Key Takeaways
1. Vivo’s upcoming X Fold5 will be lighter than its predecessor, the X Fold3, which weighs 219 g.
2. The company is targeting competition with the iPhone 16 Pro Max in its teaser campaign.
3. Vivo promotes the X Fold5 as significantly thinner than the iPhone 16 Pro Max when opened, potentially around 4.1 mm to 4.2 mm thick.
4. Internal bezels may add extra thickness, making the X Fold5 thicker than the iPhone 16 Pro Max when closed.
5. The X Fold5 is expected to be smaller than the current models, the X Fold3 and X Fold3 Pro.
Vivo has begun another round of teasing for its upcoming flagship smartphone. Initially, the company revealed that the X Fold5 will be noticeably lighter than its predecessor, the X Fold3, which still holds the title of the lightest book-style foldable at 219 g, over a year after it was first launched.
Targeting the Competition
Currently, Vivo has set its sights on the iPhone 16 Pro Max (priced at $1,089 – refurbished on Amazon) with its new teaser campaign. The images below follow a trend of Vivo contrasting its upcoming models against Apple’s top-tier iPhone. Earlier in the year, the company used the iPhone 16 Pro Max to highlight camera features in comparison with the X200 Ultra.
Slimmer Design
Similar to what Oppo did previously, Vivo is promoting its latest foldable as being much thinner than the iPhone 16 Pro Max when opened. The exact measurements are not available yet, but it appears that the X Fold5 is about half as thick as the iPhone 16 Pro Max when it is opened. If this is true, the thickness of the X Fold5 would be around 4.1 mm or 4.2 mm.
Nevertheless, the internal bezels may add an additional 0.7~0.8 mm to the total thickness, which could clarify why the X Fold5 is thicker than the iPhone 16 Pro Max when closed. Even so, Vivo’s upcoming foldable is expected to be smaller than its current models, the X Fold3 and X Fold3 Pro. It’s expected that Vivo will share more information about the X Fold5 soon.
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