Vivo Mobiles has announced a new Y-series phone, Y19, in the Vietnam and Thailand markets. Vivo’s Y-series has been a mid-segment smartphone series based on the MediaTek platform. Although there is nothing official yet, we expect the new Y-series phone to make it to the Indian market in the coming weeks.
Vivo Y19 Features and specs
Like previous Y series phones, the Y19 has a notch display on the front and a plastic back. There is a 6.53-inch FHD+ display with more than a 90-percent screen-to-body ratio. The phone has a gradient finish on the rear with Black and Morning Dew White hues as options.
The Vivo Y19 is backed by octa-core MediaTek Helio P65 chipset clocked at 2GHz. Vivo offers the phone with 6GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage option only.
As for the optics, there’s a three-camera setup at the back and a single selfie cam on the front. The rear setup includes a 16MP main sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide camera, and the third one is a 2MP depth sensor for portrait shots. Upfront there is a 16MP shooter for selfies. Vivo has added quite a few AI-driven features for the front camera.
Like other Y-series phones, this one too features a beefy battery. The Y19 packs a 5000mAh battery with 18W fast charging support. As per Vivo, it can last for 17 hours on a single charge.
The Vivo Y19 runs Android 9 based Funtouch OS 9.2 Pie out-of-the-box.
Vivo Y19 price
The Vivo Y19 launch price for the Thailand market is THB 6,999 (Rd 16,000 approx)and for the Vietnam market, it is set at Rs 4,990,000 VND (about Rs 15,000). We expect the Vivo Y19 India price to on similar lines.
