vivo NEX Dual Display review By GSMArena Official

Hey, what's up guys throughout the past year, VIVO has been thinking outside the box to deliver an edge-to-edge smartphone display having two screens on a phone. Is the latest solution to the problem and will for GSM marina, and this is a review of the VIVO next dual display edition. The design of this phone is what you'd expect from a modern flagship, gorilla glass on the front and back with an aluminum frame, but this one has a twist. Almost the whole back panel is put to use as a full-fledged AMOLED display. It might seem a bit strange, but VIVO has done it for a good reason on this phone. You can use the rear camera as a selfie cam as well, which frees up the front for nothing but screen no, not needed.

The backside of the next dual display looks unlike any other phone on the market. The presence of a screen means that you don't get an eye-catching glossy finish, but VIVO has made an interesting spectacle out of the round camera bump which actually extends down into the screen. You do see through it, but it's definitely noticeable. The edge of the circle can light up in different colors thanks to an LED strip on the top and software animation on the bottom half it can glow for different functions like the selfie portrait mode or when you receive a notification, there isn't a notification LED on the front side, but both of the screens can enable an always-on display. So you always know when to check your phone.

Let's talk about the screens themselves. Both are Samsung Super AMOLED with 1080p resolution, though the front one is bigger and taller is six point. Four inches with a 19 point: 5 by 9 aspect, ratio content is sharp and being an AMOLED blacks. Look super deep. The screen on the back is five and a half inches with a 16 by 9 aspect, ratio, quality wise.

It seems basically identical to the front one. But there are software issues here. A lot of the apps and content you see on the rear. One will be squeezed into the narrower aspect: ratio of the front screen, leaving black bars on either side. Overall, this really limits the usability of the rear display.

Even though you get all of your apps here, you can't use them. Full screen I hope that a future software update could fix this problem. Maximum brightness on both panels is decent, though not as bright as on a Samsung, regardless someone legibility on either screen is quite good. Neither screen is very color accurate, but it's worth noting that when you change display settings on one side, it will affect the other as well. Even the wallpaper is the same.

It's strange that these two are so closely linked, as in general, only one can be on at a time the only dual screen function was for the camera, which gives viewfinder feedback to the subject of your photo. At least switching from screen to screen is easy. Just flip the phone and use the corresponding power button, but using biometrics to unlock can be a bit tricky. The under display fingerprint reader on the front is nice and accurate, but on the back you don't have one. Instead, there you need to use the camera for face unlock this.

One is fast too, but personally I prefer the main screen, so I'm, mostly stuck to the fingerprints. One thing to keep in mind on the dual display is that you actually have to care about the backside of the phone setting it down on a table gets a bit scary. If there's an AMOLED panel involved, there is an included rubber bumper case which lifts the phone and add some cushion. It still leaves. The rear panel exposed to scratches in your pocket Annalisa provides some much-needed grip for audio.

The next dual display has a single bottom firing speaker it's loud and sounds clear, but not terribly impressive. Although there is a USB port at the bottom, you won't need a dongle on this phone for headphones. There's a 3.5, millimeter audio jack up at the top quality here is decent with above-average loudness storage on the next dual display isn't expandable through micros, though the card slot does support to NATO sense, but there are 128 gigs of memory built in as standard which should last quite a while. Let's get into the interface is vivas fun touch OS 4.5 over the latest Android 9pi fun touch is one of the wackier Android skins out there borrowing some features from Apple's iOS, for example, quick toggles are part of a control center that slides out from the bottom of the UI. Instead of a shade at the top that you'd expect and like we've seen before from VEVO, you can opt to use iOS like gestures, to navigate through the interface.

Unlike the Nexus. This time, around VIVO has put some extra effort into its international version. The dual display we received has Google Play Services out of the box. We are kind of disappointed that there aren't more features specifically tailored to the second screen. All the icons are the same as the front.

You don't even get a second space and, as we mentioned before, there are issues with a pillar boxing on most apps inside the next dual displays' flagship level. Hardware, a Snapdragon, 845 chipsets, along with a whopping 10 gigs of ram performance and benchmarks, is excellent, even chart-topping. However, this high performance level is short-lived, as the phone will soon heat up and throttle under heavy strain in real-world use. This isn't really noticeable, though I ran through a few games, and everything feels great. There is talk of being able to use the rear screens touch input as a game controller, but it doesn't seem to be supported yet, maybe in future titles there's a thirty-five hundred million power battery and charger powering up these two screens they're rarely both on at the same time, so they don't seem to affect performance too much.

The next dual display earned an endurance rating of 81 hours in our proprietary tests. Not bad charging is pretty fast thanks to the twenty 2.5 watt, fast charger, it's the same as the one bundled with the Ivan XS and with it, we were able to get from zero to 55 percent charge in half an hour. The VIVO next dual display has a 12 megapixel, F 1.8 main camera, which doubles as a selfie shooter. It has four access, IS and phase detection autofocus, it's paired with a two megapixel depth sensor, which people claim also helps in low-light situations and there's a 3d time-of-flight camera added to the mix for accurate facial mapping. The main cam is actually the same as on the NEW s and just like before daylight.

Shots have plenty of detail, but this time around the processing is more laid-back with a more natural rendition in much less noise, we did have issues with the HDR in auto mode is inconsistent, and even if you force it on, it tends to increase the overall exposure of the shot resulting in clipped, highlights use it at your own risk, even without HDR. The metering seems to be off from time to time, so you could end up with an overexposed photo. This could be down to a bug in the software in portrait mode. You'd think that the next dual display would feature top-notch edge detection thanks to having both a secondary depth sensor and the TOF camera. But sadly it doesn't seem to be the case.

The both effect looks good, but the subject detection is actually rather poor. The next dual displays Beauty mode, is quite intensive, with sliders for every aspect of the subjects body and phase in selfie mode. This is limited to only face Corrections. Let's talk about the selfies themselves since you're snapping them with the main camera. You get the full quality of the rear setup, as well as phase detection autofocus.

As expected, they look great with the same quality as regular photos. Of course, you occasionally get sudden changes in exposure here as well. The next dual display also features two fill flashes hidden at the left and right edges of the camera bump. It provides some soft lighting for your face, which helps in harsh light conditions. Overall photo quality at night is okay.

It doesn't compete with other flagships, but you get usable quality in the dark. The biggest downside is that shots are quite noisy. We didn't notice any benefit from the secondary camera. Despite the claims from Vito, the VIVO NEW dual display has a dedicated video UI with its own viewfinder, an extensive resolution and frame rate controls. You can even enable the same beauty mode that you have with still pictures impressive, but it can be hit or miss.4K video as 60fps looks great, with good detail and sharpness, and nice colors there's four X's optical stabilization ?, which works across all resolutions. It doesn't do the best job as it leaves behind a vibration, which almost looks like focus: hunting going back to vivas claims of low-light improvements from the second camera.

We didn't notice any extra brightness or detail than you would expect covering up the 2 megapixel camera didn't seem to have any effect either. So we don't have any evidence to back up those claims. So that's the VIVO next dual display Edition. It brings you flagship level specs to sharp AMOLED screens and perhaps the best selfies in the business. But does the innovation actually make this a better product? Overall I actually found the dual screen design to be a bit confusing? What should be the main attraction? The large bezel is screen actually gets upstaged by the smaller one, on the back, with its shiny lights and integrated camera.

But this wouldn't be a problem if the rear screen was actually useful, but for now it doesn't provide anything you couldn't get from the front besides being a selfie viewfinder Into VIVO does something about this software and have compatibility issues using this side for your daily driver as a no-go. Don't get me wrong. I applaud VIVO for stepping outside the box, and we should encourage innovation for manufacturers, but if I were looking to buy a phone with this sort of design, I would wait for them to iron out the kinks first, thanks for watching hit like if you enjoyed this video and subscribe. So you don't miss the next one. You're always welcome to stop by our site: GSM, marina comm for the latest tech news reviews and the full test findings for the VIVO NEW, dual display edition SIA.

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