Vivo India launched Vivo Y15 in the budget segment with AI equipped triple rear cameras, 5000mAh battery, and a few other similarities with the recently launched Vivo Y17 (review). The new phone is a slightly shaved down phone in specs and price.
Vivo Y15 2019: How’s this one different from the Vivo Y17
First, let’s skim through the similarities among the two phones.
Vivo Y15 shares the same 6.35-inch IPS LCD display with 720 x 1544 pixels and a dewdrop cutout atop. It measures the same dimensions and heft. Here also, you get a 3.5mm headphone jack, bottom firing speaker grill, micro USB 2.0 port, rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, 256GB microSD card support, and a Dual SIM slot.
Vivo Y15 sports an Aqua Blue and Burgundy Red color, an area of aesthetics it differs from the Vivo Y17. It runs on Android Pie based FunTouch OS, which is vivo’s defacto software. It is fueled by a 5000mAh battery, which is the same that the Y17 is drawing from.
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The rear camera setup includes a 13 MP (f/2.2) primary shooter, paired with a 16mm ultrawide 8 MP (f/2.2) shooter and finally, a 2 MP (f/2.4) depth sensor. You also get the standard features like LED flash, HDR, and panorama. As for video shooting, you could capture at 1080p@30fps.
Now’s dive into the differences. Starting with the selfie snapper, this one has a 16MP snapper with f/2.0 aperture. The device is engined by a MediaTek Helio P22 octa-core processor clocked at 2GHz speed. The out-of-the-box storage size dips to 64GB coupled with 4GB RAM. And this one ditches fast charging support too.
Vivo Y15 Pricing, Availability and Launch Offers
The slash is specs are reflected in the price tag too. Vivo Y15 is priced at INR 13,990. The phone would be available via Vivo offline outlets and online stores such as Flipkart, Amazon India, Paytm, Vivo E-Store and Tata Cliq.
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As a part of the launch offers, you could avail the following deals:
- Exclusive to online channels, if you exchanging your old phone with a new Vivo Y15, you could get Rs 1,000 off. vivo also offers a no-cost EMI option to its online buyers. This is a limited period deal for 9 months.
- If you go to offline stores to get a brand new Vivo Y15, you could grab benefits worth Rs 4,000 along with 3TB data from Reliance Jio. You could also opt for EMI with zero percent interest via Bajaj Finserve, IDFC Bank, HDBFS, HDFC Bank, Home Credit, and Pinelabs Credit and Debit cards.
Vivo Y15 Price and Specifications
Model | Vivo Y15 |
Display | 6.35 inches 720 x 1544 pixels with Water Drop Notch Display |
Processor | 2.0 GHz Cortex A53 MediaTek Helio P22 octa-core SoC |
RAM | 4GB |
Internal Storage | 64GB, Expandable up to 256GB using Dedicated card slot |
Software | Android v9.0 Pie |
Rear Camera | 13MP+8MP+2MP |
Front Camera | 16MP, (F/2.0) |
Dimension & Weight | 159.43 x 76.77 x 8.92 mm, 191g |
Others | Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, GLONASS, FM, and USB-OTG compatibility |
Battery | 5000mAh |
Vivo V17 Price in India: Rs. 13,990 |
the new variant is great!! what a great configuration supported by mediatek helio p22…any idea if it’s going to go on sale anytime soon?