Vivo just announced X9s and X9s Plus, the company’s flagship smartphones and the successors of last year’s X9 and X9 Plus in the ‘X series’ in China. Both the phones have a 20-megapixel front-facing camera along with a 5-megapixel camera for capturing depth information when shooting selfies. The company says that you can adjust f/0.95 to f/16 equivalent aperture. Both the phones have a 16-megapixel rear camera. The X9s Plus also has RK1608 DSP for processing RAW captures.
The X9s has a 5.5-inch 1080p AMOLED screen and the X9s Plus has a 5.85-inch 1080p AMOLED screen, both with 1.59mm narrow bezels on the sides. The X9s is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 Mobile Platform and the X9s Plus has Snapdragon 653, but both have 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. These have a fingerprint sensor embedded into the home button.
Vivo X9s specifications
- 5.5-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD AMOLED display
- Octa-Core Snapdragon 652 processor (Quad 1.8GHz ARM Cortex A72 + Quad 1.2GHz A53 CPUs) with Adreno 510 GPU
- 4B RAM, 64GB internal memory
- Dual SIM
- Funtouch OS 3.1 based on Android 7.1 (Nougat)
- 16MP rear camera with LED flash, 1/2.8 inch sensor, PDAF, LED flash
- 20MP front-facing camera with soft LED flash, secondary 5MP front camera
- Fingerprint sensor
- Dimensions: 152.6x74x6.99mm; Weight: 154g
- 3.5mm audio jack, AK4376 DAC
- 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS
- 3320mAh battery with fast charging
Vivo X9s Plus specifications
- 5.85-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD AMOLED display
- Octa Core Snapdragon 653 processor (Quad 1.95GHz ARM Cortex A72 + Quad 1.44GHz A53 CPUs) with Adreno 510 GPU
- 4B RAM, 64GB internal memory
- Dual SIM
- Funtouch OS 3.1 based on Android 7.1 (Nougat)
- 16MP rear camera with LED flash, 1/2.8 inch sensor, PDAF, LED flash
- 20MP front-facing camera with soft LED flash, secondary 5MP front camera
- Fingerprint sensor
- 3.5mm audio jack, ES9018 + ES9603 DAC
- Dimensions: 162.59 × 78.84 × 7.25mm
- 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS
- 4015mAh battery with fast charging
The Vivo X9s and X9s Plus come in Matte Black, Gold and Rose Gold colors and are priced at 2698 yuan (US$ 396 / 25,665 approx.) and 2998 yuan (US$ 440/ 28,520 approx.), respectively. The X9s Plus will go on sale first from July 8th. Registrations for X9s opens July 14 and it will go on sale from July 20th.