Vivo Y55s Review

Vivo Y55s Review – Vivo Y55s is another brand-new mid-range phone in the “Y” series announced on 4th December 2021 and the phone has been released on 22 December 2021. Today, we will take a closer look at the features of this smartphone and hope that will help you decide whether this would best fit for you.

This is a mid-range 5G supported smartphone, comes with a professional look, tall display, big battery, and decent processor. So, without any delay let’s start with the review of the Vivo Y55s smartphone.

Vivo Y55s 5G Review

Highlights

1. Vivo Y55s has an IPS LCD display panel along with 6.58 inches Full HD screen of 1080 pixels resolution.
2. Faster performance with 6GB/8GB RAM along with an Octa-core processor.
3. The dual-camera setup of 50 MP camera lens plus having an 8MP selfie camera. Both are capable of recording videos of 1080p resolution.
4. The latest Android 11 operating system is integrated with the OriginOS custom UI in addition to MediaTek Dimensity 700 5G chipset.
5. There is a huge Li-Po 6000 mAh battery support plus an 18W fast charger for a seamless power supply.

Design and Display

Vivo Y55s is a moderately light smartphone (199.8 grams) and its thickness is about 9.2 mm. However, you will get a good feel when holding this lightweight smartphone onto your palms and you can use it for a longer duration on voice calls or video calls without any pain. The design of this smartphone is simple, yet the aesthetic look is quite attractive and can be kept in the line of trendy fashion.

The Vivo Y55s comes in three different colors: Black, Blue, and Pink – all the colors are suitable for the design of this phone and reflect a professional look, especially the black one. Talking about the built material of this phone, the frames and back are made of plastic and the front side is made of glass.

The display is quite tall, it is 6.58 inches and offers up to 84.5% screen-to-body ratio. The PPI density is 401 and has a full HD resolution of 1080 pixels. Thus, the display of the Y55s is Full HD, and due to the high PPI density visibility of the screen is good. The large display is quite preferable for multimedia and gaming experience. However, the refresh rate is average, but you can play average to mid-range games quite well on this phone.

Memory and Internal

The Vivo Y55s smartphone has the latest Android 11 operating system, as well as has the OriginOS custom UI. So, there will be many helpful features and easy navigation will make the user experience very good.

This smartphone has a 7nm MediaTek MT6833 Dimensity 700 chipset in addition to the connection of 5G speed. The chipset is an Octa-Core processor – two fast ARM Cortex-A76 cores that run at a max speed of 2.2 GHz and 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A55. The Mali-G57 MC2 GPU is suitable for high graphics performance especially for gaming such as Fortnite to high-resolution games.

For the storage option, you get two variants – 128 GB and 256 GB storage configured with the 6 GB / 8 GB RAM variants. Plus it has got UFS 2.1, which will open your stored files at a faster speed. The bigger RAM size is helpful for multi-tasking and huge internal storage will help you to store all your photos and videos freely. Here to note, Vivo Y55s does not support any external micro SD card, though you got Dual SIM support.

Camera

The Vivo Y55s features a squarish model dual camera setup. On the backside, this smartphone has got a 50 MP (wide) PDAF lens along with a 2 MP macro sensor. The camera has the support of a gyro-EIS sensor too that gives stable video recording but you can record only 1080p videos (maximum) at 30fps. The back camera has also got LED flash, HDR, and panorama features.

No doubt, in daylight or bright light environment the camera can capture good photos as well as videos. The macro sensor is quite decent for capturing micro details on your targeted object. However, the camera would not be good at night and the quality of photos or videos will be compromised.

To note the front-facing camera, Vivo Y55s has got an 8MP lens that can capture beautiful portraits and selfies as well as videos, which can be further edited with the help of AI settings to make it more appealing for Instagram stories or YouTube shorts. However, unlike the rear camera, the front camera does not support the gyro-EIS sensor as well as no LED flash is there.

Battery and Others

A giant Li-Po 6000 mAh battery comes with the Vivo Y55s and the device is further backed by an 18W fast charger. No doubt, one single charge can offer you call support, audio, multimedia support, etc for the entire day. This mobile device supports a 3.5 mm jack and also has a loudspeaker.

From the security perspective, you got a side-mounted fingerprint integrated with the power button. In addition, the phone has the support of other sensors like accelerometer, proximity, compass, etc. Let’s open the price tag for Vivo Y55s — this phone will be available in the retail outlets and on e-commerce sites at $271 (20,499 Rs in India) approx.

Vivo Y55s Pros and Cons

Vivo Y55s Specifications Detail

Down below you can see the full specifications of the Vivo Y55s smartphone.

Conclusion

So far, we have covered the major specifications of the Vivo Y55s smartphone. The big display size, huge battery support, huge RAM, and 5G support can be some good attractions for this smartphone. If you are a regular user and want to upgrade your smartphone at a medium budget you can go for the Vivo Y55s smartphone as per your requirement.

However, the Vivo has missed many advanced features in this smartphone. Vivo Y55s does not support NFC, there is no Corning Gorilla Glass protection and no IP certification as well as no support of HDR10+ and you won’t be able to record 4K videos. Besides, the refresh rate is average that can hinder a faster internet browsing experience. If you are looking for an alternative to Vivo Y55s, then you can have a look at the Vivo Y71t smartphone.