It's no secret that
Vivo are planning to launch a 5-inch full
HD phone next month, and what else isn't a secret is pretty much the whole
specification as it has been leaked on Weibo!
Typically
Vivo have launch
phones which are very well made, offer some great
features such as Cirrus Logic sound, but then be priced at astronomical sums of cash. The Vivo X1 is a great example as the
phone costs 2500 Yuan ($400) but
features just a dual-core MT6577 processor!
Thankfully it seems
Vivo have taken a step back and attempted to price the new Vivo
Xplay inline with its
specification, however the rumoured price is still high at 3699 Yuan ($594) it's also a little easy to justify.
According to this leaked
specification spotted on Weibo,
Vivo have dumped Mediatek in favour of a Qualcomm
Snapdragon 600
quad-core with built-in Adreno 320 GPU, a good start! There will be 2GB RAM and 32GB of built-in memory, which is good as the 5-inch
1080 full
HD display will be worth you loading up on games and movies.
Like most 5-inch flagship
phones the rear
camera is a 13 mega-pixel unit, however the front is a much more impressive 5-mega-pixel
camera (something
Vivo picked up from their friends at Oppo perhaps?).
Hi-fi quality sound is on tap again with independent
audio chips, Android 4.2.1 Jelly Bean comes with a rumoured new UI (thank goodness) and a large 3400mAh
battery seems adequate enough to power this beast!
Even with the large
battery, better than average front
camera, DAC
audio and full
HD display,
Vivo have managed to work their magic and have gotten the
Xplay down to an impressive 8mm thick! If only they could work the same magic on the price!