Vivo U10 with 5000mAh battery, tri-camera set-up launched: Price, specs

Smartphone brand Vivo, a subsidiary of China’s BKK Electronics, on Tuesday launched the Vivo U10 in India. This Amazon-exclusive smartphone goes on sale from September 29 as a special offering in the upcoming Great Indian festive season sale on the e-commerce platform. The phone comes in electric blue and thunder black colours. It has three RAM and internal storage variants -- 3GB RAM + 32GB internal storage, 3GB RAM + 64GB internal storage and 4GB RAM + 64GB internal storage configurations, priced at Rs 8,990, Rs 9,990 and Rs 10,990, respectively.

The Vivo U10 boasts a triple camera set-up and gradient reflective design on the back, dewdrop-shaped notch screen on the front, a higher capacity battery with fast charge support and a capacitive fingerprint sensor for phone unlock mechanism.

Vivo U10 specifications and features:

The Vivo U10 sports a 6.35-inch screen of HD+ resolution, stretched in 19.5:9 aspect ratio. The screen boasts a waterdrop-shaped notch on the top, accommodating phone’s selfie camera. On the back, the phone boasts a triple camera set-up, featuring a 13-megapixel primary sensor, 8MP ultra-wide sensor and a 2MP depth sensor.

Powering the phone is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 system-on-chip, paired with up to 4 GB of RAM and 64 GB internal storage – expandable up to 256GB through microSD card. The phone comes loaded with ultra-gaming mode, which provides additional game-related customisations such as 4D vibrations, game countdown, voice changer, etc. The phone is powered by 5,000 mAh battery supported by 18W fast charger that comes bundled with the phone.

Vivo V17 Pro with pop-up dual selfie camera launched: Price, specifications

China’s BKK Electronics' smartphone brand Vivo on Friday launched the Vivo V17 Pro in India. At Rs 29,990, the Vivo V-series flagship comes with 8GB RAM + 128GB internal storage, and glacier ice and midnight ocean colours. The smartphone goes on sale from September 27 on Amazon, Flipkart, vivo India E-store and offline stores.

As part of the phone’s launch offer, the Vivo V17 Pro comes bundled with free one-time screen replacement – valid only on devices purchased and activated until October 8. Mentioned below are other offers that the phone would be eligible for:

10 per cent cashback on HDFC and ICICI Bank credit card, debit card and HDFC Consumer loans equated monthly instalment (EMI) transactions

Zero down payment on Bajaj Finance EMI transaction of six months

Zero down payment on IDFC First Bank on eight months tenure; additional five per cent cashback on making down payment from credit card

Zero down payment on Home Credit transaction of six months tenure

Gifts worth Rs 1,999 on an exchange of any old smartphone via vivo-Cashify application

Assured buyback of 50 per cent value for Vodafone Idea customers

Vivo V17 Pro features and specifications:

The V17Pro has a 6.44-inch super AMOLED screen of a fullHD+ resolution, stretched in ultra-tall 20:9 aspect ratio. The screen is of the E3 OLED breed, which, the company claims, has 100 per cent DCI-P3 colour gamut. The phone’s screen is TÜV Rheinland certified to emit less eye fatigue-causing blue light. Additionally, it features a low brightness anti-flicker technology.

The Vivo V17 Pro features an in-display fingerprint sensor of the third generation, which the company claims to be faster and more efficient than previous-generation sensors. Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 system-on-chip, the phone comes with 8GB RAM and 128GB internal storage. The phone boots Android Oreo 8.1 operating system-based Funtouch OS 4.5 user interface with Vivo’s Jovi AI Engine. Powering the phone is a 4,100 mAh battery, supported by 18W dual-engine fast charging through the supplied USB type-C port.

Imaging is covered by a pop-up dual selfie camera on the front and a quad-camera set-up on the back. The front camera module boasts a 32-megapixel primary camera, mated with an 8MP wide angle sensor of 105-degree field of view (FoV). The phone’s front camera features ‘super night selfie’ mode, which combines multiple frames to optimise picture brightness. The rear camera features a 48MP primary sensor (Sony IMX 582), 13MP telephoto lens capable of up to 2x optical zoom, 8MP wide-angle sensor of 120-degree FoV and a 2MP depth sensor.

Vivo plans to invest Rs 4000 cr in India, set up new plant in Greater Noida

Chinese handset maker Vivo will invest over Rs 4,000 crore in India in the coming years, a company official said.

The company has so far invested Rs 400 crore in the country. The existing manufacturing plant at Noida is operating at full capacity to produce 2.5 crore mobile phones every year.

In view of the increasing demand, the company will invest Rs 4,000 crore in the coming times and set up a new factory in Greater Noida to meet the demand, Nipun Marya, Director - Brand Strategy, Vivo India told reporters at a press conference here.

He said the company will invest the amount in a phased manner. The company's manufacturing capacity will increase to 5 crore mobile phones per year after the new factory becomes operational.

Vivo has a market share of 21.2 per cent in the Indian mobile handset market and is the second-largest mobile brand in the offline market in the country, Marya added.

He said the company does not plan to stop sale any of its existing series of mobile phones and added that it is working on two new handsets for the Indian market.

The company also introduced its new 'S Series' phone Vivo S1 in Rajasthan with price starting from Rs 17,999.