In September 2019, Vivo had launched the Vivo NEX 3 smartphone with revolutionary waterfall display. It had also debuted as the company’s first 5G smartphone. Today, the company announced the Vivo NEX 3S 5G smartphone as its enhanced version. Since it is powered by the Snapdragon 865 mobile platform, it supports dual-mode 5G which wasn’t available on last year’s model. The phone comes with some other attractive features like UFS 3.1 storage and LPDDR5 RAM.
Vivo NEX 3S 5G specifications
The Vivo NEX 3S 5G borrows many of its features such as waterfall display, front and rear cameras from the original NEX 3 5G phone. The Vivo NEX 3S 5G that features a glass and metal combination chassis has 167.44 x 76.14 x 9.4mm dimensions and it weighs 219.5 grams.
The device houses a massive S-AMOLED display of 6.89 inches. The Waterfall FullView display magnificently curves at nearly 90 degrees at its left and right edges. The notch-less screen offers full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2256 pixels and a screen-to-body ratio of 99.6 percent. It is an HDR10+ complaint screen which supports 100 percent P3 wide color gamut and sRGB. There are no physical power and volume buttons on the edges of the phone. Like the NEX 3 5G, the NEX 3S 5G come with TouchSense pressure-sensitive buttons for controlling volume and power.
The Vivo NEX 3S 5G is the first Vivo branded flagship phone of the year driven by the Snapdragon 865 mobile platform. The SoC is coupled with up to 12 GB of LPDDR5 RAM. The phone comes in UFS 3.1 storage choices of 128 GB and 256 GB. There is no support for external storage on the smartphone.
The Vivo NEX 3S 5G has a pop-up selfie camera module that includes an LED flash and a 16-megapixel lens with f/2.0 aperture. The Hyper HDR feature onboard enables the phone to increase the accuracy of dynamic range between the face of the user and the brightest spot in the background. The backside of the device features a round-shaped camera module. It includes a 64-megapixel Samsung GW1 main shooter with f/1.8 aperture, a 13-megapixel superwide lens with f/2.2 aperture and a 13-megapixel telephoto lens with f/2.48 aperture. The triple cameras support 2x optical zoom and 20x digital zoom. HDR, Hyper-HDR and super EIS video stabilization, 4K video shooting, and 480fps 1080p slow-motion video recording are some of the camera features of the NEX 3S 5G.
The display of the Vivo NEX 3S 5G is integrated with a fingerprint reader. The phone is loaded with FunTouch OS 10 based Android 10 operating system. There is VPG process daemon technology that can intelligently diagnose abnormalities of third-party apps. The presence of SD865 promises impressive gaming experience on the Vivo NEX 3S 5G. There is X-Axis Haptic onboard for vibration while playing games and typing. The smartphone is equipped with zero-inductive soaking plate that can effectively reduce the surface temperature phone by 3 to 4 degrees. It can also reduce the temperature of the main chip by more than 10 degrees.
The Vivo NEX 3S 5G draws power from a 4,350mAh battery which is slightly smaller than the 4,500mAh capacity battery of the Vivo NEX 3. There is no support for wireless charging on device. While the 3C listing of the phone had hinted that the phone will be arriving with a 55W charger, the final product ships with a 44W rapid charger. The phone supports the latest Wi-Fi 6 and is capable at connecting two Wi-Fi networks simultaneously. The other features that are available on the NEX 3S 5G include dual SIM support, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS and USB-C. It lacks a 3.5mm audio jack.
Vivo NEX 3S 5G price and availability
The Vivo NEX 3S 5G introduced in China comes in two flavors such as 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage and 12 GB RAM + 256 GB storage. It is priced at 4,998 Yuan (~$619) and 5,298 Yuan (~$763). It can be availed in three colors like black, blue and red. The first sale of the phone will be held on March 14 in China. There is no word on the availability of the NEX 3S 5G outside of the home market.
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