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It’s an exciting turning point in time as we are seeing a lot of slim and powerful foldable smartphones coming up in the Malaysian market.
Curious about the benefits of using one? Foldable smartphones are popular for their build and sizes that challenge the boundaries of how smartphones can be used. They can either fold smaller or bigger, and also hold high aesthetic value. These phones are also just as powerful as average smartphones.
Currently, there are two popular types of foldable smartphones. One is the clamshell-style “flip” smartphone which suits daily users that want a powerful yet compact smartphone.
The other is a more powerful book-style smartphone that looks like a candybar-style smartphone when folded close, but opens up like a book to reveal an even bigger screen, and is used just like a tablet variant. This makes book-style foldable smartphones popular for productivity reasons.
Although they were first available to the consumer market in 2019 and came with their unique set of issues such as screen durability and thick bodies, in just under a decade foldable smartphones today are getting better with their screen technology and built factor. In fact there are many today that are just as light as normal smartphones!
And one that is just as powerful as a mini laptop? The vivo X Fold5.
Slim Yet Durable
vivo X Fold5 is a slim, lightweight smartphone that doesn’t compromise on its durability. Yet, the X Fold5 has been designed to be easy to hold at 9.2mm thin when folded and just as comfortable to use at 4.3mm thin when unfolded, offering an undisturbed immersive and expansive experience. Its thickness is comparable to 6 pieces of RM0.10 coins when folded, or 3 pieces of RM0.10 coins when unfolded.
Supporting the X Fold5 screen is a crease-free design thanks to its light yet strong Kinematic hinge that enables 600,000 fold. In turn, this hinge offers a seamless screen use across the X Fold5’s big display, which is also further fortified with an ultra-durable Armor Glass to resist immature scratches and such.
To ensure it can keep up with the fast paced lifestyle of today’s users, the X Fold5 is rated IPX8, IPX9 and IPX9+—a unique triple protection setup that’s uncommon in a foldable smartphone.
IPX8 allows the X Fold5 to withstand submersion in water of up to 3 meters in depth. and for up to 30 minutes. Whereas its IPX9 rating enables splashes from high-pressure and high-temperature water jets. Finally, the IPX9+ enables resistance when folding the phone underwater. Additionally, the vivo X Fold5 is also the only foldable smartphone with an IPX5 rating that makes it resistant to dust damage.
Complementing these certifications is a Cold Resistance durability that enables use of the X Fold5 in temperatures as low as –20°C. At this stage, X Fold5 is able to operate with approximately 20 hours worth of call time.
All in all, the vivo X Fold5 offers flagship-grade reliability across hinge mechanics, as well as display durability, power efficiency, and environmental resistance.
A Multitasking Computer with AI and Origin Workbench
The vivo X Fold5 comes with a promising performance that’s set to rival even ultra-portable laptops. Powered by a flagship chipset, the vivo X Fold5 is capable of meeting demanding power whether it’s gaming, productivity apps and even video rendering.
And to ensure safe extended use while minimising thermal issues, the vivo X Fold5 is made with a Pyrolytic Graphite material that improves heat dissipation by 58% compared to normal graphite material.
Creatives and heavy-performance users will enjoy the X Fold5 for its ease of use and accessibility to the latest smartphone tools, thanks to the several multitasking features it employs, and also vivo’s star multitasking system “Origin Workbench”.
What is Origin Workbench?
Origin Workbench is an optimised layout interface that provides efficient viewing when you multitask between different apps, letting you view up to 5 apps at once.
In simpler words, if you have always wanted to multitask efficiently on your smartphone just like on your desktop, you can do that with Origin Workbench.
Say you’re paying attention to a livestream announcement by the Prime Minister, and you also need to be on standby to discuss with a client in an online meeting. Or, your friend has asked you to virtually queue up for concert tickets, but you want to play Call of Duty at the same time. And if that’s not chaotic enough, maybe you actually need to make all of these happen at once.
Origin Workbench will neatly organise 5 of your active apps on screen, letting you see into each app with a clear view. Your main app of focus, whether it’s a call or game, can be used as per normal, and your other secondary apps tucked either at the top or side, ready to be used right away when you summon it.
Watch how the Origin Workbench works:
Aside from Origin Workbench, the vivo X Fold5 also come with a slew of multitasking tools:
- Shortcut Button: A physical button at the side that calls up Feature Toggling, Instant app Access or Instant Service Access
- vivo DocMaster: Allows you to access and convert multiple document formats.
- Smart Call Assistant: Supports and reads out live translation.
- AI Captions: Offers on-screen text transcription and live-translations.
- Snap Text: Reads and allows access to text in images.
- AI Screen Translation: Translates all text from multiple languages on screen at once to your preferred language.
- Google Gemini: Enjoy creation with Google Gemini that offers you access to AI tools such as screen context, prompting with multiple apps at once, Gemini Live for real-time chat generations and image generation.
ZEISS Imaging For Photography Lovers
Additionally, creatives who love their photography will be pleased with the X Fold5’s triple camera setup, perfected with ZEISS imaging.
The setup consists of a 50MP Sony IMX882 telephoto sensor with 3x optical zoom, a 50MP Sony IMX921 acting as an Ultra-Sensing VCS Bionic main camera, and a 50MP ultra-wide angle camera that captures views as wide as 120°.
Especially for those who love capturing anything and everything whether it’s the cityscape, studio portraits and nature subjects, you would love this phone’s set up which handles low-light settings with ease, all the while producing sharp and vivid visuals with results that look both natural and dramatic.
And if you need to make enhancements to your photography results, you can further tweak them to your own preference with the AI multitasking tools available on the X Fold5.
Priced at just RM6,999, vivo X Fold5 is set to impress anyone who needs a powerful companion that stuns not just the crowd but even the user themselves.
Whether they need it for working, creating, or just for entertainment and staying connected, vivo X Fold5 is one of the finest and most powerful smartphones to reach out for today.
Find out more about the vivo X Fold5 at vivo Malaysia website!
[This post was made in collaboration with vivo Malaysia.]