Vivo NEX S and NEX A

rizzee

Body: Metal and glass, reflective triangular pattern on the back

Display: 6.49" AMOLED, 1080p+ resolution, 19.3:9 aspect ratio

Rear camera: Dual 12 MP + 5 MP camera (f/1.8 + f/2.4), OIS and Dual Pixel AF

Front camera: 8 MP camera (f/2.0) on a motorized popup platform

Software: Funtouch OS 4.0 based on Android 8.1 Oreo

Chipset: 10 nm Snapdragon 845, quad 2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold + quad 1.7 GHz
Kryo 385 Silver, Adreno 630

Memory: 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB storage; expandable microSD card

Battery: 4,000 mAh battery, 22.5 W charger in the box

Connectivity: USB-C (USB 2.0), 3.5 mm headphone jack

Misc: Under display fingerprint reader, piezoelectric earpiece, Jovi digital assistant with dedicated button

Seems like a quality phone at a great price (€600) . Also doing the NEX A Model with the same battery, but a different processor, 128GB non expandable and fingerprint sensor is at the back(€530). Very competitive with phones released around this time in the market.

Very unique with the pop up front camera. I'll be keeping an eye on reviews.

Pre orders from today.


Source:

https://www.gsmarena.com/vivo_nex_s_and_nex_a_hands_on_review-review-1778.php

dinevalesco

rizzee wrote: »

Seems like a quality phone at a great price (€600) . Also doing the NEX A Model with the same battery, but a different processor, 128GB non expandable and fingerprint sensor is at the back(€530). Very competitive with phones released around this time in the market.

Very unique with the pop up front camera. I'll be keeping an eye on reviews.

Pre orders from today.


Source:

https://www.gsmarena.com/vivo_nex_s_and_nex_a_hands_on_review-review-1778.php

It really does tick so many boxes (only thing I haven't seen mentioned is the IP rating) - would be very interested to see how easy it would be to get one's hands on one.

rizzee

Don't think it is. No info here about it anyway. You'd think there would be if it had it, anyway.

duckofdeath

According to Android Authority it doesn't have an IP rating for water resistance. Probably because of the retractable selfie cam. Still the most interesting phone coming out in years and I hope it will pop up in a store in Ireland latest August when it's time for me to upgrade.

dinevalesco

Good point about the retractable camera @duckofdeath

Mc Love

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/vivo-nex-import,news-27571.html (US Link) but this seems like a seriously good phone

duckofdeath

Yeah, it's a pretty unique phone. The software is maybe a bit buggy, as it tends to be with Chinese phones and the fingerprint sensor doesn't seem to be very consistent, but... I'd still buy one if it came to Ireland at the right price. It's that much different from everything else out there. Another upcoming phone to keep an eye out for is the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3. That phone is "leaked" to insinuate even thinner bezels. Then again, that should be taken with a grain of salt as Lenovo made a fake campaign for one of their budget phones last months, pretending to launch a truly bezel-free phone that turned out to have both notches, lips and everything else... After the Xiaomi I think it'll be a while until anyone else starts selling something similar. Samsung seems to be sticking to their design for another year and Apple is not going to back down from their horrible choice with the notch.

gar

No NFC on these phones I believe.
Only thing that is putting me off

duckofdeath

It's been confirmed to launch in the UK so there is hope it might also launch on this side of the water. €999, though. Not Galaxy Note expensive but still a hefty price for a 1080p phone. Samsung flagships comes with 1440p displays.

The software seems to be rather terrible, which is the norm for Chinese made phones it seems. If it does launch here I do hope there will be custom ROM's made by the likes of Lineage.