A new V20 series smartphone brought to you by Vivo has launched in the market with its upgraded features and excellent outlook. This phone comes with the latest SoC processor and has a dual front camera, which amazes you. This unique feature is also available with OnePlus Nord though. This phone is mid-ranged flagship and is priced at ₹ 29,990 only. Vivo has offered quite a different design through this model within the budget that also supports the 5G network. Earlier, Vivo V20 was mostly focused on camera and design; similarly, Vivo V20 Pro 5G phone is also focusing on providing much better software, camera and design.
This phone is being tested for 3 days by us, and here you will find the pros and cons of this phone experienced in this duration. Moreover, you will also get a clear idea of whether you should invest in this 5G phone or not. Let’s have a look and find out the different specifications and features of this phone.
Build Quality and Design
You would find that the design of the Vivo V20 Pro is similar to Vivo V20. The back of both of these phones is alike, and there is only a small change, i.e., at the back of the Vivo V20 Pro, you would find ‘5G’ written. That’s it!
With the higher price of this phone, there must have been some changes made to its design, but nonetheless, this phone comes with the glass build quality and wooden glass protection. It has matte finishing back with only 170 grams weight. This phone is handy, slim and can be used with one hand for long hours due to its frame’s round edges, which makes it comfortable. You will get a hybrid SIM tray and slot for a microSD card which is there in Vivo V20 as well. It only comes with two Nano SIMs slots. As compared with previous models of the Vivo series, this phone is quite nice and upgraded.
Display
This phone’s display is old-fashioned, just like Vivo V20, due to the dual front camera, which gives a wide notch. It has a 6.44 inches display with HD and AMOLED panel, which is covered by Schott’s Xensation Up cover glass. But the main disadvantage with the display is that there is no high refresh rate, whereas OnePlus Nord has a plus point in this segment. You will get a normal 60Hz refresh rate with this phone. Overall, this phone is power efficient, lighter and slimmer as compared with OnePlus Nord. The brightness of this phone is 600 nits with 400ppi which is quite good.
Performance & Software
Here you won’t get any issues regarding this phone’s performance as it uses Snapdragon 756G, which is quite a good SoC. This phone is also efficient for gaming, and no lagging has been seen on this phone so far in these 3 days. Moreover, there are no heating issues, even after playing a game for long hours. The app performance and battery backup are handled very nicely in this model.
AMOLED panel delivers an amazing view while watching videos, and YouTube supports HDR videos. You will also get Funtouch OS with no lagging issues. This phone runs Android 10 and soon will upgrade to Android 11. There is every kind of specialisation feature in this phone.
Other features of the V20 series smartphone are as follows-
- Dual-band Wi-Fi AC
- Bluetooth 5.1
- GPS
- 5G compatibility
- 8GB RAM & 128GB internal storage
- Two Nano-SIMs
Battery
You will get a 4,000mAh battery that lasts for almost 16-18 hours; else depends on your usage. It is supported by 33W fast charging, which is not satisfactory as even with medium usage, this phone required charging twice a day. The battery is similar to Vivo V20, and it should have been improved for this phone. This is the big drawback which you might not like. Moreover, Funtouch consumes more battery which makes the battery drain even faster, and the backup is quite slow as well. Though it does not take much time to charge, the phone backup is not that effective.
Camera
This phone comes with a triple camera setup. You will get a primary camera of 64-megapixel with f/1.89 aperture, the second camera of 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle, which is a multi-purpose camera where autofocus doubles up as a macro camera and the third camera of 2-megapixel with a monochrome lens.
The camera is overall fantastic, and there are no issues with it. Optimisation of the primary camera is well handled with proper colour saturation, detailing etc., capturing everything perfectly. The second camera will provide many benefits- it is an ultra-wide-angle, macro lens and depth-sensing camera. But the main purpose of this camera is not handled properly. It does not function nicely.
You also get a 44+8-megapixel front selfie camera, and by using both the rear and front camera, you can easily capture a 4k EIS video. The front camera’s quality is very good compared with other cameras and it also comes with multiple features.
Speaker & Other
The speakers in this V20 series smartphone are not that appreciated. You will get a single small speaker below, and the quality is not that good. It might have been improved considering the price of this phone. Moreover, one major drawback is that there is no headphone jack on this phone. Many people won’t even buy it just because of this single drawback. Talking about sensors, this phone has every type of sensor; there is no compromise in that segment at all. Also, you will get an in-display fingerprint that is fast and performs well.
Conclusion
Conclusively, this V20 series smartphone doesn’t stand for its worth of ₹ 29,990. There is a battery issue, speaker issue, no headphone jack, weak display and more. Overall, this phone is not worth the price and whoever is thinking of buying it, should reconsider. Performance and camera wise it is a good option, but a buyer should compare every feature with its value. If you are looking for a phone for camera purposes, you should go for it.
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