[Evaluation]Huawei Pocket 2 National Bank appearance, feel, screen, camera performance, unboxing evaluation

2024-03-15 14:45:56

Speaking of discount machines, various brands have been launching different products in the past few years, including “big discounts” and “small discounts”, and both have their own supporters. As for Huawei, since the Pocket S was released as a mid-range “fine discount” more than a year ago, there has been no news regarding a new “fine discount” until the latest Huawei Pocket 2 was finally released in recent months, and the Chinese version of this phone It has also been introduced to the Hong Kong market recently. How is it used? Let Edward test it in detail for everyone.

Huawei Pocket 2 unboxing

Before sharing with you the experience of using Huawei Pocket 2, let me first bring you the unboxing part of this machine.

▲This is the latest Chinese version of Huawei Pocket 2. The packaging box still uses an all-white design.

▲As the National Bank version, of course it still has the built-in HarmonyOS 4 operating system.

▲The version tested by the author is Tahiti gray color, with specifications of 12GB RAM and 512GB memory.

▲As soon as you open the box, you will see the real Huawei Pocket 2.

▲On the next floor you will see a white document box, which contains a plastic protective case, a bunch of manuals and SIM card slot pins.

▲On the bottom floor, you can see the USB-C to USB-C data power cable and the original charging fire bull.

The body is still thin and easy to carry

In terms of design, Huawei Pocket 2 still retains the traditional “slim fold” classic design. In addition, the circular camera mode and circular outer screen design are also continued. However, the color of the body is more special this time, like the one in my hand. This Tahiti gray version is officially inspired by the black pearls of Tahiti, and it looks like a gray-black marble texture, which has a very special look. Of course, when folded and unfolded, the thickness of Pocket 2 is 15.3mm and 7.25mm. Compared with the previous two generations, it is a little thicker, but the difference is not big. The weight of Pocket 2 is 202g, which is regarding 12g heavier than the previous two generations. , but it doesn’t actually feel much heavier when held in hand, so it is still very convenient to hold and carry around. It also feels very good in use. There are no major problems in holding and controlling the phone with one hand. The overall performance is excellent.

▲The body design of Huawei Pocket 2 is basically the same as the previous two generations of “slim folds”.

▲The version I have is Tahitian gray. The texture is a bit like gray-black marble. It is very special and noble.

▲The thickness of the fuselage is 15.3mm when folded and 7.25mm when unfolded. The design is considered thin.

▲The weight of the fuselage was measured by the electronic scale at 203.9g, which is not too heavy.

▲So whether the phone is folded or unfolded, it is very light and easy to carry around.

▲It is also very convenient to hold and control the phone with one hand, and there is no problem in typing.

▲In addition, the fuselage is not too wide. Even if you hold the phone with your left hand, you can use your index finger to press the fingerprint sensor located on the power button on the other side of the fuselage.

▲The buttons of the fuselage are all located on the right side, including volume keys and the on/off key of the built-in fingerprint reader.

▲The bottom of the phone has a built-in speaker, USB-C slot and SIM card slot.

▲In terms of interface, Pocket 2 is preloaded with HarmonyOS 4, so the design is not much different from other Chinese Huawei phones.

▲In addition, some programs can quickly preview the content by swiping up, and these programs will have a horizontal line at the bottom of the icon.

▲In addition, like many Chinese brand mobile phones, the program folder of Huawei Pocket 2 can also be set to a large or small folder design.

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Xuanwu water drop hinge is easy to open and close and durable

As a folding machine, I believe that everyone is most concerned regarding its folding hinge. The Pocket 2 launched by Huawei this time adopts the Xuanwu water drop hinge design. Officials say that this new design is more precise in docking, can significantly reduce gaps, and make the screen last longer. Still smooth to use. The double-arm lever gear design makes it easier for users to open and close the phone, and it is also very stable when using the hover function. It is also made of rocket steel, which has better anti-collision protection and is more durable. When I tried it out, I did feel that its hinge was not very solid. You can open and close the phone with one hand, but when hovering, you can open it to a specified angle and stop it stably. For example, following the author opened it to 90 degrees, it The phone can be placed on the table for night photography or selfies, and the angle can still be maintained even following taking pictures for a long time. This shows that this new hinge is indeed very easy to use. As for the creases, when I opened the phone and browsed content on the main screen, no matter whether the background color was light or dark, the creases were indeed not obvious, and even seemed to disappear completely. It can be said that the creases are the least visible among the “fine folds” in recent years. Obviously, this design is indeed worthy of praise.

▲Huawei Pocket 2 uses a new Xuanwu water drop hinge.

▲It seems that the hinge is not much different from the previous Huawei “slim fold” hinges. It also adopts an inward water drop-shaped concave design when folded.

▲However, the new hinge is solid but not too “solid”. The author can still open and close the phone with one hand.

▲However, the hinges and gears adopt a tighter design, so when using the main screen to browse content, no matter whether the background color is white or black, the creases are almost completely invisible, and the effect is very good.

▲In addition, when using the hover function, the hinge can also be stably fixed at a certain angle. As shown above, the author folded the phone 90 degrees and placed Pocket 2 on the table to take pictures. The angle was still maintained following 10 minutes, which shows that it is very Stabilize the formation.

The external screen has few functions and is not practical

Like previous Huawei “slim folds”, Pocket 2 still has a circular-designed outer screen, the size is still 1.15 inches in diameter, and the material is still OLED. Although this thin outer screen does not affect the appearance of the body design, it is always thin in size, so not much content can be displayed at one time. In addition, it does not have many functions. By default, only the camera, weather and wallet can be used. The self-timer mirror function for sun protection testing can only be used by logging in to a Chinese Huawei account. Of course, you can still add more functions in the settings, such as today’s itinerary, monthly calendar, Alipay payment, etc., but the functions are still limited by the thin and small screen, so it is not very practical, basically most of the time You still need to open the inner screen of the phone to use it, so the slim screen design is really good or bad, depending on the user’s personal usage habits.

▲The outer screen of Pocket 2 still maintains a circular design, located next to the main camera. The diameter is still 1.15 inches, and the time and date will be displayed on the homepage by default.

▲Like other external screens, you can enter different functional interfaces by sliding your fingers in all directions.

▲In terms of functions, there are 4 presets, the first is the camera.

▲After entering the camera function, you can use the volume button of your phone as the shutter button and take selfies with the main camera.

▲Swipe up or down in camera mode to switch between three modes: taking photos, taking photos, and taking selfies with shallow depth of field in portrait mode.

▲This is the effect of taking a selfie in this mode. Please note that you will only see the center of the photo on the external screen. If you want to take the effect like the picture above, you must “get into position” by yourself.

▲The second function is the selfie mirror function, which can be used for sun protection testing. However, this requires logging in to a Huawei China account to use it. If you log in to a Hong Kong account, you will not be able to use it.

▲The third function is to display weather information.

▲The fourth item is Huawei Wallet. In this mode, you can enter the wallet to make payment.

▲Swipe back and tap “+” to add more cards, but you need to open the phone and set it on the home screen.

▲In the external screen settings, users can not only add more cards, such as schedules, calendars, Alipay payments, etc., but also set up different themes. However, there are not many card presets available and you need to download them from the store.

▲Swipe down on the main interface to browse push messages, and slide left to right to control the music being played.

Folding screen display quality is excellent

As for the 6.94-inch OLED folding screen inside the phone, it has a resolution of 2690 x 1136 and supports a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz. As for the display effect, as mentioned before, the creases are not obvious, and the display effect is also very good. The text display is clear and sharp, and the colors of the videos are natural. In addition, the viewing angle is also high, and the display quality is not visible when viewed from the side. It has an impact, and the overall performance is excellent and deserves praise.

▲The main screen still adopts a folding design, with a size of 6.94 inches, and is made of flexible screen OLED material.

▲The screen resolution is 2690 x 1136 and supports a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz.

▲Because the update rate is high enough, you can still see fine text when turning pages quickly, and the effect is very smooth.

▲As for the screen, the frame is still very small, and there is still a rubber edge to protect the flexible screen itself.

▲The screen display effect is very good, the text is clear and sharp, and the colors of the photos or videos are natural.

▲The viewing angle of the screen is also very high, and the screen display quality does not show a decrease when viewed from the side.

Adding a telephoto lens to improve telephoto performance

In terms of cameras, the biggest feature of the current generation Huawei Pocket 2 is that it has increased from a maximum of 3 lenses in the past to a modern 4-lens design. First, the main camera lens (i.e., the super-sensing lens) has been upgraded to 50 million pixels and the aperture has been increased to f/1.6. The wide-angle lens remains at a similar level of 12 million pixels with f/2.2 aperture, but the most special thing is that Huawei finally added a telephoto lens to the “slim fold” with 8 million pixels and an aperture of f/2.4. Although it is not very high-end, But at least compared to using the main camera lens with digital zoom for telephoto shooting, using a telephoto lens to shoot distant objects is definitely more ideal, and with digital zoom, you can zoom further. The author has tried to use Pocket 2 as far as 30x digital Although the zoom effect is only average, under sufficient light conditions, at least “images can be obtained”, which is a good performance. In addition, it still has a 2-megapixel hyperspectral lens, which can help improve performance in ultra-low light environments, or enable special modes of photography (such as fluorescence photography), allowing for more shooting options.

▲In terms of cameras, the biggest enhancement of this generation is the addition of a telephoto lens. Although it only has 8 million pixels, it is better than nothing. At least the quality will be better when shooting distant objects, and you can zoom further. As for the remaining three lenses, they are a 50-megapixel main camera, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens and a 2-megapixel super spectrum lens.

▲As for the front lens, it adopts an open-hole design and is located in the center of the top of the folding screen. It supports taking selfie photos of up to 32 million pixels (the actual output pixels are 8 million pixels).

▲The camera interface is similar to previous Huawei phones, and you can quickly switch between the ultra-wide-angle lens (W), main lens (1x), telephoto lens (3x) and telephoto lens (5x) with one click.

▲When zoomed to 15x, a preview lens will appear in the upper left corner, allowing everyone to see more clearly where the shooting location is.

▲The camera can zoom up to 30x digitally.

▲In the Xmage color mode, it has three modes for users to choose from: primary color, bright color and bright color.

▲The above three test photos were taken in primary color (first photo), vivid (second photo) and bright (third photo) modes. In fact, the author personally prefers the original color or bright effect, the former will show better color. attractive, and the latter looks brighter. As for the effect taken in the bright mode, it seems a bit too “MSG”, which I don’t like personally.

Daytime shooting effect

▲Ultra wide-angle lens

▲Main camera 1x

▲Telephoto lens 3x

▲Telephoto lens 5x

▲Telephoto lens 30x

As you can see from the above interview, when shooting in normal mode, the shooting effects at different focal lengths are also very good. Especially when shooting with a telephoto lens at 5x focal length, the photos are still very clear, and the effect is indeed worthy of praise. As for the 30x digital zoom, you can see that in sufficient lighting conditions, you can still take relatively clear photos, and the effect is also surprising.

Night (normal mode) shooting effect

▲Ultra wide-angle lens

▲Main camera 1x

▲Telephoto lens 3x

▲Telephoto lens 5x

▲Telephoto lens 30x

It can be seen from the test images above that when shooting in normal mode at night, the image quality is obviously much worse than during the day. Especially the ultra-wide-angle lens and the telephoto lens whose aperture is not large enough and do not absorb enough light, the effect is even less ideal. Only shooting with the main lens is still good.

Nighttime (night scene mode) shooting effect

▲Ultra wide-angle lens

▲Main camera 1x

▲Telephoto lens 3x

▲Telephoto lens 5x

▲Telephoto lens 30x

Shooting night scenes in normal mode is not ideal, so will the shooting effect be better using night scene mode? In fact, when I used the ultra-wide-angle lens and the main lens 1x to shoot in night scene mode, the photos were indeed much cleaner than the normal mode, with significantly less noise. However, the color water felt more vivid and “MSG-like”. Whether it is beautiful or not is really important. Different people have different opinions. As for shooting with a telephoto lens, it does help a little bit, but compared to shooting in daylight conditions, the effect is still not ideal.

50MP AI high-pixel shooting effect

▲First of all, let’s take a look at the difference between the normal mode and the 50MP AI mode shot with the main camera during the day (the 50MP AI mode only supports shooting with the main camera 1x). You can see that even following zooming in on the photo, the normal mode appears. The effect is still clear, but the effect of the 50MP AI mode is more ideal. Even the texture of the trees on the green maze and the edges of the leaves of the two trees on the shore are clearly visible.

▲As for the effects of shooting indoors in normal mode and 50MP AI mode, you can see that the colors shot in normal mode are more vivid, while the colors shot in 50MP AI mode are more natural.

▲What regarding shooting at night? The system actually warns that the shooting effect will be reduced when using the 50MP AI mode at night, but is this really the case?

▲You can see the same situation as indoor shooting. When shooting in 50MP AI mode at night, the color of the photo will be more natural, while the normal mode will be relatively brighter. As for zooming in on the photos, the photos taken in the 50MP AI mode do still retain better clarity, but it also makes the noise clearer. Compared with the photos taken in the 50MP AI mode during the day, the effect is indeed much worse. .

▲In addition, Pocket 2 actually allows users to shoot in 50MP mode at night (first picture). However, compared with the effect taken in 50MP AI mode (second picture), the details displayed in the dark position are obviously darker because the photos are darker. And much less, the noise is more obvious, and the effect is not ideal. So if you really want to take photos in 50MP AI mode in low light or night conditions, it is better to place the phone on a tripod or stable platform.

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Average performance and enough battery life

In terms of final hardware configuration, Huawei Pocket 2 still uses its own Kirin 9000s eight-core processor and Maleoon 910 image processing chip, coupled with 12GB RAM and 256GB / 512GB / 1TB memory. This specification is not very flagship, but it is The highest spec specs Huawei can put into it. In use, although the results obtained from various performance testing software are only satisfactory, the actual use is still very smooth, and the performance is also ideal. The effect is between mid-range and flagship phones, so using it There is no need to worry, everyone. As for power, Pocket 2 has a built-in 4,520mAh battery. I have tried it and it can basically last a day under normal use, and the power is still long enough.

▲In terms of hardware configuration, Huawei Pocket 2 is still the same as the new phones launched by Huawei in recent years. It also has built-in Kirin 9000s eight-core processor and Maleoon 910 image processing chip. Pocket 2 also has built-in 12GB RAM, 512GB memory and preloaded Built on HarmonyOS 4 operating system based on Android 12.

Test Hardware Test Software Breakdown Score (Default) Score (Performance) CPU Geekbench 5 Single-core computing 933 1006 Multi-core computing 3658 3849 Geekbench 6 Single-core computing 1234 1312 Multi-core computing 3959 4149 GPU 3DMark Wild Life 5184 5814 Wild Life Extreme 1387 1570 Storage Space A1 SD Bench read 1192.38MB/s 979.01MB/s write 985.7MB/s 683.98MB/s Overall system performance PCMark for Android Work 3.0 9839 12854 AnTuTu review Nil 645629 708485 Geekbench 5 OpenCL 2689 3368 Geekbench 5 Vulkan 2302 3069 Geekbench 6 OpenCL 3001 3752 Geekbench 6 OpenCL 1283 1502

▲The author used various performance testing software to test the performance of Huawei Pocket 2 in default mode and performance mode. You can see that the scores in all aspects are actually only at the level of a mid-range machine. After all, the hardware it uses is an old model. , so it is normal. As for the actual usage experience, it is basically still far away from the latest flagship phones, but it only appears when running at high performance (for example: playing at high settings). Generally speaking, you use daily APPS or play games with normal image quality. In fact, the game is not much different between the two, and it is still smooth on Pocket 2.

▲In addition, following efficient operation, the system can still maintain a temperature range of 26 degrees (battery) to 46 degrees (core components), and the GPU temperature is only 36 degrees, which is actually ideal. It can be seen that the heat dissipation performance of Pocket 2 is good.

▲As for the battery, Huawei Pocket 2 has a built-in 4,520mAh capacity battery. I have basically tried it. Under normal circumstances, it can last for a day without any major problems. You can rest assured.

▲Of course, if you really don’t have enough power, you can still recharge your Pocket 2 quickly with the included 66W fast-charging Fire Bull. Moreover, the Fire Bull is small in size, so it won’t be too burdensome even if you use it externally. But following all, it is a National Bank machine. , so it is not a Hong Kong plug, and you need to add an adapter when using it. It is worth mentioning that this Fire Bull has both USB-A and USB-C slots, which can be connected no matter which cable is used, which is very considerate.

▲In terms of network, Pocket 2 still supports physical dual-SIM dual standby function.

▲As for the network speed, although the 1O1O 5G SIM card was inserted and the Speedtest speed test in Shatin showed that it was only an LTE network, the actual measured download and upload speeds were 85.1Mbps and 54.5Mbps. Everyone wonders whether this is really LTE. What regarding speed?

Summary: Good performance but slightly expensive

To sum up, although the Pocket 2 launched by Huawei this time does not have much new ideas in design, the color scheme is still very noble and elegant, and the control effect is still very ideal. Of course, it has also been improved to a certain extent in terms of functionality, especially the addition of a telephoto lens to the camera, which will definitely significantly improve the telephoto effect. However, its price is as high as $9,180. As a parallel import, I think it is always a bit expensive, which makes it difficult to get started. Greatly improved. Whether it is worth buying depends on how deeply the user loves Huawei.

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