The Vivo X5 Pro is being launched in India today, attached with a Rs 27980 price tag and patriotically hitting the mid-range market on August 15. The handset was released in China back in May, with the company choosing not to include its eye scanning abilities in the Indian version.
This was presumably done to keep the cost of the Vivo X5 Pro down, but would have made the device unique among increasingly generic smartphones in its category. The eye scanner technology would have allowed users to unlock their phone and protect information stored in the device.
One unique feature of the X5 Pro is its 8MP front camera, which can merge several images to increase the resolution of a picture to 32MP. Another aspect is its dual-SIM slot, which has the ability to either support a microSIM and a nanoSIM (both 4G-enabled) together or a microSIM combined with a microSD card.
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The Vivo handset’s other specs include a 5.2-inch AMOLED full HD display which utilizes 2.5D glass technology and Corning Gorilla Glass. It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop-based Funtouch OS 3.0 and an octa-core 64-bit Snapdragon 615 processor combined with Adreno 405 and 2GB of RAM
The smartphone carries a 13MP rear snapper with f/2.0 aperture and LED flash. It contains a 2450mAh battery and 16GB of in-built memory, expandable up to 128GB. The device can support TDD-LTE B40 2300MHz and FDD-LTE B3 1800MHz 4G LTE bands.
Check out the specs of the Vivo X5 Pro at a glance:
– Display: 5.2-inch, 1920 x 1080p
– OS: Android 5.0 Lollipop-based FunTouch OS 3.0
– Processor: 64-bit octa-core Snapdragon 615
– RAM: 2GB
– Storage: 16GB, expandable till 128GB
– Camera: 13MP rear, 8MP front
– Battery: 2450mAh
– Size: 147.90 x 73.45 x 6.44mm
The Vivo X5 Pro will face intense competition from handsets such as the Black. The Xolo device has similar features, but is cheaper at Rs 12999. It’s differentiated by a 13MP/2MP dual-lens main camera setup, a 5.5-inch full HD screen and a 3200mAh battery.