Vivo has announced
that the Vivo NEX Ruby Red color variant is available for purchase in China. The Ruby Red color variant of the Vivo NEX comes in
two models — one with 128GB internal storage and another with 256GB storage.
The 8GB RAM with 128GB internal storage model is priced at 4,498 Yuan (US$ 662) and the 8GB RAM + 256GB storage model costs 4,998 Yuan, roughly US$ 736.
The phone’s body is made up of glass and is coated
using the microcrystalline technology. The rear-mounted fingerprint sensor is
also coated in Ruby Red color as well as the sides, including the volume rocker
and other buttons.
The smartphone comes with a 6.59-inch Super AMOLED
Ultra FullView “Zero Screen” Display with a screen-to-body ratio of 91.24
percent and 2316 x 1080 pixels screen resolution. All the sensors on the device
are hidden under the display and instead of an earpiece, the phone comes with a
Screen SoundCasting Technology.
Under the hood, the device is powered by Qualcomm‘s
Snapdragon 845 processor clocked at 2.8GHz, along with Adreno 630 graphics
processor. It packs 8GB RAM and comes with 128GB of internal storage. Vivo has
not launched the 256GB storage variant nor the Snapdragon 710 SoC variant in
India.
In the camera department, the smartphone features a
dual camera setup on the back, consisting of a 12MP primary Sony IMX363 sensor
with 1.4μm pixels, f/1.8 aperture, and four-axis optical image stabilization
and a 5MP secondary sensor with f/2.4 aperture.
On the front side, there’s an 8MP snapper that comes
with an elevating mechanism. The front-facing snapper automatically rises and
hides on opening and closing the camera app, and also makes a sound to notify
the user. This is done using micro-stepping motors with independent drive ICs
and precision control algorithms.
The device features a third-generation in-display
fingerprint scanning technology that improves the screen unlock time by 10
percent and increases the overall experience of phone unlocking. The company is
actively working on improving the fingerprint scanner and has already rolled
out a couple of updates improving the performance of the scanner.
It also comes with Vivo Game Engine, which is made
in partnership with Tencent Games that aims to provide an immersive gaming
experience based on software and hardware optimization. Further, the Vivo NEX
also features 7.1-channel 3D audio, thanks to dtsX partnership. It also has
Vivo Hi-Fi V1 System In Package technology for hi-fi quality sound through
earphones.
The phone also comes equipped with a personal voice
assistant — Jovi, which works on artificial intelligence technology. It
supports several functionalities such as smart map reading, encyclopedia,
shopping, translation, scanning, and screen recognition among others.
Connectivity options on the devices include Dual 4G
VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz) 2×2 MIMO, Bluetooth 5 LE, GPS + GLONASS,
and USB Type-C. It has Vivo’s newly designed custom user interface Energy UI
with AI technology, running on top of Android Oreo operating system. The device
draws power from a 4,000mAh battery with 22.5W fast charging support.
