Dear readers,
I hope you’re all doing well. Last week, a vivo VP hinted at an upcoming announcement regarding the S18 series on December 4th. Today, we are excited to confirm that the series will officially launch on December 14th. There will be three phones – an affordable S18e, a vanilla S18 with two cameras, and a vivo S18 Pro with the most impressive specifications in the range.
vivo S18 Pro • S18 • S18e
Jia Jingdong, VP and GM of brand and product strategy at vivo, revealed that the Pro variant will have a Dimensity 9200+ chipset and a 50 MP camera with a Sony IMX920 sensor, also seen in the recently launched flagship X100 smartphone.
The CEO also confirmed that the base vivo S18 will have the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 chipset, confirming previous rumors. Additionally, the S18 Pro will also feature a 50 MP ultra-wide camera from the X100 series, while the telephoto camera has a 12 MP sensor and f/2.0 lens with 2x optical zoom, similar to the one seen in the vivo X90s.
Jia also posted some camera samples taken with a vivo S18 smartphone. Here are three examples, but remember that they may have some artifacts because they were posted on social media.
The vivo S18 Pro will have a 120 Hz display, a 5,000 mAh battery in a thin body, and an internal generative AI called BlueLM. We are looking forward to sharing more details about the series in the 10 days leading up to the launch.