One thing that struck me at the sight of the Vivo Z1 Lite is the ceramic body design. Most smartphones are made of plastic or metal. Some are from polycarbonate but this cheap Android Smartphone boasts a ceramic body design.
Released in the month of November, the Vivo Z1 Lite has already been garnering favorable reviews on the internet, especially because of its notch display and high resolution pixels. Let’s quickly check just how good the smartphone is by looking at the design, display, camera, battery, performance, etc and see how it makes sense with the current pricing of Vivo Z1 Lite.
Design and Display of Vivo Z1 Lite
Body design material for the device is ceramic which makes it look sleek and expensive in appearance. Dimensions are 154.81 x 75.03 x 7.89 mm and the weight is 149 grams. It comes in black, purple and red colors. Z1 Lite is not water resistant; it has face recognition technology, but has no secondary display.
The display type is IPS LCD capacitive multi-touch screen of 16 million colors just very nice for playing video games. The screen size is 6.26 inches, pixel density is 403, and pixels resolution is 2280 x 1080, and aspect ratio is 19.9. Screen to body ratio is 90 percent. The screen display protection feature is 2.5D curved glass, notch display, and Corning Gorilla Glass.
Camera Features
There is dual lens of 16 MP plus 2 MP at the rear of the device with LED flash technology. Selfies lens is 16 MP and it arrives without front flash. Furthermore, video performance in the device is 1080p@30fps.
Other camera features include geotagging, auto focus, HDR, touch focus, face detection, A.I camera, A.R stickers, and panorama.
Hardware and Software of Vivo Z1 Lite
Android OS v8.1 Oreo operating system runs in the device. It comes in FunTouch OS 4.5 user interface. This has the firmware that will upgrade to the latest Android 9 Pie. Also, there is Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 chipset. CPU is 2.2 GHz Octa-core. Likewise, the GPU is Adreno 506.
Storage Capacity and Sensors
In the Z1 Lite, there is provision for 4GB of RAM which cannot be expanded. This is supported by 32GB of internal storage that can be expanded up to 256GB with the use of microSD card.
Sensors in the smartphone are plethora of accelerometer, proximity, gyro, compass, fingerprint, and photosensitive sensor.
Network and Connectivity
Vivo Z1 Lite has a versatile network. It operates on 2G (GSM, CDMA, TD-SCDMA), 3G (HSPA), and 4G (LTE) supported networks. There is also dual Nano SIM card slot in the device to support the smooth running of things in this aspect.
Other components in the mobile phone are Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, mobile hotspot, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, headphone jack, micro USB 2.0. Therefore, there is no infrared, NFC, and HDMI in Vivo Z1 Lite.
Battery Life
Powering the device is 3260 mAh Li-Po non-removable battery. There is no wireless charging but there is fast charging technology in the device which gets you 100 percent full charge in two hours from zero percent. The talk time and standby time was not specified.
Price and Availability
The official price of Vivo Z1 Lite is $158 USD at the time of this review. The mobile phone has been announced and released in the month of November 2018, and it is available in China, India, USA, Africa, and other parts of the world.
Vivo Z1 Lite Full Technical Specification
General
- Device Type
Smartphone
- Model
Vivo Z1 Lite
- Announced
Nov-2018 in China
- Released
Nov-2018
- Status
Available
- Price
CNY 1,098 ($158, Rs. 11,459, EUR 140)
Design
- Type
Bar
- Dimensions
154.81 mm x 75.03 mm x 7.89 mm (6.1 x 2.95 x 0.31 in)
- Weight
149 g (5.27 oz)
- Colors
Black
Purple
Red
- Waterproof No
- Fingerprint Yes
- Face Recognition
Yes
- Dedicated Keys
Volume, Power, Fingerprint
- Device Security
Fingerprint, Face, Pin, Pattern, Password, Slide
- Features
-Ceramic body
Display
- Display Type
IPS LCD, Capacitive touch screen
- Size
6.26 inch
- Secondary Display
No
- Touch Screen
Yes, Multi touch
- Pixel Density
~403 PPI
- Resolution
2280 x 1080 Pixels
- Display Colors
16 M
- Display Protection Yes
- Features
-2.5D curved glass
-Gorilla Glass
-19:9 aspect ratio
-Notch display
-~90% screen-to-body ratio
Network
- Supported Network
GSM/ CDMA/ HSPA/ LTE
- 2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
- CDMA
800 MHz
- TD-SCDMA
1880-1920/ 2010-2025 MHz
- 3G Network
HSPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz
- 4G Network
LTE 850/ 900/ 1800/ 2100 MHz
LTE TDD 1900/ 2300/ 2500/ 2600 MHz
VoLTE support
- SIM
Nano SIM
- Hybrid Sim No
- Dual SIM
Yes, Dual stand by
Hardware
- Chipset
Qualcomm Snapdragon 626
- CPU
2.2 GHz Octa-core
- GPU
Adreno 506
- RAM (Memory)
4 GB
- Internal Storage
32 GB
- Card Slot
Up to 256 GB (microSD)
- Dedicated slot
No data
- Sensors
Accelerometer
Proximity
Gyro
Compass
Fingerprint
Photosensitive sensor
Software
- Operating System
Android OS v8.1 Oreo, FunTouch OS 4.5
- Java Support No
- Youtube Yes
- Facebook Yes
Messaging
- SMS
Yes (threaded view)
- MMS Yes
Yes
- IM Yes
Camera
- Primary
16 MP + 2 MP, f/2.0 + f/2.4 aperture, AR stickers, AI camera
- Flash
LED
- Front
16MP, f/2.0, Face recognition
- Front Flash
No
- Video
1080p@30fps
- Camera Features
Geotagging
Autofocus
A.I camera
A.R stickers
HDR
Touch focus
Face detection
Panorama
Connectivity
- Bluetooth
Yes, v5.0, A2DP, LE
- Infrared No
- Wi-fi
Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Dual band
- Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
- GPS
Yes, A-GPS, GLONASS
- NFC No
- Wireless Charging
No
- Headphone Jack Yes
- HDMI No
- USB
Micro USB 2.0
Data
- GPRS Yes
- EDGE Yes
- Speed
42.2 Mbps (HSDPA), 5.76 Mbps;(HSUPA), LTE 150/ 50 Mbps
- Web Browser
HTML 5
Media
- Video Format
3GP, M4V, H.263, H.264, MOV, AVI, xVID, WMV, FLV, MP4, H.265
- Audio Format
MP3, eAAC+, WAV, Flac player
- FM Radio
Yes
- Alert Types
Vibration, MP3
- Ring Tones
Wav ring tones
- Loudspeaker
Yes
Battery
- Battery Type
Li-Poly (Lithium Polymer)
- Capacity
3260mAh
- Placement
Non-removable
MISC
- Features
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
2. Document viewer
3. Photo and video editor
4. JOVI assistant
5. Game mode
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