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Vivo has just hit the T5 Pro with another price hike in India, and this one is the biggest yet. The 8GB + 128GB version has jumped from ₹35,999 to ₹41,999, while the 8GB + 256GB model has gone from ₹39,999 to ₹46,999. That’s an increase of up to ₹7,000 in one go, which is more than double the size of the earlier ₹3,000 bumps.
Interestingly, as of writing, the 8GB + 128GB variant is still listed on Amazon for ₹39,999 instead of the new ₹41,999. If you’re interested, it might be worth checking quickly before the seller updates the price.
Quick recap of the journey so far: the phone launched in April at ₹29,999 (8GB + 128GB) and ₹33,999 (8GB + 256GB). It got a ₹3,000 hike in June, another ₹3,000 in July, and now this third one. The base model is now ₹12,000 more expensive than at launch, and the higher-storage version is ₹13,000 costlier.
Vivo hasn’t said anything officially about why the price is climbing again. The most likely reason is the same one hitting the whole industry right now: rising DRAM and NAND memory costs, largely driven by heavy demand from AI data centres. Previous hikes on this phone were more restrained, so this bigger jump stands out.
At these new prices, the T5 Pro has shifted into a higher bracket than the one it started in. It’s now sitting closer to phones like the iQOO Neo 10 and OnePlus Nord 6, even though the hardware itself hasn’t changed at all. Anyone who held off buying after launch is now looking at a noticeably more expensive phone for the exact same specs.
These repeated increases show how tight memory supply continues to squeeze smartphone pricing in India. Quite a few brands have made similar moves across their ranges in recent months. For the T5 Pro specifically, three hikes in a row have clearly changed its value equation compared to when it first went on sale.
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