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Vivo X50 series: Vivo’s new premium smartphones now available in SA
While Vivo is known for its affordable smartphones like the Y12 and Y30, the company has released its latest premium devices on local shores — the X50 and X50 Pro.
Both smartphones are heavily marketed on their camera performance and premium design.
“The X50 series is a professional photography flagship smartphone for consumers to record and share the best moments of their lives in a simple way,” says Hawa Hyath, Marketing Director for Vivo Mobile SA.
The X50 and X50 Pro feature a quadruple-lens 48MP main camera setup. They also have software that helps the cameras perform in low-light settings, along with optical image stabilisation (OIS).
Meanwhile, the X50 Pro has gimbal technology that offers enhanced stabilisation that outpaces OIS.
Other features of both phones include AMOLED displays with a 90Hz refresh rate, 8GB of RAM, and large batteries. Each smartphone has an under-display fingerprint sensor.
Both devices also support 5G networks.
You can see a summary of each phone’s specifications below:
Vivo X50 specs:
- Display: 6.56-inch FHD+ (2376×1080p) AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
- Main camera: 48MP main lens + 13MP portrait lens +8MP wide-angle lens + 5MP super macro lens
- Selfie camera: 32MP
- RAM: 8GB
- Battery: 4200mAh
- On-board storage: 128GB
Vivo X50 Pro specs:
- Display: 6.56-inch FHD+ (2376×1080p) curved AMOLED display with 90Hz refresh rate
- Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
- Main camera: 48MP main lens + 13MP portrait lens + 8MP wide-angle/super macro lens + 8MP lens with 60x hyper zoom
- Selfie camera: 32MP
- RAM: 8GB
- Battery: 4315mAh
- On-board storage: 256GB
Vivo X50 and X50 Pro price in South Africa
The Vivo X50 is currently available in South Africa for a price of R15 499.
Meanwhile, the X50 Pro retails for R17 999.
You can find the devices listed on the Cellucity website.
The smartphones are available from 7 September.
In August, the company released its affordable Y12 and Y30 smartphones in South Africa.
Image credits: Vivo
