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what's up guys lon here from Android authority coming to you live from CES 2016 and we're taking a look at the blue vivo 5 and the vivo XL these are the two latest smartphones to come out of the Florida based manufacturer and for the most part they're pretty much the same phone with the main exception being the actual hardware the vivo 5 features an all-metal design with chamfered edges all around while the XL is entirely made of glossy plastic both of them feel solid in the hand despite the difference in material choices but the 5 is definitely the more quote-unquote premium feeling phone you're also getting 3 gigs of RAM while the vivo 5 versus the 2 gigs of RAM on the XL and the vivo 5 packs 32 gigs of on-board storage which is double that of the XL the display is a 5.5 inch Super AMOLED screen with 720p resolution which is perfectly fine for a phone of this price point and still looks pretty good in terms of colors and viewing angles the camera on the vivo 5 + XL is a 13 megapixel rear shooter with LED flash eff 2.0 aperture and support for 1080p video at 30 frames the front camera comes in at 5 megapixels which should get the job done for selfies and video chats again we haven't really had much time to test these cameras out but Blue has done a decent job with the camera software and it offers quite a variety of shooting options Blue has a few other things up its sleeve with these devices to both the vivo v & vivo XL sport 31 50 milliamp hour batteries USB type-c ports for charging and data transfer as well as fast charging technology software wise you're looking at android 5.1 lollipop wood blues custom skin and it's a pretty standard blue phone experience you will find a few custom features like shortcuts on the lockscreen but otherwise it's a pretty familiar experience from what we've seen from blue in the past both of these devices will be going on sale very soon for both under $200 the vivo 5 will be available in white silver and a solid gold color option in February on Amazon and through Best Buy for $1.99 the XL will be available in liquid gold chrome silver midnight blue and rose gold color options sometime in January through Amazon and Best Buy for 149 but that's going to do it for this quick hands-on of the blue vivo 5 and Excel hopefully you guys enjoyed this video and found it helpful and stay tuned for the rest of our CES 2016 coverage