If you rank the sound quality of mobile phones on the market, the top three will be basically taken over by vivo. Today, when mobile phones are more powerful than processors and more powerful than memory, vivo chooses to do something about audio. This time, the X5 launched by vivo is a mobile phone that focuses on karaoke.
Although it sounds strange, vivo does. On the official page of vivo X5, Vivo claims that the X5 has built-in Yamaha's YSS205X, but no information about this chip has been found on the Internet yet. The biggest feature of the X5's karaoke function is the ability to provide real-time ear return, so that users can hear their own voice when wearing headphones.
However, the X5 is still a mobile phone after all, so it is necessary to have easy to understand specifications.
Specifications:
In addition, the X5 has a built-in CS4398 DAC, which supports lossless music playback in WAV, FLAC, and APE formats. The official price is 2498 yuan, and the X5 is available in black and white body colors.
appearance:
The appearance of the X5 adopts the family design of the VIVO product line. The front panel is white, and the 5-inch 720p IPS screen occupies part of the felt area. There are three touch buttons on the lower front of the fuselage, Above are sensors, earphones and front camera.
There are power and volume buttons on the right side of the fuselage, which are all made of metal. The key range is appropriate and the feel is good.
The position and layout of the keys are very reasonable, and the power button can be easily pressed by the thumb when holding in a normal posture.
The left side of the fuselage is the SIM card slot. The gap between the card slot and the frame is very tight, but the lower part is slightly inconspicuous.
The X5 uses a MicroSIM card. The X5L in this evaluation is a mobile 4G version that supports TD-LTE, TD-SCDMA and GSM networks.
The top of the body is a headphone connector and a microphone. Whether you like the Ω shape design of the headphone connector or not is a matter of different opinions. However, when the headphone is not inserted, there will be an obvious feeling of cutting your hand when your fingers cross here.
The bottom of the fuselage is a conventional microphone and USB 2.0 interface.
There is a 13 million pixel camera, a single LED fill light and speakers on the back of the phone. To ensure that the speakers are not blocked when the phone is placed horizontally, there are small bumps on the left and right sides of the white plastic at the bottom. In addition, The camera is protruding.
The thickness of X5 is very well controlled. It is very easy to put the 6.3 mm thickness into the jeans pocket. The layered design of the border makes X5 look much thinner than the actual thickness.
X5 uses a metal frame and back. The metal frame has been cut and polished from top to bottom. The grip is excellent. The metal frame is very excellent, and there is no unevenness at the joints. The metal part of the back has been sanded, and the feel is very good. The only problem is that the joints between the white plastic part and the middle metal part are not smooth enough, However, this problem can be ignored in use.
As far as the appearance is concerned, the X5 doesn't have much new ideas, and the control of the front frame is relatively ordinary, but for the sake of the ultra-thin fuselage, it is not unacceptable to have a larger fuselage.
In addition, it is a pity that the X5, as a mobile phone with the main music function, is only equipped with a single speaker.
Screen:
The X5 has a screen size of 5 inches, a resolution of 1280 × 720, and uses the IPS display technology. Here I use the HTC D820u with a similar price as the comparison object.
When changing the viewing angle, the X5 maintains a very good color performance, and the contrast of the image does not drop significantly, but the brightness drops significantly on the diagonal.
When displaying pure black, D820 and X5 have a small amount of light leakage at the upper edge of the screen, which is normal for LCD screens. X5 backlight is very uniform, and there is no brightness difference.
The X5 screen color is relatively cold compared with the actual situation, but the overall color restoration is more accurate. Compared with the D820, it is a different style.
System:
The system running in X5 is based on the Fontouch OS 1.2 of Android 4.4.2. There are not many developer options in the VIVO deep customization system, but you can call it by entering * # * # 7777 # * # * in the dial interface. After calling it out, you can change the corresponding settings just like an ordinary Android phone.
The X5 has the ART mode, but the restart speed of switching from Dalvik mode to ART mode is very fast, which is different from NEXUS 5, HTC ONE E8 and Galaxy S5.
Funtouch OS has made many adaptations to the usage habits of domestic users. For example, the Chinese calendar has been added to the calendar, and Chinese traditional festivals will also be marked on the calendar. The Chinese calendar is also displayed in the drop-down notice bar.
There is also an album function in the gallery application, so users can classify pictures in their mobile phones at will.
The built-in security management software of VIVO in X5 can control the self startup of each application program and the permission to read user information in addition to certain system optimization, which is very necessary in China.
X5 supports the theme replacement function, and can also use a very unique scene desktop (whether it looks good or not depends on the individual).
Double click wake-up, rest screen gesture, somatosensory operation and other functions are available.
There are also hovering windows and one handed mode. The method of calling out the one handed mode is similar to the operation method on Note 3. It can be enabled by drawing in the screen from the side and then drawing out the screen in the original direction.
Performance and endurance:
The built-in processor of X5 is MTK6592, which has eight Cortex-A7 cores. It can be turned on for calculation at the same time. The maximum main frequency is 1.7GHz, The running score of Antu Rabbit is 27126 points, which belongs to the middle level.
SUNSPIDER scored 1184 milliseconds, which is very normal.
Run the real car 3 with the default high-level special effects. The frame number is OK.
tone quality:
The VIVO X series mobile phones are basically equipped with special audio chips, X5 is no exception. This time VIVO said that the built-in DAC chip of X5 is CS4398, which is the flagship decoding chip of Cirrus Logic. According to the introduction on the official page of Cirrus Logic, the maximum audio supported by this chip reaches 24bit/192kHz PCM and DSD signals. In addition, it has a dynamic range of 120 decibels and a distortion of - 107 decibels, It is also used on many SACD players and general DVD players.
The online evaluation of CS4398 is almost unanimous. However, in the disassembly drawing we found, the DAC chip used in X5 is actually CS4398CN, a customized chip made by Cirrus Logic for VIVO, The CS4398CN has reduced the chip size while maintaining excellent sound quality compared with the ordinary version of CS4398, which is of course a good thing for the mobile phone with a lot of money. However, there is no information about this DAC on the official website of Cirrus Logic (the picture is from the network).
In terms of amplifiers, The X5 has a built-in MAX97220. This amplifier chip is produced by Maxim Intergrated, and the MAX97220 is the name of the company's entire product line. The MAX97220 has five ABCDE models, but their overall performance is the same. When powered by 5V, the chip can provide 125mW driving power for 32 ohm earphones, which can be applied to devices such as Blu ray players and televisions.
However, it is indicated on the official page that X5 supports FLAC and APE lossless formats, but does not support DSD format. Therefore, the audio of the listening part mainly uses FLAC format audio and the most common MP3 format audio, and the listening headphones use VIVO standard XE600i and Weston W4R.
After reviewing the above DAC information, I enthusiastically threw the 24bit/192kHz FLAC audio from my computer into the X5's main memory. However, after several consecutive refreshing of the media library, the file did not appear. Using the built-in file manager of X5, you can find the file, but when you manually click to play, the system prompts that it does not support it. OK, change the format.
After listening for a while, the sound quality of the X5 basically lost the Nexus 5 HTC ONE E8、 For Samsung Note 3 5420 and Sony Z3, it seems that it is not meaningful to compare mobile phones, so the comparison of sound quality is directly related to ZX1.
Low frequency:
Test track:
Cai Qin's Ferry
The low frequency diving ability of X5 is very good. When pushing W4R, the low frequency has an obvious sense of power. The low frequency diving depth is almost comparable to ZX1. The sense of volume of low frequency is less than ZX1. Naturally, the sense of atmosphere brought by the low frequency is also stronger in ZX1, and the low frequency of X5 is also faster.
intermediate frequency:
Test track:
Westlife 《No One’s Gonna Sleep Tonight》
The biggest feature of the X5 IF is "good listening". The vocal voice has rich feelings and good analytical power. The chorus and solo parts of the song will be well interpreted. Every lead singer and the harmony with the lead singer feel very natural, with good separation, and there is no sense of sticking together. The vocal voice is obviously independent of the accompaniment, It is a kind of listening and good listening.
High frequency:
Test track:
The Last Flower in the World and Miracle of Women's Twelve Orchestra
Kenny G 《Auld Lang Syne》
Don't ask me why I used three songs to listen to the high-frequency part, because the overall sound style of the X5 is actually more inclined to this pure music interpretation, The high frequency of X5 has a kind of VIVO like ferocity, which has been seen on X1 a long time ago. However, with the development of so many generations, it has softened a lot, and the tuning of VIVO has become increasingly mature. From the previous over emphasis on quality, which led to an intolerable voice, X5 now has a certain balance between ferocity and endurance. I personally like this change.
Most of the works of the Women's Twelve Orchestra are the integration of Chinese national instruments and western electronic music. The X5 is really good for such music expression. Instruments such as the erhu, dulcimer, pipa and zither will not interfere with each other at all. The loud and clear bamboo flute can also be interpreted smoothly, which is not easy for a mobile phone to perform like this, The use of independent DAC and amplifier chips is of course indispensable.
In addition to Chinese folk music, saxophone also has a certain test for the high-frequency scalability of equipment. The X5 also performs well in this aspect, but it is not soft enough. Compared with ZX1, which gives consideration to both extensibility and soft voice, the latter is more durable.
Analytical force:
As mentioned in the intermediate frequency part and high-frequency part, the X5 has excellent analytical power, which can easily eliminate most mobile phones and many MP3 products on the market. However, VIVO has always been not careful and natural in dealing with the sound, and the excessive analytical power will make the hearing endurance of the whole sound reduced.
Sound field:
The sound field of X5 is very large in mobile phone products. LIVE for Women's Twelve Band has good performance, broad voice and good positioning ability. Thanks to excellent analytical power, the small voices of the audience can be heard clearly. Of course, the sound field has a great relationship with earphones. When matching with earphones with narrow sound fields, Naturally, the sound field is relatively narrow, and such a large sound field is still suitable for appreciating instrumental music.
Matching:
The X5 sound is sharp on the whole, which is suitable for matching with warm and thick low-frequency earphones, so that the sound (especially the voice) will be more durable. In terms of thrust, The thrust of the X5 is obviously much larger than that of ordinary mobile phones, but due to the limitations of size and power supply, the thrust of the X5 will not be too strong. It is not a problem to drive the plug of the W4R, which is a bit more high-end. It can have a good sense of hearing, but this is certainly not the full strength of the W4R.
In fact, compared with the previous earliest X1, The X5 has not chosen earphones so much. I have tried several earphones back and forth. In addition to the EX1000, which is a special flower, the X5 works well with them. As for the official configuration XE600i of VIVO's original factory, this earphone works well with the X5, but the quality of the XE600i is really worrying, and people who have requirements for sound quality may not like it.
Summary:
The voice of X5 is still "very VIVO". Compared with Sony's style, VIVO's style is more forceful. Of course, the preference for style is very personal. I can't express too many subjective opinions here. Just from the perspective of hard quality, The X5 is undoubtedly excellent. It has excellent low-frequency diving, warm and comfortable voice, and bright high-frequency. The overall voice has much more cohesion and analytical power than ordinary mobile phones. It has the strength to challenge some 1500 yuan MP3 products.
what? You mean iPod and iPhone? These two words compare with X5: overestimate oneself.
KTV experience:
The title that VIVO assigned to X5 this time is "the king of karaoke". First of all, please forgive me for not being able to find a comprehensive introduction to Yamaha YSS205X chip. From the official introduction of VIVO, X5 can achieve professional real-time ear return, which can ensure that users can hear their own voice from the headphones when wearing headphones for karaoke recording.
Since we haven't found the specific introduction of this chip, it's meaningless to say so much, or we can just start the part of karaoke experience.
First of all, the recording effect of X5 is very excellent. When using the built-in "Teana KTV" to record, the recorded sound is processed to a certain extent. The overall sound effect is not as dry as the ordinary mobile phone microphone. In addition, the sound effect can be adjusted in real time during KTV, which is naturally related to the built-in Yamaha chip of X5.
In addition to good results, the built-in "sounds of nature" software of X5 is also very rich in functions. You can directly see the karaoke works uploaded by others without logging in.
You can choose to watch videos or use mobile phone videos when you sing a karaoke song. It's a good function for people who want to be popular.
The song ordering interface can directly see the popularity list of each song cover work.
It can also adjust the sound effect in real time during karaoke.
K The songs can still be saved after completion. As for sharing or not, it is a personal choice.
In terms of karaoke effect, the recording delay of X5 is really very small, VIVO can also experience the real-time ear return ability it promotes. Users can confidently and boldly use the built-in microphone of the X5 to record. The recording effect is real and natural, even better than using ordinary laptops to record directly. The preset recording style also saves the trouble of sound processing in the later stage.
photograph:
VIVO X5 uses a very mainstream camera configuration: 13 million pixels Sony sensor+F/2.0 large aperture.
The photo interface is relatively simple, and the main functions are clear and clear.
In terms of photographing functions, the X5 is very complete, with various modes.
Unfortunately, there are not many adjustable options in the X5 camera. After all, it is not the mobile phone that mainly takes photos.
It can also be watermarked, which is necessary for QQ space.
Photo proof:
The focus of this sample is located in the center of the right blade, X5 is slightly overexposed, but the details are fully reserved.
The X5 has a good anti glare performance in a large backlight environment.
The X5's daytime imaging is quite good, with accurate white balance, bright colors, and good restoration of details. However, in some cases, it may be caused by overexposure. As for the night scene, X5's color restoration is also good in the dark light environment. The brightness of the picture is high enough, but the overall noise of the painting surface is too much, resulting in a decrease in the amount of details that can be retained.
Endurance and heat:
First of all, VIVO's Funtouch OS does not display the original percentage of power, so you need to download software to display the percentage of power.
During the endurance test, use MX PLAYER to hard decode 720p video, play the highest brightness for 1 hour continuously, connect the original XE600i headset of VIVO, use 50% volume, and fully charge the battery before the test. After the test, the X5 battery has 81% left.
After playing the video, continue to use the built-in player of the system to play FLAC music for one hour. The headset condition remains unchanged. Turn on the HI-FI mode, and the screen does not turn on during this period. After this test is completed, the X5 battery has 77% left.
After the music is played, start the real car 3, run for 30 minutes continuously, and adjust the screen brightness to the highest.
During the test, turn on the flight mode and connect W-FI.
After the test, the battery power of the X5 still has 60% left, which can be said to be excellent. After all, it is impossible to maintain the maximum brightness during daily use. If it is daily use, it is no problem for the X5 to insist on not charging for two days.
The infrastructure of MT6592 is Cortex-A7, which has the characteristics of low power consumption and low heat. Therefore, the X5 is basically free from any heat when the headset is not plugged in. Playing large games will cause some heat, but the heat is much lower than that of the HTC D820u equipped with a high pass eight core processor. Of course, the processor is not unrelated, which is different from the VIVO X5, The HTC D820u uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor, and the architecture is ARM's Cortex-A53.
The back heating of X5 when playing games is mainly concentrated in the upper part of the fuselage, which is where the CPU is located.
Summary:
In fact, despite the HI-FI and karaoke features, the X5 is a very good mobile phone, with excellent workmanship, rich system functions, good screen quality, good photography and imaging quality, good endurance and sufficient performance. The support for gesture operation also makes the X5 a bit "fun". However, it is a little difficult to support the price of the X5 2498. The addition of HI-FI will make many users who like to listen to music willing to pay a little more to enjoy the excellent sound quality provided by the X5.
As for karaoke, in fact, in addition to singing the music itself, karaoke is more significant as a means of social interaction, VIVO is naturally aware of this. The built-in customized version of Tianlai KTV software has a lot of social functions. It takes KTV function as the main selling point of mobile phones. This idea is really novel and moving. Unfortunately, the sound and image are different. A mobile phone can be seen at a glance if it takes a good picture, and good sound quality is something that needs to be tasted slowly.
In addition, although the X5 focuses on the music function, it is a bit stingy with the speaker configuration. Although the single speaker on the back has enough volume, the actual use effect is still not comparable to that of HTC's BoomSound. In addition, the overall response of the X5 UI to user touch input needs to be improved.
In addition, the price is also a hard wound of the X5. Let's not talk about anything else. Look at the price and configuration of our own Xshot Elite Edition, and the X5 should cry.
advantage:
The machine body is very well made;
Excellent sound quality;
The system has powerful functions, and the practicality of gesture operation and other functions is good;
Loudspeaker volume is loud;
Strong endurance, low heat;
The karaoke function is really fun.
Insufficient:
The adjustment of gesture lighting and unlocking needs to be improved. Too high sensitivity leads to high misoperation rate;
The response of the whole system to the touch screen is not fast enough, and the text has obvious dragging phenomenon when browsing the web page;
SD card expansion memory is not supported.
