The vivo X Fold5 - tell me you want an iPhone, without telling me you want an iPhone.
Hadlee Simmons from Android Authority about the vivo X Fold5:
For starters, the company says it’s the first Android phone that can connect to the Apple Watch, supporting phone calls, texts, notification mirroring, synchronization of health/fitness data, and more. However, there are a couple of caveats to this integration. Your Apple Watch needs to be paired with an iPhone first. Furthermore, vivo says this functionality will come via a system update.
Let’s look at the fine print translation at the bottom of Vivo’s main landing page referring to the Apple Watch:
The relevant functions may change due to third-party services. vivo will update the description on the function publicity page according to the actual situation. Please refer to the actual use.
Looks like vivo is taking one out of Apple’s own playbook, but at least they’re letting you know in advance they might change the information on the product page website “according to the actual situation,” because these features might not work as intended and won’t ship out of the box.
Once again, don’t buy a device with the promise of new features that are not already baked into the device.
Let’s continue.
Seamless AirPods compatibility with - shoddy translation - “full-link native experience?” Let’s read the fine print once again:
All native function experiences of AirPods pairing with iPhone are not supported for the time being. Please refer to actual use.
I wouldn’t bet on getting all the advanced AirPods functions such as Adaptive Audio and Hearing Aid functionality.
Of course, there’s also “full-compatibility” with the iPhone, with chatGPT translating this quote from this image with two alternate translations:
"Perfectly in sync with Apple, Seamlessly across ecosystems."
"Works flawlessly with Apple, Smooth across ecosystems."
"In perfect harmony with Apple, Effortless cross-ecosystem experience."
In order for your iPhone to work properly, you must do the following “effortless” work (from the same landing page):
It means that the phone on the iPhone can be answered on vivo X Fold5, and the information and notifications on the iPhone can be transferred to vivo X Fold5 for viewing. The conditions of use are as follows:
(1) Download the "vivo mutual transmission" application on the iPhone (iOS system needs to be version 15.0 or above; "vivo mutual transmission" on the iOS terminal needs to be version 5.2.30 or above);
(2) vivo X Fold5 You need to log in to the same vivo account as the iPhone, and there are no other devices at both ends;
(3) The dual-end Bluetooth needs to be paired, and the distance requirement is within 10 meters;
(4) The notification flow needs to turn on the three-party application notification permission and the notification flow switch. iOS needs to turn off the [Filter Unknown Contacts] switch to experience the flow of verification codes.
The interface UI is for reference only, please refer to the actual use. This function needs to be implemented with third-party services. The relevant functions may change due to third-party services. vivo will update the description on the function publicity page according to the actual situation. Please refer to the actual use.
I think I now how to solve all these compatibility issues and how to avoid all these hoops and hurdles:
Get an iPhone.