Vivo (technology company)

Vivo Communication Technology Co. Ltd. is a Chinese technology company owned by BBK Electronics that designs and develops smartphones, smartphone accessories, software and online services. BBK Electronics also owns Oppo, Realme and OnePlus. The company develops software for its phones, distributed through its vivo App Store, with iManager included in their proprietary, Android-based operating system, Funtouch OS.

Not to be confused with Vivo (telecommunications company), a Brazilian telecommunications company.

Vivo Communication Technology

Native name	维沃移动通信有限公司
Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Consumer electronics
Founded	2009 (2009)
Founder	Shen Wei
Headquarters	Dongguan, Guangdong , China
Area served	Bangladesh Cambodia China India Indonesia Nepal Malaysia Mexico Myanmar Pakistan Philippines Russia Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Ukraine United Kingdom United States Vietnam
Key people	Shen Wei (founder & CEO)
Products	HiFi smartphones accessories software and online services
Parent	BBK Electronics
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	维沃移动通信有限公司
Traditional Chinese	維沃移動通信有限公司
Literal meaning	vivo Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wéiwò Yídòng Tōngxìn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Website	vivo.com/en

With research and development centers in Shenzhen and Nanjing, vivo employs 1,600 R&D personnel, as of January 2016.[1]

History

Vivo was founded in 2009, in Dongguan, China, and was named for the Esperanto word for "life".

In the first quarter of 2015, vivo was ranked among the top 10 smartphone makers, achieving a global market share of 2.7%.[2]

Vivo

Since its founding in 2009, vivo has expanded to over 100 countries around the world. International expansion began in 2014, when the company entered the Thai marketplace.[3] vivo quickly followed up with launches in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

In 2017, vivo entered the smartphone market in Russia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Brunei, Macau, Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, and Nepal.[4][5][6][7] In June 2017, it entered the Pakistan mobile phone market and the vivo brand is currently experiencing rapid growth in popularity in the country.[8][9]

On 26 November 2017, vivo entered the Nepali market with its Y53 and Y65 models.[10] In 2019, it started operations in the Middle East.

vivo devices were also sold in the US under the brand BLU such as the BLU Vivo X launched in 2018.[11]

Marketing

vivo Mansion in Nanjing, China

In October 2015, vivo became the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League under a two-year deal starting in the 2016 season.[12][13] In July 2017, the deal was extended until 2022.[14]

In June 2017, vivo reached a sponsorship deal with FIFA to become the official smartphone brand of the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups.[15] The company also became a title sponsor of India's Pro Kabaddi.[16]

vivo has a sponsorship deal with the NBA in China, with Golden State Warriors player Stephen Curry endorsing the brand in China and the Philippines.[17]

Phones

vivo logo used until 9 January 2019 in China and February 2019 in other countries

vivo V7 of "V"-Series

vivo v19 of "V"-Series

vivo has designed numerous phones, including several concept phones. vivo "V" series are the flagship cell phone models of the company.[18]

Vivo Y-Series

Model	Date launched	Processor	Memory		Rear Camera	Front Camera	Battery
			ROM	RAM
Y15 (2013)	2013	Mediatek MT6582	4GB	512MB	5MP	2MP	1900 mAh
Y22				1GB	8MP	0.3MP
Y27	December 2014	Qualcomm Snapdragon 410	16GB			5MP	2260 mAh
Y28		Mediatek MT6582	8GB				2100 mAh
Y11	2014, Q4	Mediatek MT6582М	4GB	512MB	5MP	2MP	1700 mAh
Y35	July 2015	Qualcomm Snapdragon 410	16GB	2GB	13MP	5MP	2720 mAh
Y37	August 2015	Qualcomm Snapdragon 615					2300 mAh
Y15S (2015)		Mediatek MT6580	8GB	1GB	5MP	2MP	1900 mAh
Y31	September 2015				8MP		2100 mAh
Y51	December 2015	Qualcomm Snapdragon 410	16GB	2GB		5MP
Y55L	October 2016	Qualcomm Snapdragon 430					2650 mAh
Y67	November 2016	Mediatek MT6750	32GB	4GB	13MP	16MP	3000 mAh
Y55s	February 2017	Qualcomm Snapdragon 425	16GB	2/3GB		5MP	2730 mAh
Y25	March 2017	Mediatek MT6580		1GB	5MP	2MP	1900 mAh
Y53	April 2017	Qualcomm Snapdragon 425		2GB	8MP	5MP	2500 mAh
Y69	August 2017	MediaTek MT6750		3GB	13MP	16MP	3000 mAh
Y65	November 2017	Qualcomm Snapdragon 425				5MP
Y71	April 2018		16/32GB				3360 mAh
Y53i			16GB	2GB	8MP	8MP	2500 mAh
Y83	May 2018	MediaTek Helio P22	32/64GB	4GB	13MP		3260 mAh
Y85		Qualcomm Snapdragon 450			13MP 2MP (Depth)	16MP
Y81	August 2018	MediaTek Helio P22	32GB	3/4GB	13MP	5MP
Y83 Pro	September 2018		64GB	4GB	13MP 2MP (Depth)	8MP
Y97			128GB		16MP 2MP (Depth)	16MP	3315 mAh
Y81i	October 2018		16GB	2GB	13MP	5MP	3260 mAh
Y91i	December 2018	Qualcomm Snapdragon 439	16GB	2GB	13MP 2MP (Depth)	8MP	4030 mAh
Y91	November 2018		16/32GB	2/3GB
	March 2019	MediaTek Helio P22	64GB	3GB
Y93	November 2018	Qualcomm Snapdragon 439	64GB	4GB
	January 2019	MediaTek Helio P22	32GB
Y95	November 2018	Qualcomm Snapdragon 439	32/64GB			20MP
Y93s	December 2018	MediaTek Helio P22	128GB			8MP
Y89	January 2019	Qualcomm Snapdragon 626	64GB		16MP 2MP (Depth)	16MP	3260 mAh
Y91C	February 2019	MediaTek Helio P22	16/32GB	2GB	13MP	5MP	4030 mAh
Y17	April 2019	MediaTek Helio P35	128GB	4GB	13MP 8MP (Ultrawide) 2MP (Depth)	20MP	5000 mAh
Y15	May 2019	MediaTek Helio P22	64GB			16MP
Y3	May 2019	MediaTek Helio P35	128GB	4/6GB
	October 2019		64GB	4GB		8MP
Y12	June 2019	MediaTek Helio P22	32/64GB	3/4GB
Y90	July 2019	MediaTek Helio A22	16GB	2GB	8MP	5MP	4030 mAh
Y11 (2019)	October 2019	Qualcomm Snapdragon 439	32GB	3GB	13MP 2MP (Depth)	8MP	5000 mAh
Y19	November 2019	MediaTek Helio P65	128GB	4/6/8GB	16MP (Wide) 8MP (Ultrawide) 2MP (Depth)	16MP
Y5s				6GB
Y3 Standard		Qualcomm Snapdragon 439	64GB	3GB	13MP (Wide) 2MP (Depth)	8MP
Y9s	December 2019	Qualcomm Snapdragon 665	128GB	8GB	48MP (Wide) 8MP (Ultrawide) 2MP (Depth) 2MP (Macro)	32MP	4500 mAh
Y50	April 2020	Qualcomm Snapdragon 665			13MP (Wide) 8MP (Ultrawide) 2MP (Depth) 2MP (Macro)	16MP	5000 mAh
Y30	May 2020	MediaTek Helio P35		4GB		8MP
Y70s		Exynos 880		8GB	48MP (Wide) 8MP (Ultrawide) 2MP (Depth)	16MP	4500 mAh
Y51s	July 2020			6GB	48MP (Wide) 2MP (Macro) 2MP (Depth)	8MP

Vivo V-Series

Model	Series	Date launched	Other information
V1[19]	V	July 2015
V1 Max[20]	V	August 2015
V3[21]	V	April 2016
V3 Max[22]	V	April 2016
V5[23]	V	November 2016
V5 Plus[24]	V	January 2017
V5 Lite[25]	V	February 2017
V5s[26]	V	May 2017
V7+	V	September 2017	It comes with 5.99-inch display, octa-core Snapdragon 450, 4GB RAM, 16 MP rear camera, 24 MP front camera and 3225 mAh battery.[27] Soon after the launch, the phone was in news for wrong reasons. The phone was launched with 24 MP camera but the Snapdragon 450 chipset used on the phone can only support up to 21 MP camera sensor. Later vivo clarified that the updated Snapdragon 450 can support 24 MP camera, and Qualcomm later updated their official website to reflect the changes to the chipset.[28]
V7[29]	V	December 2017
V9[30]	V	March 2018
V9 Youth[31]	V	April 2018
V11[32]	V	September 2018
V11 Pro	V	September 2018	The phone comes with 6.41-inch Super AMOLED display, oct-core Snapdragon 660, 6GB RAM, 12 MP + 5 MP dual camera, 25 MP front camera, 3400 mAh battery. It also has an under-display fingerprint sensor & it has a dual engine fast charging with 18W power adapter[33]
V11i[34]	V	September 2018	The vivo V11i comes with 6.3-inch display, octa-core MediaTek Helio P60 processor, 4GB RAM, 16MP+5MP dual camera, 25MP front camera and 3315 mAh battery. [35]
V15 Pro	V	February 2019	This is vivo's first phone in the V series to sport a pop-up camera and a full-screen display without a notch. It is powered by the Snapdragon 675 and has a triple-camera setup at the back. [36] V15 Pro packs 6GB RAM and 128GB storage. along with dedicated microSD card slot to expand storage up to 256GB. It is also the first phone to feature a 32-megapixel pop-up selfie camera. The phone has an under-display fingerprint sensor and Face Unlock. There is also a 3700 mAh battery that powers the phone.[37]
V15	V	February 2019	The vivo V15 was released on 20 February 2019 in India and 20 March in Southeast Asia and Russia.
V17 Neo	V	August 2019
V17	V		The vivo V17 (V19 in Indonesia Market) released in India with 48MP AI Quad Camera and Ultra O Screen.
V17 Pro	V	September 2019	The Vivo V17 Pro released on 20 September 2019 in India. The first with 32MP Dual Pop-Up Front Camera.
V19[38][39]	V	April 2020	Vivo V19 in Global Version with Snapdragon 712 Chipset & Vivo Flash Charge 2.0
V19 Neo	V	June 2019

Vivo X-Series

Model	Release Date	Processor	Memory		Rear Camera	Front Camera	Battery
			ROM	RAM
X1	November 2012	MediaTek MT6589	16GB	1GB	8MP	1.3MP	2000 mAh
X3	August 2013	MediaTek MT6589T	16GB	1GB	8MP	5MP	2000 mAh
X3S	December 2014	Mediatek MT6592			13MP
X5	December 2014	Qualcomm Snapdragon 615	16GB	2GB	13MP	5MP	2250 mAh
X5Max							2300 mAh
X5Max+	March 2015	Mediatek MT6752
X5Pro	May 2015	Qualcomm Snapdragon 615				8MP	2450 mAh
X5Max Platinum	June 2015	Mediatek MT6752	32GB	3GB		5MP	4150 mAh
X6	November 2015	Mediatek MT6752	32GB	4GB	13MP	8MP	2400 mAh
X6Plus			64GB				3000 mAh
X6S	March 2016	Qualcomm Snapdragon 652					2400 mAh
X6S Plus					16MP		3000 mAh
X7	June 2016	Qualcomm Snapdragon 652	64GB	4GB	13MP	16MP (Wide)	3000 mAh
X7 Plus					16MP		4000 mAh
X9	November 2016	Qualcomm Snapdragon 625	64/128GB	4GB	16MP	20MP (Wide) 8MP	3050 mAh
X9 Plus		Qualcomm Snapdragon 653	64GB	6GB			4000 mAh
X9s	July 2017	Qualcomm Snapdragon 652		4GB		20MP (Wide) 5MP	3320 mAh
X9s Plus		Qualcomm Snapdragon 653					4015 mAh
X20	October 2017	Qualcomm Snapdragon 660	64GB	4GB	12MP 5MP (Depth)	12MP (Wide)	3250 mAh
X20 Plus							3900 mAh
X20 Plus UD	January 2018		128GB
X21	March 2018	Qualcomm Snapdragon 660	64/128GB	6GB	12MP 5MP (Depth)	12MP (Wide)	3200 mAh
X21 UD			128GB
X21i	May 2018	MediaTek Helio P60	64/128GB	4/6GB		24MP (Wide)	3425 mAh
X23	September 2018	Qualcomm Snapdragon 670	128GB	8GB	12MP 13MP	12MP (Wide)	3400 mAh
X27	March 2019	Qualcomm Snapdragon 710	128/256GB	8GB	48MP (Wide) 13MP (Ultrawide) 5MP (Depth)	16MP (Wide)	4000 mAh
X27 Pro	April 2019		256GB		48MP (Wide) 13MP (Ultrawide) 2MP (Depth)	32MP (Wide)
X30	December 2019	Samsung Exynos 980	128/256GB	8GB	64MP (Wide) 32MP (Telephoto) 8MP (Ultrawide)	32MP (Wide)	4350 mAh
X30 Pro					64MP (Wide) 13MP (Periscope telephoto) 32MP (Telephoto) 8MP (Ultrawide)
X50 Lite	12 May 2020	Qualcomm Snapdragon 665	128GB	8GB	48MP (Wide) 8MP (Ultrawide) 2MP (Depth) 2MP (Macro)	16MP (Wide)	4200 mAh
X50	1 June 2020	Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G	128/256GB		48MP (Wide) 13MP (Portrait) 8MP (Ultrawide) 5MP (Macro)	32MP (Wide)
X50 Pro					48MP (Wide) 8MP (Periscope telephoto) 13MP (Portrait) 8MP (Ultrawide)		4315 mAh
X50 Pro+		Qualcomm Snapdragon 865		8/12GB	50MP (Wide) 8MP (Periscope telephoto) 13MP (Portrait) 8MP (Ultrawide)

Other vivo phones

Model	Series	Date launched	Other information
U10	U	September 2019	It has 6.35-inch HD+ Halo FullView Display with a resolution of 720x1544 pixels and an aspect ratio of 19.5:9 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 processor and 5000mAh battery.[40]
U20	U	November 2019	It has 6.53-inch touchscreen display with a resolution of 1080x2340 pixels with Octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 processor and 5000mAh battery[41]
Z1 Pro	Z	July 2019	It has a 6.5-inch FHD+ (2340x1080 pixels) with Vivo iView display which has punch hole design with Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 AIE processor.[42]
Z1x	Z	September 2019	It has Halo FullView Super AMOLED screen with an in-display fingerprint sensor and 4500mAh battery with Vivo Flash Charge (22.5W).[43]
S1	S	August 2019	It has 6.38-inch AMOLED display with in-display fingerprint and powered by a MediaTek Helio P65.[44]
S1 Pro	S	November 2019	The Vivo S1 Pro has a 48MP Quad Camera with 32MP Front Camera, 128GB or 256GB ROM with 8GB RAM, Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 Processor & 18W Dual Engine Fast Charging.
X1	X	2012[45]	The X1 was the first vivo phone to use a Hi-Fi chip, developed by American semiconductor company Cirrus Logic.[46] vivo followed this up in 2013 by releasing the 2k-resolution screen phone, the Xplay 3s.[47] Other popular phones in the vivo lineup include the X5 Pro, the X5 Max, and the Xshot.
X7	X	July 2016
X20	X	September 2017
X21 UD	X	2018	The X21 UD has an under screen fingerprint scanner.[48] It used the "ClearID" technology developed by Synaptics.
X30 5G	X	December 2019	The X30 was launched with the latest Samsung Exynos 980 Processor with 5G modem in the flagship smartphone, and has a quad camera with up to 60x digital zoom.
Nex	NEX	2018	The company launched a concept smartphone, vivo Apex, at the Mobile World Congress in 2018, which features a high screen-to-body ratio (91.2%), a pop-up front camera, and two optical fingerprint scanners under its OLED display. The production version was named vivo Nex.
Vivo Z6 5G	Z	29 February
Nex Dual Display Edition	NEX	2018	vivo launched the Nex Dual Display Edition, which features a second OLED screen, and triple rear cameras embodied at the back, with a lunar ring instead of a sliding module.[49]
Nex 3 5G	NEX	September 2019	The Nex 3 5G has a Snapdragon 855+ Processor.

Controversies

IMEI Number Fraud

In June 2020, the cybercrime unit of Meerut Police revealed more than 13,500 vivo smartphone devices used in India were running on the same IMEI number. The IMEI number is a 15-digit code meant to be unique to every mobile device. In 2017, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India issued a statement that all mobile devices would require to have a unique IMEI number. Failure to do so would be seen as tampering and can result in a fine or up to 3-years in jail.

The events lead to the police filing a case against Vivo and its service centre. The lapse reportedly came to light when a police officer gave his mobile phone to the staff at the cybercrime unit for examination, as the phone was not working properly despite being repaired at a Vivo service centre in Meerut. The cybercrime unit found that the IMEI number of the device was different from the one printed on the box, and then forwarded the IMEI number to the telecommunications company providing the SIM service for the handset and asked for the relevant data. The company informed that as of 24 September 2019, the same IMEI number had been running on 13,557 mobile phones in different states of the country. The Meerut police reportedly handed a notice to Vivo India’s nodal officer Harmanjit Singh under Section 91 of the CrPC, and also registered a case under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code.[50][51][52][53]

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External links

• Official website