Vivo has silently launched a new X-serie
smartphone, the X5 Pro, in China. The
smartphone will be available at CNY
2,698 (approximately Rs. 27,800);
though there is no word on availability
details.
The highlight of the Vivo X5 Pro is it
features an eye-scanner technology that
is said to be employed for unlocking the
device as well as can be used to lock
important information stored on the
handset. ZTE launched what it claimed
was the "world's first smartphone" with
eye-based biometric solution, the Grand
S3 (First Impressions), at the MWC this
year. Another highlight of the Vivo X5 Pr
smartphone is it sports an 8-megapixel
front-facing camera that can
"interpolate" images to the quality of 32-
megapixels.
Unfortunately, Vivo is yet to reveal plans
to launch the X5 Pro outside China.
For specifications, the Vivo X5 Pro runs
Android 5.0 Lollipop with the company's
proprietary Funtouch OS 3.0 UI on top.
Vivo's Funtouch UI is the company's tak
on Android, similar to what Chinese
companies Oppo and Xiaomi have done
with ColorOS and MIUI respectively. It
features a 5.2-inch AMOLED full-HD
(1080x1920 pixels) display that employs
2.5D glass technology.
The dual-SIM based X5 Pro smartphone
supports 4G LTE. It is powered by a 64-
bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 61
processor coupled with 2GB of RAM. The
smartphone includes 16GB inbuilt
storage which is further expandable via
microSD card (up to 128GB). It sports a
13-megapixel rear camera with LED flas
and is backed by a 2300mAh battery.
The China launch was first reported by
Android HDblog .
Vivo last month revealed plans to set up
a manufacturing plant in India over the
next few years and also opened its first
company-owned exclusive brand store i
Hyderabad.
Earlier this year, Vivo launched the X5S
aka X5S in China priced at CNY 2,498
(approximately Rs. 25,100).
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