Vivo has launched the Y36c smartphone in China for a starting price of 899 yuan (~$126). The phone comes in three different color options – Moon Shadow Black, Distant Mountain Green, and Diamond Purple.

Being an entry-level device, it packs a water drop notch on the front for the selfie camera and a thicker chin as compared to the side bezels. However, the phone adopts a modern design with a flat middle frame. The back of the phone houses a large rectangular camera island. The phone is 8.53mm thick and weighs only 185g.

Speaking of cameras, the phone packs a 50 MP main sensor (0.64μm single pixel size, f/1.8) on the back, which is paired with a 5 MP sensor on the front.

On the front, the phone packs a 6.56-inch 90Hz LCD screen which reaches a peak brightness of 840 nits in bright lighting conditions. It also comes with low blue light eye protection certification.

In terms of performance, this phone packs the MediaTek Dimensity 6300 processor which is built based on TSMC’s 6nm process. it adopts a “2+6” core architecture: 2×2.4GHz Cortex-A76 cores + 6×2.0GHz Cortex-A55 cores, and the GPU is Arm Mali-G57 MC2. This chipset scores around 800 and 2000 in Geekbench single and multi-core tests respectively.

To power the system, the phone packs a 5000 mAh battery. It also comes with an IP54 dust and water resistance rating, which means it should handle light splashes of fresh water and rain.

Pricing and availability:

This phone comes in four different storage and memory configurations: 6GB+128GB, 8GB+128GB, 8GB+256GB, and 12GB+256GB and is available for sale in the company’s website. The prices are listed below:

• 6GB+128GB: 899 yuan (~$126)
• 8GB+128GB: 999 yuan (~$140)
• 8GB+256GB: 1,099 yuan (~$154)
• 12GB+256GB: 1,299 yuan (~$182)

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