vivo Philippines recently introduced the Y18 in the country tagged as the brand's newest affordable smartphone in style. The device highlights a glassic-looking back design with an IP54 water splash and dust resistance rating available in Mocha Brown and Wave Aqua colors.
In front, the device sports a 6.56-inch
LCD screen with a 90Hz refresh rate and an HD+ resolution, 840 nits max
brightness, and a notch for the 8MP selfie camera. Inside, it is powered by an
aging 12nm MediaTek Helio G85 octa-core processor. It is paired with 6GB or 8GB
RAM, 128GB or 256GB of expandable internal storage, and a 5,000mAh battery
capacity with USB-C 15W fast charging. The device also has a 50MP main camera
paired with a 0.08MP shooter.
The device also has a side-mounted
fingerprint reader, single speaker, dual-band WiFi, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, and
dual SIM slots. At least, it is also running with the Android 14 operating
system with Funtouch OS 14 skin on top.
vivo Y18 Specs
- Display: 6.56-inch 2.5D curved LCD screen w/ 90Hz refresh rate, HD+ 1612 x 720 resolution at 269 ppi
- CPU: 2.0GHz 12nm MediaTek Helio G85 octa-core processor
- GPU: Mali-G52 2EEMC2 (1,000MHz)
- RAM: 6GB/8GB
- ROM: 128GB/256GB eMMC 5.1 expandable via microSD card slot up to 1TB
- Back Camera: 50MP f/1.8 w/ PDAF + 0.08MP f/3.0 + LED flash
- Selfie Camera: 8MP f/2.0
- Battery: 5,000mAh w/ 15W charging
- OS: Android 14 w/ Funtouch OS 14
- Connectivity: WiFi (2.4GHz/5GHz), 4G LTE, Bluetooth 5.0, OTG, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, dual SIM
- Sensors: Accelerometer, light, proximity
- Others: Side-mounted fingerprint sensor, face unlock, IP54 water and dust resistance, dual SIM, Colors: Mocha Brown, Wave Aqua
- Dimensions: 163.63 x 75.58 x 8.39 mm
- Weight: 185 g
- Price: PHP 6,499 (6GB/128GB), PHP 7,499 (8GB/256GB)
