Vivo Y19s

Are you looking for a budget smartphone that isn’t very heavy on your pockets? Then you might want to take a look at the Vivo Y19s!

Vivo Y19s Overview

Design and Display

Although the name might have you believe it’s related to the Y19, it’s much closer to call it a follow-up to the Y17s. So on the design front, the phone has a sleek look with rounded edges and appears to have a matte or slightly shimmery finish. Furthermore, the phone has a dual rear camera prominently featured, with the cameras arranged vertically in an oval-shaped camera module.

On the front, this smartphone has a 6.68” LCD panel with a 90Hz refresh rate and goes up to 1000 nits of peak brightness. Additionally, it boasts a drop-resistant design and is rated for IP64, making it dust-tight and offering basic water resistance.

Performance

On the inside, Vivo Y19s features a Unisoc T612 chipset, built on a 12nm process and featuring two Cortex-A75 cores and six A55, all running at 1.8GHz, alongside a Mali-G57 GPU.

Furthermore, this chip is paired with up to 6GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128 GB of eMMC 5.1 storage. While all that’s not exciting, the bright side is that the card tray can accommodate two nano-SIMs and a microSD.

The Vivo Y19s features a standout 5,150mAh battery, which is impressive for a phone of this size. However, the battery charges at a modest 15W. Notably, it is rated to retain at least 80% of its original capacity after 1,460 cycles, meaning that if you charge it once a day, it should last long even after four years of use.

Camera and the rest

The rear camera has a 50MP sensor, and the selfie camera is inside a punchhole with a resolution of just 5MP. In addition, there is an RGB LED ring on the camera island that can be used for notifications or to add a bit of flair to music.

Moreover, the Vivo Y19s launches with FuntouchOS 14, based on Android 14. It comes with stereo speakers, and the company claims that in noisy environments, you can boost the volume up to 300%, which is most likely just a gimmick. Additionally, this smartphone includes a 3.5mm headphone jack at the bottom.