Vivo Y71 Review - Immersive Snappy Budget Device


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Vivo Y71 review |
For our review Part 1: Vivo Y71 Unboxing and First Impressions
Display Quality
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6-inch 18:9 screen |
Vivo Y71 boasts of a 6-inch HD+ display with 2.5D curved glass at 268 ppi. It has slim bezels making 18:9 screen-to-body ratio.
Immersive FullView screen
It has a resolution of 720 x 1440 pixels per inch. Just like the usual budget smartphones, it has a nice sharp display for its price. Its color accuracy is fine and natural-looking.
You might get a little difficulty when viewing your photos or text messages under direct sunlight even if you turn its brightness to the highest.
Vivo Y71's HD+ display has 10 points of touch.
Audio Quality
Vivo equipped their latest budget smartphone offering with a single loudspeaker and one microphone.Its single microphone works well with phone calls and recordings but makes some 'hiss' sound on video recordings.
Battery Life
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Stellar battery performance! |
Stellar battery performance!
For charging, the Vivo Y71 can be full charged under 2 hours using its pre-packaged wall-charger.
Camera
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13MP f/2.2 |
The Vivo Y71 3GB RAM variant is equipped with 13MP f/2.2 main shooter and 5MP f/2.2 selfie camera.
Love the HDR shots!
Although it is an entry-level smartphone, the Chinese smartphone company equipped it with a "professional" option in taking photos. Of course there are the basics: HDR, bokeh, panorama, and the latest A.I. beautification.
Y71 can take decent quality photos on well-lighted areas, indoor, and even low-lighted areas with the help of the soft flash. Its HDR feature captures photos with sharp and crisp details that definitely needs no any post-editing!
Rear Camera Samples
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Daylight 1 |
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Daylight 2 |
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Daylight 3 |
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Close-up |
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Dim light |
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Lowlight |
Selfie Camera Samples
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Well-lit selfie |
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Bokeh selfie |
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Indoor selfie |
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Low-lighted selfie |
Vivo Y71 can shoot 720p at 30 fps video quality with an acceptable stabilization and nice details using the main camera.
Video Samples
Performance
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Benchmark scores |
It's nice that the Vivo Y71 is equipped with the latest Android 8.1 Oreo with 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 quad-core processor.
Snappy enough experience!
Opening and closing apps are snappy and throughout our test, it didn't give us any lags. It has a 16GB internal memory and is expandable up to 256GB via dedicated microSD card slot.
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Burger Shop 2 |
We tried to run the PUBG Mobile but unfortunately the device won't load the game. Instead, we loaded the Y71 with the classic Burger Shop 2 our childhood played on us.
The smartphone's thermal management is fine that it does not get alarmingly hot while using the LTE with high brightness.
Vivo pre-installed the Y71 with Facebook, and WPS Office. It also carries the familiar 'Game Mode' feature in Vivo smartphones when enabled, can get you an undisturbed gaming experience.
Its face unlock is fast and responsive both in well-lit places and in low-lighted areas. However, we wished that Vivo still equipped the Y71 with the Fingerprint sensor for another security option.
Pros - 18:9 HD+ screen, Android 8.1 Oreo out of the box, respectable cameras, HDR camera quality
Verdict
It has a minimalist design, sharp display, good cameras, superb battery capacity, and overall great performance.
The Vivo Y71 3GB RAM variant retails for PHP 8,990. You can also get its cheaper sibling with 2GB RAM for PHP 7,990.
Build / Design - 4
Camera - 4
Performance - 3.75
Average - 4.04 / 5
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