Earlier this month, the Chinese smartphone maker, Vivo unveiled the Snapdragon 712 powered Vivo Z1x. Today the brand is following up with another phone – the Vivo V17 Pro, which is a cool looking upper mid-range phone smartphone with a dual pop-up selfie camera.
Vivo V17 Pro Features
The Vivo V17 Pro is built around a 6.44 inch FHD+ 20:9 Super AMOLED screen, which the manufacturer calls Ultra Full View Display. The screen has a fingerprint reader underneath and lacks a notch, because the phone has a dual selfie camera mounted on an elevating mechanism rising from the top of the frame.
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The V17 Pro has a dual camera setup which is made up of a 32MP main and 8MP ultrawide angle units, The later camera has an FOV of 105 degrees. The pop-up module also housed an earpiece and a flash, which the maker calls Selfie Softlight tohelp users take better selfies in low light. Beside this, there is a feature called Night Selfie that combines multiple frames for better results.
Looking at the back, you will find a quad camera setup aligned vertically in the center. It is a combination of a 48MP main (Sony IMX582), 13MP telephoto (2X zoom), 8MP ultrawide angle . and 2MP depth sensor modules. The 8MP camera can also be used to capture macro shots of objects from as close as 2.5cm.
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Under the hood of the Vivo V17 Pro lies a Snapdragon 675 chipset with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. It runs on Android Pie-based Funtouch OS 9.1 that comes with features like Multi Turbo and Game Mode.
The vivo V17 Pro will be available in Crystal Black and Crystal Sky colors and packs a 4100mAh battery with Dual-Engine Fast Charging (18W) support.
Vivo V17 Pro Price and Release Date
The Vivo V17 Pro price is NR29,990 in India (roughly $420/€380) and it go on sale in the sub-continent from September 27 through Vivo India’s official site, and other offline/online stores. It will arrive other countries at a later date.
Vivo V17 Pro Price Specification
| NETWORK | |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA / LTE |
| 2G bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
| 3G bands | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 |
| 4G bands | LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) |
| Speed | HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A |
| LAUNCH | |
| Announced | 2019, September |
| Status | Coming soon. Exp. release 2019, September 27 |
| BODY | |
| Dimensions | 159 x 74.7 x 9.8 mm (6.26 x 2.94 x 0.39 in) |
| Weight | 201.8 g (7.09 oz) |
| SIM | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
| DISPLAY | |
| Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 6.44 inches, 100.1 cm2 (~84.3% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~409 ppi density) |
| PLATFORM | |
| OS | Android 9.0 (Pie); Funtouch 9.1 |
| Chipset | Qualcomm SDM675 Snapdragon 675 (11 nm) |
| CPU | Octa-core (2×2.0 GHz Kryo 460 Gold & 6×1.7 GHz Kryo 460 Silver) |
| GPU | Adreno 612 |
| MEMORY | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) |
| Internal | 128GB 8GB RAM |
| MAIN CAMERA | |
| Quad |
48 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/2.0″, 0.8µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4″, 1.12µm 13 MP, (telephoto), PDAF, 2x optical zoom 2 MP, f/2.4, 1/5″, 1.75µm, depth sensor |
| Features | LED flash, HDR, panorama |
| Video | 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30fps |
| SELFIE CAMERA | |
| Dual |
Motorized pop-up 32 MP, f/2.0, (wide) Motorized pop-up 8 MP, 17mm (ultrawide) |
| Features | HDR |
| Video | 1080p@30fps |
| SOUND | |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic |
| COMMS | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS |
| NFC | Yes (market/region dependent) |
| Radio | FM radio |
| USB | 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go |
| FEATURES | |
| Sensors | Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass |
| BATTERY | |
| Non-removable Li-Po 4100 mAh battery | |
| Charging | Fast battery charging 18W |
| MISC | |
| Colors | Crystal Black, Crystal Sky, Midnight Ocean |
| Models | 1909, PD1931F_EX |
| SAR | 0.95 W/kg (head) 0.39 W/kg (body) |
| Price | About 400 EUR |
