A few
months ago Vivo Philippines launched their ultimate selfie centric camera
phone, the Vivo V7+ which featured a 24 megapixel front facing camera that is
so good in taking clear selfies and groufies.
This November
18, Vivo is bringing the clearer selfie experience closer to you with the more
affordable Vivo V7, the V7 features a 5.7 inch IPS LCD Display with a 18:9
aspect ratio screen and with a 282 ppi pixel density.
The 5.7
inch screen gives out nice viewing experience, though it’s not the best I’ve
seen in the market it is decent enough for watching videos, playing games,
browsing, texting, etc.
Another thing
that I liked about the V7 is its ergonomic design, just imagine a 5.7 inch
screen packed in a 5.9 body, all corners of the screens are within the reach of
your thump and fits right into your palm, less hassle for those who got small
hands.
The V7 uses
a Snapdragon 450 same as the one on the V7+, though the 450 isn’t the flagship
chipset in the market today it fits right exactly to the V7 as it prolonged the
life span of the 3000mAh battery that powers the smartphone, on my average use
the V7 lasts for 8 to 10 hours using basic functions of the phone, taking
photos, and heavy browsing online.
The
performance of the V7 is superb, almost lag free, apps open up fast even with
lots of apps running in the background, and gaming experiences is just right
for me (I played Mobile Legends in this phone and I was satisfied with its
performance though sometimes the ). The 4GB RAM also played a good part in
making the V7 run smoothly.
Going to
the main point of this review, the Camera. The front and rear camera got a
contrasting performance for me, yes the 24 megapixel camera takes really superb
photos with or without a good lighting hands down it is one of the best selfie
camera I used although I really don’t like the beautify feature as it almost if
not erased the face of the people I’m taking a selfie with, I still prefer the
normal mode.
Okay on the
rear camera, the 16 megapixel camera didn’t deliver that well, it struggled so much
in taking good photos in lowlight condition, but with good and enough lighting
it was able to capture at least decent photos.
In taking
videos the V7 can capture 1080p videos, though it still struggles in dim light
set up and sometimes the level of noise that it captures worsen if you zoom in
the subject, but I am happy with the quality of the sound that it records plus
the speaker of the phone is also a good one despite being positioned at the
bottom part of the device.
The V7 runs
on Android 7.1.2 with Funtouch OS 3.2, I am not a fan of Android OEM’s own OS
and Funtouch wasn’t exempted to it as bloatwares floods the phone thankfully
some of the apps pre-installed in the phone can be removed and uninstalled to
free up space.
When it comes to the V7’s security features,
first the rear mounted fingerprint scanner is just so fast and very responsive,
second is the facial recognition which is nice to sometimes it is having
problem detecting my face especially when I am lying down.
To wrap things up the Vivo V7 is a good phone,
if you are looking for a phone that is ergonomic, affordable, and loves to take
selfie/groufie this one is for you. The whole experience using the phone was
above average I actually liked it, the battery last longer than I expected, the
selfie was really superb! And at Php 14999 I guess it is not bad for a midrange
device with a spec that can be on the higher end.
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