Budget alert: Vivo Y01

Ishaan Bakshi
2 min readApr 20, 2022

The Vivo Y01 is an entry-level smartphone from the company which comes with decent specs and would be a nice device to gift your parents and grandparents who need it for regular tasks. The new Vivo smartphone is powered by a MediaTek Helio P35 SoC, paired with 2GB of RAM. The pocket-friendly Vivo Y01 sports a 6.51-inch HD+ LCD display with a waterdrop-style notch for the selfie camera. The smartphone gets a single 8-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel selfie shooter. Vivo Y01 runs Android 11 (Go edition) with Funtouch OS 11.1 skin on top. Furthermore, Vivo Y01 packs a 5,000mAh battery that supports reverse charging.

In terms of display features, the entry-level Vivo Y01 carries a 6.51-inch HD+ (720x1,600 pixels) Halo FullView IPS LCD display along with an Eye Protection Mode that filters out harmful blue light emissions. The smartphone comes in the colour options of in Elegant Black and Sapphire Blue colours and measures 163.96x75.2x8.28mm.

Like I mentioned, the Vivo Y01 is powered by a MediaTek P35 SoC, mated to 2GB of RAM. The chipset is a suitable option for budget phones and manages day to day tasks with ease. Now the battery is for me the best feature in this smartphone. Vivo Y01 packs a 5,000mAh battery with 10W charging support. Furthermore, users can also charge other devices with the reverse charging support. The smartphone weighs 178 grams which makes it light and very easy to handle.

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Ishaan Bakshi

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