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Thin and Unheavy!
Package arrived today as expected from Amazon. The box takes shape of the phone. I thought they shipped me a book or something lol. Upon opening, this phone is super thin and light!!! Next to a Galaxy S6 edge, iPhone 6, 6 Plus, G3; you can definitely see the difference. Keep forgetting that it's in my pocket lol. After removing a few apps, I'm left with 10.7gb. But with options such as cloud storage and micro USB OTG flash drives, it won't be an issue. Couldn't uninstall Opera browser so I disabled it. FM tuner is an excellent feature (no need for data draws from internet radios or music stored on the phone). I am in the Houston area on carriers AT&T and one that uses T-Mobile towers and get LTE speeds. Not sure about the battery life yet but have seen a few reviews on the first gen, Air. The standby time is amazing like the G3 but it may be even better. Will update if so. I like that it comes with a sim card ejector, headphones, screen protector and case (which I plan on not using). Don't really like the onscreen navigation buttons. I rather the capacitive buttons like on the first gen. The screen is gorgeous like any AMOLED display. Rich colors and black blacks. Camera sensor is by Sony but it is so, so. But for $199 unlocked, it's hard to compare!
Edit 2 - Sept. 25, 2015:
Camera Performance - After a few testing, the camera is now considered good. It has a Sony IMX 219 sensor. The stock camera app has manual ISO, exposure and white balance, and anti banding. The app doesn't switch to landscape mode which leads me to install Google Camera. In auto mode: Surprisingly, by keeping the hand steady while snapping, it performs pretty good indoors. Focusing is almost there for it's aperture and I like to have my HDR always on. Take a look at the spicy tuna handroll in the photo. It's not edited. Only the S6 photo was cropped to match the image size of the Vivo Air. In the outdoor scene, you can see the lack of color reproduction. Once I installed an auto photo editing app, this phone can give others a run for it's money! Low light conditions give noticeable noise. With flash on at a close object, it can be overpowering and colors are slightly off. The front selfie camera on the other hand, is below average for a 5mp.
Edit 3 - Sept. 27-28, 2015:
Battery Performance - The camera performance test I did a couple days ago was part of this battery test. Hello to 3 days of battery life and 4hrs of SOT on a single charge for a 2050mAh! Standby time is amazing! On this charge, I consider my usage was light to moderate. I have 3 emails synced, Skype, adaptive display at 50-75% brightness, mobile data with LTE speeds always being on, camera stills, browsing the web, and FM radio when riding my Ninebot One. To recharge the battery from zero to 100, it takes about 90mins on a 2amp charger (I'm not using the included charger since it has a lower power output). (screenshots attached)
Screen On Time - With the screen set to always on, adaptive display off, 50% brightness (still super bright at this setting), wifi and wireless carrier data disabled; using MX player with a 720 movie on continuous playback, I get close to 11 hrs of runtime! (screenshots attached)
Edit 4 - Oct. 8, 2015: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" If you can, stay away from updating apps that are already built into the phone because there are some (Google apps) that depleted my battery down a good bit. You can try and go into Applications in system settings and uninstall the update if possible. Go into google play store's settings and disable automatic updates. Just remember to update your apps that you've downloaded. Maybe Android 6.0 Marshmellow will be better...
September 2015 · Cell Phones and Accessories · verified purchase