Vivo launched the Vivo S6 5G today at an online event in China. The phone comes with the super-fast 5G support and a bunch of camera tricks that appeal to the young generation in China. Moreover, with Exynos 980 on board, the phone packs enough power to tackle intensive tasks like gaming with ease.

The Vivo S6 5G comes with a familiar 3D curved design with a couple of interesting colors like Gradient Purple-Blue and Light Blue. As the company mentioned in one of its earlier teasers, the brand has limited the phone’s weight to just 181 grams, less than its predecessor. Vivo has also ditched the diamond-shaped camera housing from the Vivo S5 in favor of a simpler round camera design. This camera housing features a quad-camera setup and the flash is placed outside, just below it.

The Vivo S6 comes with an under-display fingerprint sensor.

Vivo S6 Specs

Under the hood, the Vivo S6 5G features the 8nm Exynos 980 upper mid-range 5G processor. This is paired with LPDDR4X 8GB of RAM and up to 256GB of storage. It supports both SA/NSA 5G standards and comes in a dual SIM dual standby variant.

There’s a 6.44-inch AMOLED HDR10 certified waterdrop display up front with 2400 × 1080 FHD+ resolution, 103% NTSC ultra-wide color gamut and ultra-high contrast of up to 1200000:1. The phone also features the company’s Multi-Turbo technology. This consists of six individual technologies which include CPU Turbo, AI Turbo, Net Turbo, Cooling Turbo, Game Turbo, and ART++ Turbo. The company claims that the new generation of Cooling Turbo on the Vivo S6 reduces the phone’s temperature by up to 10° celsius as compared to its predecessor.

Under the hood, the Vivo S6 5G comes with a 4500mAh battery, that’s larger than the S5. However, what’s really surprising is that it supports just 18W charging technology. To recall, even the S5 had a 22.5W charger, so it is really disappointing to see Vivo downgrade the charging tech on the new model.

Vivo is offering a bunch of software features like intelligent image recognition, app sharing, and screencast. As for connectivity, you get a dedicated 3.5mm headphone jack, Wi-Fi ac, and Bluetooth 5.1. The phone is also Hi-Res certified!

Vivo S6 Camera

The Vivo S6 5G comes with more or less the same camera specs as its predecessor. This includes a 48MP primary shooter that’s paired with an 8MP ultra-wide-angle lens, 2MP depth of field lens, and a 2MP macro lens capable of 4cm close-up shots.

The Vivo S6 supports 4K video shooting and 1080P real-time beauty mode shooting too. There’s a special dual view video mode that displays the video streams from the rear and front cameras simultaneously on the screen.

The real highlight of the Vivo S6 5G is its front camera. Featuring the same 32MP selfie shooter like its predecessor but with a larger f/2.08 aperture, the phone has a few tricks up its sleeve. For example, the S6 supports EIS on both front and back cameras. It has a new Super-Clear night view selfie mode that uses new super night view algorithms and lights up the screen upfront for brighter selfies when the lighting goes down. The selfie shooter also has 6 preset beauty makeup modes to liven up your selfies.

Vivo S6 5G Pricing & Availability

The Vivo S6 5G comes in two variants at launch. The 8GB RAM and 128GB storage variant start at 2698 yuan ($381) while the 8GB and 256GB storage variant is priced at 2998 yuan ($423).

The phone will go on sale from April 3 via Vivo’s official store, Tmall, JD.com, and other major online and offline platforms.

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Vivo recently confirmed that it will be launching the 5G Vivo S6 later this month. The company is yet to reveal a specific launch date but has continued to tease some features of the phone. A new teaser video shared on Weibo by the company promotes the flagship model as having an ultra-thin and lightweight build.

This latest teaser video happens to be the third the Chinese tech giant is releasing concerning the Vivo S6. The company first teaser points to the presence of a dual-mode 5G chip onboard the device. A second teaser was shared which promotes a night view selfie feature that would be included on the S6’s selfie camera.

The frequency at which the company has been releasing teasers suggests the Vivo S6 launch is imminent. As per this latest teaser, the company is suggesting the device will be featherweight which would be a good thing. However, in the 5G era, battery capacity and power efficiency are features that buyers look out for. We do hope Vivo isn’t sacrificing the size of the battery for a lighter weighing smartphone. That isn’t likely going to happen. Likely scenario is the use of materials that won’t increase the weight of the device like a glass body instead of metal and such like.

Vivo is yet to release key specs details of the Vivo S6 but the device is likely to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G SoC since it supports 5G. This potentially makes it an upper mid-range model. We expect the device to feature Vivo’s propriety SuperVOOC fast charging technology among other things.

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