A couple of months back, Vivo unveiled the Vivo Y21 smartphone in India. Today, the company has officially brought it to Kenya at an entry-level price. The major highlights of the smartphone are dual-rear cameras, Helio P35 SoC, and a 5,000mAh battery.

The  Vivo Y21 is priced at 16,999 KsH(roughly $154) and comes in two colour options – Diamond Glow and Midnight Blue. The smartphone will be available for purchase across Kenya via authorised channels.

Vivo Y21 Specifications 

The Vivo Y21 comes with a 6.51-inch water-drop notch display. It is an LCD panel with 1600 x 720-pixel resolution. The device has an 8MP front camera for selfies and a dual-camera system at the rear. It has a 13MP main sensor and a 2MP macro lens. The rear camera island also has an LED flash.

Under the hood, it comes powered by the MediaTek Helio P35 SoC paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. Interestingly, the RAM memory has an additional 1GB expansion option. There’s also a microSD card slot for storage expansion. The smartphone packs a 5,000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging. According to Vivo, it will go from 0% to 34% with just 30 minutes of charge.

The Vivo Y21 boots on Android 11 out of the box and has Vivo’s FunTouch OS 11.1 on top of it. It has a USB Type-C port at the bottom for charging and also features a 3.5mm headphone jack.

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Vivo has updated the Y-series of smartphones with the addition of a new model in India. The Vivo Y21 was announced for the Indian market with a decent mid-range specs lineup and fairly affordable price tag.

The Vivo Y21 features an expansive 6.51-inch Halo FullView LCD display with an HD+ resolution of 1600 x 720 pixels and a 20:9 aspect ratio. The device is powered by a MediaTek Helio P35 processor paired with 4GB of RAM. An interesting part of the RAM setup is that there is an extra 1GB RAM expansion option. The phone arrives in 64GB and 128GB storage options both of which are expandable via microSD card.

For photography, the Y21 features a dual-camera setup at the rear consisting of a 13MP main shooter paired with a 2MP macro camera. For selfies, there is an 8MP front camera. The phone equally packs a side-mounted fingerprint scanner that is claimed to unlock the phone in just 0.22s.

The dual-SIM phone runs Android 11-based FunTouch OS 11.1 and equally features a gradient back design. Keeping the lights on is a mammoth 5000mAh battery with 18W fast charging support via a USB-C port.

Other features that can be found on the phone include a 3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz + 5GHz), Bluetooth 5, and GPS.

Talking of the price, the Vivo Y21 4GB+64GB variant is priced at Rs. 13,990 (~$188) while the 4GB + 128GB version will retail for Rs. 15,490 (~$208). The phone will be available in Diamond Glow and Midnight Blue colors. It is presently on sale in India via Vivo India E-store, Amazon.in, Flipkart, and other partner retail stores.

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