Friends+Design
- Beautiful, sleek design with a silver finish that switches colours as per angled light
- The front is sharp and trendy with a pill-shaped punch-hole on the top-right that has the two front-facing cameras
- The in-display fingerprint scanner is quick
Display
- Vivid, crisp 6.44-inch AMOLED display with a Full-HD+ resolution - the display looks punchy and you can tweak the display colour mode as well as the colour temperature
- Vivo claims the peak brightness of 1200 nits, which makes it a comfortable screen to look at even in direct sunlight
Software
- The Software continues to be a relatively weak point for Vivo, with a cluttered Funtouch UI - there's also plenty of bloatware (though it is quite feature-packed)
Performance
- Decent performance from the Snapdragon 712 SOC - casual and day-to-day applications run fine without any issues
- However, this processor is commonly found in smartphones priced at around Rs. 15, 000 and phones such as the Realme X2 Pro feel faster because of the better processor
Camera
- Good quad-camera setup - a 48MP primary camera, an 8MP ultra-wide camera, a 2MP macro camera, and a 2MP depth sensor
- In daylight, the primary camera manages good shots with ample detail, objects at a distance are visible on zooming in
- The ultra-wide-angle gives a fun, wider perspective to images (though, the details aren't as good as the primary camera)
- The portrait mode works well and it lets you select the level of blur before taking a shot - edge detection is good in well-lit conditions
- In low light, the phone takes decent photos - the night mode makes the scene brighter and objects in the shadows more recognisable (though, it's a little slow and forces you to hold the camera still)
- The 32MP selfie camera is capable of delivering some very good selfies that are sharp and detailed - There is also an 8MP ultra-wide sensor that lets you take wide selfies and fit more subjects or people into one shot
- The macro camera is just average and the output is restricted to 2-megapixels only
Battery
- Very good battery life with the 4500 mAh battery - it can manage about a day and a half worth of use out of the battery in one charging cycle
- Charging is quick, and the phone manages to charge to 83 per cent in an hour
Verdict
- The Vivo V19 is a good camera phone which nails the basics with a trendy design, crisp AMOLED display and very good battery with fast charging
- However, this is not the best all-rounder and the choice of processor for this price is a bit disappointing, when phones like the Realme X2 Pro and Redmi K20 Pro offer very good performance for the price and are better all-round phones
