With this price, Vivo V5 Plus is definitely challenging the smartphone OnePlus 3T. Both these smartphones come in different categories. At the same time, it is difficult for the user to choose which device is much better according to the value. Vivo V5 Plus An ‘ultimat’ is a selfie smartphone, but is it everything that can replace it with a flagship-level phone? Learn in the review of V5 Plus.
Design and texture of Vivo V5 Plus
Design of Vivo V5 Plus by us Review were done Vivo V5 The design is not much different from the design. The phone has a fingerprint sensor integrated in a home button below the screen and has a sensor, notification LED and a phil light on the top. It is not hidden from anyone that Vivo and Oppo prefer to mimic Apple’s hardware and software designs and Vivo has continued it in his latest variants. The antenna bands given in Vivo V5 Plus look exactly like the new iPhone 7. The rear made of full metal is quite permanent and we liked the soft gold finish of the phone. Chassis and button’s finish gives a premium and we have no complaints from the company here.
The phone has a sim tray on the left side in which two Nano-SIM cards can be used. However, it is not a hybrid SIM card and has no separate slots for microSD cards. At the bottom is a micro-USB port, headphone jack and speaker. The Grip of Vivo V5 Plus is good and it looks light with 158 grams weight.
The 5.5 inch IPS display given in Vivo V5 Plus is bright and touch response is also good. Sharpness is also good due to full HD resolution. The setting app does not have the option of color correction but you will get an eye-protection mode. The color saturation is good and the Corning Gorilla Glass 5 has been given to protect the display.
In the box, you will find an 18 watt/10 watt adapter, data cable, headset, case, screen guard and SIM EJctor Tool. Overall, Vivo V5 Plus scores better just like the previous smartphone of this series in design and texture. However, the phone has sufficient inbuilt storage and the lack of expandable storage may disappoint some users.
Vivo V5 Plus Specification
Vivo V5 Plus has Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 processor, 4 GB RAM and 64 GB storage. However, we cannot attract it because Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 ,Review) It has been launched with this specification at half the price.
Apart from this, Vivo V5 Plus has Bluetooth 4.0, dual-band Wi-Fi B/G/N, GPS and USB-OTG. The phone has an AK 4376 audio dack for better sound quality. The phone does not have NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11 AC or FM radio. The phone does not even have a new Type-C USB connector. Talk about the sensor, the phone has all other sensors with gyroscope. Vivo V5 Plus supports VoLTE with 4G on both SIM cards.
The Vivo V5 Plus runs on Android Marshmale 6.0.1 based on the Funtches OS 3.0. Panels such as stock icons and control centers- in which pop up comes from below, a glimpse of iOS can be seen in all. The phone has a preinstall app of Google, including Duo. Apart from this, WhatsApp, UC browser and WPS Office are included. Vivo has also given some of his apps like themes, Vivo Cloud and a manager app for permission, app locking etc. You are our Vivo V5 Review In the new Vivo V5 Plus all gesture based features can be learned.
If you are using this phone after stock Android, then it will take you some time to get addicted to the new software. We hoped that Vivo V5 Plus would come with the new Android Nougat as Marshmallow is now a bit old.
Vivo V5 Plus Performance
The Vivo V5 Plus smartphone with Snapdragon 625 processor is well, despite Vivo’s heavy Android skin. Multitasking in the phone is easy and we did not have any problem in playing animated games. The fingerprint sensor identifies the fingers very fast and you can lock the app from this sensor besides unlocked the phone. Talking about the benchmark, Vivo V5 Plus scored well. The phone is not hot even when doing serious work like video recording and game playing. The top part is slightly warm but it is not very much.
The processor comes with the ability to play 4K videos and other media files in the phone also run easily. The phone has a ‘smart split’ mode from which you can see the message coming from Facebook, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger without exiting video players. This mode also works with MX Player, YouTube and Google Play Movies. The mono speaker given in Vivo V5 Plus is not bad for the media and it is quite fast but this stereo speaker is not as good. If you have connected wired earphones, then you can turn on or off the inbuilt dack using a high-Fi icon in the music and video player app. If you look at the headset coming with Vivo V5 Plus, then the effect of Apple on them is clearly visible because they look exactly like Apple’s headset. However, the audio quality is not good at all.
The front camera of the phone is the most special part of this phone and now we will talk about it. Vivo V5 Plus has a 20 -megapixel sensor with aperture F/2.0 and an additional 8 megapixel sensor for depth. The latter sensor is used to separate you from the background and used to generate the bokeh effect in the camera app. You can adjust the aperture according to the depth-off-field effect. The effect is quite good and selfie comes with good detailing even in low light than a 20 -megapixel camera. Apart from this, you also get other modes like Auto HDR and face beauty and Phil Light helps when it is dark.
The V5’s rear camera was very weak but in the Vivo V5 Plus the company has solved this problem. Macro and landscape shot from 16 megapixel sensors come with considerable detailing. However, we had some trouble with white balance but the app mostly corrects it. Even in low light, the performance was not very bad and the detailing is slightly less and the object seems slightly scattered when zoom in. But overall, the performance has definitely improved from the previous variants.
The 4K video recording is well. The other V5 also has the other as the previous Vivo phones, Night, PPT, Pro and Ultra HD mode.
The Vivo V5 Plus has a non-removable battery of 3055 mAh, which is easily run a full day after charging. In our HD video loop test, we were able to run the phone easily for 10 hours and 53 minutes, which cannot be called bad. Vivo’s ‘dual-charging engine’ has also been provided with fast charging support with two microchips for more current. With this, we could charge the device up to 43 percent within half an hour.
Our decision
Chinese smartphone manufacturers have set the trend of presenting products with strong specifications at highly affordable prices. And perhaps this is also doing Vivo. The V5 Plus is a great smartphone as it has shown the courage to break the tradition. However, we do not think that this phone also gives performance according to its premium price and especially when you get all these things at a very low price.
Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 is probably not the best example because Xiaomi sells it online and due to this, gets rid of distributors, sub-distributors, retailers etc. which reduces the price. But even with all this, we could not know why the price of Vivo V5 Plus has been kept so much. Despite the premium, the V5 Plus does not have features like USB Type-C, NFC, Wi-Fi AC, expandable storage and FM radio. FM radio still likes a lot of people in India. Also, if this phone had given a better chip like OnePlus 3T, it would have been that the phone would have been better.
Along with this, software also has some shortcomings. The price at which Vivo and such broad phones are presenting the same, its upgraded variants can be introduced soon. If the software update is important for you, then OnePlus 3T will be a better option by spending a little more money. It may not have a fancy dual-camera setup like Vivo V5 Plus, but it can take good selfie and in many cases it performs better than V5 Plus.
The Vivo V5 Plus smartphone V-series could have a strong phone if it was priced around Rs 20,000. However, it is an expensive phone with Rs 27,980 because OnePlus 3T and at this price Honor 8 ,Review) Like phones are present. But if you are only fond of taking good selfies Oppo F1S ,Review) Or Vivo V5 ,Review) Performs better at a low price.