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Vivo is yet another brand under the BBK Electronics banner, but one with a unique eye towards phone value.

Posted Sep 23, 2020

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Key facts about Vivo mobile phones

Part of the BBK Electronics empire, so a sibling brand to Oppo, realme and OnePlus.
Vivo phones have to date only been available in Australia on an outright basis.

Vivo phone models

Name	Product	Display	Display	Rear camera	Battery size	Overall rating	More info	More info
Vivo X50 Pro 5G		6.56 inches 2376 × 1080	Display 6.56 inches 2376 × 1080 Rear camera 48MP + 13MP + 8MP Battery size 4,315 mAh	48MP + 13MP + 8MP + 8MP	4,315 mAh		View details	View details	Compare	loading Fetching your data...

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What to consider when choosing a Vivo phone

Vivo – named as such for the Esperanto word for "life", if you're curiously interested – has been around as a phone brand for more than a decade, but it's only quite recently that its handset offering has been available in Australia. It's a very big player in other markets around the world, but to date only a handful of Vivo phones have been offered for sale here, targeting the value and mid-range market segments. As such, while online you may see reference to numerous Vivo models, the quantity of phones you can officially buy here is quite limited.

Here's what you need to consider when choosing a VIVO phone:

Vivo's phone offering ranges all the way from budget up to high mid-range pricing. With that comes a fair mix of storage capacities and capabilities. The entry-level Vivo Y12 features just 64GB of onboard storage, whereas the flagship Vivo X50 Pro 5G ships with 256GB of onboard memory. If you're concerned about storage space it's also worth checking if your given model of Vivo phone supports microSD card expansion, because not all of them do.
Vivo has largely followed the prevailing market trend for phone screen sizes with the handsets it's selling in Australia, with most tipping the scales at 6.3 inches or larger, with a mix of either teardrop or holepunch style notches for their front-facing cameras. Again it's a question of what you pay in terms of the technology you get, with the top tier (at the time of writing) Vivo X50 Pro 5G featuring a 90Hz-capable AMOLED screen. Drop down to the more affordable Vivo Y12 and you're staring at a more standard IPS LCD display.
As always this is a function of price, with Vivo's cheaper phones typically using cheaper and slower MediaTek processors, while its higher-end models utilise fancier and faster Qualcomm silicon. Vivo puts its own launcher on top of Android – this is a common play for BBK Electronics companies – and while like Oppo it started out aping iOS, these days it goes its own way with a launcher/OS tweak it calls "Funtouch OS".

Looking for a Vivo phone on a plan?

So far we haven't seen any telco brands offer Vivo phones on contract terms. All of its models sell instead on an outright basis. That can represent a saving over time though, and it's worth carefully considering your overall phone spend when considering a Vivo phone handset.

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Alex Kidman

Alex Kidman was the tech and telco editor at Finder and is now a freelance technology writer. He's been a technology writer with experience spanning more than 20 years, writing and editing at Gizmodo, CNET, PC Magazine, Kotaku and many more. Alex has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New England and a serious passion for retro gaming.

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