Vivo at an event in China recently introduced the AI-Powered Super HDR in an aim to take the mobile photography to a new level. With the Super HDR’s auto scene detection, it promises clearer photos, better colors, more details and better tones. Continue reading “Vivo’s AI-Powered Super HDR will offer clearer photos with more details, better colors and tones”
Vivo back at the CES 2018 show introduced the first smartphone with in-display optical fingerprint and today, APEX FullView Concept Smartphone with in-display fingerprint scanner, 98% screen-to-body ratio. The company is using its FullView technology in breakthroughs to the camera, speaker, and sensor elements. Continue reading “Vivo APEX FullView Concept Smartphone with in-display fingerprint scanner, 98% screen-to-body ratio announced”
At the Qualcomm, China Tech Day event in Beijing, Lenovo, Xiaomi, Vivo, OPPO have shown interest in Qualcomm to support the 5G initiative named as “5G Pioneer” in China and introduce 5G New Radio (NR) standard-compliant commercial devices expected as early as 2019. ZTE Corporation and Wingtech Technology have also extended their support. Continue reading “Qualcomm inks $2 billion sales MOUs with Lenovo, Xiaomi, Vivo and OPPO”
Xiaomi has finally surpassed Samsung in the last quarter of 2017 claiming the top smartphone vendor in India title. The company has shipped over 8.2 million units in Q4, 2017 while Samsung despite the annual growth of 17% Samsung retained the second spot with 7.3 million smartphones shipments according to Canalys. Continue reading “Xiaomi surpasses Samsung to become top smartphone vendor in India in Q4 2017: Reports”
Following the footsteps of OnePlus and Xiaomi, Vivo now has launched the online store in India where all the Vivo phones, as well as accessories, will be sold exclusively. As a part of the launch, the company is also hosting launch carnival where it is offering discounts and offers on various Vivo phones. Continue reading “Vivo launches online store in India, announces launch carnival offers”
The Indian smartphone market contracted for the first time in its history, as shipments to the country fell 4% year on year to just under 27 million units in Q2 2017, according to the latest report from Canalys.
After Qualcomm introduced its next-gen fingerprint scanning solution, Vivo has announced its Under Display Fingerprint Scanning Solution called Vivo Under Display that offers under-display fingerprint scanning. The company demoed it for the first time at the MWC 2017 Shanghai on a prototype and will be used it its future smartphone. This can be used under the screen, behind the metal shell, or even in the frame. Continue reading “Vivo shows off Under Display Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanning solution”
Check out the latest FoneArena Daily video that gives you a quick roundup of the latest technology news. Continue reading “Over 1 million Redmi 4 phones sold, Vivo X9s and X9s Plus coming soon and more – FoneArena Daily”
Vivo has consistently been pushing out fresh hardware over the last few months. From the V5 to the Y55s and the Y25, there’s a certain formula to the hardware and it appears that the company hasn’t strayed too much for it on their latest launch, the Y66. Here’s our review of Vivo’s latest. Continue reading “Vivo Y66 Review”
The advent of self-portraits or “selfies” as they are commonly known and the ever-increasing popularity of social media has resulted in the rise of smartphones that are specifically designed to cater to this particular demographic. The primary emphasis as a result becomes the front facing camera which ironically has always been refered to as the secondary camera. Now, it may seem as if terms such as “primary” and “secondary” depend on the smartphone itself and what it tries to achieve. The issue with such smartphones usually lies with the fact that manufacturers often concentrate too much on the “selfie” aspect and ignore the rest. The Vivo V5 Plus is the latest amongst the big lineup of selfie centric smartphones in India. In this review, we shall take a look at the smartphone in detail to see whether it’s just about the front facing camera or whether they’ve managed to focus on all aspects of the smartphone as well.
The smartphone market in China saw a 19% YoY growth and 17% QoQ growth in Q4 2016, according to the latest IDC Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. OPPO, Huawei and Vivo grabbed 48% of the Chinese smartphone market in 2016.
Continue reading “OPPO, Huawei and Vivo grab nearly half of Chinese smartphone market in 2016: IDC”
With selfies now becoming an obsession among the smartphone users, handset makers are launching selfie-focused phones with lots of in-app customization to enhance the pictures. The increase in social media and picture sharing platform has intensified the need to buy a smartphone with a good camera. Continue reading “Top 10 selfie smartphones available in India under Rs. 20,000”
Vivo launched its latest selfie-focused smartphone in the ‘V series’ in India dubbed Vivo V5. It is world’s first smartphone to come with a 20-megapixel front-facing camera. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Vivo V5 20MP selfie smartphone, OnePlus 3T, World’s thinnest Acer laptop and more”
Vivo introduced X7 and X7 Plus smartphones with 16-megapixel front-facing camera with f/2.0 aperture along with soft LED flash back in June. Now the company is all set to introduce the successors, X9 and X9 Plus smartphones later this month. Vivo has confirmed that these smartphones will feature 20-megapixel and 8-megapixel, dual front-facing cameras. Continue reading “Vivo X9 and X9 Plus to feature 20MP Sony IMX376 and 8MP dual front-facing cameras”
This week Google finally unveiled its flagship Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones at its Keynote event in San Francisco. Also, the company alongside announced next upgrade of the Chromecast, Google-branded WiFi router, Daydream VR headset and the Google Home speaker. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Google Pixel, Pixel XL, Apple iPhone 7, 7 Plus India launch, new Moto Z price and more”
