Vivo X5Max review: Asian shadow

14 July 2015
It’s not every day we have a true record holder in our hands, and that’s exactly what we were getting ready for waiting for the vivo X5Max to arrive. The slimmest smartphone in the world for more than six months now, the 4.75-mm X5Max snatched...

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  • AnonD-418202
  • k4B
  • 16 Jul 2015

I'd be interested to know where I can pick one of these international versions up. Hong Kong perhaps? I can't find a reliable supplier in the USA.

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    • AnonD-142922
    • 39x
    • 16 Jul 2015

    Garena you should review rather Vivo X5Pro this is outdated.. you came late with this phone review..

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      • Anonymous
      • pXm
      • 16 Jul 2015

      No wonder the performance squeezed from the SD615 is below what others have managed: there's no ARMv8 support in KitKat, that chip is running in ARMv7 compatibility mode.

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        • Anonymous
        • nEc
        • 16 Jul 2015

        Anonymous, 15 Jul 2015useless review. Despite that the vivo is an audiobcentric p... moreThey don't want it compared to the i6+.
        Does this have a removable battery?

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          • omg
          • yVg
          • 16 Jul 2015

          omg like totes

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            • Anonymous
            • 0rS
            • 15 Jul 2015

            Year 2015 we still dealing with shit dragon 4xx and 6xx craps.
            When people will notice these things going to have short life, waste of money.
            Its the shame for the world there is no alternative for qualcomm YET. Give them poor adreno 405 and let them play CANDY CRUSHHHH amazing...
            isnt it?
            Well, intel launched also atom soc with absurd price so I'm right.

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              • Anonymous
              • tVr
              • 15 Jul 2015

              "To put it simply, the X5Max amazed us in terms of its battery performance. It posted impressive scores across the board, not only considering its screen diagonal and battery size, but also in absolute values. Standby endurance, which is not included in the scorecard, is about 11 full days with a single SIM, and a day less with a second SIM inside. Call times on a 3G network are more than 17 hours, well above average."

              If that's really the case that's why I'd rather that any phone with "Max" in its name to be thicker just by a few more millimeters and pack 3000-3500mAh instead. Seriously done with this thin and light trend.

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                • Anonymous
                • IWS
                • 15 Jul 2015

                If you can make the audio quality review more in depth and compare audio centric devices such as meizu mx4 pro and etc its even better.

                And the new website layout is confusing. We can't go to the page we desire at once due to the lack of page number buttons that were in the old review layout :( when using Opera browser.
                Please try to fix. Thanks... Good review.

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                  • AnonD-251095
                  • 3Dx
                  • 15 Jul 2015

                  It appears this thing has Sabre ES9018K2M DAC, Yamaha YSS-205X signal processor, Sabre ES9601 headphone amp and OPA1612 amplifier with sd slot and good battery life, which means it is the ultimate music device. But i hope they make smaller and thicker version of it.

                    This is the first time gsm has pointed out the lack of FM as a disadvantage, when many devices in the past have skipped it too.

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                      • AnonD-173467
                      • 4YU
                      • 15 Jul 2015

                      I think the build and packaging is nice...would luv to see it in the US and given a full breakdown treatment.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • t7{
                        • 15 Jul 2015

                        useless review. Despite that the vivo is an audiobcentric phone. Gsmarena did not pu a review on audio quality. So that we will see how does this phone battle with the like of meizu mx4 pro and xiaomi mi note also with htc one m9.