Vivo recently announced its much-awaited Vivo X Fold smartphone, which is the brand’s first foldable smartphone. Now, just a couple of weeks after its announcement, the device is now up for sale in the Chinese market.

The 12GB RAM and 256GB internal storage model of the Vivo X Fold is priced at 8,999 yuan (~$1,391) while the 12GB RAM and 512GB storage model costs 9,999 yuan (~$1,546). The device has already been sold out in the first sale but it is available to pre-order for the next sale which will take place on 29th April.

Vivo X Fold

The Vivo X Fold features an 8.03-inch E5 LTPO OLED 3.0 display with UTG that supports a 120Hz refresh rate, 2K resolution, and a 4:3.5 aspect ratio. It also comes with HDR10+, and a 113 percent DCI P3 color gamut.

The secondary screen has a 6.53-inch E5 OLED panel with support for Full HD+ screen resolution, a 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+ support, 100 percent DCI P3 color gamut, and a 21:9 aspect ratio as well. Both of them have a punch-hole cutout for housing the front-facing camera sensor.

Under the hood, the device is powered by a custom Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SPU which is basically customized to enhance the security and privacy of the smartphone on a chip level. It is coupled with LPDDR5 RAM and UFS 3.1 internal storage.

In the camera department, there’s a quad-camera setup on the back that includes a 50-megapixel Samsung GN5 primary sensor, a 48-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens that has an f/2.2 aperture, a 12-megapixel portrait lens, and a 5-megapixel periscopic telephoto lens that offers up to 5x optical zoom and up to 60x digital zoom. On the front side, there’s a 16-megapixel snapper on the outer and the inner display.

The Vivo X Fold foldable smartphone is running the Android 12 operating system out-of-the-box with the company’s own custom user interface on top. It is powered by a 4,600mAh battery which supports 66W fast charging and 50W wireless charging.

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