Vivo S5 Review: specs and features, camera quality test, gaming benchmark, user opinions and photos

Vivo S5 - almost a flagship, not quite a camera phone

The Chinese company Vivo sets itself ambitious, but at the same time quite achievable goals. However, for their execution, the manufacturer has to really try. If the developer feels more than confident on the national market, then Europe, the USA and the CIS countries still know little about the corporation's products. The hero of today's review will do everything possible to correct the situation. But will the novelty be able to compete with the best representatives of the middle price segment?

The appearance of the device is not devoid of original features. Location of the main chamber in the form of a rhombus, the beautiful colors of glass and metal casing, large frameless screen with built-in fingerprint reader does not allow to make a complaint to the design. The 6.44-inch AMOLED display itself is endowed with a good margin of brightness, excellent contrast and a high resolution of 2400 x 1080 pixels. The panel almost reaches the flagship level.

The same words apply to technical specifications. Incredibly energy-efficient and yet powerful Snapdragon 712 processor , 8GB of RAM and the Adreno 616 video chip are suitable for demanding modern games, providing decent graphics settings in most projects. 128GB / 256GB of ROM are expandable.

48, 8, 5 and 2-megapixel photo modules led by the Sony IMX586 sensor, even in poor lighting conditions, try to create pictures without noise and with good detail. Characterized by the features and selfies taken by the 32-megapixel front camera are characterized. The battery capacity reached 4100mAh , so about 7-8 hours of active screen time from a single charge will become commonplace for the buyer. Android Q with subsequent updates, and a reasonable price become additional incentives to buy a device. If he still had NFC (contactless payments) or wireless charging ...