Vivo V9 vs. OPPO F5 Comparison – Which selfie phone is better?

Oppo and Vivo compete in the exact same segment of the market and it is very important for both the devices to proactively offer the best of technology for an acceptable price. Oppo F5 was launched a few months ago and came with a pretty good design that stood as a good competition to the Vivo V7 and the Vivo V7 Plus, Vivo has now launched the Vivo V9 and we now compare the Oppo F5 with the same to see if it still stands up to the competition offered by Vivo this year.

Display and Design

The Oppo F5 comes with an LTPS IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen with a screen size of 6.0-inches while the Vivo V9 comes with a standard IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen that measures 6.3-inches diagonally. Both the displays come with FullHD+ resolution but having slightly different resolutions, the Oppo F5 comes with the FullVision 18:9 aspect ratio display having a resolution of 1080 x 2160 while the Vivo V9 comes with a top-notch display having a resolution of 1080 x 2260. The Oppo F5 comes with small bezels on the top as well as the bottom while the Vivo V9 avoids the top bezels by having a small notch to accommodate the sensors instead.

Specifications

The Oppo F5 is powered by the MediaTek MT6763T Helio P23 which is an Octa-core 2.5 GHz Cortex-A53 processor. The Helio P23 is paired with the Mali-G71 MP2 GPU to offer better gaming performance, the Vivo V9, on the other hand, comes with the more preferred Qualcomm MSM8953-Pro Snapdragon 626 which is an Octa-core 2.2 GHz Cortex-A53 processor and is paired with an Adreno 506 GPU. The Vivo V9 comes with 4GB RAM and 64GB internal storage while the Oppo F5 comes in two variants and the 32GB variant comes with 4GB RAM and the 64GB variant comes with 6GB RAM.

Both the device come with expandable storage via microSD card slot and support up to 256GB via a dedicated slot. Although a lot of users tend to incline towards the Snapdragon processor on the Vivo V9, the Mediatek Helio P23 processor on the Oppo F5 is very capable and can easily serve the purpose for almost all the day to day tasks.

Camera

The Vivo V9 comes with a dual camera setup with a 16 MP primary sensor along with a 5 MP secondary sensor. The aperture on the primary sensor is f/2.0 and it supports phase detection autofocus for faster and more accurate autofocus. There is also a dual-LED flash on the rear camera for better images in dark conditions.

The Oppo F5 comes with a single lens setup on the rear with a 16 MP sensor having an aperture of f/1.8 and also supports phase detection autofocus along with an LED flash. In terms of video recording, the Vivo V9 supports 2160p at 30 FPS or 1080p in 30FPS while the Oppo F5 only supports 1080p in 30FPS. The front camera on the Vivo V9 is a 24MP camera with a f/2.0 aperture and the Oppo F5 doesn’t stand very much behind, offering a 20MP sensor with a similar f/2.0 aperture.

Battery and Software

Both the device come with similarly sized batteries, the Oppo F5 has a 3200mAh battery while the Vivo V9 comes with a 3260mAh battery which is slightly larger. This difference in the battery is compensated for with the difference in the screen sizes, the slightly larger 6.3-inch screen on the Vivo V9 combined with the 3260mAh battery is expected to give about the same battery life subject to the battery optimization in terms of software being offered by the companies.

Coming to the software, the Oppo F5 comes with ColorOS 3.2 which is based on Android 7.1 while the Vivo V9 comes with the Funtouch OS that is based on the newer Android 8.1 operating system.

Price and Conclusion

While the OPPO F5 is priced at Rs. 19990, the Vivo V9 comes at a price of Rs. 22990. The phones are quite different and while the OPPO F5 has a faster processor, it comes down to what phone offers the latest best specs and that is the case with the Vivo V9 that has better overall specs, though it is a little higher priced.