At the end of 2023, mid-range models focusing on portrait shooting will follow, and these products seem to have reached some kind of tacit understanding, and they have worked on portrait bokeh algorithms, all claiming to be able to achieve a bokeh effect comparable to that of cameras. However, vivo, which is well versed in mobile phone portrait shooting, has blazed a trail for the S series of phones. While other brands are fiercely competing for portrait bokeh algorithms, the S series has quietly become a "master of playing with lights". vivo has introduced a multi-color gentle aura on the previous generation S17 series. And today we want to focus on this vivo S18,The rear soft ring has been adjusted,Replaced with vivo's largest area of intelligent multi-color gentle halo so far,It can not only automatically adjust the cold and warm color temperature,Now it has the ability to automatically adjust the brightness according to the distance of the subject,So that the dark light rear portrait has been greatly improved。 Not only that, the vivo S18 series is also the first batch of mobile phones equipped with AI blue heart models, and it has also made great progress in the convenience of daily use.
Exterior design: fully demonstrate the artistic conception of oriental aesthetics
The light and thin feel is the consistent insistence of vivo's S series, and the vivo S18 is only 1858g, thickness of 745mm, even when held with one hand, it does not put too much pressure on the hand. It is worth mentioning that the vivo S18 series also adopts a front and rear hyperboloid body design, which can also further reduce the heaviness of the mobile phone visually, and this design can see some careful thinking in the details.
In addition to being light and thin, "good looks" is also a very important keyword for the vivo S series. This time, the vivo S18 series brings consumers a total of three colors, namely Qingqing, which continues the previous generation of particle ink technology, and Xuanhei, which has "pure beauty". And the Floral Blossom color we got is the main color of this time. The Vivo S18 series' floral color scheme is inspired by flowers in the oriental artistic conception, with petals randomly arranged in the back panel of the fuselage, and the petals overlap, intertwine, and tightly cluster together under the illumination of the light. In order to make these petals have a lifelike blooming state, vivo pioneered the "relief carving" process on the S18 series, drawing on the drawing technique of the petals in the painting, and lithographing the length on the back panel of the mobile phone.
1. 13 million tangent lines with different angles, transversely cut out 256 sections. After careful design and polishing by the designer, the flowers finally "bloomed" on the back panel of the vivo S18 series.
In terms of fuselage material technology, vivo S18 series also has the first technology, the new "Yunjin glass" process, which can not only properly simulate the metallic luster woven by gold and silver threads on the back cover of the glass, but also brings a delicate touch, and you can feel silky smooth the moment you get started. This smoothness is different from the cold hardness of ordinary glass, and people can't help but want to play with it in their hands all the time.
On the basis of the classic water mirror cloud window of the S series, the vivo S18 series adopts a newly upgraded water light cloud window design, with two rectangular square windows with rounded corners arranged up and down, two cameras in the upper window arranged diagonally, and a circle of soft lights and flashes arranged below. The lens group uses a smooth 2Made of 5D glass, the rounded R angle echoes the curved arc of the upper and lower windows, which not only retains the circumference of the rectangle, but also creates a sense of agility and refinement with a soft arc. Combined with the metal side of the diamond trimming process, it further enriches the layering of the rear lens group.
Back to the front, the vivo S18 is equipped with a 678 inches of 15K sunrise eye protection screen. Specifically, vivo S18This screen has2800 1600 resolution,PPI reached452,At the same time, it supports10bit color depth、120HzRefresh rate、100% P3Color gamut、8000000:1Static contrast、Local peak brightness reached2800nits,The color display of this screen is vivid,Even in strong light,You can see the screen display content clearly。 In recent years, the clichéd eye protection part, vivo S18 has also had a good performance. It not only supports hardware-level low blue light and 2160Hz high-frequency PWM dimming, but also has multiple eye protection modes such as sleep mode and bionic brightness adjustment, bringing consumers an all-weather eye care experience.
Image experience: The "brilliance" of the portraits before and after blooms
The imaging part has always been the focus of the vivo S series. This part can be divided into two parts: the front camera and the rear camera.
First of all, the front camera, vivo S18 is still equipped with the very familiar JN1 50 million pixel front camera, which has 1 276-inch sensor size, 064 m sensor unit pixel size, supports 4-in-1 pixels, with f 20 aperture. In terms of fill light, vivo S18 still uses the scheme of dual soft lights in the front, 90 degrees of wide-angle soft light, which can make ** clearer and more three-dimensional, with the soft light of the screen, it also makes the overall fill light effect softer, brighter, and more atmospheric.
When you turn on the front camera of the Vivo S18, the system automatically switches to "Portrait" mode, where you can choose different portrait styles and adjust beauty settings, as well as adjust to a suitable virtual bokeh effect, so that users can find the configuration options that suit them. In addition, you can also choose to turn on the soft light or double soft light (soft light + screen soft light) through the flash control at the top left of the screen.
Turn on the double soft light** indication
If you turn on the double soft light during the day, it is almost ineffective, but if you are indoors or at night, the effect of the fill light will be revealed. For example, we have the model do it under an indoor light**, where the interior light is a top spotlight and there is a large area of light in the back, and the figure is in the shadows, and the face is dull and lacks some life. After turning on the fill light, the skin tone of the character is brightened, becoming fairer and more natural, and after the fill light shines on the face, the light has a certain transition, and the character as a whole looks more energetic, and there is also eye light.
Turn off the front double soft light (left) and turn on the front double soft light (right) sample comparison
I don't know if you have noticed,This timevivo S18**Watermark has also changed to a certain extent,It is no longer a simple black text on a white background,But a random color。 The main color of the watermark is taken from each **, and the color of the picture is analyzed through advanced algorithms, and the content of the picture is further perceived, and the best color matching is intelligently calculated. Therefore, each photo frame is unique, making the ** taken by each person a unique work. Just like the following one**, the main color of the picture is green, vivo S18 will automatically set the watermark to the corresponding color.
Front** proof
In terms of rear, vivo S18 is equipped with a 50-million-pixel human eye bionic portrait lens, 1 155 inches, f 188 aperture, support OIS Hummingbird Super Stabilization. It is paired with an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens with f 22 apertures and 106° ultra-wide angle.
In vivo S18's rear camera module, it also brings a rear studio-level soft ring to consumers, a soft ring with an area 19 times larger than an ordinary mobile phone flash, which not only has a larger irradiation area, but also can easily produce softer and more uniform light and shadow. In addition to being able to intelligently adjust the color temperature of the soft ring with constant light filling,This time, the S18 also fully explores the spatial perception ability of the camera,The camera intelligently adjusts the brightness of the soft ring in real time according to the distance of the subject,No matter what distance there is, there is the most suitable light,It's a texture portrait blockbuster when you shoot it。
The soft halo on the back opens up the inspiration
In daylight conditions, the vivo S18 is able to fully demonstrate its ability to shoot portraits with the rear camera. It can be seen through the sample that the face of the character has just the right highlights and shadows, the face has a very real three-dimensional feeling, and through the optimization of the beautification algorithm, the model's ** has also become fair and natural. vivo S18 is also equipped with a new spot algorithm jointly developed with Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the phone will recognize the background light source, and optimize the spot effect separately, softening the point light source in the background, bringing a more layered, soft spot effect close to the camera. In addition, thanks to the Vivo S17's rear main camera's large aperture and large outsole, portrait samples generally have good image brightness, and the overall color is also very pleasing. However, the Vivo S18 has blurring errors around the edges of the model's hair or on the top of the person's head when the background environment is too complicated, or when the model's hair is messy. At this point, you need to calm down and adjust the shooting angle to take a few more shots, and you can get the portrait blockbuster with the correct blur.
1x portrait sample on the back
2x portrait samples on the back
2x Night Samples on the rear
It is worth mentioning that vivo S18 can also intelligently identify various problems such as a high hairline, thin hair slits or low cranial roofs, and intelligently carry out fine hair filling, which is clear, natural and real. With Smart Hair Enhancement turned on, it is clear from the comparison chart that the hair is filled in on both the top and right sides of the model's forehead.
Comparison before (doing) and after (right) additional issuance
In some scenes with dim lighting and complex ambient light, soft light is indispensable if you want to take a good portrait, otherwise it is easy to have a "death light" on the person's face due to uneven lighting. When we turned on the rear studio-level smart soft light, under the soft and fair light, the model's skin tone was no longer dull, the color of the white plush jacket was more accurate, and the red color of the lip gloss was corrected. By comparing with the sample without the light, the soft light balances the light and shadow on the model's cheekbones, and the cheeks are also marked with soft light, without the dead black shadow part caused by the base light, vivo S18The soft ring is also more accurate in controlling the color temperature, whether in cold light or warm light, the mobile phone can capture the real color, and automatically adjust the soft light ring to the appropriate color temperature, so that there is a more natural color when shooting portraits.
Turn off the rear soft ring (left) and turn on the rear soft ring (right) sample comparison
In addition to the portrait fill light, the new rear soft ring can also be used as a food fill light, which can ensure that the dish has an excellent gloss when shooting food. In addition, in the food mode that comes with the camera, it can also use AI algorithms to render three-dimensional lighting for food scenes to achieve the effect of 3D virtual lighting, so as to enhance the three-dimensional sense and volume of food.
Sample of food mode
The vivo S18 still performs well in everyday architectural and landscape shots. In ample lighting conditions, shooting with the main camera captures the subtleties of the building and the colors of the sky with precision and reproduction. However, the performance of the 8-million-pixel ultra-wide-angle lens can only be said to meet basic needs. As long as you don't zoom in on the details of the shot, it can still successfully capture and show some of the broader scenes. The texture color of the vivo X series image flagship has also been devolved to the S18 series, which is inspired by legendary film, and its biggest feature is the rich color and high contrast, and now you can also experience the charm of legendary film color on vivo S18.
1x post-proof
2x post-proofs
Ultra-wide sample
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Performance tested: The Snapdragon 7 Gen3 performed strongly
The vivo S18 is one of the world's first phones to be equipped with the third-generation Snapdragon 7 chip. This chip uses TSMC's 4nm process technology, and the CPU part consists of a 363GHz A715 large core and three 24GHz A715 mid-core and four 18GHz small core composition, the GPU part has also been upgraded to Adreno 720. Not only does this chip improve performance across the board, but the Snapdragon 7 Gen3 also achieves an overall power reduction of 20% compared to its predecessor, which makes the phone stable for long periods of use. It is worth mentioning that the third-generation Snapdragon 7 chip also has a 60% performance improvement in AI.
For the theoretical performance testing section, we use Geekbench 62. The phone was tested, and at room temperature, the phone scored 1208 points for single-core and 3234 points for multi-coreIn the Antutu V10 comprehensive performance test, the total score of this phone reached 93550,000 points. Overall, the Vivo S18's performance is in line with our expectations and is in line with the average Snapdragon 7 Gen3.
Geekbench (left) Antutu (right) running score details
Next, we conducted the game test in an environment with a room temperature of 22 degrees Celsius, and we chose two mainstream mobile games, "Peace Elite" and "Honor of Kings", to test the vivo S18. In Peace Elite, the phone doesn't have the option to adapt to 90 fps quality, so we chose the default quality setting of HD quality + high frame rate. There were occasional fluctuations in the frame rate during the game, but the overall performance was good, with no significant stuttering or frame drops.
"Peace Elite" picture quality settings
Footage of Peace Elite
And in "Honor of Kings", we chose the option of extremely high frame rate + ultra-high resolution + total HD picture quality. During the game, the performance of the vivo S18 is relatively smooth, and the phone's screen touch response is very sensitive, and the player's operation can be accurately conveyed to the game, achieving zero delay in operation. And after more than 50 minutes of gaming, thanks to the excellent energy consumption control of the Snapdragon 7 Gen3, the temperature of the phone has not increased significantly, and it can still maintain stable operation.
"Honor of Kings" picture quality settings
Screen of the game "Honor of Kings".
What is more surprising is that in the case of such a thin and light fuselage, vivo S18 uses a 5000mAh large battery, and is also equipped with 80W voyage flash charging. After our actual measurement, the phone started charging from 1%, charged to 24% in 10 minutes, charged to 66% in half an hour, and finally took 46 minutes and 43 seconds to fully charge the battery. Judging from the charging curve, the vivo S18 has been running at high power while charging, and the charging power has hardly changed due to the increase in power. However, charging from 1% to 100% in more than 45 minutes is not fast, and it is hoped that in the future, vivo's S series can also use high-power wired fast charging.
Blue Heart AI Large Model Blessing: Convenient, Efficient and Easy to Use
The vivo S18 series is the first batch of products equipped with the vivo AI blue heart model, which is composed of vivo's self-developed large model matrix. In the vivo S18 series, vivo defines the large model technology as your personal assistant - the small V assistant. vivo did not make an independent APP icon for it, but provided a variety of convenient entrances, such as in the sidebar, atomic components, floating icons and other positions, you can directly enter, and talk to the little V assistant.
The common basic functions of checking the weather, telling jokes, and making reminders are naturally not a problem. As a large model application, the small V assistant can also draw pictures, write copywriting, make weekly work reports, etc., and even summarize documents, draw mind maps, and ......After actual testing, the small V assistant can accurately understand your instructions, generate different styles of text or ** according to your requirements, and the creative results are more in line with expectations, but when creating**, the small V assistant will draw some ** beyond our cognition in rare cases. In general, it can be used as a "personal secret" in daily work, so as to improve the efficiency of work and Xi.
In addition to being your personal secret, the little V assistant also brings a very practical little function - accurately eliminating passers-by. When taking photos outside, it is easy for passers-by to enter the country, just like in the sample below, we took a wonderful look back for the model, but accidentally photographed the passers-by behind. Now you only need to say "eliminate passers-by" to vivo S18, and you can use the algorithm to eliminate passers-by and "brain supplement" the picture blocked by passers-by. ”
Write at the end
After a comprehensive experience, I have to say that vivo S18 is still a very "S series" product. It has a very good performance in thin and light body, process innovation, and portrait shooting. In addition, the new main color of Blossom Brocade once again shows the traditional Chinese culture to the fullest, and the first embossed carving process and cloud brocade glass technology also fully demonstrate vivo's profound accumulation in the field of process design. vivo S18The original front and rear double-sided studio-level soft lights are further improved on the basis of the original ability to intelligently adjust the color temperature, and now it supports intelligent adjustment of brightness, so that we can get accurate colors when shooting with the rear, and there is no need to consider the environment and adjustment**, and you can get a portrait blockbuster with a great texture when you shoot it. Compared with the previous vivo S series, the S18 also allows us to work and live more efficiently with the help of its AI blue heart model. Of course, the Vivo S18 isn't flawless, with occasional blur artifacts when shooting portraits, for example. However, considering its relatively reasonable selling price, these minor imperfections do not obscure its overall brilliance. Based on the performance experience, the vivo S18 is undoubtedly an excellent mobile phone with excellent cost performance. So, if you're looking for a reasonable phone with powerful shooting capabilities, the vivo S18 is definitely worth your consideration.