Today vivo took the wraps off its latest creations,
the X20 and X20 Plus. The X9s and X9s Plus are only a few months old but we
already get newer, shinier members of the X family to gawk at - and they do
contain almost all the bells and whistles you'd expect from a high-end
smartphone in late 2017.
Full View, near bezel-less screens with 18:9 aspect
ratio? Check. Dual rear cameras? Check. As usual with vivo's X line, the main
differences between the normal model and the Plus option are to be found in
display and battery size - most specs are shared.
The vivo X20 sports a 6.01-inch 1,080x2,160 Super
AMOLED touchscreen, and comes with a 12 MP f/1.8 main and 5 MP secondary rear
camera setup. A 12 MP f/2.0 selfie camera is on the front, while the
fingerprint scanner moved to the back because it couldn't fit elsewhere what with
the tiny display bezels and all.
At the helm we find Qualcomm's upper-midrange
Snapdragon 660 SoC, with a 2.2 GHz octa-core CPU - and this seems to be the one
aspect keeping the new vivo handsets out of true flagship territory. 4GB of RAM
come standard alongside 64GB of storage, and the X20 has a 3,245 mAh battery.
It runs Android 7.1.1 Nougat.
The X20 Plus has a 6.43-inch Super AMOLED panel of
the same resolution, and a beefier 3,905 mAh battery to go with that. The X20
measures 155.85 x 75.15 x 7.2 mm, and weighs 159g, while the X20 Plus comes in
at 165.32 x 80.09 x 7.45 mm and 181.5g.
Both phones will be up for pre-booking on September
25, with sales starting on September 30. The X20 is priced at CNY 2,998 (US$ 454
or € 381 at the current exchange rates). The X20 Plus will cost CNY 3,498 (US$ 530
or € 444). Both models will be offered in gold, rose gold, and black. As usual
with vivo devices, it's unclear if or when they will be officially sold outside
of China.
