So if you want some flagship-level specs in your next smartphone without burning a hole in your pocket, Vivo has got you covered. Even the phones that belong to Vivo's lowest-tier and max out at $200 equip at least 6GB of RAM, multi-camera setups, and fast-charging. The V23 in this segment is a prime example that packs 5G along with an OLED display, 8GB of RAM with 128GB of internal storage, and a triple camera setup at the back with a 64MP low-light lens (via GSM Arena).

The phone retails around $700, $300 less than the Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, its closest competitor.ĭiving into the mid-range phone market, which ranges from around $299 to $399, Vivo has plenty of options that offer you great value for the money. If that is not fascinating enough, in 2020, the brand revealed its design for the Apex 2020 - a concept phone that featured no camera module on the phone's body but a flying drone-like camera module that detached itself from the body.įor instance, Vivo's flagship NEX 3S offers the latest 5G technology combined with killer specs like an edge-to-edge Super AMOLED display (without a notch or camera cutout), a powerful Snapdragon 855 chipset with 12+ 256GB of memory setup, and a huge 4500 mAh battery with ultra-fast charging at 44W. To achieve this, Vivo had to think of a way to shift the front camera module from the front side, and to do so, it introduced the first mechanical pop-up camera design that leaves room for the bezel-less display. It was a revolution in the smartphone industry that put Vivo in the spotlight, and for the cherry on the top, this move had already been tried by leading tech brands like Apple and Samsung, who failed to achieve similar results.Īnother big new thing introduced by Vivo was the launch of its ' NEX' series - a smartphone lineup that featured one of the first bezel-less displays to offer an edge-to-edge design. The technology used high-resolution optical scanning done beneath the phone's glass display that could read the user's fingerprint and authenticate. In 2018, the brand made headlines by launching the world's first in-display fingerprint scanner in its mid-range phone, the X20.

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