Huawei Maimang 4 review: 96% positive reviews on JD.com

Huawei has the highest market share in China, and its Maimang series is mainly aimed at the mid-range market. As a telecom-only phone, Maimang 4 has achieved a turning point. In addition to the telecom version, it also has a full network version for the first time. After all, with the improvement of the domestic network environment, full network has gradually become popular. What powerful functions does Maimang 4 have? Let's take a look at this phone again.

Full metal body + fingerprint recognition

The Huawei Maimang 4 continues the appearance of the previous generation, with slightly rounded corners and a fully metal body, which is a highlight of the phone. Compared with plastic-textured phones, the Huawei Maimang 4 is more sophisticated in appearance and workmanship, and is more attractive to users.

The phone screen uses a 5.5-inch 1080p resolution screen, and the full HD screen on the front also uses 2.5D curved glass. Compared with ordinary screens, it has the characteristics of anti-shattering, excellent visual effects, and not easy to scratch.

The front of the screen is very simple, with the 5-megapixel front camera, light sensor and earpiece from left to right. The phone uses a virtual button design, so there are no physical, touch buttons below, and users can only use them on the screen. Below the screen is the Huawei logo, and the metal plating design on the surface with dark patterns makes the phone look very textured. The only flaw is the black frame on the edge of the screen, which is slightly wider and affects the overall beauty.

The back cover adopts ceramic sandblasting and nano molding technology, with metal accounting for 90%. The addition of nano injection molding technology achieves seamless connection, making the body less likely to leave fingerprints and having a better grip. From the back, you can also see that Huawei Maimang 4 adopts a dual antenna design, which can automatically switch the signal to another antenna when one antenna is interfered, ensuring the quality of communication and data transmission.

In addition, the back of the Huawei Maimang 4 adopts a camera-centered design. This 13-megapixel optical image stabilization camera uses sapphire glass as a protective lens. To the left of the lens is the dual-color temperature flash equipped with the machine, and below the lens is the newly added fingerprint recognition module. It can be seen that whether it is the metal protection ring of the lens, or the openings of the flash and fingerprint recognition module, the high-gloss chamfer design is particularly exquisite, adding a lot of color to the appearance of the machine.

There is a 3.5mm headphone jack on the top of the phone, and a symmetrical design on the bottom with a micro USB port in the middle. On the left is a dual SIM card slot that requires a card pin to open. The card slot can use two SIM cards at the same time, or one SIM card and one micro SD card. On the right is the power button and volume adjustment button, which have good feedback. Huawei Maimang 4 has a built-in 3000mAh battery. Since the phone is designed as an integrated body, the battery cannot be removed. In addition, the phone has Huawei's unique power-saving technology, and ordinary users can use it normally for more than 2 days.

The configuration is reasonable and the camera performance is the highlight

From the perspective of configuration alone, although Huawei Maimang 4 cannot be said to be top-notch, it can also be considered remarkable among mid-to-low-end mobile phones. The specific parameters are as follows.

Maimang 4 is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 processor, which is an upgraded version of Snapdragon 615 processor. Through adjustment and optimization, its performance and power consumption have been enhanced, and it also supports full network access function.

As an upgraded version of Snapdragon 615, Snapdragon 616 is also highly anticipated and is mainly aimed at the terminal market. The specific specifications are as follows: Snapdragon 616 integrates eight Cortex-A53 64-bit CPU cores, but the frequency is upgraded from 1.7/1.0GHz of 615 version to 1.7/1.2GHz combination; GPU is Adreno 405 unchanged.

It is worth mentioning that the Snapdragon 616 also adds carrier aggregation (CA) technology, supporting 2×10MHz dual-carrier aggregation under LTE standard and 3C-HSDPA with three downlink carriers under WCDMA.

In terms of photography, the Maimang 4 is equipped with a rear 13-megapixel camera, which uses an RGBW four-color sensor, supports optical image stabilization, has a SLR-level independent ISP image processing chip, and supports OIS optical image stabilization. In addition, the camera lens of the Maimang 4 uses a sapphire lens, which is much stronger and more transparent than ordinary glass.

The front 5-megapixel camera provides users with real-time makeup, post-processing makeup, Beauty 3.0, and "Me" mode, and provides 8 makeup templates for users to choose from. Enter the photo interface and you can make up with one click. In addition, in the camera function settings, it was found that although the phone does not support fingerprint photography, by double-clicking the volume down button, you can quickly open the photo interface and complete a quick snapshot, and the fastest time is only 1.2 seconds.

From the sample photos, we can see that the white balance of the camera is accurate and the details are remarkable. From the macro sample photos, we can see that the photos taken by Maimang 4 have good performance in clarity, resolution, sharpness and other aspects.

Although Maimang 4 was launched in 2015, from the perspective of cost-effectiveness, this 1,600 yuan phone is still competitive in the same price range. Its appearance is beautiful and unlike Apple and Samsung products, it maintains a unique aesthetic. The all-metal body with fingerprint recognition technology is still worth a try.

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.