Vivo X5Max with 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED display, 4.75mm slim body announced


Vivo X5Max

Vivo just announced the Vivo X5Max at an event in China, as expected. The Vivo X5Max becomes the world’s slimmest smartphone with 4.75mm thickness, slimmer than the 4.85mm Oppo R5 smartphone that was announced in October. It has a 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED screen with 3.98mm narrow bezels, powered by an Octa-Core 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor with Adreno 405 GPU and runs on Funtouch OS 2.0 based on Android 4.4 (KitKat). It has a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.

Vivo X5Max

It has magnesium alloy and stainless steel body and a stainless steel back with anti-fingerprint coating. It has YAMAHA YSS-205X digital surround signal processing chip, SABRE ES9601 DAC and TI’s OPA1612 amplifier for better audio output. Vivo is calling the combined audio set up as Hi-Fi 2.0.

Vivo X5Max

It has dual SIM support, a micro SIM and a nano SIM that doubles up as a microSD slot when you don’t want to use the secondary slot. It even has 4G connectivity. It has a 3.5mm audio jack with interlocking design to fit the thin frame.

Vivo X5Max specifications

  • 5.5-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Super AMOLED display
  • 1.5 GHz Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 (MSM8939) processor with Adreno 405 GPU
  • 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
  • Funtouch OS 2.0 based on Android 4.4 (KitKat)
  • Dual SIM ( micro SIM + nano SIM)
  • 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, F/2.0 aperture
  • 5MP front-facing camera, f/2.4 aperture
  • Dimensions: 153.90 × 78.00 × 4.75mm
  • 4G LTE / 3G, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, USB OTG
  • 2000mAh battery

The Vivo X5Max comes in Aurora White color and is priced at 2998 Chinese Yuan (US$485 / Rs. 30,000 approx). It is available for order from the official vivo website in China and ships on December 22nd. Vivo would launch the X5Max smartphone in India on December 15th.


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