Vivo X Fold 5 breaks cover, will take on Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 with best-in-class IP rating and massive 6,000mAh battery

India Today

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Vivo has launched the Vivo X Fold 5, its latest book-style foldable with a bunch of big upgrades and world-class features, including a top-level IP rating and a ginormous battery. Launching first in China, the X Fold 5 is soon expected to break cover internationally given that its predecessor, the critically acclaimed Vivo X Fold 3 Pro, was made available in markets like India. In fact, speculation is rife about Vivo launching it in India, possibly within the next few weeks, alongside another phone called the Vivo X200 FE. It will take on Samsung's upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 7, which is set to launch globally on July 9.The X Fold 5 is a technological marvel in many ways. It doesn't try very hard to become the thinnest, or even the lightest foldable in the world, but goes the other way by offering quality-of-life upgrades that would increase utility and make foldables work more like regular devices. To that effect, Vivo has made the world's first commercially available foldable phone with IPX8 and IPX9 Plus ratings, meaning that it is safe against submersion and water jets, at least in theory. The phone is also rated IP5X for dust ingress. You're not advised to go about slam-dunking your fancy foldable to test its limits, but it's nice to know it can go the distance the off chance you come face to face with something adverse.Speaking of going the distance, Vivo also put a 6,000mAh battery inside the X Fold 5, which, per our knowledge, is the largest on any commercially available foldable phone today. There are in fact two separate cells – 3,275mAh and 2,725mAh – based on the latest Silicon-Carbon technology driving the phone and, hopefully, it will deliver on the longevity front. The X Fold 3, too, had a substantial 5,700mAh battery, but it's interesting that Vivo was able to make it bigger in this generation. The overall charging speeds have come down though. The X Fold 5 supports 80W wired and 40W wireless charging (this was 100W and 50W in the X Fold 3 Pro).Despite the increase in battery size and more powerful IP rating, the footprint hasn't gone up. Vivo has made two types of finishes: titanium and more regular white and green pine. The former measures 9.2mm when folded and 4.3mm when unfolded (it weighs 217 grams) while the other two come in at 9.7mm folded/4.55mm unfolded and 226 grams, respectively. The screen size hasn't changed. You still get a 6.53-inch cover display and an 8.03-inch inner display which is now protected by the second-generation Armour Glass. This main display is an LTPO OLED with a maximum refresh rate of 120Hz and peak local brightness of 4,500 nits. The processor, too, remains unchanged. The X Fold 5 comes powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 much like the X Fold 3 Pro.For photography, the Vivo X Fold 5 has a trio of cameras on the back which is a combination of a 50-megapixel Sony IMX921 sensor with f/1.57 wide lens with OIS, a 50-megapixel Sony IMX882 sensor with an f/2.55 3x periscope lens with OIS, and another 50-megapixel ultrawide with a 15mm f/2.05 lens. The setup is tuned by ZEISS.The Vivo X Fold 5 starts at CNY 6,999 (roughly Rs 83,670) for a version with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage and goes up to CNY 9499 (roughly Rs 1,13,550) for 16GB/1TB. It is currently available for pre-order in China with general availability pegged for July 2.- Ends
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