Vivo X21 Is India's First Smartphone With an In-Display Fingerprint Sensor: Price, Specifications

Vivo X21 launched In-Display Fingerprint Sensor: Price, Specifications

Vivo X21 has been launched in India at an event in New Delhi on Tuesday. The smartphone's biggest highlight is of course its under-display fingerprint sensor (aka in-display fingerprint scanner), making it amongst the first production smartphones to offer the feature. Other highlights of the Vivo X21 include its Android 8.1 Oreo-based operating system, and its 6.28-inch full-HD+ Super AMOLED display that is accompanied by a display notch containing the front facing sensors like the selfie camera and proximity sensor

Vivo X21 specifications

The dual-SIM (Nano) Vivo X21 runs FunTouch OS 4.0 based on Android 8.1 Oreo, and sports a 6.28-inch full-HD+ (1080x2280 pixels) Super AMOLED display with a 19:9 aspect ratio and a 402ppi pixel density. It is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC clocked up to 2.2GHz and coupled with 6GB of RAM.

The Vivo X21 sports a dual rear camera setup, with the 12-megapixel primary camera featuring an f/1.8 aperture and a 2PD (Dual Pixel technology) Samsung S5K2L8 sensor. The secondary camera is a 5-megapixel offering. The company is touting Slow Motion video recording, AI HDR, Portrait and Bokeh, Live Photo, AR Stickers, and Shot Refocus features for the rear camera. Vivo has used the same front camera as the primary rear camera, with an f/2.0 aperture. The front camera offers Live Photo, AI Face Beauty, AI HDR, Portrait and Bokeh modes (single camera), and AR Stickers. Storage on board is 128GB, which is expandable via microSD card (up to 256GB) in a hybrid dual-SIM configuration.

Vivo X21 price in India, launch offers

The Vivo X21 price in India has been set at Rs. 35,990, and it will go on sale from Tuesday itself. At this price, the smartphone competes with the Honor 10 and OnePlus 6. As we mentioned previously, the smartphone is exclusive to Flipkart, and the e-commerce site had already detailed the Vivo X21 launch offers ahead of its launch in the country. It will be available in Black and Gold colour options in India, with the Gold variant due to arrive later.

NETWORK	Technology	GSM / CDMA / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH	Announced	2018, March
	Status	Available. Released 2018, March

BODY	Dimensions	154.5 x 74.8 x 7.4 mm (6.08 x 2.94 x 0.29 in)
	Weight	156.2 g (5.50 oz)
	Build	Front glass, aluminum body
	SIM	Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY	Type	Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	6.28 inches, 98.4 cm2 (~85.2% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	1080 x 2280 pixels, 19:9 ratio (~402 ppi density)
	Multitouch	Yes
		- Funtouch OS 4.0

PLATFORM	OS	Android 8.1 (Oreo)
	Chipset	Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660
	CPU	Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260)
	GPU	Adreno 512

MEMORY	Card slot	microSD, up to 256 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
	Internal	64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM

CAMERA	Primary	Dual: 12 MP (f/1.8, 1/2.5", 1.4µm, Dual Pixel PDAF) + 5 MP (f/2.4), phase detection autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
	Video	1080p@30fps
	Secondary	12 MP, f/2.0, 1080p

SOUND	Alert types	Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes
		- 32-bit/192kHz audio - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

COMMS	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
	Bluetooth	5.0, A2DP, LE
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
	Radio	FM radio
	USB	microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go

FEATURES	Sensors	Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass
	Messaging	SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
	Browser	HTML5
		- Fast battery charging - MP4/H.264 player - MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player - Document viewer - Photo/video editor

BATTERY		Non-removable Li-Ion 3200 mAh battery

MISC	Colors	Black, Aurora White, Ruby Red
	Price	About 450 EUR