Chinese handset brand, Vivo at MWC 2015 on Monday launched a variant of its contender for the 'world's slimmest smartphone' crown dubbed the Vivo X5Max+. It had a slightly increased thickness of 5.1mm (because of bigger battery) instead of the original's 4.75mm thickness.
The Vivo X5Max+ is priced the same as the X5Max at CNY 2,998 (approximately Rs. 29,500), and still runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat out-of-the-box.
Just like the X5Max, the Vivo X5Max+ features 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) Super Amoled display, but packs an octa-core 64-bit MediaTek MT6752 processor clocked at 1.7GHz instead of the 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor (quad-core 1.7GHz + quad-core 1GHz), along with same 2GB of RAM. Notably, the firm was very much criticised for heating issues in X5Max.
Vivo has also put in a bigger 2300mAh battery in the X5Max+ thats significantly bumped up from the 2000mAh one on the X5Max. This has also increased the thickness of the device by 0.35mm (which is now 5.1mm).On camera front, the Vivo X5Max+ packs the same 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a front 5-megapixel camera. The 16GB inbuilt storage on the X5Max+ is expandable via microSD card (up to 128GB).
(Also see: Vivo X5Max+ vs Gionee Elife S7)
Connectivity options on the Vivo X5Max+ include 4G LTE, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Micro-USB, GPS/ A-GPS, and USB OTG.
(Also see: Vivo X5Max Review: The Slimmest Smartphone Yet)
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