Vivo Launches Snazzy New Foldable Phone, But Only in China for Now
Vivo has been behind some impressive phones in recent years, like the Vivo X50 Pro and Vivo V20, and now it’s launching its first foldable phone, albeit to a limited audience.
The Vivo X Fold appears to be every bit a premium folding smartphone. It boasts a four-camera array on the rear, dual selfie cameras, a faux leather back, a 6.53-inch outer display and 8.03-inch inner display—both 120Hz AMOLED panels. There's Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset alongside 12GB of RAM and a base 256GB of storage, GSMArena reports.
Vivo may have yet to prove itself in the folding phones market, something that took Samsung more than one attempt to really stick the landing (compare the original Galaxy Fold to the Galaxy Z Fold3). But Vivo looks to have noted other companies' mistakes. The camera system appears to skew toward the high end with ultra-wide, wide, 2x zoom, and 5x periscope zoom cameras all on deck. It’s also using ultra-thin glass from Schott, the same company that supplies UTG for Samsung, GSMArena explains.
The folding mechanism and screen are also crucial on these devices, but Vivo claims the internal screen can hold up to 300,000 folds, Android Authority reports.
The Vivo X Fold won’t compete with other foldables on the market quite yet; it will be sold exclusively in China, and the company previously told Android Authority that it had no plans to launch the foldable globally. For those in the region, it starts at ¥8,999 (about $1,412), which puts it well below the $1,799 Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3.
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