Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks

Vivo, the Chinese smartphone vendor, has entered the Indian market with the launch of its high-end smartphone, the X5Max at a price of Rs. 32,980. The Vivo X5Max features is being touted as the world’s thinnest smartphone with a waistline of just 4.75m thin, beating Oppo’s R5, which is 4.9mm thin.
The Vivo X5Max features a 5.5-inch Full HD Super AMOLED display, an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, and runs FunTouch OS 2.0, which is based on Android 4.4.4 KitKat. The storage capacity can be expanded by up to an additional 128GB using the microSD card slot. It is equipped with a 13-megapixel primary camera with autofocus, LED flash, and 1080p video recording, while the front-facing camera has a resolution of 5 megapixels.
Vivo X5Max Specifications
- 5.5-inch Super AMOLED display, 1920 x 1080 pixels, and 401 ppi
- FunTouch OS 2.0 (based on Android 4.4.4 KitKat)
- 1.7GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615, Adreno 405 GPU, and 2GB RAM
- 16GB internal storage with microSD card slot (compatible with microSD cards up to 128GB)
- 13-megapixel primary camera, autofocus, LED flash, and 1080p video recording
- 5-megapixel secondary camera
- Dual SIM (Micro SIM + Nano SIM), 4G LTE, dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth v4.0,
- Accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, GPS with A-GPS and GLONASS
- 2,000 mAh battery, 153.9 x 78 x 4.8 mm
It is a dual-SIM smartphones and comes with integrated 4G LTE connectivity, dual-band Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Bluetooth v4.0, and microUSB v2.0 port with USB Host abilities. To achieve a thinness of just 4.75mm, Vivo has shifted 90 percent of the internal components to the side of the screen. With the launch of X5Max, Vivo has dampened the hype which was building up to the launch of the Oppo R5 in India. The Oppo R5 is expected to be announced in India with a price tag anywhere between Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 30,000.
