The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo has finally announced their newest addition to their smartphone family. The Xplay 5 and Xplay 5 Elite were revealed at a special event held in China this week.
A lot of smartphone geeks and experts noticed the two devices right away as this is the very first device that rocks a 6GB RAM. High-end devices that are already available in the market only has a 4GB RAM which clearly puts the Vivo smartphones in a clear advantage.
According to The India Talks, the Vivo Xplay 5 measures at 53.5X76.2X7.59mm with a 5.43 inch Super AMOLED display and weighs only 167.8 grams. It is equipped with a powerful octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 chipset which runs at 1.8GHz. The device will be coupled with a 4GB RAM with an Adreno 510 GPU for the graphics. It also has an alternative Hi-Fi chip the- CS4395+AD45257.The Vivo Xplay 5 will run on Android's v5.1 Lollipop with a Funtouch OS 2.5.1 skin
The Vivo Xplay 5 Elite on the other hand is more powerful than the previous. The device will have an all metal frame and a 5.43-inch Super AMOLED Quad HD screen will be protected by a Corning Gorilla Glass 4. The device will also have a fingerprint scanner as per IB Times.
What's keeping this dual sim device running is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor coupled with a 6GB of RAM and has a 126GB internal memory storage. The device will also run on Androids 5.1 Lollipop. For the camera, the Xplay 5 Elite will use Sony's 16MP IMX28 for the main camera and will have an 8MP front facing the camera to capture those candid selfies. The device will be powered by a large 3,600 mAh battery.
According to 9 to 5 Google, the Xplay 5 Elite and the Xplay 5 will go on sale in China starting March 8 and will cost $655 USD and $565 USD respectively. No announcement, however, was made regarding its international release.
Although considered as a new player in the smartphone arena, Vivo is slowly showing the competition that it can handle the pressure of creating devices that can stand up to the constant demand of meticulous consumers worldwide.
