How thin is too thin? Well, the Chinese
smartphone makers are always pushing
their limits on this end. Following
Gionee's 5.1mm Elife S5.1 and Oppo's
4.85mm R5 , today Vivo has set a new
record with its X5Max, a 4.75mm-thick
Android phone that still manages to
pack a number of notable features. The
slim aluminum mid-frame houses a
vibrant 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED
screen, a 1.7mm-thick logic board and a
5-megapixel f/2.4 front camera. Flip to
the back and you'll find a 13-megapixel
f/2.0 main camera -- the inevitable
bulge that goes beyond the phone's
official thickness by almost 2mm -- and
a loudspeaker towards the bottom. On
the whole, the phone feels surprisingly
light (Vivo has yet to list the official
weight) but also solid and well-made.
Vivo X5Max hands-on
It's worth pointing out that unlike the
Oppo R5, the X5Max has managed to
keep its 3.5mm headphone jack instead
of forcing a micro-USB adapter upon
us. Another equally impressive feature is
the dual-SIM tray (fits one Micro SIM
and one Nano SIM) that also lets you use
a microSD card (up to 128GB) in place of
Nano SIM, but you might have already
seen this on the likes of the Lenovo Vibe
Z2 Pro or the Huawei Ascend Mate 7 .
The X5Max is powered by a Qualcomm
Snapdragon 615 chip that's both octa-
core (quad 1.7GHz Cortex-A53 and quad
1GHz Cortex-A53) and 64-bit ready,
though the latter part won't be usable
until the phone is updated from Android
4.4.4 to Lollipop. You also get 2GB of
RAM and 16GB of internal storage to
boot, while the fixed 2,000mAh battery
should be sufficient for a full-day
usage; though you'll miss out on the Oppo
R5's awesome rapid charging technology.
Like its sibling devices, the X5Max places
heavy emphasis on its audio
performance, which is why it packs some
dedicated audio chips -- Yamaha
YSS-205X signal processor, Sabre
ES9018K2M DAC, exclusive Sabre ES9601
headphone amplifier and OPA1612
amplifier -- as part of its "Hi-Fi 2.0"
package. Together, these apparently
outperform the Xplay3S' offering in
terms of signal-to-noise ratio, dynamic
range and restoration. More importantly
(for this author, at least), the Yamaha
chip is actually for implementing a
karaoke mode, in which you can sing
along with songs and music videos while
also hearing yourself -- with added
echo or reverb if desired -- through
headphones. It may be gimmicky for
some, but apparently it's also what the
cool kids like to use these days.
Alas, the X5Max is only launching in
China to begin with: The China Mobile
version will be available for CN¥2,998 or
about US$490 as of December 12th. As
for those outside China who need a
phone to quench their karaoke thirst,
stay tuned for an FDD-LTE version
later.
SOURCE: Vivo
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