The design of the Vivo V5 makes it look like a mashup of many popular phones in the market. There’s an unmistakable iPhone 6 influence in the back of the phone, and from the front, it could pass off as a OnePlus 3 or an Oppo model. Oddly, this works in Vivo V5’s favour so we really don’t mind. Build quality is good, with Corning Gorilla Glass protecting the display and the faux-metal chassis blending together very well. We also love the fact that it’s slim and light, at just 154 grams, though we would have preferred real metal here.
The 5.5-inch IPS display is bright with good colour saturation, which almost makes it look like an AMOLED panel. The resolution of the screen is only HD but this doesn’t affect its performance too much as text is still fairly sharp and there’s barely any jaggedness around icons. The Vivo V5 comes with backlit capacitive navigation buttons, and a fingerprint sensor is integrated into the Home button. The sensor was incredibly quick at authenticating us and always worked accurately. You can even use it to lock apps, in addition to unlocking the phone.
The Vivo V5 has an ergonomic design and despite its slim profile, it offers decent grip. The bottom of the phone is quite busy as the headphones socket, Micro-USB port, and speaker grille are all lined up here. The back has a matte finish but it still managed to attract plenty of fingerprints and smudges during our review period. There’s a dual-SIM tray on the left, which can accommodate a microSD card(up to 128GB) in the second slot. In the box, you get a 10W charger which feels unnecessarily large, a data cable, a silicone case, a headset, and a SIM ejector tool.