After teasing it, vivo has officially unveiled the S18 series of smartphones consisting of the vivo S18, vivo S18 Pro, and vivo S18e.
Both the S18 and S18 Pro come with an AuraLight feature at the bottom of the rear-camera island which is programmable to change its brightness and temperature depending on the situation being shot.
For specs, the base vivo S18 sports a 6.78-inch AMOLED (2800 × 1260) panel with 120Hz refresh rate, a 4nm Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor, a 50MP OmniVision OV50E main camera with OIS, and a 5,000mAh battery with 80W flash charging.
Meanwhile, the Pro variant features a 6.78-inch AMOLED (2800 × 1260) curved panel with 120Hz refresh rate, a 4nm MediaTek Dimensity 9200+ chipset, and an under-display fingerprint scanner. It also has a 50MP 1/1.49” Sony IMX920 main sensor with OIS, a 50MP Samsung JN1 ultrawide shooter as well as a 12MP telephoto lens.
Lastly, the vivo V18e comes with a smaller 6.67-inch AMOLED (2400 × 1080) panel with 120Hz refresh rate, a 4nm MediaTek Dimensity 7200 powering it, a 50MP Sony LYT-600 main camera, and a smaller 4800mAh battery with 80W flash charging.
AuraLight
vivo S18 specs:
- Network: 5G
- Display: 6.78-inch AMOLED (2800 × 1260), 120hz refresh rate, 2800 nits peak brightness
- Design: Glass front, Plastic frame
- OS: Android 14, OriginOS 4
- Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (4 nm)
- GPU: Adreno 720
- Memory: 8GB/12GB/16GB LPDDR5 RAM, 256GB/512GB UFS 3.1 storage
- Security: Under-display fingerprint scanner
- Rear Camera: 50MP OmniVision OV50E f/1.88 (main), 8MP OmniVision OV08D10 f/2.2 (ultrawide)
- Front/Selfie Camera: 50MP f/2.0
- Connectivity: Dual nano-SIM, Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, AGPS, NFC
- Port(s): USB Type-C (USB 2.0)
- Battery: 5000mAh with 80W flash charging
- Dimensions & Weight: 164.36 × 75.1 × 7.45mm, 185.8g
- Colors: Black, Silver, and Purple
vivo S18
vivo S18 Pro specs:
- Network: 5G
- Display: 6.78-inch AMOLED (2800 × 1260), 120hz refresh rate, 2800 nits peak brightness
- Design: Glass front, Plastic frame
- OS: Android 14, OriginOS 4
- Chipset: Mediatek Dimensity 9200+ (4 nm)
- GPU: Immortalis-G715 MC11
- Memory: 12GB/16GB LPDDR5 RAM, 256GB/512GB UFS 3.1 storage
- Security: Under-display fingerprint scanner
- Rear Camera: 50MP 1/1.49” Sony IMX920 f/1.88 (main), 50MP Samsung JN1 f/2.0 (ultrawide), 12MP f/1.98 (telephoto)
- Front/Selfie Camera: 50MP f/2.0
- Connectivity: Dual nano-SIM, Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, AGPS, NFC
- Port(s): USB Type-C (USB 2.0)
- Battery: 5000mAh with 80W flash charging
- Dimensions & Weight: 164.36 × 75.1 × 7.45mm, 185.8g
- Colors: Black, Silver, and Purple
- IP54, dust and splash resistant
vivo S18 Pro
vivo S18e specs:
- Network: 5G
- Display: 6.67-inch AMOLED (2800 × 1260), 120hz refresh rate, 394 ppi
- Design: Glass front, Plastic frame
- OS: Android 14, OriginOS 4
- Chipset: MediaTek Dimensity 7200 (4nm)
- GPU: ARM Mali G610
- Memory: 8GB/12GB/16GB LPDDR5 RAM, 256GB/512GB UFS 3.1 storage
- Security: Under-display fingerprint scanner
- Rear Camera: 50MP Sony LYT-600 f/1.79 (main), 2MP f/2.4 (depth)
- Front/Selfie Camera: 16MP f/2.0
- Connectivity: Dual nano-SIM, Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz / 5 GHz, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, AGPS, NFC
- Port(s): USB Type-C (USB 2.0)
- Battery: 4800mAh with 80W flash charging
- Dimensions & Weight: 162.35 × 74.85 × 7.69mm, 193g
- Colors: Black, Silver, and Purple
vivo S18e
Pricing and Availability:
vivo S18
- 8GB + 256GB – CNY 2,299
- 12GB + 256GB – CNY 2,599
- 12GB + 512GB – CNY 2,799
- 16GB + 512GB – CNY 2,999
vivo S18 Pro
- 12GB + 256GB – CNY 3,199
- 16GB + 512GB – CNY 3,699
vivo S18e
- 8GB + 256GB – CNY 2,299
- 12GB + 256GB – CNY 2,599
- 12GB + 512GB – CNY 2,799
- 16GB + 512GB – CNY 2,999
No word yet for local pricing and availability.
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