After dethroning Oppo R5 by launching world's skinniest smartphone: X5 Max, now Vivo is gearing up to heat up the booming segment of budget handsets. In this sequence, emergence of its next-iteration: Y27iL over global village is clearly reflecting company's goal that it's endeavoring to capture the mobile industry by launching this decent smartphone at affordable price of $160. Here, Xiaomi and Oneplus are the perfect examples which gained record-breaking earnings by following this effective market strategy.
Apparently, unofficial handset of firm has been approved by Chinese Certification Center: TENAA, whereby its almost specifications have come into view. As per Gizmo China, along with 6.99mm thickness and 137 grams of weight, device features a 4.7-inch HD display, which will render a pixel resolution of 1280 x 720p.
The inclusion of FunTouch skin along with Android 4.4 KitKat operating system has been also mentioned by source. Notably, handset will be powered by a 64-bit Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor clocked at 1.2 GHz. On imaging front, upcoming heir of corporation will be outfitted with an 8-megapixel rear shooter with LED flash alongside a 5-megapixel front sensor.
According to Tech-maniak, smartphone will be arrayed with 1GB RAM along with 8GB of built-in memory, which will be expandable upto 128GB by using a microSD card. Here, LTE connectivity option has been also claimed by informant that is enough to grab the attention of budget-conscious consumers. Moreover, Vivo Y27iL will be loaded with dual SIM card slots and Adreno 306 GPU.
However, above mentioned specs and pricing are yet to be confirmed by this China based mobile maker, but device could bring a better revenue to company if it will go on sale with a competitive price tag.
News Source: Tech-maniak, Gizmo China
Image Source: TENAA