Last week, an unannounced Vivo Y52s mid-ranger smartphone was spotted on Chinese Telecom’s database along with some of the device’s key specs. Right now, the Vivo Y52s has also been officially listed on JD.com where the device is now available for registrations and will begin shipping from December 12th.
In terms of specs, the Vivo Y52s comes along with a 6.58-inches LCD display with FHD+ screen resolution and a smooth 90Hz screen refresh rate. Its front-facing selfie camera will be an 8 megapixels sensor housed within the usual dewdrop-notch.
Under the hood, the Vivo Y52s is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 720 chipset which allows the device to support 5G connectivity in both standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) modes. This will be paired with up to 8GB RAM and 128GB onboard storage.
For photography, the device has a dual camera system at the back consisting of a 48 megapixels primary shooter and a 2 megapixels bokeh lens. Of course, its quite unusual for a mid-ranger smartphone to feature a dual-cam setup in today’s market.
Keeping its lights on will be a massive 5,000mAh battery that comes with 18W fast-charging support. It will boot on the company’s proprietary FuntouchOS 10.5 based on Android 10. Aside from that, other notable features also include a side-mounted fingerprint scanner as well as a 3.5mm headphone jack.
In the Chinese market, the Vivo Y52s will be retailing at 1,598 Yuan (US$244) and 1,798 Yuan (US$275) respectively for its 6GB+128GB and 8GB+128GB models.
