iQOO 5 5G

Vivo iQOO is back with its gaming-centric flagship-grade smartphone iQOO 5 powered by 5G. iQOO 5 5G smartphone is loaded with intriguing features that might draw the attention of gamers. iQOO 5 5G has a blazing 55W fast wired charging support, one of the phone’s highlighted features. The phone includes a curved 6.5-inch AMOLED display with a 120H refresh rate and punch hole. The phone has stereo speakers and an-in-display fingerprint sensor for security. On the rear side, iQOO 5 5G has a 50MP triple rear-cameras with 8K recording support. Let’s read about iQOO 5 5G in detail and see how it performs against the other gaming smartphones like ROG phone 3 and Black Shark 3.

Display and Design

iQOO 5 5G brings a curved 6.5-inch AMOLED display with a punch hole. The panel has an FHD+(1080x2376px) resolution with a pixel density of 409PPI. The display is HDR10+ compliant which makes viewing vibrant on the phone. The screen refreshes @120Hz which may benefit gamers while engaging gaming sessions. Also, the phone has a long display with an aspect ratio of 19.8:9. The screen may treat your eyes with the size it offers. Biometrics security included is an in-display fingerprint sensor and face unlock.

Vivo iQOO 5 5G is solidly built with a glossy back panel with a layer of the thin aluminum frame. Unlike the iQOO 5 Pro which has exclusive BMW M Motorsport flavors with the leather finish; this iQOO 5 has a glass panel. The phone has an ergonomic body. It has 160mm of height and 8.3mm of thickness; with 197grams of weight. iQOO 5 5G is available in two different colors Blue and Grey

Performance and Camera

iQOO 5 5G runs on the Android 10 operating system with iQOO UI 1.5 on the top. The phone is driven by a 7nm+ Snapdragon 865 chipset with 8-performing cores that clocks at a speed of 2.84GHz. For the background activities and multitasks, the phone depends on ample 8GB of RAM. The graphic demands of the phone for demanding applications and games is handled by Adreno 650 GPU. These configurations can be appealing to gamers who play high-end games. User-friendly sensors like Compass, Accelerometer, Proximity sensor and Gyroscope are included on the phone.

iQOO 5 5G has a triple rear camera setup. A 50MP(f/1.85) primary sensor is followed by a 13MP(f/2.2) ultra-wide-angle lens with a 120˚ field of view, and a 13MP portrait sensor with up to 2x zooming support. You can expect quality-level photographs from the camera setup. Features like Face detection, Touch-to-focus, Autoflash, Digital zoom are present to better the camera app. For selfies and video calls, it has a 16MP shooter. As far as the recording is concerned, the rear shooters can shoot 8K videos @30fps which can appeal to the online video creators.

Battery and Storage

Vivo iQOO 5 5G is backed by a 4,500mAh Li-ion battery underneath. The phone comes with a blazing 55W fast charger support out of the box. The battery attains complete charge with 50-minutes of charging time. Judging by its size, the battery may deliver a day of power backup under average usage.

iQOO 5 5G has 128GB of UFS3.1 storage onboard. The ample storage capacity may fulfill your storage demands, but a reminder that the phone lacks extra card slot.

Connectivity

iQOO 5 5G has the usual sets of connectivity options that include 3G, 4G, 5G(in selected markets) VoLTE that enables HD voice and video calls on supported Jio networks WiFi, Bluetooth5.1, and USBv2.0 with Type-C port. Also, it has NFC which can be useful for payments and transferring small payload of data. For navigation, it features constellation like GPS with A-GPS, and GLONASS.