vivo V40 5G with 6.78″ 1.5K 120Hz AMOLED display, Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, IP68 ratings and V40 Lite announced


vivo has introduced V40 5G and V40 Lite 5G, the company’s new smartphones in the V40 series, in Europe celebrating the first match of the UEFA EURO 2024 Championship in Germany.

The V40 5G packs a 6.78-inch 1.5K AMOLED screen with 120Hz refresh rate,  local peak brightness of 4500 nits and has Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC with 12GB of RAM.

It has a 50MP main camera with OIS, 50MP UW and a 50MP front camera, ZEISS optics, Aura light with smart lighting temperature adjustment, IP68 ratings, and packs a 5500mAh battery with 80W fast charging.

The phone has vivo’s exclusive Negative Electrode Graphite Reconstruction Technology, delivering real life flagship-level performance through a perfect balance of rapid charging and high energy density, said the company.

vivo V40 5G specifications
  • 6.78-inch (2800×1260 pixels) 1.5K AMOLED 20:9 display, 120Hz refresh rate, 480Hz touch sampling rate, up to 4500 nits peak brightness, HDR10+
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (4nm) Mobile Platform with Adreno 720 GPU
  • 12GB LPDDR4X RAM with 256GB / 512GB storage
  • Dual SIM (nano + nano / eSIM)
  • Android 14 with Funtouch OS 14
  • 50MP rear camera with f/1.88 aperture, OIS, ZEISS optics, 50MP ultra-wide camera, f/2.0 aperture, 4K video recording
  • 50MP auto focus front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
  • In-display fingerprint sensor
  • USB Type-C audio, Stereo speakers
  • Dimensions:164.16 × 74.93 × 7.58mm; Weight: 190g
  • Dust and Water resistant (IP68)
  • 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6 802.11 be, Bluetooth 5.4, GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, USB Type-C 2.0, NFC
  • 5500mAh (Typical) battery with 80W fast charging

The vivo V40 Lite 5G has a 6.78-inch FHD+ 120Hz AMOLED screen, uses Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 SoC with 8GB of RAM, 50MP main, 8MP UW, 2MP macro and a 32MP front camera. This has Aura light, IP64 ratings, and packs a 5500mAh battery with 44W fast charging.

vivo V40 Lite 5G specifications
  • 6.78-inch (2400×1080 pixels) FHD+ curved AMOLED 20:9 display, 120Hz refresh rate, 1300 nits peak brightness
  • Octa Core (4x A78 at 2.2GHz+4x A55 at 1.8GHz Kryo CPUs) Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 4nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 710 GPU
  • 8GB LPDDR4X RAM, 256GB UFS 2.2 storage, expandable memory up to 1TB with microSD
  • Dual SIM (nano + nano / eSIM)
  • Android 14 with Funtouch OS 14
  • 50MP rear camera with 1/ 1.95″Sony IMX8820 sensor, f/1.79 aperture, LED flash, 8MP ultra-wide camera with f/2.2 aperture, 2MP macro camera with f/2.4 aperture, 4K video recording
  • 32MP front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture
  • In-display fingerprint sensor
  • USB Type-C audio
  • Dimensions: 164.36 × 74.75 × 7.75mm (Brown) / 7.65 mm (White); Weight: 188g (Brown) / 179g (White)
  • Dust and Splash resistant (IP64)
  • 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 6 802.11ac, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, USB Type-C 2.0, NFC
  • 5500mAh (Typical) battery with 44W fast charging
Pricing and availability

The vivo V40 5G comes in Stellar Silver and Nebula Purple colours, is priced at 599 Euros (USD 642 / Rs. 53,645 approx.) and will roll out in Europe at the beginning of July.

The vivo V40 Lite 5G comes in Classy Brown or Dreamy White colours, is priced at 399 Euros (USD 427 / Rs. 35,735 approx.) and is already rolling out in several European countries.


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