
Just a few days ago, we had reported about the impending launch of a new smartphone from Vivo called the Vivo S1 for select Asian markets including India. A week later, while we still do not have clarity regarding the India launch, the Vivo S1 did officially go on sale in another market – Indonesia. A week ago, we had scant details regarding the full specifications of this phone. Since the handset is now officially on sale in Indonesia we now have complete details of the Vivo S1 is concerned. Let us now take a quick look at the spec sheet of this new device from Vivo.
Vivo S1 Specifications, Features
The Vivo S1 is a budget handset from the company and also happens to be the first-ever smartphone to be powered by the MediaTek Helio P65 SoC. This new chipset, as obvious by its naming scheme, is an upgraded version of the Helio P60 SoC. It houses an octa-core processor and is based on a 12nm manufacturing process. The Helio P65 chip also integrates the Mali-G52 GPU for graphics. The handset is sold in a single 4GB RAM+128GB option in Indonesia and also gets a microSD card slot for additional memory. As expected of a Vivo, the device runs the company’s own FunTouch OS which is based on Android 9 Pie.