Review of Vivo U20 smartphone with key features

In addition to flagships, Vivo strives to create affordable smartphones that have pretty good features and attractive appearance. I would like to note that they do it very well.

So the next affordable novelty of the company was Vivo U20. Official presentation in India - November 22.

Vivo U20 review

The market for inexpensive smartphones provides just a huge range of devices, which, of course, is good, since the buyer will be able to find the best option for himself based on his preferences. But often an overabundance of new products creates a problem in choosing the best option, and tables with characteristics provide incomplete information.The editors of the site "top.htgetrid.com/en/" invite you to get detailed information about the new product, from which you will learn about the following parameters:

• about battery capacity and battery life;
• the amount and standard of memory, the possibility of its expansion, as well as the cost of a smartphone;
• appearance and location of connectors, buttons and cameras;
• display and its characteristics;
• photo opportunities;
• productivity;
• operating system and shell;
• embedded sensors, communications and network support;
• configuration.

Battery capacity and battery life

Battery life is one of the main advantages of Vivo U20. The capacity of the non-removable lithium-polymer battery reaches 5,000 milliamp-hours. With moderate use, the smartphone will last more than 3 days without a charge. Active use shows the following results:

• with continuous viewing of videos on the YouTube channel, the battery capacity will last for 11 hours;
• using the social network Facebook will discharge the device in 17 hours;
• autonomy for working with Instagram is enough for 21 hours.

In addition to the high capacity, Vivo U20 will please with support for fast charging, the power of which is 18W.

Memory and price

The smartphone has a hybrid slot that supports dual mode dual sim or one SIM card and a microSD memory card. The maximum possible increase in memory is 256 gigabytes.

Vivo U20 is available to customers in one option: 6 gigabytes of RAM and 64 gigabytes of flash storage. The interaction of the built-in memory with the system is carried out using a universal flash drive of the UFS2.1 standard.

The UFS2.1 standard shows the following download speed results:

• sequential write - 137.73 Mb / s, random write - 55.45 Mb / s;
• sequential read - 569.12 Mb / s, random read - 94 Mb / s.

The price of Vivo U20 is about 130 euros.

Design and ergonomics

Vivo always delights consumers with the beautiful appearance of smartphones. The body of the Vivo U20 is made of glass-like plastic. A gradient of black, blue or green is available to customers, which shimmer very beautifully on the perfectly smooth surface of the lid.

At the top of the lid are a fingerprint scanner and a rear camera. The rear camera is installed on the left side and consists of 3 sensors and an LED flash combined into one vertical module. The fingerprint scanner also occupies the upper part of the rear panel, installed in the middle.

The front panel has a moderate chin and thin bezels. The front camera looks neat, which the manufacturers have placed in a teardrop-shaped cutout in the middle of a thin “bangs”. 84% (or 104.7 cm2) of the working surface is occupied by a 6.53-inch screen.

Let's move on to the bottom edge of the case. There is a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microphone, a noise-canceling microphone, a microUSB 2.0 connector, and a speaker grille. The top edge is empty.

The hybrid slot is located on the left side. On the right side are:

• rocker, responsible for adjusting the volume of the sound;
• button to turn on / off the device, as well as lock / unlock it.

The aspect ratio of Vivo U20 19.5 to 9 creates a comfortable environment for watching videos, surfing the Internet and for active games.

Display

The capacitive, touchscreen display is made using IPS LCD technology and is expressed with a resolution of 1,080 by 2,340 pixels, a pixel density of 395 ppi and 16 million color dots.

The screen has a large margin of brightness, good viewing angles and realistic transmission. Also, the screen performs well when used in the sun.

cameras

selfie camera expressed by a 16-megapixel sensor, with a light bandwidth of f/2.0. Supports HDR technology and face unlock. You can record video at a resolution of 1080 pixels at 30 frames per second.

Main camera expressed by three sensors:

1. Widescreen with a resolution of 16 megapixels, f / 1.8 aperture.
2. Ultra widescreen with 8 megapixel resolution, f/2.2 aperture and 13mm focal length.
3. 2 megapixel sensor for depth of field and macro photography. Its aperture is f/2.4.

The characteristics of the main camera are as follows:

• maximum image resolution - 4616 by 3464;
• support for recording video in Full HD and HD;
• video recording with a resolution of 1080 pixels at a frequency of 30 frames per second, as well as with a resolution of 720 pixels at a frequency of 60 frames per second;
• panoramic and continuous shooting;
• digital stabilization and digital zoom;
• autofocus and geotagging;
• HDR and touch focus;
• white balance and ISO adjustment;
• autostart and exposure compensation;
• scene selection mode and phase detection;
• LED flash and night mode.

High quality photos from Vivo U20 should not be expected, because inexpensive smartphones are not designed for this. But still the device shows quite good results.

Sample photos taken by Vivo U20

• The first photo consists of two shots, where the first is taken using the main sensor, the second using the ultra-wide sensor;
• How the phone takes pictures at night, the second photo shows.The photo on the left was taken in standard mode, on the right - using night mode;
• The third frame is the standard mode on the left, the use of HDR technology on the right;
• The fourth and fifth photos show how the U20 handles macro mode.

Performance

Vivo U20 will show itself well not only in everyday tasks, but also in working with many modern applications with fairly high requirements. This is facilitated by the powerful Qualcomm SDM675 Snapdragon 675 processor, which positions itself as a powerful gaming chipset for mid-range smartphones.

The CPU is powered by 8 Kryo 460 cores, clocked at 1.7GHz for 6 cores and 2GHz for 2 cores. The central processing unit is manufactured using an 11-nanometer process technology.
The graphics image is converted by the Adreno 612 graphics card, which supports Vulkan, the OpenGL ES 3.2 API and Open CL.

Interface

Vivo U20 is running Android 9.0 Pie and Funtouch 9.0 shell.

The Funtouch 9.0 shell provides the user with a beautiful design, convenient operation and intuitive interface customization. The software will minimize noise and adjust the brightness while using night mode, as well as provide the ability to manually adjust in time-lapse photography. In counting the number of calories eaten and the steps taken will become easy, this will be done by a personal assistant. The game assistant is engaged in optimization of the gameplay. A useful feature will be the ability to simultaneously launch multiple applications, as well as a countdown that will inform you about the start of the game battle.

Network, communications and embedded sensors

Vivo U20 supports 2, 3 and 4G bands, as well as wireless network standards: GSM, HSPA and LTE, with HSPA 42.2 / 5.76 Mbps, LTE-A.

The following communications are supported:

• GPS navigation, which includes OBD, GLONASS and A-GPS;
• Bluetooth 5 version with A2DP, LE, aptX codecs;
• FM radio;
• USB microUSB 2.0 and USB On-The-Go connectors;
• dual-band Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot and Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac.

The device has a built-in proximity sensor, compass, accelerometer and fingerprint scanner.

Equipment

Vivo U20 comes in a compact white box. In it the user will find:

• smartphone and transparent silicone case;
• operating information;
• warranty card;
• key to open the slot;
• Charger.

Specifications Vivo U20

Advantages and disadvantages of new items

After a detailed review of the new smartphone, we can draw conclusions about its advantages and disadvantages:

• high battery life;
• fast charging support;
• hybrid slot and memory card support;
• UFS2.1 standard;
• affordable cost;
• convenient location of connectors and buttons;
• Beautiful design;
• high-quality display;
• good enough quality of the front and main cameras;
• powerful processor and video card;
• multifunctional interface.

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Conclusion

When exploring the huge market for low-cost smartphones, be sure to check out the Vivo U20. For an affordable price you will receive:

• interesting and beautiful design;
• battery with a capacity of 5,000 mAh;
• good memory capacity and UFS2.1 standard;
• high-quality IPS LCD;
• Fairly good photo quality
• many interface features.