Vivo, one of the popular Chinese smartphone makers, has entered the Nepali smartphone market with two brand new phones Y53 and Y65. Vivo has just entered the Nepali smartphone market as Nepal has been growing as a potential market for smartphone companies. The smartphone brand, which is famous for the Moonlight camera on its smartphones aims to impress Nepali customers with its aesthetic camera.
The smartphone brand indicates the camera to be its ultimate selling prospect. And with this tagline, VIVO is famous among smartphone camera lovers. Vivo, Oppo, OnePlus, and Realme belong to the same parent company called BBK Electronics, but available as a separate distributor in Nepal.
As we all know the Nepali market is famous for budget smartphones, those two smartphones Y53 and Y65 are mid-range smartphones. We have covered the details of these two phones with their price below.
Vivo has a surprising rise in its sales worldwide for some years and is also among the Top five smartphones by sales in the world for 2017. Read this post for the smartphone rank in the first quarter of 2017. Vivo has also become the official smartphone of the FIFA world cup 2018.
Vivo Y53
The least expensive Y53 is priced at Rs. 15,590 and is focused on the customer who is searching for the budget smartphone. The 5.0-inch display phone has a resolution of 220 Pixel Per Inches (PPI) density. We know, higher the pixel per inch, the more detail you will find within the photo. For PPI measurements, give a try to an online ppi calculator that helps to measure the pixel density of an electronic image device like smartphones, PCs, and more. As VIVO Y53 comes with 220 PPI, it will achieve photographic quality in print, the image with 200 PPI will most likely print just as well as long as it is a good quality digital photo.
The smartphone runs on Android 6.0(Marshmallow) and comes with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage. With the Snapdragon chipset, the smartphone packs a 2500mAh battery to keep the device running. In terms of camera, an 8MP camera lies on the back accompanied by an LED flash. On the front end, there is a 5MP camera to capture the selfies.
- Display: 5.0-inch IPS LCD display
- Resolution: 540 x 960 pixels @ 220PPI pixel density
- Chipset: Snapdragon 425
- CPU: Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
- GPU: Adreno 306
- OS & UI: Android Marshmallow (v6.0) with Funtouch OS 3.0
- RAM: 2GB
- Memory: 16GB Internal storage; expandable up to 256GB via SD card (dedicated slot)
- Rear Camera: 8 MP, f/2.0, autofocus, LED flash
- Front Camera: 5 MP, f/2.2
- Connectivity: Dual-SIM (Nano), 4G, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, A-GPS, USB-OTG
- Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, compass
- Battery:2500mAh non-removable battery
Vivo Y65
The higher-priced Vivo Y65 boasts 5.5-inch HD IPS LCD display with scratch-resistant glass. Snapdragon 425 chipset powers the devices and is backed by 3GB RAM and 16GB internal storage. The device comes with Android 7.1(Nougat) out of the box with Funtouch OS 3.2 on the top. 13MP camera on the back and 5MP up front is its main focal point. It incorporates all the basic sensors but lacks a biometric fingerprint sensor which has become common in most smartphones of this price range.
- Display: 5.5-inch IPS LCD display with scratch-resistant 2.5D glass
- Resolution: HD (720 x 1280 pixels) @ 267PPI pixel density
- Chipset: Snapdragon 425
- CPU: Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A53
- GPU: Adreno 308
- OS & UI: Android Nougat (v7.1) with Funtouch OS 3.2
- RAM: 3GB LPDDR3
- Memory: 16GB(expandable up to 256GB via dedicated SD card slot)
- Rear Camera: 13 MP, f/2.2, autofocus, LED flash
- Front Camera: 5 MP, f/2.2
- Connectivity: Dual-SIM (Nano), 4G, Wi-Fi b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, A-GPS, USB-OTG
- Sensors: Accelerometer, Proximity, Ambient light, Compass, Gyroscope
- Battery: 3000mAh non-removable battery
Availability in Nepali Market
The two distributors Apex Digital and Cellucity International Private Limited, are providing Vivo smartphones in Nepal. Currently, these smartphones on presale are available on Newroad only. After certain days, the above-mentioned smartphones will be available all over Nepal. Y53 is priced for15,990 and the introductory price of Y53 is set to Rs. 20,990.
Find the price and specs of all Vivo phones available in Nepal.
Vivo is set to launch yet another smartphone, Vivo V7. Vivo Nepal is known to release it on Nov 27, Monday at its official launch event.
