vivo has just introduced the Y78+, a phone with a big screen, a big battery and a small price. The new model will go on sale in China this Wednesday (April 26) with a base price of CNY1,600 for the 8/128GB model (converting to $230/€210/₹19,000). There are also 8/256GB and 12/256GB models available for CNY 1,800 and CNY 2,000 respectively.
The main attraction of the vivo Y78+ is its screen: a 6.78″ AMOLED panel with FHD+ resolution (20:9) boasting a 120Hz refresh rate and great color rendering with 100% DCI-P3 coverage (105% NTSC.) It’s also quite bright, hitting 1,300 nits at best.
And it’s a curved display, similar to the more premium offerings, plus there’s an under-display fingerprint reader.
The other highlight we mentioned is the battery, a 5,000mAh power cell that can be recharged at 44W. The USB-C port also handles headphone duties, but if you want to go wireless, the Bluetooth 5.1 modem can handle aptX HD/Adaptive and LDAC.
At this price point, something has to give and we think the chipset will be the biggest source of moans: it’s the Snapdragon 695. vivo wasn’t stingy with memory, you can have 8 or 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128 or 256GB of UFS 2.2 ( there’s no microSD slot), but the 695 is showing its age in terms of performance. OriginOS 3 based on Android 13 can add up to 8GB of virtual memory.
Other than that, you’re looking at a basic camera setup with a 50MP main sensor on the back (f/1.8 lens with OIS), but it’s limited to 1080p video due to the chipset. It is joined by a 2MP depth sensor. On the front there is an 8MP (f/2.0) selfie camera that lives in a notch.
I live Y78+
The vivo Y78+ is available in blue, yellow and black, all three colors have a slight gradient effect. And before you ask, no, there is no such thing as a Y78 non plus, at least not yet.
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