Vivo V5 (Crown gold, 32 GB)

The phone comes with a 5.50-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 720 pixels by 1280 pixels. Vivo V5 price in India starts from Rs. 16,598.

Vivo V5 runs Android 6.0.1 and is powered by a 3000mAh non removable battery. It measures 153.80 x 75.50 x 7.55 (height x width x thickness) and weigh 154.00 grams.

The Vivo V5 is a dual SIM (GSM and GSM) smartphone that accepts Micro-SIM and Nano-SIM. Sensors on the phone include Compass Magnetometer, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer and Ambient light sensor.

Vivo V5 (Crown gold, 32 GB) 

• 13MP primary camera with Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, panorama, HDR and 20MP front facing camera
• 13.97 centimeters (5.5-inch) with 1280 x 720 pixels resolution and 267 ppi pixel density
• Android v6.0 Marshmallow operating system with 1.5GHz MediaTek MT6750 octa core processor, 4GB RAM, 32GB internal memory and dual SIM (micro+nano),Hybrid Sim Slot dual-standby (4G+4G)
• 3000mAH lithium-ion battery

Bright and Sharp Display

The Vivo V5 Plus sports a 5.5 Inch Full HD (1920x1080p resolution) In-Cell display with 2.5D curved glass and Corning Gorilla Glass 5. The display gets sufficiently bright for comfortable use under direct sunlight. For those suffering from any eye-related ailments, the phone offers an Eye Protection option that adds a yellow hue to the display, allowing for easy long reading sessions. At a pixel density of about 400 PPI, text appears sharp and crisp. The panel’s colour reproduction is quite good. However, it doesn’t match the vibrancy of the OLED screens found on similarly priced phones. Since it is an IPS (In Pane Switching) panel, the viewing angles are wide.

Selfies aren’t worth the hype

Now, coming to the most important aspect of this phone, which is its camera module. As far as specifications go, the V5 Plus comes with a 20-megapixel and an 8-megapixel camera with moonlight flash, Sony IMX376 1/2.78″ sensor, F2.0 aperture at the front, and a 16-megapixel camera with PDAF and F2.0 aperture at the back.

The company claims that its selfie camera takes perfect selfies and while perfection is merely an illusion, selfies are nothing close to perfect. While selfies have quite a bit of detail, and do appear bright and crisp at times, we couldn’t get consistent results. It was largely a hit-and-miss affair.

But, the phone makes up for this fault by offering interesting features on the front camera. There is a Bokeh mode which adds a soft, blurry effect behind the person taking the selfie. This is a unique feature for a front-facing camera. As with selfie cameras on most phones, there is a Face Beauty mode that smoothens out your skin and also offers a variety of filters such as Sketch, BW-Film, and Vintage.