Vivo has announced its second-gen book-style foldable smartphone, the Vivo X Fold 2. This is technically the company’s third book-style foldable, but the Vivo X Fold+ was a mid-gen device, kind of.
In any case, the Vivo X Fold 2 does bring a number of improvements over its predecessor, and one of the main ones is its weight. This thing is a lot lighter than the Vivo X Fold 2. That device weighed 311 grams, while this one weighs 278 grams. That’s still hefty, but do keep in mind that this is a large foldable phone.
The Vivo X Fold 2 foldable is now official, and it does resemble the company’s “regular” flagships
The Vivo X Fold 2 launched in China, and at this point, we’re not sure if it will be coming to more markets. The device definitely looks like a cousin to the flagship Vivo X90 series that the company announced not long ago.
This is also a flagship-grade phone, but a foldable one. More on that soon, let’s quickly go over its design. As you can see in the provided images, the device has vegan leather on the back. It has a circular camera island on the back, with ZEISS optics on board. It does fold flat, and its frame is made out of metal.
The Vivo X Fold 2 is fueled by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SOC, while it also includes 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB or 512GB of UFS 4.0 flash storage. So, Vivo didn’t really cut corners here.
It has two 120Hz displays, each of which has an in-display fingerprint scanner
The main display measures 8.03 inches, and it’s a QHD+ (2160 x 1916) Samsung E6 AMOLED panel. This is an LTPO display, and it offers a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. HDR10+ is supported, as is Dolby Vision, while the display can go up to 1,800 nits of brightness at its peak.
The second panel is a 6.53-inch fullHD+ (2520 x 1080) unit. This is also Samsung’s E6 AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. This panel goes up to 1,600 nits of brightness at its peak.
120W wired charging is included, as is 50W wireless charging
A 4,800mAh battery is on board. The device supports 120W wired charging, in addition to 50W wireless charging. Reverse wireless charging is also a part of the package, by the way.
Android 13 comes pre-installed on the device, along with OriginOS 3 in China. If it launches globally, you’ll get Vivo’s Funtouch OS on top of it. There are two in-display fingerprint scanners included here, one for each of the phone’s displays. These are ultrasonic fingerprint scanners, by the way.
The phone has two SIM card slots (2x nano SIM), and it does support 5G connectivity (SA/NSA). Bluetooth 5.3 is included in the package too, of course.
You will find three compelling cameras on the back, with ZEISS optics
A 50-megapixel main camera (Sony’s IMX866 sensor, f/1.75 aperture, OIS, ZEISS T* coating, V2 chip) is backed by a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera (Sony’s IMX633 sensor, 108-degree FoV, f/2.0 aperture) on the back. The third camera on the back is a 12-megapixel portrait telephoto unit (f/1.98 aperture). A single 16-megapixel selfie camera (f/2.45 aperture) is also included, on each of the two displays.
The Vivo X Fold 2 measures 161.29 x 143.43 x 5.95mm when unfolded, and 161.29 x 73.42 x 12.9mm when folded. Do note that this goes for the Black model, the Red and Blue models are a bit thicker at 13.2mm, for some reason. Those are the three color options this phone comes in, by the way. They’re officially called Shadow Black, China Red, and Azure Blue colors.
The two Vivo X Fold 2 models are priced at CNY8,999 ($1,380) and CNY9,999 ($1,455) in China. Both models include 12GB of RAM, but their storage units are different (256GB and 512GB).
2023-04-21 15:05:45