Vivo is rumored to be releasing a folding or flip type cellphone like Samsung and Oppo with the name Vivo X Flip. This was leaked by an informant who called Vivo X Flip on Chinese social media, Monday (10/4).
Quoting from Cnet, this Vivo flip smartphone is clamshell style with a large cover screen in a horizontal orientation at the top of the device. The screen is said to be larger than that of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 and is different from Oppo's Find N2 Flip which has a large screen in a vertical orientation.
Smartphone companies are betting that foldable phones will be the next big thing in smartphone technology, but these bent devices are yet to make their way into the mainstream.
Flip phones are seen as paving the way for this segment, as they have made a comeback thanks to their compact design and the perception that they allow users to disconnect from their device more than a regular cell phone.
The Vivo X Flip is reported to have a 6.8-inch screen and use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 chipset.
However, this Vivo flip phone has yet to be announced and no international release is known. Vivo did not respond to comments regarding this matter.
Even so, Vivo will reportedly launch a book-style folding phone, the Vivo X Fold 2, in early April. This year, Oppo released its first flip phone to international markets as a step that deepens the company's commitment to the foldable phone category.
The Vivo X Flip vertical folding phone is rumored to launch next month. Vivo X Flip will compete with Samsung, which controls the foldable cellphone market and several manufacturers such as Huawei and Oppo.
The Vivo X Flip foldable phone appears to have 12GB of RAM, a 50MP Sony IMX866 main camera, a 6.8-inch 120Hz main display and a smaller secondary display on the top lid.
The rumored Vivo X Flip smartphone, running the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC paired with 12GB of RAM, has managed to score 1,695 points on the single-core test and 4,338 points on the multi-core test. The device looks to be running Android 13 mobile OS.
Vivo X Flip is the highly anticipated vertical foldable smartphone from Chinese mobile maker Vivo. The Vivo X Flip was spotted on the Geekbench benchmarking site coded V2256A and is coming soon.
The device has a foldable 6.8-inch 120Hz main display with FHD+ resolution. Secondary display on the top lid with HD resolution. The optics department is rumored to benefit from the presence of a 50MP Sony IMX866 main camera and a 12MP IMX663 ultra-wide camera.
These cameras can be tuned by Zeiss. On the inside, a cutout will accommodate the front camera sensor. Under the hood, the device will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC paired with 12GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage.
The device will draw juice from the onboard 4,400 mAh battery with support for 44W fast charging. Quoted from Gizmochina, Vivo X Flip received a score of 1,680 points for the single-core test and 4,267 points for the multi-core test on Geekbench.
The popular Digital Chat station (DCS) leak has leaked some of the main features of the Vivo X Flip.
