On April 11 this year, vivo officially released its first folding screen model - vivo X Fold. Although vivo entered the foldable screen mobile phone market a little later than other manufacturers, I was deeply impressed by the outstanding comprehensive performance of vivo X Fold. The praise from many users on the e-commerce platform also proves that the time spent on polishing products is indeed worth it.
In the past six months, vivo launched its latest folding screen product. The name of X Fold+ confirms that it is not a replacement product, but more like an upgrade to existing products. But this upgrade is not as boring as I imagined. In addition to using the updated Snapdragon 8+ processor, vivo X Fold+ has also been upgraded in terms of battery life, appearance, software optimization, etc. Let's take a look with me below.
01 Performance: Snapdragon 8+ performance release is more radical
For vivo X Fold+, performance improvement is undoubtedly one of the most worthy of attention. This time, vivo X Fold+ used the latest Snapdragon 8+ flagship processor, and was paired with the overclocked version of UFS3.1+ enhanced version of LPDDR5, forming a performance iron triangle combination. In order to test the performance of vivo X Fold+, we first asked the "good friends" Antutu and 3D Mark, who reviewed the editor, to test the running scores on this phone.
can be seen that Antutu scored 1086831 points, and D Mark scored 10722 points. This score has reached the mid-to-high level of Snapdragon 8+ models, and has performed very well.
Of course, the running score test is definitely not exactly consistent with the user's real usage scenarios. In order to test the performance limits of vivo X Fold+, I chose the game scenario with the heaviest load in most users' daily use for testing. Here I chose the mainstream " Peace Elite " and the heavier load " Genshin Impact " for testing.
In "Peace Elite", I set the image quality to HDR HD + extreme frame rate . Under such image quality settings, turn on the performance mode, the average frame rate of vivo X Fold+ is 59.5fps, and the game performance is relatively smooth in the actual experience.
In "Genshin Impact", I set the image quality to high + 60 frames. With such image quality settings, turn on the performance mode, the average frame rate of vivo X Fold+ is 59.3fps, which performs well in the Snapdragon 8+ models.
In order to allow Snapdragon 8+ to fully release its performance, a better heat dissipation design is naturally necessary. vivo X Fold+ uses a three-dimensional heat dissipation system composed of a variety of high-heat efficiency materials such as VC heat-efficient plates, PGS graphite heat conduction flakes, nano thermal conduction gels, etc. It performs heat dissipation treatment at various key heating locations and the entire machine, bringing excellent heat dissipation effects to the entire machine.
Through actual testing, we can see that after running the game for half an hour, the maximum body temperature of vivo X Fold+ is only 42.1 degrees Celsius. During the entire game, you can feel that the back of the body is only slightly warm, and it will not have any impact on the operation during game battles. As a flagship phone, this performance is very excellent.
02 Battery life: 4730mAh battery + 80W flash charging. Using pressure-free
Battery life is also one of the key points of improving vivo X Fold+. Based on the previous generation of products, the vivo X Fold+ is upgraded to a combination of 4730mAh battery + 80W wired fast charging + 50W wireless fast charging + 10W wireless reverse charging. It is paired with the Snapdragon 8+ processor with better energy consumption. I believe that it will have better performance in fast charging and battery life. In order to actually experience the fast charging performance of X Fold+, I tested it.
Before testing, I first exhausted it completely and connected the included 80W charger for testing. According to our actual measurement data, under the current room temperature environment, 98% of the power can be charged in 30 minutes.
It is worth mentioning that vivo X Fold+ comes standard with a 1.5m data cable and dual Type-C port gallium nitride charger. For business people who often need to travel on business, it not only makes daily use easier, but also meets the charging needs of multiple electronic devices, reduces luggage burden, and makes travel scenarios more relaxed. In terms of battery life of
, we used ZOL's foldable screen mobile phone 5-hour heavy battery life model to test the phone. During the test, the volume of the mobile phone system and the brightness of screen were set to 50%, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth were turned on, and the smart refresh rate was turned on.The test content includes 30 minutes and 30fps 1080P video recording, 45 minutes B station 1080P video playback, 50 minutes Douyin video playback, 60 minutes high-frame mode " King of Glory ", 45 minutes Weibo information flow, 30 minutes Taobao homepage browsing, and 50 minutes QQ voice chat.
Judging from the results, vivo X Fold+ has 50% left in the battery after 5 hours of testing. Considering the impact of the super large internal screen on power consumption, this performance is completely acceptable. Especially in the video playback part, when viewing using the internal screen, the power consumption is only 3% in 45 minutes. Combined with the full-scene fast charging configuration of vivo X Fold+, I believe that battery life anxiety will not become a problem that bothers you.
03 Design: The new color scheme is more eye-catching, and the details are changed.
As a product with full configuration in all aspects, vivo X Fold+ also has a lot of content worth talking about in terms of appearance design. Here I will talk to you carefully.
is the main selling point of folding screen mobile phones, so the screen naturally cannot be bad. vivo X Fold+ has a combination of 6.53-inch external screen + 8.03-inch internal screen. Whether it is the size of the external screen or the internal screen, it is in the first echelon of today's folding screen models. The external screen resolution is 2520*1080, and the normal ratio of 21:9 is adopted, ensuring that users can also get a very close experience to ordinary mobile phones when using the external screen.
expands the body, and the 8.03-inch super large internal screen is caught in the eye. It uses a 4:3.55 screen ratio and a resolution of 2160*1916. Such a large screen size brings a viewing and operating experience comparable to a tablet, and also makes use in office scenarios, especially browsing/editing documents more relaxed.
For folding screen mobile phones, since it is often necessary to switch between internal and external screens, the consistency of the display effect has become a major difficulty. To solve this problem, the internal and external screens of vivo X Fold+ use AMOLED screen made of Samsung E5, which supports a high refresh rate of 120Hz. It is paired with the color consistency calibration solution independently developed by vivo. Even in custom mode, the two screens still have almost consistent colors and displays. In addition, the highly praised dual-screen ultrasonic fingerprint on the X Fold will naturally not be absent. The unlocking experience is greatly improved compared to the side fingerprints of most foldable phones.
If the screen determines the face of the folding screen mobile phone, then the hinge determines the inner part of the folding screen mobile phone. The crease and opening and closing feel directly determine the texture of the folding screen phone, and these two points are closely related to the hinge design. In my actual experience, the vivo X Fold+'s opening and closing force is moderate and not loose, and the crease is relatively slight. This outstanding performance is naturally due to the aerospace-grade floating wing hinges and other peripheral designs it uses.
In order to reduce the crease, the aerospace-grade floating wing hinge used by vivo X Fold+ has added an integrated zirconium alloy keel to the center of the hinge to serve as the "skeleton" of the entire hinge. At the same time, an integrated zirconium alloy floating mid-plate is added above the keel to imitate the biometric characteristics of the bird's wings and move with the opening and closing of the mobile phone. When the screen is unfolded, the floating middle plate rises, providing support for the creased part, making the screen smoother; when the screen is closed, the floating middle plate falls, providing sufficient space for the screen to bend, protecting the screen, and making the phone more durable.
Removes the special design of hinges, the vivo X Fold+'s inner screen uses UTG ultra-strength glass, which has a unique interlaced structure, which can further improve the compressive resistance of the screen when folding under the premise of high light transmission performance, making the screen more durable. At the same time, UTG glass has a faster rebound speed, and the "bulge" raised on the door panel position on both sides of the hinge that meets the screen disappears quickly. With such a precise hinge structure, its ease of use is naturally something that users are very concerned about. After all, for flagship phones, of course, everyone hopes to use them for two more years. In order to extend the life of the hinge and improve the stability of the mechanical structure, vivo X Fold+ uses six-layer aviation materials such as liquid metal zirconium alloy, F53 aviation high-strength steel, and hand-teared steel sheets in the 174 parts of the hinge. It has better flatness, light weight, high strength, can withstand external impacts from many different scenarios, and is more resistant to bending than ordinary materials.
top-grade materials have also earned the German Rhine 300,000 folding worries-free certification. After testing, after 300,000 folds, the vivo X Fold+ can still control the crease to an excellent level.Even if calculated based on the high frequency of folding 80 times a day, it is still enough for more than ten years to use, which is definitely more than enough for ordinary consumers.
After talking about the screen and hinges, let’s take a look at the biggest change in appearance of vivo X Fold+ – color matching. In addition to the two colors of Qingshan Blue and Wutong Gray of the previous generation products, vivo X Fold+ has added a brand new Chinese red color scheme. This color scheme is between the red and the wine red in appearance, and is atmospheric and calm. The pure pigmented leather is paired with a rear camera module designed with a round square step, which makes the feel and feel excellent. At the same time, in order to match this color scheme, the middle frame of the body has also been replaced with a shiny design, making the overall look more harmonious.
A qualified flagship product should make people feel its excellent quality at first glance. From the delicate touch of the back cover, to the smooth and powerful opening and closing, to the top-notch visual feel of the dual large screens in the inside and outside, the vivo X Fold+ can make you feel that this is a well-polished product on all levels of the senses.
04 Software optimization: From work to life, large screens are more and more useful.
As I mentioned in the reviews of other folding screen phones before, for folding screen phones, the importance of software experience is no less than hardware design. Only by providing full optimization in the software can the full strength of folding screen phones be truly exerted. On vivo X Fold+, vivo has made many optimizations from the system level. Let’s take a look at it from both work and life.
Job: Efficient Assistant who keeps your mouth shut for you
For business people who use folding screen mobile phones, the security of privacy information is crucial. At the least, it affects personal property safety, and at the worst, it can reveal commercial secrets. Therefore, it is very important to choose a mobile phone that is safe enough.
For users' privacy and security, vivo X Fold+ deeply customizes the Snapdragon 8+ processor, adopts a full-function security architecture design on the hardware side, and conducts the first deep mining and adaptation of the SPU of the Snapdragon 8 on the software side to achieve full-function design. Combining the hardware capabilities of the SPU security processing unit, vivo X Fold+ starts from the bottom of the software and builds a thousand-mirror security architecture to comprehensively improve security and privacy protection capabilities. It covers the operation security of the mobile phone in every operation of the device, from four levels: chip, core, framework and application.
For users, the atomic privacy system equipped with OriginOS Ocean can bring users better interactive perception and user experience. Relying on the capabilities of Origin OS, the atomic privacy system can realize local storage, traceless browsing, data isolation, background protection and other functions.
atomic privacy system
In addition to removing the atomic privacy system, vivo X Fold+ also has many privacy functions built-in. Here I will briefly introduce a few interesting features. Based on the password safe function developed by SPU customization, encrypts user passwords within the SPU using hardware-protected keys. Any password that enables the password automatic filling function can be protected by SPU-level passwords. While freeing yourself from the pain of remembering passwords, you can also ensure safety. vivo X Fold+ can detect suspicious cameras using Wi-Fi signals. When users have doubts about the environmental safety of public places such as hotel rooms, they can use vivo X Fold+ to retrieve cameras in the environment to protect users' privacy and security in all aspects.
webcam detection function
In addition to security, vivo X Fold+ has also been optimized for the current mobile office trend. Among them, three office applications pre-installed in the system - amber scanning, atomic notes, and quantum suites, provide one-stop office solutions from scanning documents to daily writing to computer interconnection. For those who often need to perform PPT demonstrations, vivo X Fold+ also provides a brand new WPS speaker mode. In hovering state, users can annotate PPT in real time while the demonstration is being demonstrated, making it more convenient to use.
WPS Speaker Mode
Life: Large screen + hover, more interesting gameplay
Thanks to the hoverable hinge, vivo X Fold+ brings more interesting gameplay on the large screen. In addition to basic functions such as hovering movie viewing, split screen, and small windows.vivo X Fold+ has added a locked external screen display function. When locking the external screen, it can realize tent, screen, desk calendar and other modes, bringing more freedom to use.
Tent mode
At the same time vivo X Fold+ supports logging in to WeChat using tablet mode. After choosing to log in at the same time, you can log in to WeChat on another mobile phone and vivo X Fold+ at the same time. For those who use folding screen phones as backups, this mode will undoubtedly make daily use much more convenient.
In the investment boom at the beginning of the year, I believe many friends have purchased stocks, funds and other investment products. On traditional straight-board phones, it often seems a bit difficult to check the market because of the small screen. Thanks to the super large internal screen, vivo X Fold+ can not only easily view the market for stock, but also support multiple stocks to compare at the same time, making the stock trend more intuitive.
In daily photography, with the help of X Fold+'s folding screen form, we can also unlock more gameplay. For example, fold the phone by 90 degrees to enter the hover selfie mode, and with the gesture shutter function, it can easily take good-looking selfies. If you feel that the quality of the front camera selfie cannot meet the needs, you can also use a rear camera with higher imaging quality to complete the selfie. The external screen of the phone becomes a viewfinder, which can display the content in the photo screen, and you can see the current status at any time. You no longer have to take a photo and then run over to see it. The small window preview function allows the person being photographed to see the viewing window and no longer has to worry about taking strange expressions.
From the many detailed optimizations for large screens and hoverable hinges to system apps that help improve work efficiency, we can see that vivo does have its own unique insights on how to use this large screen, and this will undoubtedly allow users to have a more comfortable user experience.
05 Image: Zeiss supports the full-focus four-camera combination to easily record life
Since the configuration is fully fully fully loaded, the main image configuration of the flagship phone is naturally not bad. vivo X Fold+ is equipped with a full-scene image combination of 50-megapixel OIS main camera + 48-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens + 12-megapixel 2x portrait lens + 8-megapixel 5x periscope telephoto lens . With the Zeiss imaging technology that is essential for vivo flagship, the image performance of vivo X Fold+ is very worth looking forward to. As for the specific performance of this combination, let’s take a look through the sample.
First of all, it is an environment with sufficient light during the day. X Fold+'s 50-megapixel main camera performs very well. The picture resolution is excellent, the picture colors are real and natural, and the imaging style is plain, which is very suitable for friends who want to pursue real pictures.
On the ultra-wide-angle lens, the color adjustment maintains the same style as the main camera. After turning on Zeiss' natural color, the color of the photo is relatively more realistic and natural. When facing some larger scenery and tall buildings, the X Fold+’s ultra-wide-angle lens can directly produce spectacles with spectacular effects, which is very practical.
In the telephoto sample, thanks to the 5x periscope telephoto lens it is equipped with, even when it reaches 5X zoom, the X Fold+ sample can still ensure good resolution. The exterior details of the building are well portrayed, and the architectural details of the dark area under the eaves can still be accurately presented.
In terms of night scenes, X Fold+ can take a photo with good overall effect even in low light environments. The overall picture does not simply increase the brightness, but takes into account the overall appearance of the picture. The details of the highlights and dark parts are retained, and the number of noise is also well controlled. It looks relatively pure, and has obvious advantages over other folding screen phones.
Overall, the imaging quality of X Fold+ can fully meet the needs of users for daily photography. The samples during the day are colorful and pleasing, and the night is pure and natural, and the overall imaging effect is excellent. OriginOS Ocean has also fully optimized the folding screen shape, making the photography process full of fun.
06 Summary
Snapdragon 8+ brings stronger performance release, 4730mAh battery + 80W flash charging brings battery life to a higher level, and further polishes the software experience. It can be said that although vivo X Fold+ is a facelift, the upgrade is definitely not small.The experience is once again fully filled and a series of optimizations provided for business offices make it quite attractive to business people.
For vivo, the emergence of X Fold+ also proves that vivo continues to polish folding screen products. Combined with the multi-faceted optimizations made by vivo for the use of folding screens at the system level, it can be confirmed that vivo will continue to promote the development of the folding screen market. I believe that with the deep cultivation of manufacturers like vivo, folding screen mobile phones will become the mainstream of the future mobile phone market.
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