The
vivo S1 Pro that debuted in the Philippines last month has now hit the Chinese
market. However, since the S1 Pro moniker is already occupied in that market,
it has a new name - vivo Y9s. It has an unusual rhombus-shaped camera setup on the
back, but the LED flash is outside the shape, allowing you to tell it apart
from the vivo S5 that some know as the vivo V17.
Looking
down the specs sheet the vivo Y9s comes with a 6.38” OLED panel with a
waterdrop notch for the 32 MP selfie camera. The chipset is Snapdragon 665 and
is coupled by 8 GB RAM and 128 gigs of storage. There
is a 48MP main camera on the back, joined by an 8 MP ultrawide angle shooter.
There are also a macro lens and a depth sensor to bring the total amount of
cameras to four.
The
vivo Y9s might lack e a dedicated button for the voice assistant Jovi, but the
service is there. However, the heavily modified user interface keeps the name
Funtouch OS, instead of Jovi OS. The phone also has a 3.5 mm audio jack, USB-C
port on the bottom, and a huge 4,500 mAh battery.
The
price is CNY 1,998, or about US$ 2985/€ 255. That is slightly cheaper than the
variants over at the Philippines, and the Chinese fans get not only the Fancy
Sky and Knight Black colors but also a third gradient option, called Nebula
Blue.
