vivo Y18 in PH: Helio G85, up to 8GB/256GB memory, 50MP cam, starts at PHP 6,499

vivo Philippines recently introduced the Y18 in the country tagged as the brand's newest affordable smartphone in style.

vivo Y18 endorsed by Anne Curtis in the Philippines

vivo Y18 is now available in the Philippines

The device highlights a glassic-looking back design with an IP54 water splash and dust resistance rating available in Mocha Brown and Wave Aqua colors.

The colorways of vivo Y18: Mocha Brown and Wave Aqua colors

In front, the device sports a 6.56-inch LCD screen with a 90Hz refresh rate and an HD+ resolution, 840 nits max brightness, and a notch for the 8MP selfie camera.

Inside, it is powered by an aging 12nm MediaTek Helio G85 octa-core processor. It is paired with 6GB or 8GB RAM, 128GB or 256GB of expandable internal storage, and a 5,000mAh battery capacity with USB-C 15W fast charging.

The device also has a 50MP main camera paired with a 0.08MP shooter.

The rest of the specs

The back and front design of the phone

The device also has a side-mounted fingerprint reader, single speaker, dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, and dual SIM slots.

At least, it is also running with the Android 14 operating system with Funtouch OS 14 skin on top.

vivo Y18 Specs

Display: 6.56-inch 2.5D curved LCD screen w/ 90Hz refresh rate, HD+ 1612 x 720 resolution at 269 ppi

CPU: 2.0GHz 12nm MediaTek Helio G85 octa-core processor

GPU: Mali-G52 2EEMC2 (1,000MHz) 

RAM: 6GB/8GB

ROM: 128GB/256GB eMMC 5.1 expandable via microSD card slot up to 1TB

Back Camera: 50MP f/1.8 w/ PDAF + 0.08MP f/3.0 + LED flash

Selfie Camera: 8MP f/2.0

Battery: 5,000mAh w/ 15W charging

OS: Android 14 w/ Funtouch OS 14

Connectivity: WiFi (2.4GHz/5GHz), 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.0, OTG, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, dual SIM

Sensors: Accelerometer, light, proximity

Others: Side-mounted fingerprint sensor, face unlock, IP54 water and dust resistance, dual SIM, Colors: Mocha Brown, Wave Aqua

Dimensions: 163.63 x 75.58 x 8.39 mm

Weight: 185 g

Price: PHP 6,499 (6GB/128GB), PHP 7,499 (8GB/256GB)

Price and availability

vivo Y18 (6GB/128GB) - PHP 6,499

vivo Y18 (8GB/256GB) - PHP 7,499

The new vivo Y18 is now available in PH stores.