At the JMGO 2020 new product launch conference, the company released the Nut R2 smartphone. It comes with a curved full screen, a 100MP lens, and 5G network. In fact, we haven’t heard anything from Smartisan for a long time. And after rebranding, this is the first conference and the first smartphone.
JMGO launched the pure white Nut R2
smartphone. The appearance of the phone is pure white from front to back.
Interestingly, the company made only 2,000 pure white phones. In the future, no
pure white version is planned to make. Moreover, this may be the last pure
white phone in the history of the smartphones. In addition, the Nut R2 is also
available in black and green versions.
On a 5G smartphone, there can be as many
as 6 to 7 breakpoints in the middle frame. But this greatly destroys the beauty
and integrity of the phone. So the Nut team eliminated the breakpoints one by
one, creating a bright metal middle frame without breakpoints. And the signal
is not affected at all.
In terms of hardware specifications, the
Nut R2 comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chip, which supports dual-mode 5G.
Also, it supports WiFi 6 newest standard. There is also a 16GB LPDDR5 RAM, a
512GB UFS3.1 ROM, a 6.67-inch full HD 90Hz hyperboloid AMOLED screen, a 4510mAh
battery capacity, etc. The latter supports 55W fast charging. By the way, the
screen has a 2340×1080 resolution, a brightness of up to 800 nits, and covered
with a Gorilla 5th generation glass.
On the back, we can find a quad-camera
system. It includes a 108-megapixel main camera with optical image
stabilization. Four camera sensors cover all major focal lengths from near to
far. The main camera supports phase focusing and laser focusing. Both the main
camera and the 3x telephoto camera support optical image stabilization to
maximize the quality of photos and videos. In addition to the high-quality
camera combination, the Nut R2 also uses many industry-leading algorithms.
Among them, the HDR algorithm of the main camera and various special effects of
the front camera are self-developed within the group.
When talking about the sensors’ details,
the main camera has a 108MP resolution. It comes our way from Samsung and has a
1/1.33-inch pixel size. It is currently the second largest sensor. There are
other 8MP telephoto lens, 13Mp ultra-wide lens and 5MP untimely lens.
The Nut smartphone team stated that it has
joined the Bytedance Group and the new name is Xinshi Lab. ‘We are a
full-process hardware team under Bytedance, which covers all links in the
entire life cycle of a hardware product from design, R&D, production, to
brand marketing, sales, and service. From May last year to now, the size of our
team has almost doubled, and the capabilities of the entire process have been
greatly enhanced. Therefore, we have the ability to make distinctive smartphone
products, and also have the ability to equip these products with a unique and
innovative smartphone system such as Smartisan OS.’ JMGO said that it also
actively chose to go further and continue to develop TNT OS. ‘But this road is
very difficult for us.’
In addition to the Nut R2 smartphone, the
company also released a new Smartisan OS 8.0 system. It continues to adhere to
the quasi-materialized UI interface, while bringing 180 basic experience
upgrades and 79 new function upgrades. In the era when most mobile UI designs
have turned to flatness, the quasi-materialized UI is actually very attractive.
In Smartisan OS 8.0, Nut represents the ultimate UI of simulants. It is not
about the appearance, thickness, and materiality, but rather a better
perception of nature as if it is alive and giving intuitive feedback. Nut uses
the light and shadow of the icon to integrate the various perceptions of human
life-time, space, weather, and light into the smartphone. It is called
‘perceive light and shadow’.
In addition to light and shadow
perception, Smartisan OS 8.0 also updated the animation framework. But the
company stated that their animation effects do not have a name. ‘We just
integrate animation into the system in a natural and restrained way.’ In
Smartisan OS 8.0, multiple sub-applications have been updated and upgraded,
including Pushpin 2.0, which can pin up to 5 apps; the real-time subtitle
function has a new real-time translation function, which can identify system
audio, real-time translation and display it on the floating window. In
addition, any switch, time capsule, big bang, privacy protection, cell phone
tracking and other functions have also been upgraded or added.
In addition to the regular version, the
new machine also brings a special edition – the Revolution 2 Time Special
Edition. The company said that people often say, ‘There is nothing new under
the sun.’ The same is true for product design. When the appearance of
smartphones is gradually finalized, and the front and back are becoming more
and more concise, it seems that it is difficult to have any new ideas among
various manufacturers. Especially when you have made a pure white phone that
represents the ultimate simplicity.
A photosensitive layer is printed on the
pure white back of the Revolution 2 Time Special Edition. It will develop immediately
after the sun shines. When there is no sun, the pattern on the back of the
phone will be quietly hidden. It is worth mentioning that when you use it for
half a year, this photosensitive pattern will slowly solidify after repeated
light exposure, forming a slight, permanent mark.