vivo PH officially launches its V25 series, priced

vivo asserts its position as a mobile photography master with the launch of the vivo V25 series that showcases outstanding night photography specs, stunning color-changing capability, and other noteworthy aspects that are essential to Gen Zs and Millenials.

Get to know the newest V series — the vivo V25 Pro, vivo V25, and vivo V25e, and be amazed by the devices’ premium specs. The vivo V25 and vivo V25e will be available via vivo’s official online stores nationwide starting September 24, 2022, while the vivo V25 Pro can be purchased online starting October 1, 2022.

Eye-catching and changing colors meet the eye

Photochromic 2.0 is an amazing color-changing innovation that is uniquely vivo and the vivo V25 series are the only smartphones in the industry to make use of this technology. Because of light molecular material (widely used in high-tech products like microscope optical storage devices and biological targeting agents), the colors of these mobile phones change after being exposed to sunlight or UV light.

Elevate your style and choose among the many color-changing options the V series has to offer. The vivo V25 Pro comes in Surfing Blue (Photochromatic 2.0 enabled) and Starlight Black, while the vivo V25 and V25e are available in Sunrise Gold (Photochromatic 2.0 enabled) and Diamond Black.

Enhanced night photography made possible

Flexing photos and videos on social media is the new norm for most people these days. This is why many have become more meticulous and aware of their smartphones’ capability to capture images in various scenarios and lighting situations. Taking this to heart, the #NightPortraitMaster vivo V25 series was born with upgraded camera hardware and capacities designed for nighttime shooting.

With the vivo V25 series, you can bid noisy and underexposed photos farewell and say hello to gloriously captured and vivid pictures. As a night vision device, the vivo V25 Pro offers a 64MP OIS Ultra-Sensing rear camera with extreme night vision, an 8MP Super Wide-Angle camera, and a 2MP Super Macro camera.

The high-definition main camera features a cutting-edge high-precision OIS module to offer you clearer and steadier videos against jitter and boost image brightness and quality in low light.

Get that woke up like this freshness because the vivo V25 Pro also provides a superior photography experience with its 32MP Eye AF Selfie camera + Eye Autofocus. It also has an AI HD Algorithm that improves face clarity and image quality, and 4K Video + Natural Portrait which enables face beauty filters like skin polish and skin tone adjustment.

Other photography features include Multi-Style Portrait, Motion Blur, Vlog Movie, Beauty Mode, and Portrait Mode so you can capture photos and videos proudly like a pro.

Living up to its name as the #NightPortraitMaster, the vivo V25 Pro boasts exceptional night photography capabilities. It has a Super Night Portrait feature which allows users to take clear portraits even in low light, with a bokeh that blends seamlessly with the background.

To perfectly capture motion even in low light scenarios, the vivo 25 Pro has a Super Night Video feature which guarantees crisp, bright and clear videos even when it’s dark.

The vivo V25 and the vivo V25e both banner the same 64MP OIS Ultra-Sensing rear camera that offers O+E Stabilization System. These help ensure stability and smoothness between single-frame and multi-frame shots to eliminate the user’s worries about shaky or blurry photos and videos.

On top of these incredible camera specs, the vivo V25 also provides a 50MP front camera that tracks how you move, keeps you in sharp focus, and freezes all the vibrant details, thanks to its high-resolution sensor and Auto Focus.

Bank on optimum battery life

With the vivo V25 Pro’s huge 4,830 mAh battery, you can binge-watch your favorite Netflix series for up to 17 hours, sing and dance your heart out with its 14 hours of music playback or brag about your victory with friends for an uninterrupted 8 hours of intense gameplay.

And with its impressive 66W Fast Charge capability, you can easily go from 0 to 40 percent in 15 minutes and up to 71 percent in 30 minutes.

The vivo V25 and the vivo V25e, on the other hand, come with a 4,500 mAh battery and 44W Fast Charge feature which powers up from 0 to around 60 percent in just 30 minutes.

Primed for powerful performance

When you are switching between multiple apps or graphics-intensive games, your phone needs sufficient RAM to boost the experience. The vivo V25 Pro carries the extended RAM 3.0 feature which boasts a 12GB + 256GB+1TB memory expansion storage and is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 1300. This innovation will ensure smoother, faster and more stable performance despite having multiple apps running in the background.

The other variants in the series,  the vivo V25 and the vivo V25e, both have 8GB RAM + 256GB ROM capacity. As for their processors, the vivo V25 uses MediaTek Dimensity 900 while the vivo v25e carries MediaTek Helio G99. Both the vivo V25 and vivo V25e also have a 6nm energy-save chip that can deliver excellent battery performance even after heavy use.

Worry no more about lagging behind because these improved specs greatly contribute to the speed, user experience, battery efficiency, and overall smooth performance of the new vivo V25 series.

Availability

Captivating everyone’s eyes for beauty, performance and features that deliver incredibly breathtaking night photos and videos, the vivo V25 series truly captures the beautiful world we live in.

Thanks to the innovations and improvements employed in these smartphones, you can now get to have an enhanced night photography experience and groundbreaking color-changing capability, among other wonderful aspects that continue to push the boundaries of creativity, practicality, and technology.

The vivo V25 Pro is priced at PHP 29,999 while the vivo V25 and the vivo V25e sell at PHP 23,999 and PHP 17,999, respectively. For Filipino fans who want to avail of the vivo V25 Series, order is now ongoing for vivo V25e (via vivo website, Shopee, Lazada), vivo V25  (via vivo website, Shopee, Lazada) and vivo V25 Pro (via vivo website, Shopee, Lazada).

Users can also purchase the vivo V25 series via all vivo stores and kiosks nationwide. SIM card and TWS  voguards are also up for grabs for the first buyers of vivo V25, while vivo V25 early buyers will get a sim card, clock speaker and BT Neck Band. Meanwhile, those who will purchase the vivo V25 Pro will have a free sim card, Havit 113A and a clock speaker until supplies last.

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Infinix HOT 20S review: Built for continuous gaming

04/26/2023

During the past couple of years, mobile gaming has taken for itself a large chunk in the gaming space as it became the preferred platform for a lot of users. There are different brands catering to this need and one of them is Infinix with its HOT 20S midrange phone that promises capable performance and a lengthy battery life.

Does it live up to these promises? We find out.

Design

While most gaming phones are on the bulky and hefty side, Infinix was able to make the HOT 20S lean a bit more towards the sleek side which is not really surprising as we’ve seen on the Infinix Zero X Pro and Infinix HOT 10S that we previously reviewed.

Related: Infinix Zero X Pro review: Premium specs for less!

The back panel has a glossy finish (hello smudges) but has this textured patterns underneath the outer layer. It does provide a nice look when light reflects off it and gives it that semi-premium look.

Its edges are cornered which could be easily felt when holding the device. The right side of the solidly built chassis houses the power/lock button in addition to the volume rocker and are both easy to reach in portrait usage.

This power/lock button also doubles as a fingerprint scanner which has been reliable to use and easily gives us access to the device with no fuss.

On the left side, it only features the SIM slot sitting alone at the upper edge of the device. Down below we have a USB-C port for charging and transferring files as well as a 3.5mm audio jack for wired connectivity of accessories and a speaker grille on the right-most part.

The phone is available in four color options: black, purple, white, and blue. Overall, the device isn’t too heavy but not too light either. It has a decent heft to it that makes it sit on the hands comfortably without the fear of accidentally slipping off from your grasp.

Having cornered edges also helped in securing the phone in your palms but if you’re a fan of smooth, curved edges, this might take some getting used to.

Display and multimedia

The Infinix Hot 20S comes with a large 6.78-inch IPS-TFT LCD display with a Full HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2460 pixels. It features a 120Hz refresh rate which means scrolling and animations appear smoother.

It’s proven to be great for gaming as having a comfortable screen real estate does affect how one enjoys gameplay.

When talking about being immersive, the screen-to-body ratio of the phone is 90.5% — giving it a modern look and while bezels are somewhat noticeable, the entire display can still pull you into the game effectively. Colors are vibrant enough without going overboard and the allowable brightness is just right even while viewing content outdoors.

It only comes with a single down-firing speaker, though, which could leave you wanting more in the sound department when streaming videos or playing games. Thankfully, you can easily connect a pair of headphones via its audio jack.

Cameras

The Infinix Hot 20S has a triple-camera setup on the rear, consisting of a 50-megapixel main camera, a 2-megapixel macro camera, and a 2-megapixel depth camera.

Its main camera can take high-quality photos with good detail and accurate colors. There’s no ultra-wide camera here, only a macro sensor that could be useful for taking close-up shots of small objects, but has limited use, of course.

The depth camera helps to capture bokeh or portrait shots with a blurred background effect. But as with most depth sensors in this range, successfully cutting out subjects from the background could be hit-and-miss.

On the flip side, it comes with an 8-megapixel front camera that can take satisfactory selfies with beautification filters and can also be used decently for video calls.

Performance

The HOT 20S is powered by a 12nm MediaTek Helio G96 4G chipset and Mali-G57 MC2 GPU. If you’re not familiar, Helio G96 is a powerful and efficient processor that can handle most tasks with ease.

It’s also accompanied by 8GB RAM that can get up to 5GB additional memory and 128GB of storage — a generous amount of memory and storage for a midrange phone.

Running today’s popular games like Mobile Legends, Call of Duty, and Genshin Impact, the phone handled them all without disturbing lags as long as you settle for decent gaming settings, especially for Genshin Impact.

For Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, the phone’s high refresh rate comes into play and easily makes the gaming experience more enjoyable than running on standard 30fps.

Running Call of Duty: Mobile was also immersive on the HOT 20S, with decently precise input for effectively getting those headshots!

Being a gaming-focused smartphone, it has access to settings to improve gameplay and avoid distractions at the height of each match. From its Dar-link Ultimate Game Booster platform, you can tweak your settings depending on the demands of the game titles you’re playing.

The phone runs on XOS 12, which is based on Android 12. XOS 12 comes with a range of features and customization options, but it can be a bit heavy and may affect the phone’s performance in the long run. Of course, you can opt to keep customizations and widgets to a minimum so they don’t affect the device’s performance that much.

Battery

The Infinix Hot 20S has a large 5,000mAh battery that can easily last for a full day of usage. Even with long periods of gaming, its battery was still able to last, and rarely did we need to charge before the day ended.

The phone supports 18-watt USB-C charging, which is convenient considering the capacity of this smartphone. Although at 18W, topping up the device still lasted more than two hours of being plugged in.

If you’re looking for additional features like wireless charging, that’s not present here. But with its price, it’s not really something I would personally expect.

Price in the Philippines and final thoughts

Overall, the Infinix Hot 20S is a decent midrange smartphone with some impressive features. It has a large and immersive display, a powerful processor, and a generous amount of memory at up to 13GB and storage at 128GB.

The camera setup is good, but the macro camera is not very useful. Although in the battery department, we are simply satisfied when it comes to performance and its fast charging feature is a welcome addition considering its 5000mAh capacity.

If you are looking for a midrange phone with a large display, internals that do capable work, and a lasting battery setup, the Infinix Hot 20S is definitely worth considering its PhP 8,499 price tag.

 

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