

On the other hand smartphones like LG V20 or Lenovo Vibe X3 have much powerful headphone amplifiers, as many as 3 for Vibe X3. But it can very easily drive any audiophile earphones and all low impedance headphones like Edifier H840. I have also found X5Max not suitable for very high impedance over the ear headphones.
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This phone single handedly compelled me to drop all my prized HiFi portable music players. Vivo X5Max is still a benchmark when it comes to high fidelity sound in smartphones. Nikhil jat, i own both vivo x5 max and a lg v20 cleaner sound with big stage in x5 max while v20 will prov. The new phones are one step above X5Max & Vibe X3.īut still till today I own all four of them and listen to all of them. V30+ & NEX S have explosive headphone drive capabilities, able to produce 2 Vrms at the headphone out, two times that of Vibe X3. However in terms of audio through headphone jack, my LG V30+ & Vivo NEX S are even better and comes with native DSD playback capabilities. Vibe X3 is also the overall better device of the two. More melodious, musical sounding of the two, little less resolution than X5Max but with powerful headphone amplifier able to drive proper over the ear headphones.

However it has the level of audio resolution which is very hard to come by in smartphones.Ģ) Perfect balance of audio quality and headphone driving power: Lenovo Vibe X3. Very accurate and natural sounding and sometimes may sound downright clinical. Rick, How about compared between Vivo x5max VS lenovo vibe x3 in terms of aduio quality wich is better?1) Audio quality: Vivo X5Max. I still laugh when jerks speaks that removal of audio jacks was necessary to slim down the phone. However it lacked the juice to power proper sized cans, hence best options were to stick to good earphones. I listen to this phone even today, it has the level of resolution & detail which was unheard back then. Audio was heaven on earth back then on this phone. X5Max had stellar audio quality courtesy the holy trinity of ESS Sabre ES9018 + ESS Sabre ES9601 + Texas Instruments OPA1612 op-amp combination in a phone. It devastated anything available in the market in its time be it Apple, Samsung or even LG. I bought X5Max (Global variant) with GMS for only one reason, analogue audio quality through headphone jack. Vivo knew this shortcoming very well so they also introduced a fatter version of the same phone named "X5Max Platinum Edition" with 4150 mAh battery. Only the battery was minuscule to attain the record breaking 5.1mm thickness (Global variant). It has rock solid build quality, very high quality flagship grade built to be precise. This is for creating an identity on the international scene, to gain respect.Īpart from the small 2300mAh battery, X5Max is a great phone. A statement that an unknown Chinese brand back in 2014 named "Vivo" makes the thinnest smartphone in the world.

Even when new, my X5Max under heavy usage barely lasted for half day.īut I believe X5Max was never designed for practicality but for a statement.

moreIt is true Vivo X5Max with such a small battery and also battery hogging Snapdragon 615 (28nm process) provided subpar battery life. YUKI93, So this is the thin phone Mrwhosetheboss is talking about*.
