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6 Amazing Vivo Nex Features and additional 15+ FunTouch UI Tricks You Should Know

Lakshmi Rajan — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 03:33:20 +0000

Elevating Selfie Camera This is undoubtedly the crowd puller feature of the Vivo Nex, the pop up selfie camera. Initially when I started using the phone, I would have just popped up the mechanized selfie camera a zillion times just for fun. It’s mesmerizing watching a motorized action in your Smartphone, which we don’t get to use in other mobiles. The camera elevates effortlessly when you open the selfie mode in the camera app and sinks in when you close the camera app or shift to the rear camera mode. To top it, the movement is also accompanied by a pop up sound albeit a faux one but nevertheless it adds the dramatic feel of the camera movement. The camera app also has a setting for the pop-up sound where you can mute it or opt for a Sci-Fi or rhythmic sound accompaniment. Apparently, the elevating camera module is sturdily built and also pop up within 2 seconds of opening the selfie mode. Pretty neat and one of a kind implementation.

Screen SoundCasting and Hidden Sensors

While the elevating camera takes the limelight, there is another less talked but equally interesting technology that has been adapted on the Vivo Nex , the screen sound casting technology. Yes, in case you have not noticed yet, the Nex phone has done away with one of the most prominent part in every Smartphone in the world – the ear piece speaker. So how does the sound transmitted then? Vivo Nex uses the in-display sound casting, where the entire display turns out to be a speaker of a sort. Interesting right?! This also helps in making the phone truly bezel-less. The Screen SoundCasting tech uses bone conduction to transmit audio waves. The first generation of Mi Mix had a similar technology but Vivo has fine tuned it and wriggled out the audio quality issues. So if you position your ear on the top half of the display, middle or bottom half or turn the phone upside down, you will still get to hear what the person at the other end says. In technical terms, the science behind the in-display Sound casting technology is made possible by piezoelectric transducer placed between two metal plates. When sound waves strike one or both plates, they vibrate, which translates into waveform similar to sound waves. These sound waves are sent to the display, rather than to the speaker. In short, the technology converts the entire display into a speaker. What about the sensors? The proximity sensors, the ambient light sensors? The proximity sensor sits neatly at the very edge of the screen and Vivo uses a ultrasonic tech to adjust the brightness.

In-display Fingerprint Sensor

Vivo pioneered the in-display fingerprint technology in their Vivo X21 Smartphone, the updated and improved second generation of the technology is implemented on the Vivo Nex. The fingerprint sensor is under the display and it looks ultra futuristic when it lights up and the animation that goes with it. There is also a choice of three animation you can choose. Additionally, the settings also gives us an option to keep the fingerprint sensor area always lit up or only when needed.

Ultra Full View Design

So when you have a pop up selfie camera, hidden sensors, in-display speaker you have the entire screen real estate for the display and that is what the Vivo Nex offers , a truly ultra fullview display with bezel-less design. It offers a stunning screen-to-body ratio of 91.24% which I really fell in love with this phone. It is perfect for watching movies and playing games offering a truly immersive experience. The Vivo Nex offers 6.59 inches, Super AMOLED display with fullHD+ resolution. There is a very slim bezels – 2.16 mm on the top; 5.08 mm on the bottom; and 1.71mm on each side that makes the display almost bezel less. I am quiet addicted to PUBG mobile these days and when you play on the NEX screen, the other Smartphone displays fails to excite you.

Dedicated AI button

Another notable addition to the NEX is a new button on the left side – the AI button. It can be used to launch the Google Lens camera or Google assistant. While the Google Lens can also be accessed within the camera app, the quick way when you want to reach it is a simple press on the new hardware button and it triggers the Google Lens camera.

Dual Engine Quick Charging

The Nex comes with a 4000mAh battery. The battery life is pretty good for a flagship Smartphone and can easily sail through a day which is a rare for flagship Smartphone these days. Further more, there is a dual engine quick charging and the box comes with a 22 watts charger. A 30 minutes charge can push from 0% to 50% and one hour can raise the bar to 90% which is pretty good.

15+ other notable FunTouch UI Features, Tips and Tricks in Vivo Nex

Navigation Gestures

Vivo Nex out of the box comes with on-screen navigation buttons but to get a truly full view immersive experience, try out the navigation gestures. To access the Navigation gestures go to Settings > System Navigation > Navigation Gestures You can use gesture actions to navigate to home, back and menu buttons and also open the control center which swipes up from the bottom. The setting also gives you option to choose the order of sliding gestures and navigation gesture styles like a bar style or a three dot style.

Smart Click

Settings > Smart Click There is a small trick you can do with the volume button with this Smart click option. When the screen is off, press and hold the volume down button to enable certain specified functions like to turn on/off flash light, record audio open camera, open facebook or you can custom set it to launch a particular app you have assigned for this action.

App Clone

Settings > App Clone The FunTouch UI also offers App clone or dual app feature where you can duplicate WhatsApp, Facebook or Instagram, so you can run two instances of the same app parallely on the same phone. For example, if you have two SIMs on your phone, you can have two WhatsApp app on the same phone and assign to both the numbers each.

One Hand mode

Settings > One-handed The 6.59″ display can be daunting to use for some people at certain time, the one-hand mode feature comes handy especially to minimize the keypad to either left side or right side for easy reach.

Smart Gesture actions

Settings > Smart Motion > Smart wake The FunTouch UI offers gesture motion to launch quickly certain apps by drawing specified alphabet when the screen is off.

Smart Call

Settings > Smart Motion > Smart call There is a set of smart call features that include Smart call where you can simply lift the phone to your ear when the contact or message thread interface is open to call the particular person, smart answere by lifting the phone close to your ear to answer incoming calls, Smart switch to speaker mode when in hands free mode by lifting the phone to your ear, smart mute by covering the screen with your palm when the phone is ringing, and wave to hands free with your palm over the top of the phone to answer calls hands free.

Shake to Turn on the flash

Settings > Smart Motion > Shake to Turn on the Flashlight If you have assigned the Smart click to other action but you need a quick method to turn on the flash, this feature should come handy. Simply turn it on and next time you need to turn on the flash, just shake the phone.

Smart Remind

Settings > Smart Motion > Smart Remind You can get missed calls and unread message notifications when you pick up your phone.

Face beauty for Video call

Settings > More actions > Face beauty for video call These days people do more of a video call via Whatsapp, Facebook and FunTouch UI offers beauty mode when you are doing video call on these apps.

Easy Touch

Settings > More actions > Easy Touch Easy Touch is a floating dial which can be moved around the edges of the screen. It gives quick access to notifications, screenshot, background wall paper, back button and home button but you can also customize the menu by a simple drag and drop feature in the settings. Additionally there is also a double tap easy touch icon for an extra action.

Flash Notification

Settings > More actions > Flash notifications Ok if your phone is away from you and still you don’t want to miss out an incoming cal, messages or event alert you can turn on this feature which would flash the display when you get the mentioned alerts.

OTG

Settings > OTG Finally, the phone also supports OTG but whenever you want to use the function, you need to enable it in the settings. The function will be automatically disabled if not being used within 5 minutes. So what you think of Vivo NEX? Share your thoughts.]]>

VIVO NEX FAQ : Everything You Need to Know about this Amazing phone

Lakshmi Rajan — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:01:47 +0000

Vivo surprised the tech world with the showcase of Vivo Apex concept phone at CES this year, while many thought it would remain as concept they sprang another surprise by bringing the concept phone mainstream with the launch of the Vivo NEX. Here is the VIVO NEX FAQ where you can find every detail about the flagship smartphone from Vivo.

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Question: What are the different colors Vivo NEX is available?

Answer: Vivo Nex is available in black color. The back has a holographic finish which displays a psychedelic multi colors at certain angles.

Question: What is the display size and resolution?

Answer: Vivo Nex has a 6.59 inches full view Super AMOLED display with a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2316 pixels packing a 388 ppi density and 19.3:9 aspect ratio.

Question: What display settings available?

Answer: The display setting of Vivo Nex has auto brightness, eye protection (blue filter) ,third party app display ratio settings.

Question: Does Vivo Nex support double tap to wake?

Answer: Yes, there is double tap to turn off screen option along with smart features like raise to wake, double tap to wake options.

Question: Does Vivo Nex has Blue light filter settings ?

Answer: Yes, there is a eye protection settings which is the blue filter setting. The settings allows you to schedule a particular start and end time for blue filter or manually enable it.

Question: What is the price of Vivo Nex ? Where can I buy?

In India, Vivo Nex is priced at Rs 44,990 for the 8GB RAM+ 128GB storage model. It will be available on retail stores, vivo website and Amazon.in

Question: What size SIM cards Vivo Nex accepts? Can I add a microSD card?

Answer: Vivo Nex supports hybrid dual SIM.

Question: Does it have Corning Gorilla Glass protection?

Answer: No but the phone comes prelaid with screenguard both at the front and back.

Question: What is the processor used in this smartphone?

Answer: Vivo Nex runs on Snapdragon 845 with Adreno 630 GPU

Question: What is the internal storage of Vivo Nex?

Answer: Vivo Nex comes with 128GB of internal storage.

Question: Does Vivo Nex has Gyroscope sensor?

Answer: Yes, it does have Gyroscope sensor.

Question: Does Vivo Nex support VR?

Answer: Yes, Vivo Nex supports virtual reality (VR) apps.

Question: Is the buttons back lit?

Answer: Vivo Nex has on-screen navigation buttons and also supports gesture navigation.

Question: What USB type does Vivo Nex use? Micro usb or USB type C?

Answer: Vivo Nex has USB Type C port

Question: Does Vivo Nex have notification light?

Answer: Vivo Nex does not have notification light.

Question: What are the camera specifications of Vivo Nex ?

Answer: Vivo Nex has a dual camera at the rear comprising of a 12MP camera with Sony IMX 363 lens , f/1.8 large aperture and dual pixel focusing technology along with a 5MP depth sensing camera. For selfies there is a 8MP pop up elevating camera.

Question: Is there a front LED flash for selfies in Vivo Nex?

Answer: No, there is no front LED flash but it has screen flash.

Question: Does the camera has OIS?

Answer: Yes , it does have 4-axis OIS.

Question: Can we take 4K videos in Vivo Nex?

Answer: Yes you can take videos up to 4K.

Question: What are the connectivity options? Does it support VoLTE?

Answer: Yes, Vivo Nex supports VoLTE. Other options include Bluetooth, A-GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/

Question: Is there a FM app in Vivo Nex?

Answer: No

Question: How to take screnshots in Vivo Nex?

Answer: Vivo Nex has a triple finger gesture screenshot feature, there is a S-capture option in the control center and also a screenshot floating window.

Question: Can we take long screenshot in Vivo Nex?

Answer: Yes, we can take long screenshot.

Question: Does Vivo Nex support USB OTG?

Answer: Yes, it supports OTG and you can connect the USB drive to it.

Question: What is the battery capacity of Vivo Nex?

Answer: Vivo Nex has 4000mAh battery.

Question: Does Vivo Nex support fast charging?

Answer: Yes it supports fast charging and it comes with a 22watts charger. Question: What is the charging time of Vivo Nex? Answer: Using the power adapter out of the box, you can charge the Vivo Nex to 50% within 30 minutes and 90% in 1 hour.

Question: Does it have power saver modes?

Answer: Yes it has a battery saver mode.

Question: Is there an IR blaster in Vivo Nex?

Answer: No, Vivo Nex does not have IR sensor.

Question: Is Vivo Nex Waterproof?

Answer: No, Vivo Nex is not waterproof.

Question: How is the call quality?

Answer: Call quality of Vivo Nex is good. There is no ear piece grille but they use a display vibrating technology for sound conduction which works good.

Question: Does Vivo Nex support one hand UI?

Answer: Yes

Question: Does Vivo Nex has fingerprint scanner?

Answer: Yes, it has the ground breaking in-display fingerprint sensor.

Question: Does Vivo Nex support app lock?

Answer: Yes, the Vivo Nex support app lock with fingerprint sensor.

Question: Is there Face recognition in Vivo Nex?

Answer: No Vivo NEX does not have a face recognition, since it offers ultra full display and has no place for front face sensor.

Question: What OS does Vivo Nex run?

Answer: Vivo Nex runs on Android Oreo with their Fun Touch OS 5 layered on top of it.

Question: Does Vivo Nex support two Whatsapp in the same phone?

Answer: Yes, Vivo Nex support dual apps (App clone) feature.

Question: Does Vivo Nex support call recording?

Answer: Yes, Vivo Nex support call recording feature. You can choose to record all calls automatically or record custom calls automatically.

Question: Does Vivo Nex have video call feature in dialer?

Answer: No, there is no video call feature in the Vivo Nex dialer. Question: Does Vivo Nex support NFC? Answer: No, NFC is not supported.

Question: Does Vivo Nex has split screen feature?

Answer: Yes it supports multi windows.

Question: Does Vivo Nex have Dolby Atmos support?

Answer: No, Vivo Nex does not have Dolby Atmos but the audio quality is pretty good.

Question: Does Vivo Nex have heating issue?

Answer: No, heating is within the limits or can say no heating issues in this phone.]]>