In April, Vivo India had launched the Vivo Y17 mid-range smartphone and in March, the Vivo X27 lineup was made official in China. Fresh information reveals that the company could be now gearing up to launch new X and Y series of smartphones since it has registered X30 and Y19 monikers with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Last year, Vivo had launched in the Vivo X21 smartphone in March and it was succeeded by Vivo X23 in September. The successor of X23 was expected to debut as Vivo X25. However, the company decided to skip it and launch its next X-series phone as Vivo X27. Probably, the company may launch its next X-series smartphone in September.

It remains to be seen whether the company will be skipping X28 and X29 monikers to launch it as Vivo X30. There is no information available on the specifications of the Vivo X30. The Vivo X27 series include X27 and X27 Pro phones. Hence, there is a possibility that the company may announce Vivo X30 Pro alongside the X30 model.

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The Vivo Y19 name that has been trademarked with WIPO sounds like a successor for the Vivo Y17 that was unveiled in India recently. In the past few months, Vivo has launched Y-series smartphones like Y12, Y15 and Y17 with similar specs with slight differences in their specs. Hence, the upcoming Y19 phone may borrow many of its specs from the Y17 phone.

The Vivo Y17 comes with a 6.35-inch display with waterdrop notch. It carries support for HD+ resolution of 720 x 1544 pixels. The MediaTek Helio P35 chipset powers the Vivo Y17 phone with 4 GB of RAM. It comes with a big internal storage of 128 GB. There is a dedicated storage slot onboard for adding a microSD card.

The Vivo Y17 is one of the cheapest phones in India to feature a triple camera setup. It includes a 13-megapixel primary lens, an 8-megapixel ultrawide lens and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. It is fitted with a front-facing camera of the 20-megapixel. The handset is loaded with FunTouch OS 9 based Android 9 Pie OS. It is packed with a 5,000mAh battery that supports 18W fast charging. It is currently selling with a price tag of Rs. 15,990 (~$228). At launch, it was priced at Rs. 17,990 (~$257). The upcoming Vivo Y19 may land in India with a price tag of Rs. 17,990.

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Pop-up cameras became one of the biggest trends among smartphone manufacturers. A lot of them consider this as an amazing solution to get rid of bezel around the display. With the new Galaxy A80, even Samsung embraced this solution, but in a slightly different way. The Korean giant brought more innovation by realizing a rotating camera. But will this new handset be better than its Chinese competition in the upper-midrange sector? You can discover it with us by going ahead with this comparison between Samsung Galaxy A80, the new Oppo Reno and the Vivo X27 Pro. We decided to compare the innovative Galaxy A80 with the best upper-midrange devices from Oppo and Vivo as they come with similar prices and they sport pop-up cameras too.

Samsung Galaxy A80 vs Oppo Reno vs Vivo X27 Pro

Design

Several people define it ugly, but I am magnetically attracted from the way Samsung Galaxy A80 flips its camera in order to let the users shoot both normal photos and selfies with the same triple setup. It definitely needs the innovation award. But Oppo Reno has a cleaner and more attractive rear side, that is why I prefer it slightly more. It is equipped with a “shark fin-like” pop-up camera and it also seems to come with the highest screen-to-body ratio. Last but not least, it has more compact dimensions, so it is easier to hold, to use with one hand and to keep in a pocket.

Display

Even though Samsung is the king of displays, you will not see noticeable differences between the panels of these handsets. They all come with the Super AMOLED technology, a Full HD+ resolution, and satisfying color reproduction. So it is kinda useless to make a comparison between their displays. Note that, with 6.7 inches, Samsung Galaxy A80 and Vivo X27 Pro come with a wider diagonal that is more satisfying for multimedia and productivity. But at the same time, they are less compact than Oppo Reno, as mentioned above.

Specs & Software

Do you want to always get the fastest and smoothest performances from your handset? Then go for the Samsung Galaxy A80 as it comes with a newer, more efficient and more powerful Snapdragon 730 chipset! It was officially announced just two days ago and it is very nice for gaming and advanced users. On the other hand, Oppo Reno and Vivo X27 Pro offer more internal storage in their most expensive variants: up to 256 GB (the Galaxy A80 stops at 128 GB). This is important because none of these phones features expandable storage. Do you prefer having slightly better performance or more internal storage?

Camera

The most complete camera department belongs to the Vivo X27 Pro. It is equipped with a triple camera setup on the back including an ultrawide sensor, while on the front there is an awesome 32 MP shooter. You get a similar configuration with the Samsung Galaxy A80 on the back, but it has a less bright focal aperture and it lacks the front camera as it can use its rotating camera as a front camera too. Oppo Reno has a front camera, but it has just a dual camera on its back and it lacks an ultrawide lens.

Battery

Given that the Vivo X27 Pro has the biggest battery (4000 mAh) and it has a way bigger capacity than Samsung Galaxy A80 and Oppo Reno, it will probably last more on a single charge in almost every scenario. There is not so many difference between the specs sheets of these phones, so the only doubt actually regards the software optimization, as we still did not test the Galaxy A80 and Oppo Reno battery life (as they just became official).

Price

Samsung Galaxy A80 will hit the market with a €650/$731 price tag in Europe, Oppo Reno starts from €400/$450 in China and Vivo X27 Pro costs €530/$596. Overall, these phones are more or less at the same level, but I would personally go for the Vivo X27 Pro because of its great camera department and its bigger battery.

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Samsung Galaxy A80 vs Oppo Reno vs Vivo X27 Pro: PROs and CONS

Vivo X27 Pro

PROs

• Big storage
• Wide display
• Big battery
• Under-display fingerprint reader

CONS

• Nothing particular

Samsung Galaxy A80

PROs

• Innovative design
• Great cameras
• Nice display
• Better hardware
• Faster charging technology
• Under-display fingerprint reader

CONS

• Higher price

Oppo Reno

PROs

• Good display
• Nice cameras
• Affordable price
• Under-display fingerprint reader

CONS

• Nothing particular

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Last month, Vivo had launched the Vivo X27 and Vivo X27 Pro smartphones in China. While the Vivo X27 phone has been available for purchase in the country, the Chinese manufacturer has just started with the pre-orders of the X27 Pro smartphone. The shipments of the pre-ordered units will begin in the home market on April 18.

Vivo X27 Pro Price

The Vivo X27 Pro comes in a single variant featuring 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of native storage. It carries a price tag of 3,998 Yuan (~$595). The handset is available in color options like Black Pearl and White. The Snapdragon 675 SoC powered Vivo X27 variants such as 8 GB RAM + 256 GB storage and 8 GB RAM + 128 GB storage are respectively selling for 3,598 Yuan (~$535) and 3,198 Yuan (~$476) in China.

Vivo X27 Pro Specifications and Features

The Vivo X27 Pro houses a behemoth Super AMOLED display of 6.7 inches. The 20.5:9 tall aspect ratio display of the phone produces full HD+ resolution of 2246 x 1080 pixels. It is equipped with sixth-generation in-display fingerprint reader. The handset offers a screen-to-body ratio of 91.2 percent.

The Snapdragon 710 mobile platform drives the Vivo X27 Pro smartphone. There is no microSD card slot on the device. It is preinstalled with the latest Android 9 Pie OS that is overlaid with FunTouch 9 UI. It comes with Jovi AI assistant from Vivo and it also includes Multi Turbo for accelerated GPU and CPU performance for optimized gaming experience.

The motorized pop-up selfie camera module has an LED flash and a 32-megapixel lens. The back panel of the smartphone features a vertical triple camera unit. It includes a 48-megapixel primary sensor, a 13-megapixel ultra wide-angle lens as secondary sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor.

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The Vivo X27 Pro is packed with a 4,000mAh battery that supports 22.5W FlashCharge rapid charging through USB-C. Some of the other features of the phone include 3.5mm audio jack, NFC and audio chip. There is no confirmation on whether the X27 Pro smartphone will be made available outside of China.

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Vivo recently unveiled the Vivo X27 and X27 Pro in China. The models see Vivo bring the fullscreen pop-up selfie camera design to the mid-range lineup. Check out the Vivo X27 hands on pictures published by Chinese blog MyDrivers. 

The X27 features a 6.39-inch full-screen Super AMOLED display with a resolution 2340×1080 pixels and a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. As you already know, the device doesn’t have a selfie camera at the front, neither does it have a notch. This ensures the bezels are trimmed down, giving the device a 91.6% screen ratio. The bezel at the top edge is thinner than that at the chin. The X27 also has an HD onscreen fingerprint technology integrated on the display.

At the back, the device packs three camera sensors with the main camera being a 48MP Sony IMX586 sensor. The second sensor is a 13MP sensor while the third sensor is a 5MP depth of field sensor. The cameras are arranged vertically at the top left corner with the LED flash lying between the first and second sensors. The selfie camera is a 16MP sensor tucked into the top edge of the phone with a pop-up design. At the bottom edge, there is a USB-C connector as well as speaker grill and the SIM card tray. The device has a dedicated button on the left side of the screen, apparently to trigger the Jovi smart assistant while the power button and volume rockers sit at the right side.

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The X27 comes in two versions, one powered by the Snapdragon 675 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage while the other is powered by the Snapdragon 710 processor with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The 8GB+128GB version will go on sale in China on March 30 for 3198 yuan ($478), while the 8GB+256GB version will be available for 3598 yuan ($538) on March 23. Vivo is yet to release the launch itinerary for the global market. Find more hands-on pictures below.

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At an event in China today, Chinese manufacturer, Vivo announced the Vivo X27 and X27 Pro. While the two phones are powered by upper-mid-range processors, the rest of their specs and even design are premium.

The two phones are similar but also different on the outside. Both have pop-up selfie cameras but of different sizes. Both also have triple rear cameras but they are positioned differently. The back of the Vivo X27 has a unique appearance which Vivo has termed “Peacock Feather” which looks stunning on all of the color variants. It doesn’t matter which of them you pick up, you will end up with a phone that turns heads.

Vivo X27 Specs

The Vivo X27 has a 6.39-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display with super thin bezels on nearly all of its sides. There are two variants – one is powered by the Snapdragon 675 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage while the other is powered by the Snapdragon 710 processor with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage.

The Vivo X27 has a 16MP pop-up selfie camera that slides out in just 0.68s with colorful light strips flanking it on each side. The LED lights are customizable and can change between six different colors. On the back of the phone is a 48MP f/1.79 Sony IMX586 primary camera, a 13MP wide-angle camera, and a 5MP depth-sensing camera.

The Vivo X27 has tons of camera features. There is a 2.5cm super macro mode, a super backlight mode, super night scene mode, a beauty mode, and even celebrity filters including one of Chinese model Liu Wen.

The phone runs FunTouch OS 9 based on Android 9 out of the box. The latest iteration of Funtouch OS has several new features. There is a dark mode that works with over 300 different applications and can automatically differentiate between the type of app you are running to adjust the screen’s power consumption. There is also Multi-Turbo which is a combination of Center Turbo for system resources, AI Turbi, Net Turbo for connectivity, Cooling Turbo, and Game Turbo. The Jovi Assistant is on board which also works with compatible smart home appliances.

The X27 has a 4000mAh battery with support for Vivo’s own FlashCharge 22.5W fast-charging technology. There is Vivo’s 6th generation in-display fingerprint scanner for security

Vivo X27 Pro Specs

The Vivo X27 Pro, on the other hand, has a larger 6.7-inch Super AMOLED display with a screen-to-body ratio of 92.12% and an aspect ratio of 20.5:9. Its pop-up selfie camera is wider and houses a 32MP sensor and a dedicated LED flash. It also has the same customizable light strips flanking it on each side.

Under the hood of the X27 Pro is the Snapdragon 710 processor paired with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. Its triple rear cameras are positioned in the middle of the phone and not on the left and the design on the back is different. Vivo says the phone has a U-shaped 10-layer PCB, a first for the manufacturer. It also has a dedicated audio chip and NFC.

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Vivo X27 and Vivo X27 Pro Price and Availability

The Vivo X27 with a Snapdragon 675 processor is priced at ¥3198 (~$476) and comes in white, green, and blue. It will be available for purchase on March 30. The Snapdragon 710 variant of the X27 will come in blue and white and be available on March 23 for  ¥3598 (~$536). The Vivo X27 Pro comes in Black Pearl and White and has a price tag of ¥3998 (~$595). It won’t be available until April.

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Leaked information that had surfaced earlier this month had claiming Vivo will be announcing a couple of smartphones on March 19. The leak revealed that the Vivo S1, two CPU editions of Vivo X27 and a more powerful X27 Pro will be announced on the said date. It was revealed that the Vivo X27 Pro is equipped with a very big display of 6.7 inches and it is fitted with a huge pop-up selfie camera module that includes a camera and an LED flash. The specifications of the Vivo S1 and Vivo X27 have already surfaced on TENAA. Now few hours ahead of the launch, the entire specifications of the X27 Pro have surfaced on the database of the Chinese telecom authority. The handset seems to have appeared as Vivo V1836A and V1836T on TENAA.

The TENAA appearance of the Vivo V1836A/T phone has revealed that it features a huge AMOLED display of 6.7 inches that carries support for full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels. Since the Vivo X27 Pro is rumored to arrive with a pop-up selfie shooter, it is likely to arrive with a notch-less display. There is an in-display fingerprint sensor on the device.

The Vivo V1836A/T seems to be powered by Snapdragon 710 since it features an octa-core processor that works at 2.2 GHz. The SoC is supported by 8 GB of RAM. The handset comes in two storage variants such as 128 GB and 256 GB. There is no support for external storage on the device.

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The alleged Vivo X27 Pro is packed with a 4,000mAh battery which is mentioned as 3,920mAh minimum capacity on TENAA. It is carries support for fast charging. The Android 9 Pie OS on the device could be overlaid with the latest FunTouch OS 9 UI.  The backside of the device is fitted with a triple camera unit that includes a 48-megapixel primary sensor, a 13-megapixel secondary sensor and a third sensor of 2-megapixel. Placed on the front is a 32-megapixel selfie snapper.

The Vivo X27 Pro is expected to debut with a price tag of 3,998 Yuan (~$595). After getting announced today, probably the phone may hit the market on April 12. The leaked image of the Vivo X27 Pro shows that it will be arriving in two color gradient options.

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The Vivo X27 will have a Pro version that will come with a larger display and a selfie-camera with a higher pixel count than the other two non-pro models.

A leaked poster has revealed the Vivo X27 Pro will not only have a large 6.7-inch display but an incredibly large pop-up selfie camera.

Vivo phones with a pop-up selfie camera have the camera sliding out of the left or the right side of the frame and are usually about a centimeter wide. But in the case of the X27 Pro, as shown above, the 32MP selfie camera slides out of the middle of the frame. It is also really wide, nearly four times the size of the regular X27 we saw in leaked live photos.

The Vivo X27 Pro incorporates an LED flash into the slide out mechanism and each side of the setup is flanked by what appears to be clear glass.

The poster also reveals the X27 Pro will come with a different rear camera design. Unlike the regular X27 which has its triple camera setup on the left of the phone, the X27 Pro has its own in the middle. The arrangement is also different. The LED flash which is circle comes first before the sensors. There is also a text at the bottom of the phone that says “Vivo X-SERIES”.

The source of the leak also reveals the Vivo X27 Pro will sell for ¥3998 (~$505) while the non-Pro models will be priced at ¥3198 (~$475) for the 128GB version with a Snapdragon 675 processor and ¥3598 (~$535) for the Snapdragon 710 variant with 256GB of storage.

The Vivo X27 and X27 Pro will launch with Android 9.0 Pie out of the box and have a Sony IMX586 48MP f/1.79 sensor as their primary rear camera.

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The X27 with the Snapdragon 675 will be available for purchase starting March 23 while the X27 with the Snapdragon 710 will be available for purchase on March 30. The X27 Pro will go on sale on April 12.

The price of the Vivo S1 whose specs leaked earlier today is also revealed to be ¥2298 (~$342) and it will go on sale on March 16 which means it should launch this week.

(Sources: 1, 2, Via)

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The Vivo X27 is an upper mid-range flagship scheduled for release on March 19. The device was seen on TENAA’s database a few weeks ago and in the past week, official renders and live photos have been posted online.

A new leak has revealed the Vivo X27 will actually have three variants with the third having the “Pro” suffix. The leak reveals the differentiating features of the three models and when they will be available for purchase.

The first variant is the Vivo X27 itself which has a 6.39-inch display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio. It is powered by the Snapdragon 675 AIE processor that is paired with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It will have triple cameras in a 48MP + 13MP + 5MP configuration and a 16MP selfie camera. This model will also have a 4,000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging via a USB type-C port. There is also the Jovi Assistant on board.

The second variant will also sell as the Vivo X27 but some of its key specs are different. First, it swaps the Snapdragon 675 for the Snapdragon 710 AIE processor. It also has 256GB of built-in storage. Its battery capacity is the same but it supports 22.5W fast charging. The rest of the specs are the same as the 128GB version.

The Vivo X27 Pro will come with a bigger 6.7-inch display with a 20.5:9 aspect ratio. It is also powered by the Snapdragon 710 processor and its RAM and storage capacity is 8GB and 256GB respectively. However, its selfie camera is a 32MP sensor and it swaps out the 5MP depth sensor on the rear for a “night vision camera”.

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The Vivo X27 Pro also supports 22.5W fast charging and adds NFC. Unlike the other two which will be available in March, it won’t be available for purchase until April 12 and will come in colors different from the other two.

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