VIVO Y30: NOT ‘HUAWEI’, BUT STILL IS

Very easily being mistaken for a Huawei phone because of its familiar build and design to the mid-range phones from Huawei or Honor. This phone is no different. It almost has identical specs but where Honor encourages the use of Qualcomm processors Vivo has gone for a MediMediaTek processor. Vivo Y30 phone spec is below:

BODY	Dimensions	162 x 76.5 x 9.1 mm (6.38 x 3.01 x 0.36 in)
Weight	197 g (6.95 oz)
Build	Glass front, plastic back, plastic frame
SIM	Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY	Type	IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size	6.47 inches, 102.8 cm2 (~82.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	720 x 1560 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~266 ppi density)

PLATFORM	OS	Android 10, Funtouch 10.0
Chipset	Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 (12nm)
CPU	Octa-core (4×2.35 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A53)
GPU	PowerVR GE8320

MEMORY	Card slot	Unspecified
Internal	128GB 4GB RAM
	eMMC 5.1

MAIN CAMERA	Quad	13 MP, f/2.2, (wide), PDAF 8 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm 2 MP, f/2.4, (macro) 2 MP, f/2.4, (depth)
Features	LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video	1080p@30fps

SELFIE CAMERA	Single	8 MP, (wide)
Video	1080p@30fps

SOUND	Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth	5.0, A2DP, LE
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
Radio	FM radio
USB	2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go

FEATURES	Sensors	Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh battery
Charging	Charging 10W

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Building onto the basics is good for a device at this price point and since it does tick all the basic requirements that users like to have in their phones without having to dig deep in their pockets, this would make for a great device, but seems like there is a lot of familiar faces in the market, and this one just crowded it further.