Last month, Vivo confirmed the launch date of its premium smartphone series, the Vivo X70 series. The series will go on floors on September 9(7:30 PM China time) in the Chinese market and we expect three phones to debut at the launch event. Ahead of its unveiling, we’ve plenty of its details learned, thanks to the leaks and rumors circulating around the smartphone series. Today, we’re taking a look at all the details learned so far about the Vivo X70 series.
Vivo X70 series Rumor Roundup: What to Expect?
The Vivo X70 series will comprise the Vivo X70, Vivo X70 Pro, and the Vivo X70 Pro+. All the phones will have all sorts of bells and whistles over their predecessors. Primarily, there will be camera improvements and the sensors will be powered by ZEISS optics.
Display and Design
Starting with the design and display, the Vivo X70 and X70 Pro will feature a 6.56-inch punch-hole screen with a Full-HD+ resolution. It will be an AMOLED panel with a 120Hz high refresh rate. On the other hand, the Vivo X70 Pro+ will boast a larger 6.78-inch E5 AMOLED display with Quad-HD+ resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate.
As far as the design is concerned, the phones will have a boxy design with an oversized camera island on the Pro+. Thin bezels and curved sides will also be a few of its highlights.
Cameras on the Vivo X70 series
The series was recently listed on China Telecom which revealed that the phones will bag ZEISS optics. The Vivo X70 will sport a triple camera system with a 40MP main sensor, a 12MP ultra-wide lens, and a 2MP portrait camera lens. The Vivo X70 Pro will have a quad-camera setup with a 50MP main lens, a 12MP ultra-wide-wide lens, a 12MP portrait sensor, and lastly an 8MP telephoto lens.
Speaking of the Pro+, the device will have a 50MP main sensor and a 48MP ultra-wide lens. Furthermore, it will also have a 12MP portrait and an 8MP telephoto lens similar to the Pro variant.
Upfront, the phones will have a single camera lens. However, the exact megapixel count of the lens is unknown. Nonetheless, the phones will also have some inbuilt camera features similar to previous Vivo X-series phones. The series will also have OIS support and 8k video recording capability.
Hardware and Software
Under the hood, the Vivo X70 and X70 Pro will come powered by Exynos 1080 SoC. The Pro+, on the other hand, will have the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ chipset. The Vivo X70 will pack a 4,400mAh battery, whereas, the X70 Pro will have a 4,450mAh. The X70 Pro+ will have the biggest battery of the series i.e. a 4,500mAh cell.
The vanilla model and the Pro model will support a 44W fast charging support and the Pro+ will bag a faster 55W fast charging support. The smartphones will run on Android 11 OS out of the box with Vivo’s custom skin on the top.
Pricing, color variants, and availability
According to a recent leak, the Vivo X70 series will come in multiple colors. The X70 Pro+ will come in two leather finishes – Orange Leather and Blue Leather. It will also have a Black glass color variant. The X70 and X70 Pro will arrive in a gradient color, a White, and a Black color variant.
Unfortunately, the pricing details of the smartphones are unavailable at the moment. But, we expect the vanilla X70 to come at mid-range pricing, whereas the X70 Pro to have similar pricing as the starter flagships from big giants like Samsung. The X70 Pro+ will be the premium offering from the company and is expected to be priced similarly to the top tier phones from again Samsung, Apple, Huawei.
Regarding its availability, the series may not make it to the global market very soon. But, we expect some of the phones from the series to go global sometime later this year. We can expect the phones to arrive in the UK and India.
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