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Vivo Xplay 3S review: 2013 first QHD 2K display phone.

SpecEagle Editorial·Dec 2013·$650
Overall
74/100
Class rank
#13 of 87
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

Vivo Xplay 3S.

Vivo's 2013 Xplay 3S was the FIRST phone with QHD 2K display — 6" 1440x2560 + dual Hi-Fi DAC.

01Display

88/100

At 88/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2013 — 20 points above the cohort average.

TypeIPS
Size6.0"
Resolution1440 x 2560 QHD first

02Performance

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2013 — 24 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 800
CPU2.3 GHz quad-Krait 400
RAM3 GB

03Camera

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2013 — 15 points above the cohort average.

Main13 MP AF
Front5 MP

04Battery

76/100

At 76/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2013 — 14 points above the cohort average.

Capacity3,200 mAh

05Software

74/100

74/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2013.

What works
  • FIRST phone with QHD/2K display.
  • Snapdragon 800 + 3 GB RAM.
  • Dual Cirrus + ESS DAC.
  • Rear fingerprint.
What doesn't
  • 198 g heavy.
  • Plastic build.
  • Funtouch bloat.
  • TD-LTE Chinese-only.
Cross-shop it against
Nexus 5 (LG)
$349 · score 84/100

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 87-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .