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Vivo is known for announcing crazy concept smartphones, but its latest X50 family of smartphones is going straight into production capped off with the X50 Pro and X50 Pro+. Both of these smartphones feature gimbal stabilization, which we're normally accustomed to seeing with third-party add-on solutions like the DJI Osmo Mobile 3. However, Vivo's "Camera Gimbal System" is integrated directly into the smartphone body and provides vastly improved stability of traditional 4-axis systems found on modern flagships. Not only should you be able to take super smooth video with these new smartphones, but you can do so without the added bulk of a handheld attachment. Both the X50 Pro and the X50 Pro...
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Mobile World Congress (MWC) would have wrapped up yesterday, has the event gone on as planned. It ended up being cancelled, though, as vendors started pulling out due to concerns from the coronavirus outbreak. While MWC never came to pass this year, we can still expect a string of announcements that would have been made at the event. One of those is Vivo's future-thinking Apex 2020 smartphone. Apex 2020 is not an actual handset, at least not at the moment. Instead, it is pitched as a concept phone "for demonstration only." So, we don't get to see the actual device, but a set of fancy renders swirling with nifty features, all outlined in a short 1m03sec video posted to YouTube with the title,...
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In effort to do away with display bezels and improve the camera performance on smartphones, hardware companies are coming up with unique designs. Take the new Vivo 17 Pro. It has a full front display, but instead of a selfie camera tucked underneath the screen, it uses a motorized pop-up assembly. We have seen that before, though in this case, Vivo is pitching it as the world's first dual pop-up selfie camera system. "Double the clarity, double the fun. Make the most of the ordinary moments with the world's first 32MP dual pop-up selfie and 48MP quad rear camera," Vivo says. For taking selfies, the Vivo 17 Pro is equipped with a main 32MP sensor and an ultrawide 8MP sensor with a 105-degree field...
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The Vivo Nex 3 is now official, and confirms the leaks that we first saw a few months ago. The smartphone sports a wicked high screen-to-body ratio that stands at 99.6 percent. With that being said, there are still tiny bezels found at the bottom and top of the 6.89-inch Full HD+ Waterfall curved display. What you won't find on the Nex 3 is a display notch, which suits us just fine. To make up for the lack of a selfie camera nestled in a notch or a punch hole cutout, the Nex 3 uses a pop-up 16MP selfie camera with an LED flash. The camera can extend out in just 0.65 seconds and will automatically retract if you drop the smartphone so that you don't damage the mechanism. Moving to the back...
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Vivo makes some relatively attractive smartphones, ones that follow the usual premium script, as well as uniquely designed handsets like the Nex Dual Display. The company's upcoming Nex 3, however, is going to flaunt some sexy glass. That is according to a couple of new Twitter posts by prominent leaker Ice Universe. The photo (shown above) shows two hunks of glass for the front and back, with curved sides that look to be nearly 90 degrees. Sandwiched together, the glass housing will completely wrap around the Nex 3. Additionally, Ice Universe notes there is "no hole" to be found and "no notch" either. "The Vivo Nex 3 is probably the highest screen-to-body ratio phone in 2019. The screen-to-body...
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The Vivo V15 Pro is a perplexing smartphone; one that takes some of the intriguing design features of Vivo's previous flagship designs and applies them to a more budget-friendly device. The most obvious feature of the V15 Pro is a large 6.4-inch OLED display this is unbroken by unsightly notches or punch-hole cutouts. Instead, the smartphone gets around these design crutches by placing the selfie camera on a module that pops out from the top of the smartphone. It's not the most elegant solution -- and it is a mechanical system that could be prone to malfunction -- but it does at least look cool. Speaking of the selfie camera (which we have previously talked about),...
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All eyes are on Samsung and its upcoming Unpacked event as February 20 rolls into view, as the company is expected to announced its Galaxy S10 lineup and a new folding smartphone. Be that as it may, Samsung is not the only company with something up its sleeve. Vivo's social media team has been flailing about on Twitter, drawing attention to its V15 Pro smartphone with a pop-up camera. Like Samsung, Vivo is planning a full reveal of its upcoming handset on February 20, which is now just a week and a half away. In the meantime, Vivo confirmed that the V15 Pro will sport a pop-up camera for taking selfies, which means no bezel, no notch, and no punch-hole design—just a clean, full-front display...
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Forgot about bezels, notches, so-called 'punch holes', and anything else smartphone makers might come up with to accommodate a front camera while maintaining maximum screen real estate. Vivo took things in a different direction. The Chinese technology company formally introduced its Apex 2019 handset, and it boasts an impressive 98 percent screen-to-body ratio. The descriptor that is going around is "seamless," as in the Apex 2019 is a seamless fusion of glass and metal without any openings. It has an in-display fingerprint sensor, and if you run your fingers around the edges, you will not find any ports, not even a USB charging port—it charges wirelessly via a magnetic connector called...
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It appears that notches that were all the rage in 2018 flagship Android smartphones are either quickly shrinking or disappearing completely. Now, it looks as though physical buttons may be the next smartphone staple to get kicked to curb if Vivo has anything to say about it. This is the new Apex 2019, which is a smartphone concept from Chinese OEM Vivo. The Apex 2019 takes minimalistic design to the max by getting rid of any physical buttons. That's right, you won't find a power button or rockers for controlling the volume. Instead, you will discover a completely smooth body and rounded edges that said to be like a pebble. What's even more intriguing is that the Apex 2019 won't even include a...
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The Vivo Nex Dual Display Edition is now official, which means that we're getting confirmation of some rather interesting design choices for a flagship Android phone. The original Nex avoided the whole notched display craze by using a fussy pop-up mechanism for the selfie camera, but the Nex Dual Display Edition goes in an entirely different direction. Instead of a pop-up mechanism that could be prone to damage, Vivo has opted to put two displays AMOLED displays on the device. There's a large bezel-free 6.39-inch display on the front (2340x1080), and another smaller 5.49-inch display on the back (1920x1080). By having a functional display panel on the back, it can...
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Smartphone makers are starting to experiment with new designs in order to stand out from the crowd, and we've seen some interesting concepts emerge. One of them is Samsung's upcoming folding phone—it turns into a tablet when opened. Vivo, meanwhile, seems to be readying a new smartphone with two displays, one on the front and one on the back. Image Source: Twitter via Ben Geskin (@VenyaGeskin1) Leaks and teasers all point to the Vivo Nex 2 being a dual-screen handset, which could be great for taking selfies. How so? For whatever reason, smartphone makers typically (not always) put a higher quality camera sensor on the rear of the phone. The Vivo Nex 2's backside display would make it easier...
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After plenty of months of teasing (starting with a concept that was unveiled at CES 2018), Vivo has finally pulled the wraps off its next smartphone: the Nex. The Nex is the production version of the previous Apex concept and manages to achieve the holy grail when it comes to smartphone design: a near bezel-less display. The Nex has a tiny bezel at the bottom, but is otherwise a near bezel-free exercise along the sides and the top. We'll forgive the minuscule bottom bezel given that Vivo hasn't joined the "trendy" display notch bandwagon. Vivo says that the screen-to-body ratio of the smartphone stands at an impressive 91.24 percent. Oh, and the Ultra FullView display measures...
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Smartphone manufacturers are going all-in when it comes to larger displays these days. In the case of devices like the iPhone X and the OnePlus 6, OEMs have taken to minimizing bezels all around and leaving a display notch in the top-center of the display to accommodate the front-facing camera and other sensors. Vivo, however, is going a different route with its next production smartphone. Vivo's smartphone will have tiny bezels all around and no notch. Well, what about the selfie camera you might ask? Vivo gets around that with a front-facing camera that pops out from the top of the phone. The result is what Vivo reckons will result in a smartphone that will have the world's best screen-to-body...
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Sing it with us now—'Vivoooo Las Vegas!' Wait, that doesn't sound right. However, Vivo is a name to pay attention to, assuming you are not already familiar with the Chinese brand. That's because Vivo just unveiled the world's first smartphone to sport a fingerprint sensor embedded into the display. No small feat, that is something that both Apple and Samsung having been working to achieve. In fact, it was largely assumed that Apple or Samsung would be the first to embed a fingerprint scanner into the display, rather than having it be part of a home button or on a dedicated spot on the back of the device. However, getting to that point has perhaps proven more difficult that either company...
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When it comes to flagship smartphones, the new trend seems to be near bezel-less edge-to-edge displays. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is probably the best example of this, and the upcoming Galaxy Note 8 is expected to feature a similar design. Since there is little room on the front of the display to house a dedicated home button with an integrated fingerprint sensor on these new designs, Qualcomm is pushing its new solution which can be embedded within a display, metal or glass. For smartphone applications, these new ultrasonic-based fingerprint sensors can scan through an OLED display stack up to 1.2mm thick. In addition to being able to detect a heartbeat and blood flow (to improve the accuracy...
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