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vivo India has launched the T5e smartphone, designed for the new generation of smartphone users, particularly students and young professionals. It features a 5500mAh battery, Military-Grade Durability, IP64 dust and splash resistance, OriginOS 6 (Android 16) with AI-powered features, and is priced at INR 13,999 for the 4GB+64GB variant.
vivo Launches T5e: Everyday Companion for the New Generation of Smartphone Users


- 5500mAh battery with Fast Charging for dependable all-day usage
- Military-Grade Durability3 and IP64-rated2 dust & splash resistance for everyday durability
- OriginOS 6 based on Android 16 with AI-powered productivity
- Features including AI Creation12, Cutout, and vivo DocMaster
vivo India today announced the launch of the vivo T5e, designed to empower the next generation of smartphone users with dependable performance, lasting battery life, everyday durability, and an immersive entertainment experience. Crafted for students and young professionals navigating fast-paced lifestyles, the vivo T5e combines a long-lasting 5500mAh battery, OriginOS 6, and practical features that help users stay productive, entertained, and connected throughout the day. Complementing its practical capabilities is a sleek design that delivers a reliable and seamless smartphone experience.
Pricing
The vivo T5e is available in the 4GB+64GB variant10, priced at INR 13,999.
Inclusive of taxes and exclusive of bank offers.
Availability
The sale for the vivo T5e is now live across the vivo official website, Flipkart, and all partner retail stores.13
Long-Lasting Battery for Everyday Reliability
The vivo T5e is powered by a 5500mAh battery, delivering dependable all-day performance across entertainment, communication, and productivity. It offers up to 18 hours of online video playback7, 47 hours of music playback6, 13.5 hours of social media usage8,9, and 28 hours of voice calls5, helping users stay connected throughout the day.
This sustained battery performance is enabled by an advanced electrolyte formula, optimized battery structure, and intelligent battery health management. The experience is further enhanced by intelligent power management features such as Battery Life Extender for emergency usage at 1% battery, Super Battery Saver Mode, adaptive Battery Saver settings, Sleep Standby Optimization, and Multi-Dimension Charging Protection for reliable everyday charging.
For added convenience, the vivo T5e supports 15W Fast Charging15 for dependable power replenishment and delivers 4 Years of Battery4 Health for long-term performance. Reverse Charging support further enables users to share power with compatible devices whenever needed.
Durable Design with Practical Functionality
Designed for everyday reliability, the vivo T5e comes with IP64-rated2 dust and splash resistance along with Military-Grade Durability3, delivering dependable protection against dust, splashes, accidental drops, and daily wear3.
The device also supports Wet-Hand Touch and Greasy-Hand Touch16, allowing smooth interactions even with light water or oil residue on the display. Complementing its durability is a thoughtfully engineered advanced cushioning structure featuring reinforced protection around key components for enhanced everyday reliability.
Built with a composite back cover, a refined matte frame design, and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, the vivo T5e offers both durability and comfortable handling in a slim, lightweight form factor.
Smooth Display for an Enhanced Viewing Experience
The vivo T5e features a 17.13 cm (6.74-inch) HD+ display14 with a 90Hz refresh rate1, ensuring smooth scrolling, fluid animations, and responsive everyday interactions.
Designed for a comfortable viewing experience, the display offers clear outdoor visibility and immersive visuals across the range of content. Its scientifically tuned Sleep Comfort Mode, combined with intelligent brightness adjustment, helps reduce eye strain during prolonged usage, making it easier on the eyes throughout the day.
Smart Software Experience
Running on OriginOS 6 based on Android 16, the vivo T5e delivers a smooth and intuitive user experience for everyday use.
AI Creation12 makes everyday tasks easier by helping users summarize, translate, and rewrite content, while vivo DocMaster simplifies document management for improved productivity. Combined with practical everyday features and optimized system performance, the vivo T5e is designed to deliver a seamless smartphone experience across work and entertainment.
Reliable Performance for Everyday Tasks
The vivo T5e comes with up to 8GB Extended RAM (4GB + 4GB) 11, enabling smoother multitasking by intelligently utilizing idle storage space as additional memory. Paired with support for expandable storage of up to 2TB, users have ample space to store photos, videos, apps, and everyday files with ease.
Powering the experience is the UNISOC T7225 octa-core processor, designed to deliver dependable everyday performance while maintaining power efficiency
Thoughtful Design with Everyday Photography
The vivo T5e combines a clean, minimalist design with practical features that make everyday tasks simpler and more intuitive. Built around a minimalist camera module and refined Matte Frame Design, the smartphone offers a sleek, modern aesthetic while remaining comfortable to hold and use throughout the day.
Available in Shadow Grey and Aero Blue, the device reflects a contemporary design language inspired by resilience and understated elegance. Shadow Grey draws inspiration from the subtle interplay of light and shadow, while Aero Blue takes cues from layered sky gradients and soft wave-like textures, creating a premium in-hand feel.
The vivo T5e features an 8MP rear camera and a 5MP front camera, enabling users to capture everyday moments with ease. Complementing the camera hardware are AI-powered features such as Cutout, which allows users to effortlessly extract subjects and replace backgrounds, while the built-in ‘vivo Documents’ feature enhances scanned files for clearer, more readable results.
Made in India, Made for India
Like all vivo devices, the vivo T5e follows vivo’s commitment to ‘Make in India’ and is manufactured at vivo’s Greater Noida facility that employs around 8,000 men and women, ensuring all vivo devices sold in India are made by fellow Indians.
PR Contact
| vivo | Raghav Sharma | raghav.sharma@vivo.in |
| vivo | Areeb Anwar | areeb.anwar @vivo.in |
About vivo
vivo is a technology company that creates great products based on a design-driven value, with smart devices and intelligent services as its core. The company aims to build a bridge between humans and the digital world. Through unique creativity, vivo provides users with an increasingly convenient mobile and digital life. Following the company’s core values, which include Benfen*, design-driven value, user orientation, continuous learning, and team spirit, vivo has implemented a sustainable development strategy with the vision of developing into a healthier, more sustainable world-class corporation.
While bringing together and developing the best local talents to deliver excellence, vivo is supported by a network of R&D centers in Shenzhen, Dongguan, Nanjing, Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, and Xi’an, focusing on the development of state-of-the-art consumer technologies, including 5G, artificial intelligence, industrial design, imaging system and other up-and-coming technologies. vivo has also set up an intelligent manufacturing network (including those authorized by vivo), with an annual production capacity of nearly 200 million smartphones. As of now, vivo has branched out its sales network across more than 60 countries and regions and is loved by more than 400 million users worldwide.
*“Benfen” is a term describing the attitude on doing the right things and doing things right – which is the ideal description of vivo’s mission to create value for society.
- 90 Hz is currently supported only by specific applications/programs. Experience may vary.
- This product is rated IP64 for dust, splash, and water resistance in accordance with IEC 60529 and has been tested in a controlled laboratory environment. However, this protection is not permanent; its effectiveness may gradually decline over time due to everyday use, such as SIM card insertion and removal, drops, or impacts. Do not charge the phone when it is wet. For cleaning and drying instructions, please refer to the Safety Information in Settings. Damage caused by liquid ingress is not covered by the warranty.
- vivo T5e has passed 2 environmental tests under the US Military Standard MIL-STD-810H (Drop test at 122cm and Shock Test). Actual experience may vary based on usage conditions. Since the phone contains precision components, please make sure not to bump or drop the phone while using it. Any intentional damage to the device is not covered under warranty.
- Based on vivo lab tests, battery retains more than 80% of its capacity after 1600 full charge cycles. These tests simulate average daily use (charging once every 1 days), and results show that 1600 charge cycles are approximately equivalent to 4 years of use. The above data is provided by vivo labs based on tests conducted in a simulated environment, with an ambient and battery temperature at 23±2°C and full charge/discharge cycles. Actual results may vary due to differences in test equipment, test environment, and personal usage patterns and habits.
- Basis continuous calling resulting out of internal testing conducted on fully charged device at vivo brand’s laboratory as of 20th July 2026. Test conditions: ambient temperature at 25℃±1℃, screen off, and volume at 63 dB. Actual battery life may vary depending on usage habits, environment, and other factors.
- Basis continuous music playback (Spotify) resulting from vivo in-house lab tests as of 20th July 2026 and applies only to single-app use and standby conditions. Test environment: ambient temperature at 25±1°C. Test conditions: device fully charged, screen off, volume at maximum, and connected to Wi-Fi and earphones & peripherals. Actual battery life may vary depending on usage habits, environment, and other factors.
- Basis continuous local video playback resulting out of internal testing conducted on fully charged device at brand’s laboratory as of 20th July 2026. Test Conditions: Device fully charged, screen brightness set to minimum, and sound muted. Ambient temperature at 25℃±1℃. Actual duration may vary depending on the environment or other factors.
- Basis continuous Instagram use resulting out of internal testing conducted on fully charged device at brand’s laboratory as of 20th July 2026. Test conditions: Ambient temperature at 25℃±1℃, screen brightness set to 150 nits, and volume at 63 dB. Actual duration may vary depending on the environment or other factors.
- Basis 20.9hrs of continuous video calling (WhatsApp) resulting out of internal testing conducted on fully charged device at brand’s laboratory as of 20th July 2026. Test conditions: Ambient temperature at 25℃±1℃, screen brightness set to 150 nits, and volume at 63 dB. Actual duration may vary depending on the environment or other factors.
- Actual available RAM/ROM is less due to the storage of operating system and pre-installed apps.
- Extended RAM is realized by software optimization.
- The AI Creation feature requires a network connection and a logged-in vivo account. Word count and usage frequency are subject to limits; please refer to the actual conditions of use. AI-generated content is for reference only. vivo makes no guarantees, representations, or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any AI-generated results.
- Availability, pricing, and offers may vary by platform/retailer and are subject to change without notice.
- Measured diagonally, the screen size is 17.13 cm (6.74 inches) in the full rectangle. Actual display area is slightly smaller.
- 15W Fast Charging refers to the maximum output power of 15W when using the official vivo standard charger. Charging data is based on tests conducted in the vivo laboratory. Actual charging power is dynamically adjusted depending on usage scenarios, and charging speed may vary due to environmental and other factors. Please refer to actual usage for real-world performance.
- Wet/Greasy-Hand Touch means the display supports basic tapping and swiping operations in typical daily scenarios involving light water or oil on the screen or fingers. Touch responsiveness may vary depending on the type of liquid, coverage area, and the level of moisture or oil on fingers, and may not remain consistent across all wet or greasy conditions. For the best experience, keep both the display and your fingers as clean as possible. Actual touch performance may vary.