Vivo Y9s smartphone review with key features

Vivo is definitely one of the best low-cost smartphone manufacturers out there. In recent years, the company has continued to innovate and its products have become even more outstanding. The Y series has attracted a lot of attention with its high-quality build, stylish design, good color rendering, decent performance, making it an outstanding product on the market. This time, VIVO will launch the new Vivo Y9s with a geometric diamond ID and five cameras.

The popular model attracts attention with its appearance, good technical characteristics and a budget price. Whether the novelty will lead the rating of quality devices and whether it will gain popularity among users - all the information below is in the review of the Vivo Y9s smartphone with the main characteristics.

Overview of the main characteristics

Display

The front of the phone is a 6.38-inch screen with a 2340 by 1080 resolution, and a waterdrop-shaped notch. The display size is 99.9 cm2. The resolution reaches 1080p Full HD with a density of 404 ppi. Display-to-body ratio: 83%. In addition, the corners of the screen are curved, which further enhances the visual experience.
The effect of the Full HD AMOLED display is amazing: whether it's a chase, watching a movie or a gameplay, the colors are very colorful and crisp. The smartphone screen is comfortable to use both in the sun and in complete darkness.

Design

Vivo Y9s is available in three colors: clear sky symphony, hazy blue and black glass. Glass is used on the front of the device, while the back is made of plastic.

The small dimensions of the phone, which are 159.3 x 75.2 x 8.7 mm, and the weight of 186 g, help the smartphone to be comfortable enough in the hands. The glossy body panel makes the device slippery and easy to miss.

The device uses USB Type-C 1.0 as an input / output terminal and supports up to USB 2.0 for data transfer.

This model does not have a dedicated button for the Jovi voice assistant, but there is a service. The user interface retains the name Funtouch OS. The phone also has a 3.5mm audio jack, a USB-C port at the bottom, and a huge battery. On the right is the power and volume buttons. On the left is a SIM card slot. The selfie camera is placed in the center of the screen.

On the back there are 4 diamond-shaped cameras and an LED flash.

Safety

In order to improve the user experience, Vivo Y9s is equipped with a new generation of biometric user authentication, which enables faster unlocking.By combining various dynamic effects, Vivo Y9s brings more innovative technology to users. The screen adopts the latest fingerprint unlocking technology, data recognition is faster and more accurate.

Sound

In recent years, Vivo has not only made design changes but also made a breakthrough in sound quality. The gadget is equipped with a built-in high quality Smart K high quality Ai audio amplifier. The sound power amplification method uses Aiwei's unique DOC technology. It is a high-performance, low-noise, high-volume music amplifier designed specifically to increase the dynamic range of a smartphone's music power and improve overall sound quality.

The 2 speakers that the device is equipped with provide good sound quality. Clarity is not perfect, but above average. During a conversation, the interlocutor is heard well. Since the device is equipped with a single microphone, noise cancellation is not very good. Connecting headphones to the 3.5mm jack provides powerful and clear sound. The sound through the headset is good, it raises no objections.

What is in the box

The package bundle of the device is standard, in addition to the smartphone in the box:

1. Instruction and quick guide.
2. Warranty card.
3. Silicone Case.
4. Power Supply.
5. USB-cable (cable length 1 m).
6. A clip for removing a SIM card.

A stereo headset is not included.

Iron

At a relatively low cost, the Y9s still has great performance. The gadget is equipped with a Quacomm Snapdragon 665. It can be safely attributed to a mid-performance processor. The chip was announced in April 2019 as a successor to the popular Snapdragon 660, which was manufactured using the outdated 14 nm process. The novelty is a little faster.

The chip has 8 Kryo 260 cores (design, 64-bit), which are split into two clusters. Fast quad-core clocked at up to 2 GHz (Kryo 260 Gold is a Cortex-A73 derivative) and a power-saving cluster clocked at up to 1.8 GHz (Kryo 260 Silver is a Cortex A53 derivative).

In addition, the Snapdragon 665 uses the new Adreno 610 GPU and especially adds support for Vukan 1.1, which can reduce power consumption by 20%.

The manufacturer claims that the Snapdragon 665 can run active games smoothly. Therefore, with 6.38-inch Super AMOLED, users can enjoy immersive visuals when playing games, watching videos or chatting on the Internet.

Applications

The Vivo Y9s features a Multi-Turbo mode that integrates multi-dimensional optimizations. After entering the game, the vivo game assistant will appear on the left side of the screen, which includes options such as SDK performance and CPU optimization, as well as quick settings such as 4D game vibration, game mode, notifications and calls.
During the game, the Multi-Turbo system starts synchronously, providing good performance.

8GB of RAM and an eight-core processor make your daily applications smoother.
The 128GB flash memory can store an unlimited number of files, notes, documents, pictures, videos, games, etc. The gadget is compatible with SD cards, so you can easily expand your storage space up to 256GB. Hence, there is no need to worry about storage capacity.

Camera

Photography has always been the strength of the Y Vivo series, as can be seen in the Vivo Y9s. In November, the manufacturer showed off an innovation in the multi-camera industry: four diamond-shaped cameras. Sensors include: main HD camera, ultra wide angle lens, macro lens and depth of field lens.
The main 48MP camera sits at the bottom, an 8MP ultra wide-angle lens at the top, a 2MP macro lens on the right, and a 2MP depth of field in the middle. In addition, there is an LED flash under the camera. Four lenses can cover nearly all types of photography.

In close-up shots, Vivo can preserve even the smallest details and sharpen images.

It's worth noting that the phone also has a blur mode: by adjusting the aperture size, you can blur the background and get better focus on the close-up image (bokeh effect).

First rear camera: 48MP, f / 1.8 aperture, 0.8μm pixel size. The high-resolution main sensor is equipped with auto focus. Images are rich in color without looking overly processed or unnatural. Captures a lot of detail in good lighting, and even in low light can create really good photos that sacrifice a little detail and dynamic range, but are still very good. Image quality in vivo still should not be underestimated. The overall tone control maintains high contrast and saturation, so the overall picture looks very nice. In close-up shots, vivo can preserve clear detail and sharpen images.

The second camera is an 8 megapixel telephoto lens, f / 2.2 aperture, 1.12 micron pixel size. The ultra wide angle lens has a wide angle of view up to 120 degrees. The telephoto lens is ideal for photographing portraits, sports and wildlife, and moving subjects. The camera has an optical zoom. It allows you to zoom in distant objects in the frame without loss of quality. Previously, this was done using digital zoom, but the quality of the photo deteriorated. Therefore, universal optics is used, which can "embrace the immensity" and qualitatively bring the "pie in the sky" closer.

The third delicate 2-megapixel macro camera is equipped with an f / 2.4 aperture, has a pixel size of 1.75 microns with a 1/5-inch lens. The macro lens on the Y9s Vivo supports 4CM macro photography, which can capture fine details. Copes well with photographing flowers, insects. It has excellent detail and can even shoot from a distance of several centimeters.

The fourth camera is 2 megapixels - a depth sensor with f / 2.4 aperture. Thanks to it, users are able to take pictures with bokeh effect, excellent portrait photos with a blurred background.

Vivo Y9s is equipped with a 32MP f / 2.0 aperture front-facing camera with a 26mm wide lens with 0.8μm pixel size. Selfie camera perfectly takes portrait photos, panoramic shots, and several modes for editing will satisfy even the most demanding consumers.

Low light shots are best taken with the main camera in night mode, as the other two cameras cannot use night mode and produce overly smoothed images due to the aggressive noise reduction mechanism. The image quality in natural conditions in night scenes, in low light, turns out to be quite good, without excessive noise and blur.

As a photo, an example photo:

How to take pictures at night, example photo:

Additional photography functions

To meet the needs of consumers, the smartphone supports time-lapse photography, panoramic shooting, slow-motion shooting, 4K video recording. In addition, Vivo adopts a new AI intelligent selfie function that can automatically recognize 108 key facial points. It provides users with a unique one-click cosmetic solution: thin face, nose, get rid of bags under the eyes, freckles and acne. According to the manufacturer, these functions will make photos more perfect for those who like to photograph themselves.

Video

The phone can record 4K videos but lacks built-in stabilization. Video footage peaks at 1080p. Vivo shoots videos with medium detail quality. When shooting, it is a little difficult to expose brightly lit areas, as well as scenes with darker areas, which can contribute to dull colors.

Communication

Vivo supports 9 LTE ​​bands. 2 SIM cards can simultaneously work in the 4G network.The device supports 4G, 3G, 2G, Wi-Fi 802.11, b / g / n, mobile hotspot, Bluetooth v5.0, GPS (with A-GPS), flash drive, USB charging, micro USB 2.0, etc.

Battery

The gadget is equipped with a 4500mAh Li-ion battery supporting 18W fast charging. This allows the battery to be charged up to 2 hours after discharging.

The autonomy of the device is:

• 15 hours of listening to music (volume 80%);
• 10 hours of video viewing;
• talk time for 26 hours continuously;
• you can play up to 8 hours;
• standby time up to 20 days;
• route navigation for 15 hours.

Actual usage data may vary depending on testing environment, software version and usage habits.

Price

How much does the device cost? Sales in China began on December 6th. The gadget can be purchased for about $ 284. Where is it profitable to buy? At the moment, the device is sold only in China and in online stores.

Since the Vivo Y9s just went on sale, there are no reviews yet. The final conclusions about the functionality and performance of the device can be made in a few months.

Pros and cons

How to choose a really good phone that will last for a month and will please with good performance? Which one is better to buy? It all depends on the criteria for choosing the user, but the main thing is to give preference to reliable manufacturers of equipment. Vivo has not been on the market so long ago, nevertheless, the gadgets it produces do not cause serious complaints. The quality is comparable to the price. What can you say about the new Vivo Y9s? A smartphone has both positive and negative aspects and there are many more advantages.

• large screen;
• good design;
• inexpensive price;
• good camera;
• large amount of internal and operational memory;
• slot for memory cards;
• long battery life;
• fingerprint scanner;

• Not a very powerful processor;
• no wireless charging.

Conclusion

Vivo Y9s is a mid-range smartphone in the mobile market. It has a quad camera and an excellent front-facing camera that produces stunning pictures. Equipped with 128GB of internal storage. And the long battery life with the ability to quickly charge will delight the battery life of the device for more than one hour. In general, the gadget does not show any serious flaws, which makes it ideal in its segment.

For users who love selfies and do not have excessive performance requirements, this innovative product, at an average price of 260 euros, will satisfy every need.