Smartphone brand vivo is expected to launch the vivo Y21T in India on January 3. Ahead of that, the company has quietly debuted the device in Indonesia. As expected, the latest handset from the firm is nothing but a tweaked vivo Y32 that went official in China a few days back.

vivo Y21T Specifications and Features

The vivo Y21T features a plastic build like any other vivo Y series smartphone. It measures 164.26 × 76.08 × 8.00mm in dimensions, weighs 182g, and arrives in two colors (Midnight Blue, Pearl White).

The device flaunts a 6.51-inch LCD panel with a resolution of 1600 x 720 pixels and a 60Hz refresh rate. The display has a dewdrop notch, a 20:9 aspect ratio, and an 89% screen-to-body ratio. The India variant is expected to sport a 6.58-inch FHD+ (2408 x 1080 pixels) 90Hz display (LCD).

The phone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 chipset coupled with 6GB RAM (+2GB virtual RAM) and 128GB storage. In India, it is said to come with 4GB (+1GB virtual RAM) instead.

As far as optics are concerned, the vivo Y21T houses a triple camera array on the back comprising of a 50MP primary sensor, a 2MP macro snapper, and a 2MP depth sensor. On the front, it nests an 8MP shooter inside the notch. For the unware, the original vivo Y32 in China has a 13MP (wide) + 2MP (macro) dual-camera setup on the rear that lacks the 2MP depth sensor.

As for connectivity, the handset comes with dual-SIM, 4G, dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0, and GNSS (GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS). It also has a 3.5mm headphone jack, a MicroSD card slot, and a USB Type-C port.

The smartphone sports all the essential sensors like a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, ambient light sensor, compass, proximity sensor, and compass. Finally, it runs Android 11-based Funtouch OS 12 and gets its juice from a 5,000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging.

vivo Y21T Price and Availability

As mentioned earlier, the vivo Y21T arrives in a single 6GB + 128GB memory configuration in Indonesia. This variant of the phone is priced at Rp 3,099,000 ($218) in the country. Customers can avail it in either Midnight Blue or Pearl White color options.

A slightly different version of this device with the aforementioned changes is heading to India on January 3.

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Chinese smartphone brand vivo is all set to launch the vivo V23 series in India next week. According to a reliable source, the company may debut yet another handset in the county at around the same time. This phone dubbed as vivo Y21T will be a budget offering, as per its specifications.

Popular tipster Ishan Agarwal has partnered with 91Mobiles to shed details on the upcoming vivo Y21T for India. The leakster says that the smartphone will launch in the country on January 3, two days ahead of the vivo V23 series announcement.

Further, he has even shared some of the key specs of this handset. Going by the details shared by him, the phone could be a rebranded vivo Y32 that went official a few days back. But unfortunately, we don’t have any render of the device to confirm.

Talking about features, the vivo Y21T will arrive with an LCD screen sporting a dewdrop notch, a rectangular camera module, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 chipset, 4GB RAM, 128GB internal storage,  and a 50MP triple camera, setup. Finally, it will draw power from a 5,000mAh battery with support for 18W fast charging.

Unfortunately, the source says nothing about the smartphone’s price. Anyway, we can expect it to be priced around ₹15,000 ($201) or more in India. 

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