The battle for the midrange market continues with Vivo launching a couple of new smartphones in India and Thailand. The Vivo V11 and V11i appear fairly similar with slight differences in screen size and some key specs. Both put an emphasis on AI though, including camera-enhancements and a proprietary AI assistant.
Vivo V11
The Vivo V11 is the more interesting of the two, sporting a 6.41 inch screen with a water-drop notch. Similar to its flagship brother, the X21, the V11 hides an in-screen fingerprint reader that eliminates the need for the placement of a separate scanner. Under the hood, the V11 is no slouch, packing an octa-core Snapdragon 660 chipset to go along with 6GB RAM and 128GB of storage.
2018 appears to be the year of AI and Vivo certainly isn’t one to fall behind the trend. The Chinese manufacturer has just about slapped “AI” an almost any feature it could think of, including AI Face Shaping, AI Backlight HDR, and AI Low Light mode. And that’s just the cameras. It also has an AI assistant that goes by the name of Jovi and brings weather forecasts, sports news, and the like.
Vivo V11 Specs
DISPLAY | Type | Super AMOLED | |
Size | 6.3" | ||
Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | ||
Aspect Ratio | 19.5:9 | ||
Multitouch | Yes | ||
PLATFORM | OS | Android 8.1 Oreo | |
Chipset | Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 | ||
CPU | Octa-core (4x2.2GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8GHz Kryo 260) | ||
GPU | Adreno 512 | ||
MEMORY | RAM | 6GB RAM | |
Internal | 128GB | ||
Card slot | Micro SD, Up to 256GB | ||
CAMERA | Primary | 12mp + 5mp dual cameras | |
dual pixel PDAF | |||
Secondary | 25mp, f/2.0 | ||
CONNECTIVITY | Network | Up to 4G LTE | |
WLAN | WiFi a/b/g/n/ac | ||
Bluetooth | 5.0, A2DP, LE, EDR | ||
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS | ||
FM Radio | Yes | ||
USB | Micro USB 2.0 | ||
BATTERY | mAh | 3,400mAh | |
MISC | Sensors | Fingerprint (under display), accelerometer, proximity, compass | |
Colors | Starry Night, Nebula | ||
Body | 157.9 x 75 x 7.9 mm | ||
156 g | |||
Plastic frame, with glass body | |||
Dual SIM (2x nano) | |||
Price | TBA |
Vivo V11i
While the Vivo V11i looks almost the same as the V11, it packs a smaller 6.3 inch screen and doesn’t come with an in-screen fingerprint scanner. Instead, it adopts a more traditional scanner positioned at the back. It also has a different chipset, namely MediaTek’s Helio P60. Although the chipset is capable of comparable performance as the Snapdragon 660, the Vivo V11i comes with less RAM (6GB).
Vivo V11i Specs
DISPLAY | Type | LTPS, with 2.5D curved glass | |
Size | 6.3" | ||
Resolution | 1080 x 2280 pixels, 400ppi | ||
Aspect Ratio | 1:2.11 | ||
Multitouch | Yes | ||
PLATFORM | OS | Android 8.1 Oreo, with Funtouch OS 4.5 | |
Chipset | MediaTek Helio P60 | ||
CPU | Octa-core (4x2GHz A73 + 4x2GHz A53) | ||
GPU | Mali G72 MP3 | ||
MEMORY | RAM | 4GB | |
Internal | 128GB | ||
Card slot | Micro SD, Up to 256GB | ||
CAMERA | Primary | (Resolution) | 16mp + 5mp dual cameras |
(AF) | Yes | ||
Aperture | f/1.8 | ||
Secondary | (Resolution) | 25mp | |
Aperture | f/2.0 | ||
CONNECTIVITY | Network | Up to 4G LTE | |
WLAN | a/b/g/n/ac | ||
Bluetooth | 4.2, LE | ||
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, Beidou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS | ||
FM Radio | Yes | ||
USB | Micro USB 2.0 | ||
BATTERY | mAh | 3315mAh | |
MISC | Sensors | ambient light, proximity | |
Colors | Nebula, Starry Night | ||
Body | Dimensions | 155.97 × 75.63 × 8.1 mm | |
Weight | 163.7 g | ||
Build | plastic frame with glass body | ||
SIM | Dual SIM (1x nano + 1x micro) | ||
Price | TBD |
While both phones were announced today, only the Vivo V11 will see a Philippine release within the foreseeable future. Their local Twitter account revealed the launch date to be on September 11, which is likely when we’ll learn how much it will go for as well.
Which Vivo Couple do you want to see at the #VivoV11LaunchPH on September 11?
— Vivo Philippines (@Vivo_Phil) September 3, 2018
So how much do you think it will go for? Let us know in the comments below!
[Source: Vivo Thailand]