the color of the sky is closer to what the human eye can see. at the same time, the relationship between light and shadow, light and shadow is more obvious, more scene depth and story sense.

Then change to a scene with strong light contrast. From the abandoned dark corridor, the corridor is very dark, but in the 14 Pro photos taken by Xiaomi, the brightness of the dark corridor is actually much higher, and at the same time, there is no noise in the dark part. If you look at the strongly lit outdoor at the end of the corridor, it is slightly overexposed, but it looks more natural, and the overall highlight suppression can be satisfactory. It can be seen that the dynamic range performance of Xiaomi 14 Pro is still online.

Xiaomi 14 Pro is also equipped with a 1200-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens. In the following group of wide-angle and ultra-wide-angle comparison photos, there is no significant difference between the overall style of the picture in ultra-wide-angle mode and wide-angle mode. At the same time, the field of view obtained by the ultra-wide-angle lens is indeed significantly larger, and the overall picture is not distorted by ultra-wide-angle, so the effect is excellent.

In addition, Xiaomi 14 Pro also supports super macro shooting, such as the following photo, which can still focus when taking a very close shot of dogtail grass on the side of the road, and the dogtail grass is shaken in the wind, Xiaomi 14 Pro is very accurate, the seeds and hair on the grass are very clear, and the background is so beautiful that it is completely creamy.

In terms of portrait mode, Xiaomi's 14 Pro portrait lens has a 75mm floating telephoto, which can achieve a large focus range of 10cm-∞. Coupled with the new upgrade of Xiaomi's brain "portrait engine", it can achieve more "optical" portrait shooting. For specific use, in addition to the standard focal length in portrait mode, Xiaomi 14 Pro also provides Leica optical classic 75mm focal segment. First look at the standard shooting effect, suitable for shooting the overall portrait, the picture is rich in layers, the depth of field is relatively deep, it looks very natural.

Switch to the Leica optical classic 75mm focal section, which is suitable for long-distance close-ups, when the depth of field becomes lighter, the background is soft, and the portrait is rich in detail, making the facial color of the character closer to reality.

Then at night, Xiaomi 14 Pro still maintained the excellent straight effect of the photo, the picture was bright, clear and sharp, and the whole was bright and pure.

Enlarge the details, look at the neon signs in the distance, the text is clearly visible, there is almost no overflow of highlights, and the performance of the entire dynamic range is excellent.

In the following scene, the light is more complex, including the colorful lights of riotous rides, street lights and neon lights of the surrounding shopping malls, while Xiaomi 14 Pro photos not only show an excellent dynamic range, white balance control is also very outstanding, men's white short sleeves, entertainment facilities on the white clouds, are not affected by complex light and color deviation.

On the whole, the image performance of Xiaomi 14 Pro not only has solid basic quality, but also has unique style features supported by Leica, which is believed to be the favorite choice for photography enthusiasts.

More sample photos of Xiaomi 14 Pro:

Other experiences this year's Xiaomi 14 series in addition to the launch of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile platform, another core focus is equipped with the new surging OS. Thepaper.cn OS is a people-centered and ecological operating system for people and cars. Based on the integration of deeply evolved Android and self-developed Vela systems, it thoroughly rewrites the underlying architecture and provides the public base of the Internet of everything for 10 billion devices and 10 billion connections in the future.

Specifically on Xiaomi 14 Pro phones, at least in terms of system UI and interaction, thepaper.cn continues the previous MIUI style and logic as much as possible, such as system settings, control center, notification center, self-contained application icons and other UI design styles, as well as basic comprehensive screen operation gestures, and so on. Previous Xiaomi mobile phone users can seamlessly switch to thepaper.cn OS.

In terms of the fluency of the system, the OS also has a good performance on the Xiaomi 14 Pro. CTOnews.com uses the familiar metaphysical curve to observe the fluency. Whether it is the operation of the system itself or in the third-party application, the OS can be stable and smooth.

However, during the CTOnews.com test, it was found that some minority third-party applications could not be successfully installed through the apk installation package, and the system prompted that the installation package was not compatible.

Generally speaking, the performance of thepaper.cn OS on Xiaomi 14 Pro phone is relatively stable and smooth, and the CTOnews.com has basically not encountered Bug that affects the experience during use. Of course, as a human-car-oriented whole ecological system, the real value of thepaper.cn OS lies in the penetration of Xiaomi's entire IoT ecology, which CTOnews.com will do more in-depth evaluation experience.

In addition to thepaper.cn OS, Xiaomi 14 Pro is equipped with a screen jointly developed by Xiaomi, TCL and Huaxing, using a new high-energy luminous material C8, which can achieve 1.5K WQHD + ultra-clear resolution and reduce power consumption by 17% compared with the previous generation.

Its biggest point is that it can achieve the amazing peak brightness of 3000nit, which is the highest screen brightness of Xiaomi. Therefore, daily use it to watch HDR ultra-high-definition movies, you can get more gorgeous visual enjoyment.

Fifth, charging and battery life, Xiaomi 14 Pro carries a 4880mAh battery, in the battery capacity is not particularly eye-catching, it depends on Xiaomi's optimization of battery performance. When in use, CTOnews.com also tested the phone's battery life for two hours.

During the battery life test, the editor turns on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, sets the screen brightness and system volume to 50%, and carries out the whole process in the Wi-Fi environment, with an initial power of 100%, and then:

First play "Game for Peace" at the highest picture quality for 30 minutes, which consumes 1% of electricity.

Then use "bilibili" to watch 1080p high bit rate video for 45 minutes, which consumes 3% of power.

Browsing the "Douyin" short video for another 15 minutes will consume 3% of the electricity.

Then browse "Weibo" for another 15 minutes.

Browsing "CTOnews.com" for 15 minutes, power consumption

Finally, after two hours of testing, Xiaomi 14 Pro consumes 11% of its power. Overall, Xiaomi 14 Pro's optimization for battery life exceeds CTOnews.com expectations.

In terms of charging, Xiaomi 14 Pro is equipped with 120W gallium nitride charger as standard. Under the blessing of super fast charge, it only takes 19 minutes for the measured power to be fully charged from 0 to 100%.

Conclusion after a period of experience and testing, CTOnews.com believes that Xiaomi 14 Pro is the flagship new machine of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, and its focus is not only on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 platform, excellent imaging ability, high-quality screen, good-looking appearance and solid workmanship, so that it is also an all-around flagship product that is well prepared for the majority of consumers.

At the same time, with the arrival of the OS, Xiaomi 14 Pro has become the beginning of a new era of Xiaomi. From this phone, the connection experience between Xiaomi mobile phone and Xiaomi Iot ecological chain will be closer and seamless, and it will really become a part of the whole ecology of people, cars and families.

In terms of purchase advice, if you are a loyal user of Xiaomi Ecology and there are many products of Xiaomi Ecological chain at home, then this Xiaomi 14 Pro is undoubtedly worth getting. And if you are not rice noodles, but also want to change to a flagship mobile phone recently, then Xiaomi 14 Pro can also rest assured. Of course, Xiaomi 14 Pro is only the first product of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 platform after all, if your replacement demand is not particularly urgent, you can also wait for other products with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 platform.

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