Overview Vivo Y17 - affordable smartphone with battery at 5000 mAh

Table of contents

• Specifications
• Equipment
• Design
• Screen
• Sound
• Camera
• Performance
• Software
• unlocking
• autonomy
• results

Specifications

Equipment

In the box we found a smartphone, transparent silicone case, clip, adapter with power cable and a classic set of papers.

Design

In the Russian market model is available in two colors: blue aquamarine and rose quartz. We went to the first modification. The rear panel looks beautiful and plays on light.

Vivo Y17 looks like a flagship. The picture spoils the only thickened the lower frame. Upon closer inspection, design compromises are already being felt, but a meter smartphone looks more expensive than necessary.

If you take the gadget in hand, it is noticeable that where a manufacturer has saved - and the rear panel and the frame are made of plastic and hollow overtones respond to tapping. The smartphone does not seem reliable.

The rear panel inscription Vivo, a fingerprint sensor and classic vertical camera module. It is located a little farther from the edge than on most other smartphones. Under the module is flash eye and any harmful brevity panel display AI Triple Camera.

On the left is a slot for a SIM card and the microSD, bottom - a mini-jack connector, microUSB input and microphone hole on the right - volume button and power button. Volume button is located above the power button. Last bit of backlash.

Vivo Y17 - classic PHABLET with wide grip is not very suitable for use with one hand. May appeal to fans of larger smartphones.

It comes with a transparent silicone case. With him smartphone becomes even wider.

A nice detail: from the cover there is a special plug for mircoUSB. It compensates for the absence of dust protection.

Screen

Here set good IPS-screen, whose work has not caused me any complaints. One feels that he loses the OLED-display the more expensive devices. Initially a bit annoying bright colors, but with the screen smartphone can be used exactly.

Vivo Y17 claims the status bezramochnika: the screen has a popular 2019 teardrop cut-out and thickened lower brow. To work with a smartphone they are not affected.

The problem with the display one: its resolution is 720 × 1544 pixels, and it becomes apparent when watching the video. This Vivo Y17 yields not only more expensive devices, but also gadgets with comparable price.

The settings are not so much: you can adjust the color temperature or turn on to protect the eyes, making warmer shades.

Sound

Nothing special. A good stock volume and the lack of bass in the speaker as a class, but you can connect wired or Bluetooth-headset. No stereo.

Camera

The camera has three lenses. The first - the main, which is the majority of images. Second - ultrashirokougolny with which the shot put more objects. Third - auxiliary sensor for determining the depth for portraits.

The camera confidently produces good shots with good lighting. When bad - as it will. If there is insufficient light exposure increases, so that the frame is easy to lubricate. Smartphone for 16 thousand rubles, the camera operates at a level that only the autofocus when shooting close sometimes brings. Ultrashirokougolnaya camera takes pictures even slightly worse than under natural light. Here are a few examples.

The front facing camera is nothing. The darker, the worse it works, but for video calls and selfie for Instagram Stories amiss.

Portraits - disadvantage Vivo, and this manifests itself in older counterparts Y17. Bokeh obtained unnatural, if you simply select the background and walked on it Blur tool in the photo editor. Focusing capture often is not working properly. But, anyway, some acceptable results here can be obtained.

The camera interface is overloaded and is inconvenient to use the regular application unpleasant. There is even a semblance of its TikTok with video shooting. In addition, there are a bunch of byutifikatsii settings, document scanning mode, analogue Live Photo and manual mode.

Performance

During the performance meets processor Mediatek MT6765 Helio P35 with a frequency up to 2.3 GHz and 4 GB of RAM. They give a result on the verge of an acceptable: on the system lacks, but, for example, PUBG runs on low graphics settings and even so the picture is sometimes retarding. not as noticeable very fast return on tapas screen and swipe - it may interfere in the reaction rate games.

Here are the results Geekbench test:

But AnTuTu test results:

Software

Here it is installed the same envelope as the other smartphones Vivo, - Funtouch 9. A little more information about it can be found in a recent review Vivo V15 Pro. In short: this iOS-like system with a bundle of preinstalled applications, many of which are copied from the service "apple" OSes and functionally and externally.

All Funtouch chips with the "big" smart phones on the spot. During the test we noticed one difference - the panel of fast action "Center label" occupies the whole screen and looks different. The contents of the panel can be customized: additional buttons are reminiscent Workflow actions or "Team" on the iPhone.

unlocking

The main form of release - the fingerprint. In my experience, the sensor operates correctly, but not always quickly and confidently. This is felt especially when you unlock the smartphone screen when inactive. Sometimes the system needs an appreciable amount of time to understand that the sensor is attached finger. Sometimes it is necessary to apply twice.

Supports unlock unsafe in the face. I would advise you to include both types of authorization and to enjoy the way in which it is more convenient at any given moment.

autonomy

Autonomy - the main advantage of this smartphone. Battery capacity is 5000 mAh, which may last for a couple of days at a moderate use. At rest, the smartphone in general almost never goes down, dropping by a few per cent of the charge for the day.

Supported by fast 18-watt charging, the adapter is in the kit.

results

On the one hand, this is a weak smartphone in which a NOT relevant display and the processor is about to cease to draw modern applications.

On the other hand, captured the desire of developers to make available a device for those who do not spend much time in the smartphone, not watching videos and playing games. There is a tolerable camera, and the battery can hold gadget afloat for several days.

Price of the device - 15 990 rubles. Alternatives in this segment a lot. For example, we recently released reviews Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 or Samsung Galaxy smartphone A-Series. Vivo Y17 on their background may be lost, but if all you need - calls and autonomy, it is quite option.

The smartphone will hit stores the eighth of June. On the first day of sales Vivo Y17 can be purchased at a discount of 40% in "M.Video" in the shopping center "fleet" and "El Dorado" in the shopping center "MEGA Belaya Dacha". There smartphone price is 9590 rubles.

The author would like to thank the company for providing the Vivo testing device.