preface

On March 1, vivo released the latest flagship model vivo xplay5 at the Water Cube, which is an updated version of xplay3s released at the end of 2013. There are two versions of Xplay5, the standard version of 652+4G+128G and the top version of 820+6G+128G. Both of them adopt the design of curved screen, which is the first manufacturer in China to adopt curved screen. Not only that, xplay5 also inherits the previous generation of 2k screen and HIFI It's a great honor to get the trial qualification of xplay5 standard version on Sina public beta platform. Next, let me evaluate this machine for you to see whether xplay5 can continue the glory of the previous generation.

Unpacking

In terms of packaging appearance, the Vivo Xplay5 does not use the square like appearance of the previous Xplay3s, but uses a rectangular packaging box design, which is visually slender. The whole front only has the name of Xplay5 printed on it and the information that the machine supports 4G+. It looks very simple and the overall impression is good.

After opening the box, you can see a VIVO Xplay5 lying quietly inside. It can be clearly seen that the screen of the machine adopts a curved design, and the front design continues the previous generation's design. The vivo logo in the upper left corner and the three touch buttons below are the only changes in the positions of the front camera, earpiece and sensor above, but the three components are still on the same horizontal line, which did not let us suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorder, It looks very neat and beautiful.

Above is a family photo of the host and accessories. What makes me feel most intimate is that I actually brought a mobile phone case with silver plated white design at the four corners, which looks like a good match with the machine, and can also protect the four corners of the machine. After all, this is the place we are most likely to bump into; Not only that, the film has already been pasted on the mobile phone when it leaves the factory (probably because the curved screen is difficult to paste). In a word, I don't need to worry about accessories after buying this machine.

The charger adopts a 9V2A output design, which is coupled with a machine for charging. It can charge from 1% to 47% in 30 minutes.

The model with the earphone is the vivo XE600i, which seems to be the standard configuration of the vivo high-end machine. In addition to the bass, the actual effect is very good, especially with their own hifi function, which can meet most consumers.

Appearance and feel

There is no doubt that the biggest highlight of VIVO Xplay5's appearance is the use of curved screen design, and it is also the first manufacturer in China to use curved screen design. On the front, the frame looks very narrow, especially the part of the edge surface. It looks full of science and technology, which is very amazing. Seen from a distance, the stereoscopic feeling is very strong, which will make you want to touch her.

VIVO Xplay5 uses a 5.43-inch AMOLED 2K screen with curved surface. The overall appearance is very good. Thanks to the 2K resolution, the screen looks very delicate without any graininess. This is the first time I have used a 2K resolution machine, and I feel a bit stuck. The color of the screen is consistent with the characteristics of the AMOLED screen. They are both gorgeous and very pleasing. The disadvantage is that the black edge around the screen is a little wide, especially in the white background, the edge is not so narrow.

The radian of the surface can be roughly perceived from the figure. In my experience, when I touch the place where the plane meets the curved surface, the feeling is very subtle. When I use a single handset, my thumb will automatically rub against this place, which is very cool!!

VIVO Xplay5 does not adopt the design of double-sided glass like Samsung, but adopts the design of front glass plus metal middle frame and back. Looking carefully, it is not difficult to find that there is a layer of white gel between the screen and the middle frame. I think it is used to provide a buffer for the machine to fall.

Thanks to the characteristics of the curved screen, even the 5.43-inch screen can be easily held in one hand. However, compared with other machines, it is easier to slip by hand, and because the metal middle frame is used, there is a slight cutting feeling near the middle frame.

I think the handle is 80 points, and the main reason for the deduction is that the grip is really slippery.

The back is a three-stage design. Except for the slightly protruding camera, the back is almost straight. The corners are smooth and comfortable to grip. The prototype I got is the color of champagne gold, but it seems to be inclined to light rose, which is more suitable for women. Since the metal back is used, there must be a white band. Vivo uses a white band that is similar to the metal color of the back plate, so it looks less obvious.

The fingerprint identification adopts the back scheme. The square identification button is about a quarter of the machine. For me, the location is just right, but it may be a little higher for girls. I think the size of the fingerprint button is appropriate. It is very convenient to use the index finger to unlock when holding it with one hand.

There are only volume key and power key on the right side. The power key is in the upper middle position, which I think is suitable. The key feedback is very good, but the key is slightly loose.

The left side is very simple. There are only holes in the sim card slot. The slot holes are relatively solid, and there is no looseness.

The card slot adopts a metal one-piece molding design, which is very solid, and supports two nano sims at the same time, and supports all Netcom 4g+. Since the whole series of xplay5 uses 128G storage, it is unnecessary to support the expansion of SD cards.

The upper side is also very simple, with only headphone holes and noise reducing microphones.

From left to right at the bottom, there are microphones, USB jacks and speakers. The three are arranged on the same horizontal line, and the workmanship is excellent. It's a pity that the dual speakers of the xplay3s are not inherited.

The beauty and function of curved surface

In my one week experience, the curved screen gives me a good feeling, at least there are not many false touch cases. I found that the curved screen has two main functions: 1. When we unlock, we can find that there are very beautiful light spots on both sides of the unlock animation, which makes the whole unlock animation more vivid. 2. When we place the screen facing the desktop, if there is an incoming call, there will also be dazzling light spots on both sides of the screen constantly moving, which not only makes us have a visual impact, More importantly, it is a reminder.

But these two functions seem to be very different from the magic of the curved screen in our imagination. On the contrary, I hope that vivo can derive some other new operation methods or functional apps based on the surface, such as quickly opening apps, rulers, etc.

System UI

The machine is equipped with the in-depth customized futouch OS 2.5 system based on Android 5.0, Vivo's machine has always been very good in everyone's eyes for optimization. After receiving the machine this time, I didn't feel disappointed. The system will be updated almost every week, and the system is also very smooth to use. The transition animation is done well, and the stability is high. After using the machine for nearly a week, there has been no stuck restart phenomenon. The machine adopts 4G RAM+128G ROM configuration. Apart from the system, our normal available space is about 110GB.

Game performance

The Xplay5 uses the combination of Qualcomm Xiaolong 652+4G ram. Most mainstream games can run smoothly. The heat control is also good when playing the game. After playing for half an hour, the royal war will not overheat or get stuck. The game center in the system can facilitate us to download games or search for strategies. To play most online games, you only need to log in to your vivo account, and no additional registration is required.

Powerful personalization options

If you want to modify the app icon, font and other personalized functions, we can only implement them after the system root on ordinary mobile phones, but it takes time to toss around the phone, and it will also lose the opportunity of warranty. However, vivo xplay5 only needs to download its favorite theme, wallpaper, font, etc. on the theme store to achieve personalized display. The process is extremely simple and convenient, and there are a lot of choices available, and many beautiful ones. My sister will definitely like them, but some of them need to be paid for.

Extremely convenient operation mode

In the era of frequent subway and bus crowding, single handed operation optimization is more practical. Vivo xplay5 has optimized the design of single hand operation. It only needs to slide from the screen edge to the screen, and then turn back to the screen to call up the small screen. However, the success rate of the operation is not very high. On average, it takes two slides each time to succeed. However, the small screen can really make us not so clumsy when operating with one hand, and can "gracefully" squeeze the bus to play with mobile phones. The size of the small screen can be adjusted according to the size of our palm, and it can also be moved flexibly. In addition, there is also the optimization of one handed keyboard, which is very flexible.

The split screen multitasking function enables us to chat while playing games or watching videos. Especially when we watch movies at night, it is very practical. There is no need to cut between movies and WeChat. It is also very convenient to use. Just click the floating button to open the split screen function, and you can adjust the size of split screen at will, It is also convenient to chat and type, and the process of use is also very smooth. However, there are some shortcomings, that is, the function cannot be forced to be enabled. It can only be enabled when the news comes; In addition, there are few apps that support this function for the time being. I believe they will be added in the future.

It's my favorite to turn off the screen to check this. I usually want to see the time and whether there is a notice. I don't need to pick up the phone anymore. I just need to touch the phone gently. During the use, I found that the success rate of the operation mode prompted by this function seems not high enough. After this period of use, I found that 100% successful operation can be achieved by gently touching the position of the sensor.

I personally think that the function of space blocking unlocking is a rather complicated function, because our fingerprint identification is behind. After space blocking unlocking, we need to press the fingerprint on the back or use the password to unlock, which is not practical.

The lock screen gesture function is also very useful, especially the function of sliding down to turn on the camera, which is particularly important when we need to snap photos at ordinary times, especially when the vivo xplay 5 camera is very fast to turn on. In addition to fixed gestures, we can also customize gestures, which can be used in a wide range of scenes. However, there is a disadvantage that when we call out WeChat and other apps, we still need to unlock the steps, which seems to be a bit repetitive, leading to a longer time required for opening, but the overall use feeling is pretty good.

The function of application separation is a blessing for people who have multiple WeChat QQ accounts. With him, we can log in to two accounts at any time. From the application management, we can see that the second application is completely independent from the first application, without the disadvantage of switching confusion, and only the temporarily supported apps are limited.

  Summary: various gestures, one hand and other operations are sometimes very convenient to use, but sometimes these operations conflict with fingerprint unlocking or have a low success rate. But in general, we can choose the appropriate use of these gestures, which is convenient for us and does not form a conflict in the operation logic.

Use experience of mother care

There is a vivo app store in the system. We can download the apps we need through the store. Basically, we can find all our commonly used apps on it, and we can automatically update our apps with one click, which is very convenient. However, when I used it, I found that sometimes the download stopped at the unprovoked end, and I had to close the store and press Continue to Download to download the application. It should be a bug in the software, and I hope it can be updated in future versions.

The system comes with the security software of butler i. Its functions are very powerful. In addition to garbage cleaning and point saving management, I think the most important thing is software management. Through the control of the software's self start, the self start of those "rogue" software can be greatly reduced, ensuring the smoothness of the system and power saving.

In addition to the system's own i steward, there is also the legendary intelligent steward, who is somewhat similar to the green guard and block operation we usually use, but he does not have an existing app. She can virtually plan the app resident storage scheme according to the use of our app, and at the same time clean out the apps we don't use often from the background, A good example is the camera's resident memory. When I use it, I turn on the camera very quickly, which can be exaggerated to say seconds. In addition, the WeChat I often use is also very fast.

Vivo xplay5 has a 3600mAhde battery. For heavy users like me, there is basically 15% of the power every night. The standard dual engine flash charging function is also very powerful, but it can be used when using the original charger. After my test, starting from 1% of the electricity, we can reach 25% of the electricity in 15 minutes, 47% in 30 minutes, and 75 minutes in 98%. It's very powerful. In an emergency, we only need to charge for 15 minutes to get 25% of the electricity, which is enough for us to use for a long time. In addition to these, there is an emergency saving mode. In this emergency mode, you can inquire about the phone and send a message for the first time and other simple communications. You can't access the Internet, but the saving effect is very obvious. 10% of the electricity may be enough for you to use all afternoon.

Cloud service

The built-in cloud service can automatically back up our commonly used data to the cloud, such as address book SMS, etc. It is also a very practical function, but it is a pity that a very important image backup function is missing.

Fingerprint identification function and application

The fingerprint identification speed of vivo xplay5 is very fast, which is much faster than the unlocking speed of the iPhone 6s. It may be because there is no cross animation during the unlocking process, and the unlocking is basically completed as soon as the fingerprint identification button is touched. It is really fast, and the recognition accuracy is also very high. Even if the hands touch a little water, it can be unlocked, However, if the unlocking is unsuccessful, there is no feedback, which is not good. It is suggested that the official can set the machine to vibrate when the unlocking is unsuccessful, so that we can make adjustments faster. Up to 5 fingerprints can be entered. Fingers need to be placed according to the prompts during the entry process, and about 12 fingerprints need to be entered each time.

Fingerprint can be used not only for unlocking, but also for Alipay payment. As long as you enter the fingerprint in Alipay's security settings, and update the corresponding program, you can pay by fingerprint when you pay. You no longer need to enter a password, which greatly improves security. Unfortunately, only Alipay can support fingerprint payment for the time being, and WeChat cannot use fingerprint payment.

Music and HIFI

The hifi function of vivo xplay has always been one of the biggest highlights of the series. Without exception, the hifi function of vivo xplay 5 is also very commendable. The standard version of Xplay5 uses the combination of CS4398+AD45257, and uses the original earphones for experience. The sound effect of not turning on hifi is far from that of turning on hifi. After turning on hifi, I personally feel that the sound is more powerful and qualitative, and the low-frequency effect is particularly good. The player provided by the system integrates Xiami Music. Even the latest songs can be found and downloaded from it, which is very convenient. But it seems that some songs are forced off the shelf and cannot be downloaded.

Camera and photography

Vivo Xplay5 benefits from the 4G RAM. By default, the system will take photos for long-term resident storage processing, so the camera turns on very quickly, almost every second. The photo taking interface is simple and very convenient to use. The camera has a variety of photo taking modes, which can be selected by clicking the button in the upper right corner. It has DHR, panorama and other functions. The lower right corner can enter the filter selection interface. There are up to 45 filters for selection, which is very practical. Photographers can take professional photos, with various parameters adjustable; In addition, the camera has its own beauty function, and can choose its own location and beauty degree.

The rear camera of the Vivo Xplay5 uses the Sony IMX298 sensor, up to 16 million pixels. During use, the focusing speed is very fast, the white balance is relatively accurate, the specific imaging quality is very high, and the color is rich and colorful, which is more pleasing to the eye. When there is sufficient light in the daytime, the proof has strong analytical power, and even the details in the distance can be photographed very clearly. The imaging is still good in the weak light environment, but in the weak light environment, the image of the camera viewfinder is obviously stuck, which is not smooth. I hope the official will fix this in a future update.

  Photo proof

Summary:

After nearly a week of trial experience, the biggest feeling of this machine is that "there is no need to struggle". I don't even need to worry about the film and phone case. After I buy it, I plug in the SIM card, download the applications I need, and then use it. I don't need to worry about downloading optimization software such as green guard. The system has also been optimized for our various operation scenarios, so that we can use it well. The screen display effect of the machine is excellent. The use process of futouchu os is also very smooth. The animation effect is good. Thanks to the curved screen, the appearance and feel are very good. HIFI and cameras can meet the needs of most people. On the whole, this is a mobile phone with strong comprehensive performance.

Advantages: The curved screen brings excellent display effect. The machine is easy to use and operate, and the system is optimized well. There is no need to struggle with various optimization software. Various humanized settings and operation methods are suitable for various scenes. Hifi sound effects, cameras with high imaging quality, and large battery flash meet the needs of most people

Disadvantages: The camera is slightly protruding, lacking applications related to the curved screen, and the design of the previous generation of dual speakers has not been continued. The operation of some functions still needs to be optimized, and the price is slightly higher

I think it is suitable for people who do not want to bother with mobile phones and have certain needs for sound effects and photos.