Earlier this year, in February 2019, China-based Vivo launched its premium mid-range smartphone Vivo V15 Pro. Just a month after it launched, the smartphone emerged as the fastest-selling V-series smartphone for the company.
Now, the Vivo V15 Pro has received a permanent price cut in the Indian market for both the variants — 6GB RAM and 8GB RAM. The company has slashed the phone’s pricing by ₹3,000 which roughly converts to $43.
The 6GB RAM model of the Vivo V15 Pro will now be available for ₹23,990 (~$346) instead of ₹26,990 (~$390) while the 8GB RAM model costs ₹26,990 (~$390) instead of its original pricing of ₹29,990 (~$433). The new pricing is now live on e-commerce stores likes Flipkart and Amazon as well as offline stores.
The development comes at a time when rumors are indicating that the company has stopped the production of both the V15 series smartphones — Vivo V15 and V15 Pro. It is being reported that the phones will eventually be discontinued and will only be available in offline stores until stock lasts. At the moment, the phones are still available to buy on the online Vivo Shop.
The reason for the discontinuation of the V15 series smartphones is said to be because of the upcoming Vivo S-series which includes the MediaTek Helio P65-powered Vivo S1. Vivo is also launching the iQOO sub-brand in India soon which may also be one of the reasons for the discontinuation. Also, the recently launched Vivo Z1 is cheaper and better than the Vivo V15 smartphones.
The Vivo V15 Pro features a 6.39-inch Ultra FullView Super AMOLED display that produces Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels along with an aspect ratio of 19.5:9. The phone also comes with an in-display fingerprint sensor for added security.
Under the hood, the device is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 chipset and comes in two variants based on the memory configuration — 6GB RAM with 128GB internal storage and 8GB RAM with 128GB onboard storage.
Coming to the camera department, the device comes with a triple camera setup that includes a primary Samsung ISOCELL GM1 48-megapixel sensor with f/1.8 aperture, a secondary 8-megapixel sensor with f/2.4 aperture and a third 5-megapixel lens with f/2.4 aperture. On the front side, it comes with a pop-up selfie camera of 32-megapixel (Samsung ISOCELL GD1) with f/2.0 aperture.
The smartphone is running Android 9 Pie operating system out-of-the-box with FunTouch OS 5.0 on top. It also comes with Game Mode 5.0 for optimizing the gaming performance as well as Jovi AI. The device is powered by a 3,700mAh battery with dual-engine fast charging support.
