The vivo S18 is scheduled to be released on Monday, December 4, as announced by the VP of products at the company. The new series will feature vivo’s own AI called BlueLM – blue, referencing the logo’s color, and LM likely standing for “language model.”
The CEO also unveiled the phone’s design – it will have three cameras on the back with a square Aura Light, the largest for a vivo S smartphone.
vivo S18
The design itself doesn’t reveal much – it mentions an “OIS portrait”, which we have already seen in the S17 and the V29 series. This implies that the phone will have OIS for the main camera, similar to the V29 Pro that was recently reviewed.
BlueLM, vivo’s AI
Rumors have suggested a Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset for the vivo S18, while the Pro variant is expected to receive the Dimensity 9200+ SoC. More details will be revealed next week.