Before the launch of the first Snapdragon 660
smartphone, Vivo X9S was tipped to be the first smartphone powered by a
Snapdragon 660 chip. That is now history because we are yet to see the Vivo X9S
while the OPPO R11 is already priding itself as the first to utilise Qualcomm’s
latest mid-range chip.
Vivo may be gearing up to
launch the X9S along with the X9S Plus as the next set of SD-660 phones,
perhaps. A photo has been shared on Weibo which looked like a promotional
poster for the Vivo X9S and X9S Plus. The Weibo tipster who shared the photo
hinted that the poster was spotted in a Vivo experience store apparently in
China. The tipster thinks and we do too, that the poster could be an indication
the model will soon be launched. Recall that OPPO used the same format in
promoting the R11 before it was eventually launched.
The poster itself reveals the renders of what should
be the X9s and X9s Plus even though we cannot distinguish the two. We can also
gather from the renders the presence of a single rear camera unit, something
that casts a doubt over the authenticity of this leak. Also, up front, the
device seems to have a dual selfie camera setup. The dual setup at the front is
part of the promotional caption of the poster which projects the 20MP dual
selfie camera with soft flash which the TENAA listing for the X9s Plus reveals
is a 20MP + 5MP combination.
The Vivo X9s and X9s Plus are basically upgrades of
the X9 and X9 Plus released last year. The X9s recently received 3C
certification in China. Both models will, as usual, be different from each
other in size but their specs would be similar while they would come with some
upgraded specs over the previous-generation models. Some of the specs include a
3,920 mAh battery inside the X9s Plus and a front fingerprint sensor embedded
under the physical Home button.
