Vivo Y55s

Vivo Y55s price, Specifications & features

The Chinese handset manufacturer, Vivo is known to deliver the premium designed and high quality Y series range of smartphones under INR 10,000 price range. With its low-cost and medium price strategy, it has established its foothold in Android smartphone market offlately in the budget segment in Indian smartphone market. After Vivo Y55L, the company is ready with its upgraded version device this year- Vivo Y55s priced at 12,490. It is an entry level smartphone with sleek metallic unibody design. It is equipped with specifications like 5.2-inch HD display having 720p resolution and 282ppi pixel density, 3GB RAM, 16GB onboard storage (which can be expanded upto 256GB), 13MP rear and 5MP front camera with LED flash, 4G VoLTE connectivity and 1.4GHz quad core chipset. The display is equipped with 'Eye protection' feature to provide strain-free experience to the users by reducing the blue light. With 141 gms weight and 7.5mm thickness, it will easily fits in your hand.

Introduction and Design :

Like all other previous Vivo handsets, this model also comes with a metal body with 2.5D glass in the front with curved edges. It is slim having 7.5mm thickness and dimensions of 147.9 x 7.9 x 7.5 mm. In terms of weight, it is quite to convenient to carry at only 141gms. It still sports premium look and looks gorgeous with a metal side frame and a 2.5D glass on both front and back surface. It is equipped with three card slots supporting dual SIMs and external microSD card for expanding storage. It is available in Crown Gold and Space Grey colour variants.

Display and Configuration :

This device boasts of a 5.2-inch IPS LCD TFT HD display offering the resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels along with a decent pixel density of 282 ppi. The display lacks Gorilla Glass protection. The device is powered with a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor which is clocked at 1.4GHz. This powerful configuration paired with an ample 3GB RAM, Adreno 308 graphics and Smart Split feature provides lag-free multitasking and great visual experience while watching videos and playing games. The user can also play heavy games without any heating or lag issues. It comes with decent 16GB internal storage to store media and apps. If this not sufficient, then you can also expand the storage upto 256GB via a microSD card. This dual Sim device runs on Android v6.0 Marshmallow operating system out-of-the-box wrapped under Funtouch OS 3.0 UI.

Camera Performance :

For photography, the handset sports an autofocus 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0 aperture, LED flash and inbuilt features like panorama, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR), Continuos Shooting mode, Digital Zoom, Exposure compensation, touch focus, face detection, geo tagging, Self Timer, Scene Mode, Screen Flash and White balance presets to capture bright and crisp images all types of light conditions. It can also record 1080p videos with ease. The front camera is 5-megapixel with same aperture, wide-angle support for excellent selfie experience, video recording at 30 frames per second and video calling. The image quality is great due to its smart light sensor which adjusts the screen brightness to get enhanced selfie experience.

Battery and Connectivity :

The device is power packed with a 2730 mAH battery which lasts for couple of hours or may a day on medium usage without any failure. In terms of connectivity, it offers various options like dual-SIM functionality, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth v4.0, GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS, FM radio, microUSB v2.0, and 4G LTE (supports Indian bands), Mobile Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct and 3.5mm headphone jack. The variety of sensors supported includes Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Proximity sensor and Light sensor. It lacks fingerprint scanner and NFC feature.

Key Features of Vivo Y55s at a glance :

1. It runs on Android v6.0 Marshmallow operating system wrapped under FunTouch 3.0 UI.
2. The device comes with a 5.2-inch HD LCD IPS display with 720p resolution and 282ppi pixel density.
3. It is powered by a 1.4GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 processor along with 3GB RAM and 16GB internal storage memory expandable upto 256GB via microSD card.
4. It flaunts a 13MP rear camera with autofocus, LED flash and 5MP front facing camera.
5. It is powered by a non-removable Li-ion 2730mAH battery providing talk-time of around 18-20 hours. It offers various connectivity options like 4G VoLTE, Wi-fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Bluetooth v4.0, GPS, NFC and microUSB 2.0 port.

Why should you buy Vivo Y55s ?

• 2.5D scratch resistant glass :The display of Vivo Y55s is protected with a 2.5D glass on the front of the device which makes it scratch resistant and protects the screen from minor scratches, damages or any type of mishaps.
• Selfie camera :Though the phone is equipped with an average 5 Megapixel camera but it comprises of impressive features like f/2.2 aperture and screen flash resulting in enhanced selfie clicks.

Reasons not to buy Vivo Y55s ?

• Lack of fingerprint scanner :At such a price range around 10K, it is difficult to believe that the phone is not equipped with fingerprint sensor. This will definitely prevent lot of potential buyers from buying this handset.
• Average processor :It comes with Snapdragon 425 processor which is a very basic chipset as compared to other similar priced devices which are offering octa-core or more advanced Snadragon 6XX SoC processor onboard.

How is Vivo Y55s different from its predecessor Vivo Y55L ?

Though both the devices sport similar look and design but they differ a lot in their hardware specifications and features. Y55s comes with higher 3GB RAM resulting in better multitasking and switching over between multiple apps as compared to 2GB RAM supported by Y55L. In terms of camera, Y55s scores better with its 13MP rear and 5MP front camera with LED flash and other latest features like screen flash and various modes. Y55L features faster CPU with 1.4GHz octa-core chipset ensuring smoother performance and better user interface. Also, Y55s offers huge expandable storage upto 256GB whereas in Y55L, the user can expand the internal storage space upto 128GB only.

Our viewpoint on Vivo Y55s :

Vivo Y55s is a good choice for selfie lovers who wish to capture great images in all types of light conditions- in daylight or night mode. It has ample RAM ensuring lag-free multitasking and great gaming experience. However, it will face tough competition from Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 which has much better specifications such as powerful battery and robust configuration but is lower priced.

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

Ans : Yes, the device supports dual sim functionality.

Ans : No, it does not have fingerprint sensor.

Ans : The major hardware difference between Y55s and Y55L is RAM and processor. Y55s has 3GB RAM and Y55L has 2GB RAM. Also, Y55s has faster 1.4GHz chipset than Y55L.

Ans : This handset comes with 16 GB of inbuilt storage, of which around 12 GB of space is available to the user. The supported apps can be easily moved to the SD card in case you have more storage requirement.

Ans : Yes, it does support 4G LTE. Hence will support Jio SIM as well.

Ans : Yes, Vivo Y55S comes with USB OTG feature.

Ans : No, the camera is equipped with only single LED flash.

Ans : No, unfortunately it has non-removable battery.

Ans : It can record in the highest resolution of 1080p though it is unable to record slow motion videos.