Every spring is the time when major mobile phone brands fight fiercely. Vivo also recently updated its product line. Although it is only three months since the release of X6, the Xplay series, which focuses on extreme video and audio, has not been seen for two years. The Xplay5 released this time is equipped with a hyperboloid screen and 6G storage, which makes everyone's expectations self-evident.

In fact, a long time ago, Bubugao's music phone has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of people. Later, Vivo became an independent brand with a more foreign name, which also made it go further and further on the intelligent and high-end road. In addition to HiFi, the other feature of vivo mobile phones is carefree. Previously, the slogan of X6 was "happy only when you are happy", but what experience will this "fast without boundaries" Xplay5 bring? (The standard version is equipped with Snapdragon 652+4G storage, while the flagship version is more luxurious 820+6G storage, both of which are equipped with 128G body storage)

Appearance introduction - love at first sight

The Xplay5 is the first mobile phone in China to use a hyperboloid screen. With an all metal body, the appearance is amazing and natural. The 5.43-inch screen is the mainstream size of mobile phones today. It is not difficult to operate with one hand, and it is also comfortable to hold.

The three touch keys and logo on the front continue the tradition of vivo, while the fingerprint is located on the back of the fuselage.

This application of curved screen is a very bold attempt of Vivo. In addition to breaking the technical barriers, materials also need to be more strictly screened and controlled. Vivo uses a flexible screen material with higher toughness on the Xplay5, and still sets a buffer belt between the metal frame and the screen to ensure safety.

Viewed from the side of the screen, the visual effect of page scrolling is very good; In addition, even at the edge of the screen, touch is very sensitive.

However, the slightly prominent metal frame is a bit harsh, and the black edge of the screen is a bit wide, which is a small shortcoming behind the stunning.

This is an AMOLED screen with 2K resolution, which is also the configuration selected by many flagship models. Thanks to the self illumination of screen A, its viewing angle is very wide.

In terms of color, the screen of Xplay5 is more bright than that of iPhone, but it has not reached the saturation and contrast of Xiaomi 5. It looks comfortable overall.

Xplay5 arranges fingerprint identification on the back, which has both advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, it is more natural to unlock when picking up the phone, but on the other hand, it is impossible to unlock without picking up the phone, which also brings some trouble.

The fingerprint unlocking speed of Xplay5 is very fast. As you can see from the mirror, it can be unlocked immediately by tapping when the screen is off.

The speed of fingerprint identification is on par with Xiaomi 5. Only when it slows down can we see that Xiaomi is slightly better than Xiaomi 5. However, because the Xplay5 has a larger sensor and a higher recognition success rate, the user experience of Xplay5 is better.

In terms of thickness, Xplay5 is 7.59mm, 0.34mm thicker than Xiaomi5. Thanks to the visual effect of the surface, it looks very thin. In addition, Xplay5 does not use a class C interface, but still uses micro USB.

The rear lens has a large size and a slightly protruding frame, which may cause some wear in daily use.

Nowadays, the price war in the domestic mobile phone market is so fierce, but vivo has always maintained a high price, which makes many people puzzled. In fact, if the price goes down, it will shrink in some places, either in materials or workmanship. What Vivo insists on is the idea of keeping improving. From the cutting of the frame to the filter screen of the receiver, we can see that Vivo strives to perfect every detail.

The Xplay5 is equipped with 128G body storage as standard, eliminating the need for expansion, so there is no TF card space reserved in the card slot. However, it is not clear why the card slot is designed as a left and right separated structure.

The accessories include a pair of headphones and a phone case, The charger is a home charger that supports 9v~2a fast charging.

Use experience - silky and smooth

The use experience of Xplay5 is just like its slogan - "fast without boundary", smooth and smooth, and there is almost no jam. The standard version in my hands is equipped with Snapdragon 652 processor and 4GB LPDDR4 running memory. Although the 652 is a mid tier processor, it may not be able to move the 2K screen, but thanks to the four powerful A72 cores, the processing performance of the Xplay5 is excellent under the guidance of vivo, and there is no performance in several days of use and games Deficiency.

Split screen multitasking is a feature of Xplay5. You can view and reply to messages while watching videos, without having to switch pages back and forth. It's really convenient!

The intelligent engine of Xplay5 will intelligently preload some common programs into the memory. For example, the camera can be turned on in seconds, making the experience extremely enjoyable. You can see that the Xplay5 turns on the camera faster than the iPhone 6p and Xiaomi 5. (Xplay5 on the far right)

The camera quality of the Xplay5 is quite excellent. The rear lens uses the Sony IMX298 sensor, which is now the choice of flagship models, and the Xiaomi 5 also uses this sensor. Compared with the iPhone 6p and Xiaomi 5, the photos taken by the Xplay5 are more colorful, and the details are as clear as those of Xiaomi 5 (see the second group of details), while the iPhone 6p is far behind.

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[Comparison II]

The Xplay5 camera also has a variety of shooting modes, of which the night view mode is often used by the author. As can be seen from the comparison figure below, the iso is reduced and the exposure time is lengthened in the nightscape mode, making noise less and brighter, and the image is not blurred due to jitter after anti shake processing. In addition, the camera also supports the manual mode, which can manually adjust the shutter and EV and other parameters, providing a more professional shooting experience. You can lengthen the exposure time to take pictures of vehicle flow and star track, which is very professional and cheating!

In the picture editing interface, there are dozens of filters for you to choose from. After taking the picture, you can go directly to the later stage, Meimeida~and you can also make professional color adjustments, that is, one word, professional!

Here are some photos taken by Xplay5.

Vivo has never given up its insistence on HiFi, which is also the reason why many V fans choose Vivo. The Xplay5 flagship HiFi3.0 allows the left and right channels to be decoded independently, and is equipped with three operational amplifier chips, making it possible to compete with professional players. The standard HiFi in the author's hands has been castrated. It only carries a CS4398 decoding chip and an AD45257 operational amplifier chip. It's a pity that the configuration is slightly backward. However, its sound quality has also surpassed that of the iPhone and Xiaomi in hand, perhaps because the brain is fully open? Ha ha ha!

After the HiFi is turned on, the analytical force is slightly improved and the sound field is larger. It may not be obvious to listen to pop music, but you can hear more details by playing some big compositions. It is recommended that you import lossless music or listen to music with 320k bit rate with Netease Cloud. It is better to turn on HiFi. The attached XE600i is of good quality as a mobile phone plug. The performance of the middle and low frequencies is stronger than that of Apple earpod, but the plug requirements cannot be too high after all.

The WiFi module of the Xplay5 uses a dual frequency signal amplifier with stronger connection capability. The author measured that the signal of the WiFi and Xplay5 connected to the living room in the bedroom is better than that of Xiaomi 5.

The Funtouch OS experience is quite good. The desktop can add plug-ins such as weather, music, and notes. The overall interactive interface is quite user-friendly. The pull-up menu integrates the background program and the control center, and seems to see some shadow of iOS. However, in order to have a better user experience, it is necessary to learn from the strengths of each family. We have to say that this pull-up menu is very convenient to use. It is necessary to complain that it is still Android 5.1.1, and the mobile phones released in the same period are all 6.0. Vivo should hurry to develop.

Intelligent wake-up, intelligent screen on/off, and application separation are several features of Funtouch OS. Among them, "application separation" allows users to open WeChat or QQ, which is very useful for me with two WeChat! It is no longer necessary to switch between two accounts. I Housekeeper is an application similar to "security center" in Funtouch OS, which integrates cleaning, antivirus, battery management, etc., making it more convenient to use.

Voice is a voice assistant similar to siri, which has high recognition accuracy and quick response.

One thing I need to like is Vivo's electronic warranty card. When you buy the Xplay5, you will get 6 months of broken screen insurance. Even if you really accidentally break this beautiful curved screen, you can change the screen for free within 6 months after you buy the device. You won't have to worry about the insurance anymore! awesome!

The 3600mAh large battery equipped with the Xplay5 is enough to cope with the 2K screen, and it can still leave about 30% of the electricity in a day of moderate use (in addition to WeChat qq, there are more royal conflicts and furnace stones). But I don't quite understand the promotion principle of "dual engine flash charge". From the 9V~2A charger, it seems to be no different from quickcharge. However, no matter how many, for our users, it's OK to charge quickly. It takes 1 hour and 45 minutes to charge from 1% (it increases to 2% when the power is connected) to fully charge 100%, while it takes only 32 minutes to fully charge 50%, and there is almost no heating.

During the whole charging process, the output voltage of the power supply can be guaranteed to be higher than 9V, the maximum voltage reaches 9.19V, and the current also reaches 1.74A; When the battery is charged to about 75%, the current gradually decreases to maintain the 4.2V battery voltage. Since the 652 processor also supports the QC3.0 protocol, the author uses the QC3.0 charger of Xiaomi 5 to charge the Xplay5, but the current can only reach 1.78A, while charging Xiaomi 5 can reach 2.11A. It can be seen that QC3.0 of Xplay5 has been castrated, which is a pity.

Complaining and Prospect

Xplay5 really brought me a lot of surprises. The outstanding appearance, amazing surface, pleasant experience, professional camera, and huge storage make me love it. From the appearance design to the production process, Vivo shows its seriousness and persistence. But I have to complain that the price difference between the standard version and the flagship version is less than 600 yuan, but the hardware configuration The gap is not small. In addition to the difference between the processor, running memory and decoding chip, the emmc5.1 flash memory used in the standard version is also much weaker than the ufs2.0 of the flagship version.

In addition, the black edge of the Xplay5 screen is also not narrow. If you can remove it, you will be a worthy beauty king among domestic machines!

In such a fierce price war today, the 3698 price of Xplay5 is enough to reflect Vivo's confidence and pride. Although it is much more expensive than other domestic computers, its quality is still worthy of this price. If the gap between the standard version and the flagship version of hardware can be narrowed, more people will choose to buy the Xplay5. Finally, I hope Vivo can Adhere to their own characteristics and go further and further on the road of high-end smart phones.