Vivo today launched V5, its new selfie-focused smartphone with 20-megapixel front-facing camera in India. At the event the Kent Cheng, CEO, Vivo India announced that the company will launch V5 Plus soon, which will its first smartphone with dual front-facing cameras. It did not reveal any other details.
Even though vivo says that the V5 Plus will be the world’s first smartphone with dual front cameras, Lenovo was the first company to bring dual front-facing cameras in the S1 that has a 8-megapixel primary front camera that captures images and a 2-megapixel secondary front camera to analyze the depth of field information. Later LG introduced the V10 with dual 5-megapixel front-facing cameras that has two separate lenses to capture standard 80-degree selfies or wide-angle 120 degree selfies.
The V5 Plus will likely be X9 or X9 Plus that will be officially announced tomorrow. Vivo already confirmed that these smartphones will feature 20-megapixel front-facing camera with Sony IMX376 sensor, same as the Vivo V5 and a secondary 8-megapixel camera.
According to earlier rumors, the Vivo X9 and Plus Plus smartphone are expected to come with 5.5-inch and 6-inch 1080p displays, 4GB or 6GB of RAM and Snapdragon 653 SoC. We should know all the details about these phones tomorrow.