Vivo X Fold5 The 217 g Wonder Foldable That Revolutionizing China, Coming Soon to India

Vivo X Fold5 The 217 g Wonder Foldable That Revolutionizing China, Coming Soon to India When I first unwrapped the vivo X Fold5 in Beijing’s humid summer air, I was amazed by how light it felt. At 217 grams, it’s almost unbelievable a large-screen foldable that floats in your hand instead of weighing it down. Yet this paper-thin device combines durability, power, and a camera setup that competes with many dedicated shooters. With rumors of an Indian launch approaching, I spent a week using the X Fold5 to explain what makes it stand out and why it might be the first foldable you seriously consider buying.

Feath­erlight Feel, Rock-Sol­id Build

The moment you unfold the X Fold5, you see that vivo has found a rare bal­ance between frag­ile and durable. The hinge, made from FS55 high-strength steel mixed with car­bon fiber, is so slim (16.6 mm wide) that the phone clos­es almost flush. It opens and clos­es with a sat­is­fy­ing, con­fi­dent click. Despite its thin pro­file, this device can han­dle every­day life: IPX8 and IPX9 water rat­ings mean you won’t pan­ic if you get caught in the rain, and IP5X dust pro­tec­tion keeps the insides clean even in sandy con­di­tions. Vivo claims it can even sur­vive ‑20 °C frost, so your self­ies can con­tin­ue even when it’s snow­ing or you left it on the car’s cold dash­board.

A Screen That Feels Alive and Kind to Your Eyes

Open it to reveal an 8.03-inch LTPO pan­el that switch­es between 1 Hz and 120 Hz depend­ing on what you’re doing. If you’re scrolling a text doc­u­ment at night, the refresh rate drops low and, com­bined with full-fre­quen­cy PWM dim­ming, the screen is easy on the eyes. Sun­light glare? No prob­lem at up to 4500 nits peak bright­ness, you’ll hard­ly notice. And yes, it’s a true 2K dis­play (2480 × 2200), mak­ing YouTube videos, spread­sheets, and mobile games look incred­i­bly sharp. When fold­ed shut, the 6.53-inch out­side screen mir­rors the same smooth­ness and col­or cal­i­bra­tion thanks to vivo’s Zeiss Mas­ter­Col­or tun­ing so you nev­er feel stuck using a dull sec­ondary dis­play.

Break­ing Down Walls Between Android and Apple

Here’s where vivo gets clever. The X Fold5 runs Android 15 with Orig­i­nOS 5 and offers what vivo calls ecosys­tem wall-break­ing with Apple devices. I paired my Air­Pods Pro, and the pair­ing expe­ri­ence was as sim­ple as with an iPhone tap, con­nect, and they just worked for calls, music, and even Find My. A quick swipe in Atom Work­bench mode let me drag a PDF from the fold­able direct­ly onto my MacBook’s desk­top through the local net­work. Mir­ror­ing my Mac screen onto the inner dis­play felt seam­less, and using it as a sec­ond mon­i­tor was as easy as click­ing Extend Dis­play. If you’ve ever had issues with Android-to-Mac work­flows, the X Fold5 will change your thoughts.

All-Day Bat­tery That Actu­al­ly Lasts All Day

We all know fold­ables whose bat­ter­ies drain quick­ly under that love­ly big screen. Vivo’s answer: two par­al­lel cells (3,275 mAh and 2,725 mAh) that come togeth­er for an effec­tive 6,000 mAh pack. The secret lies in vivo’s fourth-gen­er­a­tion sil­i­con-anode and semi-sol­id-state tech, boost­ing ener­gy den­si­ty so you don’t feel a bulge in your pock­et. After hours of video stream­ing on the out­er screen, GPS nav­i­ga­tion for a week­end road trip, and sev­er­al video calls, I still had over 20% remain­ing at bed­time. When it was time to charge, 80 W wired and 40 W wire­less charg­ing worked well, and reverse wire­less charg­ing even pow­ered my ear­buds when nec­es­sary.

Zeiss-Tuned Triple Cam­erasA Photographer’s Swiss Army Knife

Fold­ables often lag in cam­era qual­i­ty, but vivo embraces pho­tog­ra­phy here. The 50 MP periscope lens (Sony IMX882) offers a clear 3× opti­cal zoom and, with OIS and Zeiss T coat­ing, I man­aged hand­held shots at 10× dig­i­tal zoom that were sur­pris­ing­ly detailed. The main 50 MP sen­sor (Sony IMX921) with f/1.57 aper­ture han­dled low light effort­less­ly my night-out pho­tos kept their tex­ture and col­or with­out blotchy noise. The 50 MP ultra-wide allowed me to cap­ture entire city sky­lines or macro details with stun­ning clar­i­ty. AI enhance­ments worked seam­less­ly, sharp­en­ing edges and improv­ing dynam­ic range with­out feel­ing over­processed.

An Aes­thet­ic for Every Taste

I test­ed the Qing Song green ver­sion, which felt like hold­ing a piece of for­est in my hand. If you pre­fer min­i­mal­ism, the Ming Bai white fin­ish has a crisp, almost Scan­di­na­vian vibe. For a more cor­po­rate look, the Tai Du gray has a sub­tle sophis­ti­ca­tion. Vivo’s design­ers avoid­ed loud pat­terns or gim­micks; every­thing here sug­gests “pre­mi­um” with­out scream­ing it.

Price and What to Expect in India

In Chi­na, the 12 GB + 256 GB mod­el starts at CNY 6,999 (about ₹80,000), while the top-spec 16 GB + 1 TB ver­sion goes for CNY 9,499 (about ₹1,10,000). Vivo hasn’t set a spe­cif­ic Indi­an release date yet, but insid­ers hint at a Sep­tem­ber-Octo­ber launch, with pric­ing like­ly fol­low­ing these pat­terns. Giv­en vivo’s recent com­pet­i­tive strat­e­gy, expect ear­ly offers, bun­dled acces­sories, and pos­si­bly no-cost EMI options when it arrives.

Why the X Fold5 Mat­ters Right Now

Fold­ables aren’t new, yet few have man­aged to bal­ance weight, dura­bil­i­ty, bat­tery life, cam­era qual­i­ty, and ecosys­tem com­pat­i­bil­i­ty this well. Vivo’s X Fold5 feels like the first fold­able that doesn’t force you to sac­ri­fice dai­ly com­forts for nov­el­ty. It’s light enough for pock­et car­ry­ing, tough enough for dai­ly use, and pol­ished enough to serve as an on-the-go pro­duc­tiv­i­ty hub. If you’ve been con­sid­er­ing a fold­able but hes­i­tat­ed over com­pro­mis­es, the X Fold5 just made that choice much eas­i­er.

Vivo X Fold5 Sum­ma­ry https://www.vivo.com.cn/vivo/param/xfold5

Fea­ture	Spec­i­fi­ca­tion
Weight	217 g
Inner Dis­play	8.03″ LTPO, 2480×2200, 120 Hz, 4500 nits, PWM dim­ming
Out­er Dis­play	6.53″ AMOLED, 2748×1172, 120 Hz
Bat­tery	Dual-cell 3 275 mAh + 2 725 mAh (≈6000 mAh), 80 W wired, 40 W wire­less, reverse charg­ing
Cam­eras	Triple 50 MP Zeiss‑tuned (3× periscope tele, main VCS, ultra‑wide)
Dura­bil­i­ty	IPX8/IPX9 water, IP5X dust, –20 °C freeze resis­tance, Armor Glass
Con­nec­tiv­i­ty	Apple Watch & Air­Pods full sup­port, Mac mul­ti­task­ing & screen‑extend
Proces­sor & RAM	Snap­drag­on 8 Gen 3, 12 GB / 16 GB LPDDR5X Ultra
Stor­age	256 GB / 512 GB / 1 TB UFS 4.1
Expect­ed India Launch	(₹80 000–₹1 10 000)

Final Thoughts

After a week work­ing in cof­fee shops, answer­ing emails on a train, and cap­tur­ing cityscapes at night all on the vivo X Fold5 I was impressed by its thought­ful design and smooth user expe­ri­ence. It’s more than just a con­ver­sa­tion starter; it’s a tool made for mod­ern mul­ti­taskers who need reli­a­bil­i­ty, per­for­mance, and a touch of style. As India awaits its offi­cial arrival, expect to see the vivo X Fold5 on wish lists, social media posts, and even­tu­al­ly in your dai­ly car­ry.

Stay tuned for hands-on reviews once vivo con­firms India’s launch details and get ready to explore the future of mobile.

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