Vivo unveils the iQOO Z5 in China with a 6.67″ FHD+ IPS display, Snapdragon 778G chipset

Vivo has announced the three smartphones from the X70 series for China. The vanilla model – Vivo X70 carries over the same display from the Vivo X60 – a 6.56-inch AMOLED unit with an FHD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. However, it is based on a Dimensity 1200 chipset with 8GB/12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB/256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. Power is supplied by a 4400 mAh battery with 44W fast charging. The camera…

9 September 2021

Vivo has presented its first in-house developed Image Signal Processor (ISP) – the Vivo V1. The brand confirmed it will power the Vivo X70 series, which is due to be announced this Thursday. According to Vivo, this ISP chip has a very low power consumption, yet it efficiently aids the GPU and DSP by executing parallel processes of complex calculations at high speed. The company has further optimized the write and…

6 September 2021

Vivo has just introduced the iQOO 8 and iQOO 8 Pro, the first powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 Mobile Platform and the second – by Snapdragon 888 Plus, each device running on OriginOS based on Android 11. The iQOO 8 Pro is built around an E5 OLED LTPO display by Samsung. It has a resolution of 1440 x 3200 pixels and a VRR from 1Hz to 120Hz. The screen also supports 10-bit color bit depth (1.07 billion colors)…

17 August 2021

It’s quite a habit Vivo is developing by launching one and the same smartphone with different names and different smartphones with one and the same name but for different markets. The latest example in this direction is the Vivo Y72 5G for India. Even though it has the same name as the Vivo Y72 5G announced back in March, it offers a number of differences. For starters, the dimensions are different – the new device…

15 July 2021

Vivo is launching sequences of smartphones that do not differ a lot from each other. This is the case with the Vivo Y53s 5G which is the Vivo Y52s (t1 edition) but with a 64MP main camera instead. In all else, the two models are identical. There’s a 6.58-inch IPS display with an FHD+ resolution, 90Hz refresh rate, and a 1500:1 static contrast ratio. A 5000 mAh battery with an 18W charger keeps the lights on. A…

9 June 2021

Counterpoint has published its Q1 2021 Market Monitor report. Some of the key findings include the following: Global smartphone shipments gre by 20% YoY but declined by 10% QoQ. For a second quarter, India’s smartphone market declines. It is led by Xiaomi with a 26% market share, ineased by 8% YoY. Samsung is again the world leader in smartphones with a 22% market share. Apple is second with 17%. Xiaomi is third…

9 June 2021

Vivo is continuing to offer variants of smartphones that are already announced. The latest device is the Vivo Y70t for China. This smartphone is a variant of the Vivo Y70s which was announced 12 days ago. The brand didn’t even bother to change the model codes and both are designated as V2002A. The two devices have identical footprints, batteries, displays, chipsets. Each is powered by a 5000 mAh unit with an 18W…

4 June 2021

iQOO Neo5 Lite has been unveiled today sporting a Snapdragon 870 chipset. The smartphone is equipped with a 6.57-inch IPS display with FHD+ resolution and 144Hz refresh rate. A punch hole in the top right corner of the screen houses the 16MP selfie snapper, while on the back of the handset vivo has provided a 48MP main shooter, an 8MP ultra-wide camera, and a 2MP macro unit. The iQOO Neo5 Lite is powered by a 4500…

24 May 2021

Vivo has unveiled the V21 series of smartphones today. It comprises three models – Vivo V21, Vivo V21 5G, and Vivo V21e. The first two models are identical. The only difference is that the 5G model offers 5G connectivity and faster 4G. Either way, the two smartphones are based on a Dimensity 800U chipset, have a 4000 mAh battery with 33W fast charging, and a 6.44-inch E3 AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate, FHD+…

27 April 2021

Vivo has also unveiled the iQOO 7 Legend in India. It has the same display as the vanilla iQOO 7. In an addition to the in-display fingerprint sensor, there’s a dual-control pressure sensing under the screen. Processing prowess is based on a Snapdragon 888 mobile platform with 8GB/12GB of LPDDDR5 RAM and 128GB/256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. This device has dual stereo speakers with a CS43131 independent Hi-Fi chip. A…

26 April 2021

Vivo has unveiled the iQOO 7 in India. The smartphone features a 6.62-inch AMOLED display with an FHD+ resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, and 300Hz touch sampling rate. The peak brightness of the screen is 1300 nits. It is HDR10+ certified and has an Eye Care Display certification as well. Moreover, a dedicated display chip manages it. A Snapdragon 870 chipset ticks under the hood paired with 8GB/12GB of RAM and…

26 April 2021

Vivo has launched in China another variation of a X60 smartphone – the Vivo X60t with model code V2085A. It is very similar to the China-based Vivo X60 with model code V2046A. The two devices have one and the same 2.5D curved 6.56-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080 x 2376 pixels, 120Hz refresh rate, 240Hz touch sampling rate, 6000000:1 contrast, HDr10+ certification. An in-display fingerprint sensor is…

7 April 2021

Vivo has just unveiled the iQOO Neo 5. The smartphone has a gorgeous minimalist design with a flat front and rear surface. The glass and metal handset is available in Night Shadow Black, Cloud Shadow Blue, Pixel Orange colors. The front is adorned with a 6.62-inch AMOLED display with an FHD+ resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, 300Hz touch sampling rate, 105% NTSC coverage and HDR10+ certification. A small punch hole in…

16 March 2021

This morning, Vivo teased the iQOO Neo 5 on iQOO’s Weibo page, confirming that the device will arrive with a Snapdragon 870 mobile platform. Moreover, in terms of game visual effects, the device will use a hardware-level independent display chip to support “game frame insertion” and “stabilized frame rate” functions. According to the post, 1+1 is more than just 2, meaning this will offer better performance, lower…

4 March 2021