Vivo V5 review: The "Perfect Selfie" phone with a 20 MP front camera in 2016.
Vivo's "Perfect Selfie" debut.
V5 was Vivo's breakout selfie phone — a 20 MP front camera with a soft flash and Hi-Fi audio DAC, sold hard on selfie quality. The pitch worked and the V-series became a defining mid-range line across Asia.
01Display
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker display results among mid-range phones of 2016 — 9 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
58/10058/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2016.
03Performance
48/10048/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2016 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
62/10062/100 trails the 67-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2016.
05Build
60/10060/100 is one of the weaker build results among mid-range phones of 2016 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
06Value
58/10058/100 trails the 61-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2016.
- 20 MP selfie cam with soft LED flash.
- Hi-Fi audio DAC (AKM).
- Metal back, fingerprint sensor.
- microSD + jack.
- HD-only display.
- Helio P10 was modest.
- Funtouch was busy.
- Mono speaker.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 47-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .