The Vivo iQOO U3 is a budget smartphone from the iQOO series. The smartphone comes with a nice body and also features combo rear cameras and a 5000 mAh battery that has fast charging technology.
Design And Display
The Vivo iQOO U3 is not looking that bad on the body. The phone comes in a modern body design that features a premium plastic panel and a front glass. The panel housed the combo camera setup while the side is where the fingerprint scanner is located. It has body dimensions of 164.2 x 75.4 x 8.4 mm and weighs 185.5 g.
The waterdrop notch screen offers a display size of 6.58 inches with an IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen and a screen resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels. The screen has a 20:9 ratio, 400 PPI density, and reaches an 84.4% screen-to-body ratio.
Cameras Features
On the camera aspect, it comes with dual rear cameras of 48 MP and 2 MP depth sensor. The camera has an LED flash, HDR, panorama and it can shoot 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps videos. The front camera is 20 MP with HDR and 1080p@30fps videos.
Hardware And Software
On the hardware, Vivo equipped the new phone with a MediaTek Dimensity 800U 5G chipset that is built on a 7nm process node while the octa-core processor is clocking at a speed of 2×2.4 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55. It runs on Android 10 OS with IQOO UI on top and Mali-G57 MC3 GPU for graphics related issues.
Storage Capacity And Sensors
The inbuilt memory on the phone is 128GB with 6GB RAM and there is an 8GB RAM model as well. Sadly, there is no slot for micro SDcard expansion. Meanwhile, the sensors on the phone are Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, and compass.
Battery Power And Network Connectivity
Keeping the Vivo iQOO U3 on for a whole day is a nonremovable battery of 5000 mAh and the juicer has Fast charging technology. There is also a 5G network for fast internet connection on the dual SIMs. Other features on Vivo iQOO U3 includes wi-fi, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, FM radio and USB Type-C 2.0, USB On-The-Go.
Vivo iQOO U3 Full Specifications
Model Name | Vivo iQOO U3 |
Announced | 2020, December |
Market Availability | Available |
Network
Network Type | GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE / 5G |
2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 |
3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 |
4G Network | LTE |
5G Network | Yes |
Network Speed | HSPA, LTE-A / 5G |
Network GPRS | Yes |
Network EDGE | Yes |
SIM Type | Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) |
Body
Body Build | Glass front (Gorilla Glass), plastic back, aluminum frame |
Body Dimensions | 164.2 x 75.4 x 8.4 mm |
Body Weight | 185.5 grams |
Protection | n/a |
Body Colors | White, Gray, Aurora |
Display
Display Type | IPS LCD |
Display Size | 6.58 inches |
Display Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels, 20:9 ratio |
Display Multitouch | Yes |
Display Pixel Density | 400 ppi density |
Display Screen Protection | Yes Corning Gorilla |
Camera
Primary Camera | 48 MP + 2 MP |
Secondary Camera | 20 MP |
Video | 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps |
Camera Features | LED flash, HDR, panorama |
Camera Flash | Yes |
Platform
Operating System | Android 10 |
OS Version | – |
User Interface | Yes |
Hardware
Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 800U 5G (7 nm) |
CPU | Octa-core (2×2.4 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) |
Graphics processor (GPU) | Mali-G57 MC3 |
System Internal Memory | 6GB, 8GB RAM |
Internal Storage | 128GB |
Storage Card Slot | Yes |
Sensors | Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass |
Connectivity
Wi-Fi | Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct |
Wi-Fi Hotspot | Yes |
Bluetooth | Yes, 5.0, A2DP, LE |
USB Type | Type – C |
GPS | Yes, with A-GPS |
NFC | – |
Battery
Battery Type | Li-Ion Battery |
Battery Capacity | 5000 mAh battery |
Battery Placement | Non-removable |
Fast Charging | Yes |
Wireless Charging | No |
Battery Standby | – |
Battery Talk Time | – |
Battery Music Play Time | – |
Media
Audio Playback | Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC |
Video Playback | Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player |
Video Out | n/a |
FM Radio | n/a |
Alert Types | Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones |
Ring Tones | MP3, WAV |
Loudspeaker | Yes, with stereo speakers |
3.5mm jack | Yes |
Other Features
Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email |
Browser | HTML5 |
Java | n/a |
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Vivo iQOO U3 Price And Availability
The Vivo iQOO U3 will sell for 200 EUR and will ship in White, Gray, and Aurora colors.
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