We were looking enough to head down to Vivo’s offices recently and get a little hands on time with the super thin Vivo X5 Max. Take a look at our hands on photos.
The Vivo X5 Max has caused quite a stir in the tech world as it becomes the world’s thinnest Android smartphone to date (in fact the worlds thinnest smartphone of any OS) with a body thickness of only 4.75mm.
Vivo managed to create such a thin phone while maintaining a 3.5mm head phone jack (something Oppo didn’t manage with the Oppo R5) thanks to clever engineering and a new “one sided critical layout” which sees 90% of all the internal components seated along the side of the battery of the phone.
Despite the thin body the phone is wider than some other 5.5-inch devices on the market as what strength the Vivo X5 Max has lost in thickness, the designers have added again with wider, tougher bezels.
It’s certainly a thin phone, and feel very comfortable in your hand, but what is most surprising is just how sturdy the X5 Max feels. It is a quality piece of engineering and certainly doesn’t feel like it could suffer any bendgate issues that the iPhone 6 suffered at launch.
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The overall look of the phone is pure Vivo, and looks like many of their other current smartphones with an alloy main body sitting between to white plastic areas to give a stripe effect.
Looking at the phone from where the 3.5mm headphone jack is located, I was a little worried by just how little material there is between the plug and the outside. Looking inside the jack though shows a nice amount of metal inside which is hopefully there for added strength.
From my brief hands on with this working phone, the Vivo felt as fast and powerful as any current top end device, and as usual Vivo have gone to town on the HIFI and camera quality of the phone.
All that remains to be seen is just how long-lasting the battery is inside the phone. For more Vivo X5 Max details please keep posted as we are currently writing up the launch report with full specification details.
Thanks to Vivo for letting us have an early sneak peek!
Looks beautiful .
too bad for the protrunding camera 🙁
and single flash too, I guess….hope for a f 2.0, or better 1.8, aperture, at least…
And Andi- Any details on the price mate?
Yes, it is 2998 Yuan
i hope its cheap!
Not really cheap 🙂
ok 🙁
no chance
allright allright , i get it!
Good
blah blah blah :p
bluh bluh bluh
ok enuf really -_-
Vivo/Oppo/BBK doesn’t know the meaning of the word “cheap”. Their phones are always incredibly overpriced. This will easily be over $600 for international buyers.
hmm.. isnt that bad for business?
considering we ALREADY have companies like apple ,google , samsung and sony dishing out phones for similarly outrageous prices…
It’s only bad for business if you don’t sell well, like Sony is figuring out. But OPPO/Vivo sell very well especially in Asia. It’s supply and demand, and right now demand far outweighs supply in the world. Just look at the brands you mentioned, tens of millions of people will spend over $600 for an Iphone or Galaxy S5 when they could get a Meizu or Xiaomi for close to half that price.
Thats camera ring make me ilfill. 😀
Really nice, any idea about the battery size?
2000 mah pathetic battery
Looks beautiful .
too bad for the protrunding camera 🙁
and single flash too, I guess….hope for a f 2.0, or better 1.8, aperture, at least…
And Andi- Any details on the price mate?
Yes, it is 2998 Yuan
i hope its cheap!
Not really cheap 🙂
ok 🙁
no chance
allright allright , i get it!
Vivo/Oppo/BBK doesn’t know the meaning of the word “cheap”. Their phones are always incredibly overpriced. This will easily be over $600 for international buyers.
hmm.. isnt that bad for business?
considering we ALREADY have companies like apple ,google , samsung and sony dishing out phones for similarly outrageous prices…
It’s only bad for business if you don’t sell well, like Sony is figuring out. But OPPO/Vivo sell very well especially in Asia. It’s supply and demand, and right now demand far outweighs supply in the world. Just look at the brands you mentioned, tens of millions of people will spend over $600 for an Iphone or Galaxy S5 when they could get a Meizu or Xiaomi for close to half that price.
Good
blah blah blah :p
bluh bluh bluh
ok enuf really -_-
Thats camera ring make me ilfill. 😀
Really nice, any idea about the battery size?
2000 mah pathetic battery
very nice but AGAIN no lte 4g support in EU .. so it is pass. AGAIN ..
are you sure??
yeah check their web .. only one vivo has which is x5v has LTE 1800
shit! totally useless for me…any clue for future improvement?
What u mean
maybe a FDD LTE version
later but now Vivo X5V is avail. with 1800MHz and 2100… it is very nice phone too check
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRXQwzjvWDk
Yes
Got ascend mate 7 best phablet
very nice but AGAIN no lte 4g support in EU .. so it is pass. AGAIN ..
are you sure??
yeah check their web .. only one vivo has which is x5v has LTE 1800
shit! totally useless for me…any clue for future improvement?
What u mean
Yes
Got ascend mate 7 best phablet
maybe a FDD LTE version
later but now Vivo X5V is avail. with 1800MHz and 2100… it is very nice phone too check
I love thin phones but this is just too thin, 6 mm is the least I want. Anything under that and it feels like it is going to fall out of my hands.
I love thin phones but this is just too thin, 6 mm is the least I want. Anything under that and it feels like it is going to fall out of my hands.
ok, honestly i have the xshot, but i really want this. This thinness and almost all metal design strikes me. Also, knowing Vivo’s abilities to optimise the battery life, the device should last for a day of normal usage.
ok, honestly i have the xshot, but i really want this. This thinness and almost all metal design strikes me. Also, knowing Vivo’s abilities to optimise the battery life, the device should last for a day of normal usage.