Vivo Y53i launched with 16GB Storage – Review, Specs and Price

Vivo Y53i has been launched in India as a great value for money smartphone. The budget friendly smartphone is perfect for light users and those on a tight budget. The company has been releasing high-end devices of late.

Well, it’s also important to release a smartphone for the competitive budget market. The Y53i boasts of 2GB RAM, 16GB storage space and an 8MP rear shooter. Want to know more? Stay with me.

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Design

Vivo Y53i

Sports a Metal overall unibody which is definitely more attractive than most budget smartphones. But it sure didn’t fall far enough from how Vivo makes their devices. They totally forgot to bring the fingerprint scanner on board.

Vivo Y53i

It has dual antenna lines, while the rear camera and LED flash are at the top left corner in a horizontal position. Measuring 7.64mm in thickness and weighing 137g overall, it should be very light and easy to use with a single hand. You can only get it in Gold color.

Display

Vivo Y53i

Obviously not for bezel-less lovers, this budget smartphone from Vivo ships with lots of bezels. Sporting three navigation buttons at the bottom bezel, while the top houses the speaker grille, selfie camera and sensors.

The 5-inch QHD IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen has a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels and 220 pixel per inch density. Even though the details wouldn’t be that sharp, your games and movies will come out great. The screen stretches up to 67% screen-to-body ratio as well.

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Hardware and Software

Under the hood is the Snapdragon 425 chip from Qualcomm with Quad-core processor and 64-bit CPU architecture. The 4-Cores of processor here runs at the usual speed of 1.4GHz with 28nm process technology. Handling graphics is the Adreno 308 from Qualcomm clocking at 500MHz.

The 2GB RAM space here reaches a memory speed of 667MHz for a smooth ride through apps. There’s also a standard 16GB storage space available to store all files and apps. It’s expandable up to 256GB with a memory card and runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with Funtouch 3.0 skin on top.

Camera

The 8MP rear shooter has f/2.0 aperture and captures quality photographs than most 8MP cameras. The camera comes with a LED flash and other features, records video of 1080 pixel at 30fps. The 5MP selfie shooter has f/2.2 aperture and uses screen flash to illuminate your face during the dark.

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Battery

Powering the Vivo Y53i is a 2500mAh non-removable Li-Po battery with no fast charging technology. Even without the fast charging feature, it shouldn’t take up to 2.5 hours to fully charge up the battery from 0% to 100%.

 

Vivo Y53i Full Technical Specifications

General

Device Type Smartphone
Model Vivo Y53i
Announced April, 2018
Released April, 2018
Status Available on Shopping stores

Network

2G Network Yes
3G Network Yes
4G Network Yes
SIM Type

Nano + Nano

SIM Count Dual SIM

Design

Type Metal
Dimensions 144.2 x 71.4 x 7.64 mm
Weight 137g
Protection Yes
Colours Gold

Display

Display Type QHD IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Size 5-inch
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels
Colors 16M colors
Pixel Density 220ppi
Screen-To-Body Ratio 67%
Touch Screen Yes
Protection Yes
Features Multi-touch, Scratch Resistant
Secondary Display No

Camera

8MP
Yes
Yes
Autofocus 
Continuous shooting 
Digital zoom 
Exposure compensation 
Face detection 
Geotagging 
HDR 
ISO settings 
Panorama 
Scene mode 
Self-timer 
Touch focus 
White balance settings
Yes, LED
5MP

Software

Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow
Funtouch 3.0
Yes
Skype Yes
Whatsapp Yes
Facebook Yes
Youtube Yes

Hardware

Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 MSM8917
CPU Quad-core 1.4GHz
GPU Qualcomm Adreno 308
2GB
Internal Storage 16GB
Yes, up to 256GB


Accelerometer
Proximity
Ambient Light

Controls Touchscreen, Lock Button, and Volume Key

Connectivity

Yes
Infrared No
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
USB Type Yes, microUSB
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC
HDMI
Facial Identification No
No

Battery

Battery Type Li-Po Battery
Capacity 2500mAh
Placement Non-removable
Fast Charging Yes
Standby
Talk Time
Music Play

Media

Yes, MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, MIDI, WAV, AC3, FLAC
Yes, 3GP, Mp4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264 player
Vibration, Ringtones
MP3, WAV
Yes

Yes

Other Features

– MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FlAC player
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
– DivX/Xvid/MP4/H.265 player
– Photo/video editor
– Document viewer

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