Report: Vivo Y53 Will Be Available In The Philippines Starting March 18 For PHP 6990!

Just in! After reporting that the Y53 will be available in our country, we got a confirmation from Vivo that the said device will arrive sooner than expected! How soon? be available in the whole Philippines starting this March 18, 2017!

The Vivo Y53

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As a quick recap, the Vivo Y53 is the upgrade of the Y51 last year. It now sports better build, specs, and newer OS. It still has the same 5 inch qHD screen w/ 220 pixels per inch, but now has the upgraded Snapdragon 425 quad core processor w/ Adreno 308 and 2 GB of RAM.

The handset also has 16 GB of storage expandable using a dedicated micro SD card slot up to 256 GB and has 2,500 mAh of juice to power the rest of its internals. 

Vivo also highlights an 8 MP f/2.0 aperture main camera that's said to be capable in shooting high quality images even in lowlight. In front, the phone has a 5 MP f/2.2 selfie shooter w/ screen flash. 

Completing the specs, this handset has WiFi, 4G w/ VoLTE, FM Radio, LTE, dual SIM, and runs w/ a modified Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS w/ split screen mode.

Vivo Y53 Specs

Display: 5 Inch qHD IPS 960 x 540 resolution at 220 ppi

CPU: 1.4 GHz 64 Bit Snapdragon 425 quad core processor

GPU: Adreno 308

RAM: 2 GB

ROM: 16 GB expandable via micro SD card slot up to 256 GB (dedicated)

Back Camera: 8 MP f/2.0 w/ AF and LED flash

Selfie Camera: 5 MP f/2.2 w/ screen flash

Battery: 2,500 mAh

OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow w/ FunTouch OS 3.0

Connectivity: WiFi, 3G, LTE, VoLTE, Bluetooth 4.2, FM Radio, OTG, GPS, A GPS, GLONASS, dual SIM

Sensors: Proximity, accelerometer, ambient light, gyroscope

Others: Colors: gold, space gray

Dimensions: 144.2 x 71.4 x 7.64 mm

Weight: 137 g

Price: PHP 6,990 (PHP 5,990 sale price)

The Vivo Y53 is priced at PHP 6,990. It's PHP 1K cheaper than its Malaysian suggested retail price.

What do you think guys?