Vivo S1 Pro First Impressions


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Meet Vivo S1 Pro in Knight Black |
Here's our first impressions!
Build Quality/Design
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Fancy Sky |
Unique to Vivo design
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Diamond-shaped camera hump |
It also has an IPX2 water splash resistance. It is not as good as IP67 or IP68 from the high-end phones, but at least it has some sort of water resistance unlike other mid-rangers.
Schott Xensation UP glass + Corning Gorilla Glass!
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A small notch |
Slim bezels, beautiful display!
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In-Display fingerprint reader |
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Top |
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Bottom |
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Left |
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Right |
At left, it has a hole of the SIM slots. You will also find a microSD slot there. At right, it has a red-colored power button and the volume rocker.
As expected, the handset feels good in the hands. But since it is glossy, it is a bit slippery when placed on a smooth surface. It is also prone to fingerprint smudges.
It weighs just fine at 186.7 grams.
Initial findings
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Nice big screen |
1. This device has a great-looking screen for the price. Thanks to its large 6.38-inch AMOLED panel with FHD+ resolution. Remember, most mid-rangers doesn't have an AMOLED screen. AND yes, it is one of the few mid-rangers with an In-Display fingerprint reader.
2. Under the hood, it has the same chip and storage options found on the OPPO A9 2020. It runs with the 11nm 64-bit Snapdragon 665 octa-core processor clocked at 2.0GHz paired with Adreno 610 GPU. It also has 8GB RAM and 128GB storage. The battery capacity is quite large at 4,500mAh and it has a USB-C 18W fast charging support.
This configuration is just alright. Though, I would have liked it better if it used a slightly faster chip like some of its similarly-priced competitors.
3. The OS is still the same and it is still heavily-skinned. It still loads with Android Pie, but it now has a slightly cleaner Funtouch OS 9.2 skin.
Vivo also added the Multi-Turbo feature that improves the speed and gaming performance of the phone, Game Center for a lot of gaming and anti-distraction, and the "Voice Changer" that will allow users to use a variety of voices to protect the privacy of the user.
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Promising cameras |
4. For cameras, I would have liked it better if it has the 48MP Sony sensor, but if they can tune its 48MP Samsung ISOCELL Bright GM1 f/1.8 sensor well, I'm fine. It is assisted with an 8MP f/2.2 ultra-wide sensor, 2MP f/2.4 4cm macro sensor, and a 2MP f/2.4 depth sensor for a total of four cameras at the back.
For selfies, Vivo used a 32MP f/2.0 OV32A sensor. We also noticed that it has a lot of AI-assisted camera modes.
Note: We will try its cameras in the coming days.
5. It has a speedy In-Display fingerprint reader, dual-band WiFi, Band 28 700MHz 4G LTE, gyroscope sensor, and dual SIM slots.
Vivo S1 Pro Specs
As of the moment
I like that it has a brand new design, the display ranks among the best for the price, there's an accurate In-Display fingerprint reader, it goes with large RAM and storage, the battery capacity is huge with fast USB-C charging, and it is loaded with a lot of cameras that should be good for mobile photography.My only concern, for now, is Vivo's choice of the chipset. SD665 is not bad, but it is a chip that can be found in some under PHP 10K phones. Let's hope that its optimizations are enough to help it keep up with the speed of other similarly priced devices.
For the price of PHP 15,999, nearly everything is solid about the Vivo S1 Pro so far.
See you in our full review!
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