In an event in China, Vivo unleashed the X23. It's
the update of the premium X21 smartphone. The Vivo X23 features an improved
design, larger display, smaller notch, speedier chip, and better internals
versus the X21.
The Vivo X23 still has the beautiful 3D glass body,
but i'll come in interesting new colors. It include the phantom purple, phantom
red, and midnight blue. Vivo also added two new colors with HUGE Vivo branding
at the back, the fashion purple and fashion orange.
In front, it boasts a V11-like panel. It has a
6.41-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED screen with 19:5:9 aspect ratio, 91.27 percent
screen-to-body ratio, 1.75 mm slim side bezels, and the tiny looking Halo notch
to house the selfie camera. As a result, the phone has BIG screen with tiny bezels on a 157.68 x
74.06 mm small body.
Inside, powering this phone is the 10 nm made
Snapdragon 670 AIE octa-core processor. Vivo paired it with bigger 8GB RAM
coming the 6GB RAM of the X21. The storage is the same at 128GB. It also has a
3,400mAh battery with 22.5W fast charging.
Vivo also boasts that it has a new type of dual
cameras at the back. It has a 12MP f/1.8 Sony sensor paired with a 13MP
125-degree wide-angle camera. Vivo said that it can also capture 3D depth of
field information.
For selfies, it has a 12MP unit with AI face beauty.
Vivo also added the IR face unlock, fourth-generation in-display fingerprint
sensor, and the Jovi AI assistant.
Vivo V23 Specs
- Display: 6.41-inch 2.5D curved Super AMOLED screen w/ FHD+ 2340 x 1080 resolution at 422 ppi
- CPU: 2.0GHz 64-bit Snapdragon 670 AIE octa-core processor
- GPU: Adreno 615
- RAM: 8GB
- ROM: 128GB expandable via microSD card slot up to 256GB (dedicated)
- Back Camera: 12MP f/1.8 Sony IMX363 + 13MP f/2.4 125-degree sensor w/ Dual PD focus and dual-tone LED flash
- Selfie Camera: 12MP f/2.0 w/ AI face beauty
- Battery: 3,400mAh w/ fast charging
- OS: Android 8.1 Oreo w/ Funtouch OS 4.5
- Connectivity: WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4GHz/5GHz), dual 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5 LE, OTG, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, dual SIM
- Sensors: Accelerometer, light, orientation, proximity, gyroscope, sound, magnetic
- Others: In-Display fingerprint sensor, IR face unlock, AK4377A amplifier, dual mic
- Colors: sunrise red, twilight blue, starry purple
- Dimensions: 157.68 x 74.06 x 7.47 mm
- Weight: 160.5 g
- Price: TBC
The vivo X23 will only be offered in a 8GB/128GB
configuration in either Phantom Purple, Phantom Red or Blue (with a Fashion
Purple and Fashion Orange special Logo Phone editions coming separately) for
CNY 3,500/€ 440. Shipping will start on September 14. There's no word when we
can expect the handsome phone to make its way outside of China.
