Vivo recently made its long-awaited Vivo U1 mobile phone available in the Chinese market.
The Vivo U1 is expected to sweep smartphone lovers off their feet with its top-end specs, awe-inspiring features, and breathtaking good looks.

Much to the relief of those living on a tight budget, the Vivo U1 is quite easy on the pocketbook as well. In fact, you can buy the 3GB RAM, 32GB ROM variant for just $159 on Giztop.

The aforesaid variant is available in Aurora, Aurora red and starry night black color versions.

Despite bearing a reasonable price tag, the Vivo U1 is an irresistible smartphone that sports a mammoth 6.2 inch LCD display with a screen resolution of 1520×720 pixels.
The phone sports a U-shaped notch that complements its FHD display that offers an aspect ratio of 19:9.

The Vivo U1 is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 439 Octa-core 2.0GHz processor and it packs a highly competent Adreno 505 GPU, under the hood.

On the optics front, the Vivo U1 features a 13.0MP sensor with f/2.0 aperture and a 2.0MP sensor with an f/2.2 aperture at the back.

Up front, the phone houses an 8.0MP camera with a slew of features like with Panorama, beauty, and AR shoot.

Moreover, it is backed by a robust 4030mAh battery that supports Quick Charge 3.0. It features an Ultra Power Saving mode so that the phone stays powered on for a longer duration.

In addition to a fingerprint sensor and face unlock, the Vivo U1 boasts an impressive array of sensors like proximity, light, accelerometer, compass, and gyroscope.

The dual-SIM phone offers access to Google Play so that you can effortlessly download and install your favorite apps and games directly to your phone.

Aside from that, you can use the Vivo U1 as a mobile hotspot and share your 4G data connection with your friends and family using compatible wireless devices.

You can visit this link to buy the Vivo U1 and check out its full specifications.

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Vivo has today officially announced its latest smartphone under its all-new U-series — Vivo U1. Launched in China, the smartphone is currently limited to the company’s home market and it’s not yet known if it will make it to other markets anytime soon.

The Vivo U1 comes in three color options — Midnight Black, Purple, and Aurora Red colors. It comes in two variants — 3GB RAM and 4GB RAM. While the 3GB RAM model is priced at 799 Yuan, the 4GB RAM costs 1,199 Yuan. The smartphone is already available for purchase in China through Vivo’s online store.

The smartphone features a 6.2-inch FullView display with 1520 x 720 pixels screen resolution, 19:9 aspect ratio, and 2.5D curved glass on top. Thanks to the waterdrop notch, the phone comes with 88.6 percent screen-to-body ratio.

Under the hood, the device is powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 439 mid-range octa-core processor, which is coupled with Adreno 505 GPU and either 3GB or 4GB of RAM. The 3GB RAM model packs 32GB internal storage while the 4GB RAM model comes with 64GB internal storage.

There’s also a microSD card slot, allowing users to further expand the phone’s storage capacity up to 256GB. As for the camera department, the handset features an AI Smart Dual camera setup on the back, consisting of a 13-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel secondary sensor, along with an LED flash. The camera module is placed in the top-left corner, in a vertical position.

On the front side, the phone comes with an 8-megapixel snapper for taking selfies and video calling. It also supports facial recognition-based face unlock feature. There’s also a fingerprint sensor placed on the phone’s back panel for added security.

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Connectivity options on the device include Dual SIM, Dual 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 5.0, and GPS. It runs on Android 8.1 Oreo operating system with the company’s own FunTouch OS 4.5 on top. The device drives power from a 4,030mAh battery. The phone measures 155.1 × 75.09 × 8.28 mm and weighs 163.5 grams.

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Updated: camera specs

Vivo will announce a new smartphone line tomorrow. The new U-series will join its V-series, X-series, the Y-series, Z-series and the NEX-series of smartphones. Ahead of tomorrow’s announcement, the full specifications, price, and renders of the first phone called the Vivo U1 have leaked.

The teaser poster shared by Vivo earlier today showed the phone will have a waterdrop notch and these renders confirm it. On its back, the U1 has vertically stacked dual cameras and a fingerprint scanner.

With respect to its specs, the Vivo U1 (model number V1818GA) has a 6.2-inch LCD display with a 1520 x 720 resolution and a 270ppi. It is powered by the Snapdragon 439 processor, a 12nm processor with 8x Cortex A53 cores clocked at 2.0GHz. The processor has an Adreno 505 GPU and supports Quick Charge 3.0 and Bluetooth 5.0.

The Vivo U1 will be available in three variants – 3GB RAM + 32GB, 3GB RAM + 64GB, and 4GB RAM + 64GB. There is support for storage expansion via a MicroSD card slot for up to an additional 256GB of storage.

The spec sheet says the primary rear camera is a 13MP sensor with AI features. The secondary camera is a 2MP sensor and up in front is an 8MP sensor. The U1 packs a 4,030mAh battery and has support for fac unlock too. We can also see there is an audio jack at the bottom of the phone.

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The phone will go on sale tomorrow immediately after it launches and will start at ¥799 (~$118) for the base model, ¥999 (~$148) for the 3GB + 64GB model, and ¥1199(~$177) for the 4GB + 64GB version. The Vivo U1 will be available in Aurora, Aurora Red, and Starry Night Black. It is already listed on JD.com and you can reserve a unit now.

(Sources: 1, 2, 3| Via)

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