Vivo Y51 Philippines Price, Specs & Review

Price Overview

(prices are up to date as of March 20, 2018)

Official Price	PhP 7,990
Average Price	PhP 7,200
Shops with lowest Price	Around PhP 5,800 on shops in Greenhills PhP 5,990 Argo Mall Online Store
Other Prices	PhP 8,990 16GB version in Lazada (PhP 566 per month installment)

About the Vivo Y51

Good news to all Vivo fans out there. The 5-inch Vivo Y51 phone has been launched in November.
VIVO the Chinese technology company that designs, develops, and manufactures smartphones, smartphone accessories, software, and online services is making its felt presence in the Philippines by this yet another an entry-level Android phone with enough hardware & software features enough for normal users.

Specs Overview

Display	5 inch multi touch (66.8% screen-to-body ratio) 540 x 960 pixels, 16:9 ratio 220 ppi density
OS	Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop) Funtouch OS 2.5
Computing	Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 2 GB RAM 16 GB Memory, expandable up to 256 GB via SD card
Camera	8MP Main (rear) 5MP secondary (front-facing)
Connectivity	4G, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 Micro USB 2.0
Battery	Non Removable 2350 mAh (Li-Ion)|

Screen Display

This phone that comes with a 5-inch Qhd IPS LCD Multi touch display boasting 540 pixels by 960 pixels in resolution with density of 220ppi. Its screen-to-body ratio is around 66.8%. Such display is satisfying enough for casual gaming, surfing and video watching experience.

Hardware & OS

The Vivo Y51 is powered by 1.2GHz quad-core processor and it comes with 2GB of RAM. The computing power uses Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 chipset. The graphics processing unit uses Adreno 306 architecture. These hardware features ensures smoothly running of most apps. Even the most memory intensive applications, the device still doesn’t show signs of lag.

On the memory aspect, the Y51 comes with 16 GB Internal memory. This is further expandable 128GB via an SD card. This amount of storage would be sufficient enough to average users to store their files like photos & videos as well as vast space for their favorite apps from the AppStore.

The phone runs on Android Lollipop with a flavor of Funtouch OS

Camera

The main camera in the rear panel comes with HDR, panorama and Full HD video recording , Autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, night mode features

It boasts a resolution of 8MP for taking clear shots.
A Front facing camera for selfies and video calling comes with 5 Megapixel of resolution.

Battery

This device is equipped with a 2350mAh battery a quite short amount of power to those who use their phones during most time of the day. Bringing charger or a power bank is a must for such users.

Other Features

The device has 4G, 3G, GPRS/EDGE, WiFi, WiFi hotspot, GPS, Bluetooth and Micro USB for connectivity. The 4G data connection is a welcome addition for those looking for faster download and browsing experience.
The Vivo Y51 has built in Accelerometer, light sensor, proximity sensor and digital compass.

Final Review & Verdict

The Vivo Y51 can be considered expensive considering its modest features.
At this price range there are definitely other alternatives as the Note 3 from Lenovo K3. It’s in par with the mediocre features but is offered at lower price.

Another noteworthy detriment for this phone is that the dual SIM slots feature makes it hard for those looking to run 2 sim cards and a memory card.  You either chose: One sim card and a memory card or 2 sim cards. Definitely there lots of other handsets on same price range that have separate slot for memory card.

About Vivo

VIVO Mobile Communication Device is a subsidiary of BBK Electronics. Its headquarters is based in Dongguan, Guangdong, China and was founded in 2009. Vivo uses Hi-Fi chips in its smartphones line. It also develops software in-house which include Vivo App Store, iManager and Funtouch OS that is based from android.