SpecEagle review · Vivo

Vivo Xplay 6 review: 2016 dual-curved + Hi-Fi DAC refresh.

Item: Vivo Xplay 6
Rating: 80
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2016·$720

Overall

80/100

Class rank

#7 of 109

Tier

Flagship

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

Vivo Xplay 6.

Vivo's 2016 Xplay 6 refined the Hi-Fi flagship with ES9038 DAC + dual cam + 4,080 mAh in dual-curved body.

01Display

88/100

At 88/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2016 — 12 points above the cohort average.

TypeAMOLED dual-curved

Size5.46"

Resolution1440 x 2560

02Performance

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2016 — 16 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 821

CPU2.15 GHz quad-Kryo

RAM6 GB + 128 GB

03Camera

82/100

At 82/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2016 — 12 points above the cohort average.

Main12 MP Sony IMX362 + 5 MP depth

Front16 MP

04Battery

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2016 — 13 points above the cohort average.

Capacity4,080 mAh

Charging22.5 W

05Software

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2016.

What works

ES9038 + AK4376 Hi-Fi DAC duo.
4,080 mAh battery.
Snapdragon 821.
Dual 12+5 cam.

What doesn't

Funtouch bloat.
188 g heavy.
No NFC.
No microSD.

Cross-shop it against

Pixel 2 (2017)

$649 · score 88/100

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