vivo entered the Kenyan market very many months ago. The company has been releasing a bunch of very good smartphones, and the latest entrant is the V19, which talked about a couple of weeks ago.
vivo Kenya then announced that customers who wanted to snag the device could pre-order, and the session lasted for three weeks.
Today, the V19 goes on sale officially. It is one of the few devices with a dual punch-hole selfie camera, meaning you have two selfie snappers for a variety of shots.
It also starts at KES 41000, making it a direct competitor to two or more devices that we can think of at the moment.
About that dual selfie camera, it is a 32 MP sensor that is complemented by an 8 MP wide-angle lens. This comes in handy when you want to include as many people as you want in a selfie, and there aren’t many phones around that can do that. There are multiple scenarios where this setup is key including vlogging.
Right on the back are other four cameras: 48 MP main, 8 MP wide-angle, a 2 MP for portrait shots, and another 2 MP for macro shots.
Powering the handheld is Snapdragon 712, 8 GB of RAM and a healthy 128 GB of internal storage.
Other perks include very fast charging at 33W, meaning you can juice the smartphone from dead to 54% in 30 minutes.
The rest of the specs are here:
vivo V19 Specifications and Price in Kenya
| Display | Type | Super AMOLED |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 6.44" | |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels (~409 ppi density) 20:9 aspect ratio, 800 nits brightness, HDR 10 |
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| Protection | - | |
| Platform | Operating System | Android 10; Funtouch 10 |
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 | |
| CPU | Octa-core (2x2.3 GHz Kryo 360 Gold & 6x1.7 GHz Kryo 360 Silver) | |
| GPU | Adreno 616 | |
| Memory | RAM | 8GB |
| Internal | 128GB/256GB UFS 2.1 | |
| External | - | |
| Network | Technology | 4G LTE |
| SIM | Dual SIM | |
| Camera | Main | 48 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, 13mm (ultrawide), 1/4.0", 1.12µm 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro) 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth) video: 4K at 30fps, 1080p at 30 and 60fps |
| Front | 32 MP, f/2.1, 23mm (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm 8 MP, f/2.3, 17mm (ultrawide) video 1080p at 30fps |
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| Battery | Size | 4500mAh |
| Type | Li-Ion | 33W fast charging(0% -54% in 30 minutes) | |
| Colors | Piano Black/Gleam Black, Mystic Silver/Sleek Silver | |
| Features | indisplay fingerprint reader, USB Type C, Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE | |
| Price | kSH 40,999 |
