Earlier this year, Vivo had introduced S-series of
smartphones in China by launching Vivo S1 and Vivo S1 Pro handsets. Recent
reports have claimed that the Chinese firm is gearing up to introduce the
S-series handsets in India to target the offline markets. A teaser of the Vivo
S1 smartphone has been leaked by 91mobiles. It reveals that the handset will be
equipped with triple rear cameras. The leaked poster also states that the Vivo
S1 will be “coming soon” to India.
The Vivo V15 that was launched earlier this year in
India is available with Vivo S1 moniker. Hence, the Vivo S1 is equipped with a
triple camera setup on its rear, a pop-up selfie camera and a notch-less
display. There is a slight difference in the design of the rear-mounted triple
camera setup of the Indian variant shown in the leaked teaser as compared to
the Chinese version.
A previous leak had revealed that the base model of
the Vivo S1 will be priced around Rs. 20,000 and it will feature 6 GB of RAM
and 128 GB storage. The higher model of the phone may cost Rs. 25,000 and it
may come with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of native storage. Rumors have it the
advanced version of the S1 that is available in China as Vivo S1 Pro will be
also debuting in the near future in India.
The Vivo S1 features a 6.53-inch IPS LCD display
with notch-less design. It supports full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels.
The smartphone boasts a screen-to-body ratio of 90.95 percent. The MediaTek
Helio P70 fuels the smartphone with a 3,940mAh battery that supports 18W
dual-engine fast charging through USB-C.
The Vivo S1 is fitted with a dedicated button for
accessing the Jovi AI assistant. The Indian version could be featuring the same
button for accessing Google Assistant and Google Lens as seen on Vivo Z1 Pro
handset. The FunTouch OS 9 based Android 9 Pie OS runs on the device. It has a
pop-up selfie camera of the 24.8-megapixel. The triple camera setup of the
phone includes a 12-megapixel primary lens with f/1.7 aperture, an 8-megapixel
ultrawide lens with f/2.2 aperture and a 5-megapixel depth sensor with f/2.4
aperture.
