vivo Y1s: Price, Specs, Availability in the Philippines

A decent smartphone at an affordable price

A decent smartphone at an affordable price

Smartphone prices are skyrocketing nowadays. But some brands still make phones at a very affordable price. Just like vivo with their new vivo Y1s.

It packs a hefty 4030mAh battery, a large 6.22-inch display, and a generous 32GB internal storage that is expandable up to 256GB via the microSD card slot. With its low price, vivo has opted not to include a fingerprint scanner and replaced it with face unlock instead. The latter is not too secure compared to the former but it is still good to know that a secure way of unlocking the phone is available for the user. There are also 2 colors to choose from: Aurora Blue and Olive Black.

vivo Y1s Specs:

  • 6.22-inch HD+ Full-incell Halo FullView display, 1520 x 720px
  • MediaTek Helio P35 CPU
    PowerVR GE8320 GPU
  • 2GB/3GB RAM
  • 32GB internal storage
    with microSD slot up to 256GB
  • 13MP f/2.2 AF rear camera with LED flash
  • 5MP f/1.8 front camera
  • 4G LTE, dual Nano-SIM
  • WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, BeiDou, GLONASS, Galileo
  • 3.5mm audio jack
  • USB 2.0 over micro USB (supports USB OTG)
  • FM radio
  • Face Access
  • Funtouch OS 10.5 (based on Android 10)
  • 4030mAh battery
  • Available colors: Aurora Blue and Olive Black

The PH variant of vivo Y1s is the 2GB RAM + 32GB internal storage and is available at select vivo stores, kiosks, and authorized dealers with a price of PHP 5,499. As of this writing, there is an early bird discount worth PHP 500 that lowers the price to PHP 4,999 that is exclusively available at vivo’s Shopee official store.

Nathaniel is a part-time contributor and writes for WalasTech in his free time from work. He is a tech-savvy person, a morning radio program listener, a podcast host and producer, as well as a heavy social media user.