"VIVO" Enter India
In 2012 vivo came in India with its first smartphone vivo x1 wich was the first smartphone to come with inbuilt hifi audio amplifier.vivo assembled its first v series smartphone in 2015. Vivo makes two premium smartphone series “V and X series”. Till now they are going fine.
Vivo belongs to its parent company called bbk electronics, Where “OPPO, REALME, ONEPLUS” three another brands come under.
Ideology:
when vivo came first in the market, they only had one ideology which is “selfie camera” and music. Before vivo smartphones there were roughly smartphones that came with 1 or 2 megapixel selfie camera. They highly believe in marketing which they have done drastically.
Operating system
vivo comes with its own skin on Android called funtouch os. People usually found it came with a lot of bloatwares,which they have improved gradually.now days vivo makes their smartphone where we can remove unwanted applications. Even after android 10 most people getting basic futures like screen recording got built in, no more need to root smartphones unless you want to overclock cpu or third party applications which kernel don’t allow to install on device.
Chipsets
“vivo” doesn’t manufacture any chipset right now, they use Mediatek & Qualcomm
vivo used comes with midrange to mid-high range chipsets.
On budget smartphone they usually use Mediatek processors and topline “V” and “X” series bring with both Mediatek and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7xx series
Here are some v series model list
(for your information lower the transistor architecture size will result in better performance and low heat production)
Vivo v3 – Qualcomm MSM8939v2 Snapdragon 616 (28 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v5 – Mediatek MT6750 (28 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v5 plus-Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 (14 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v7-Qualcomm SDM450 Snapdragon 450 (14 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v7 plus-Qualcomm SDM450 Snapdragon 450 (14 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v9-Qualcomm MSM8953-Pro Snapdragon 626 (14 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v11-Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v15-Mediatek MT6771 Helio P70 (12 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v15 pro-Qualcomm SDM675 Snapdragon 675 (11 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v17-Qualcomm SDM675 Snapdragon 675 (11 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v17 pro-Qualcomm SDM675 Snapdragon 675 (11 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v19-Qualcomm SDM712 Snapdragon 712 (10 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v20-Qualcomm SM7125 Snapdragon 720G (8 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v20 pro-Qualcomm SM7250 Snapdragon 765G 5G (7 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v21- MediaTek MT6853 Dimensity 800U 5G (7 nanometer architecture)
Vivo v23- MediaTek Dimensity 920 5G (6 nanometer architecture)
Vivo x70 pro plus-Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888+ 5G (5 nanometer architecture)
Camera:
(FYI lower the aperture number are better bigger the sensor size are batter)
Vivo had started its journey from Vivo v3:13 MP with aperture f/2.1 selfie cam: 8 MP with aperture f/2.4 to till now they came up with its flagship smartphone vivo x70 pro plus in 2021.
50 MP primary camera with aperture of f/1.6, sensor size 1/1.31″ Optical Image Stabilizer
8 MP with aperture of f/3.4,lens size 125mm -periscope telephoto, 1/4.4” OIS 5x optical zoom
12 MP with aperture of f/1.6, 50mm telephoto, 1/2.93″ OIS, 2x optical zoom
48 MP with aperture of f/2.2, 14mm, 114˚ ultrawide, 1/2.0″ , OIS
Vivo v9 was the first model where they have started support of 4K @30 fps video recording support till before launch of vivo x60 pro plus.
Vivo v60 pro plus was the first smartphone from vivo universe which support 8k @30fps video recording.
Display
(FYI Display Resolution HIgher is better, higher resolution eats up more battery)
Vivo v3 came with ips lcd display with support of 720p hd resolution.
Vivo v9 came with ips lcd display panel with upgraded 1080p fullhd resolution.
Vivo v11 was the first smartphone which came with full screen display with iphone x like notch , Amoled display with support of full hd plus resolution.
Till now all vivo modes came up with full hd plus resolution.
From rumors – Vivo plans to bring its first foldable phone vivo x fold.
Key point for Brand
– vivo always focused on their camera and selfie camera, and till now they have improved in it. Vivo x70 pro plus was marketed using camera strategy and it was successful.
-vivo midrange smartphones usually came with low power chipset with decent performance compared to its competitor.
-vivo having many service stations even in small towns (people even bought their phones because of this reason).