When it comes to the vivo S series, there are a number of keywords that always come to mind, such as thin, light, good-looking, texture and selfie, etc. Obviously, it has always been a product line aimed at the youth market. With the vivo S20, they're still trying to create a new texture that's more appealing to young people.
So what are the new upgrades to the vivo S20 in terms of appearance, and what are the novelties? We'll take a look today.
Simple design, classic and exquisite
The vivo S20 continues many of the elements of the previous vivo S19 series, such as the shape of the image module and the overall transition design of the lines, and the overall still retains a full of national style and national charm. We received the Pine Smoke Ink color, which is also inherited from the previous generation, under the frosted back cover reveals a stream of color between gray and black, low-key but not lose texture, although not as eye-catching as the new color Phoenix Feather Gold, nor as unique as the Purple Breath of the East, but it is still quite good-looking, is a more calm temperament of the choice.
In terms of the number of lenses, vivo S20 overall or return to pragmatism, the standard version is also still dual camera, condensed in the upper aspect of the black mirror group part, did not do black decorative openings, the whole image module looks to be a little more concise. And it also made a delicate diamond lattice structure above the mirror group inset design, but also with the following ring-shaped soft light more echo, combined with the decorative surface design consistent with the back cover, the style of unity, and also a sense of sophistication pull full.
While retaining a sense of sophistication and good-looking appearance, vivo S20 also adhere to the thin body, the thickness of only 7.19mm, the weight of only 187g, we also measured 7.2mm thick, 189g weight (has removed the film) results, in a number of configuration upgrades under the premise of the same thin and lighter body, see vivo S20 this time in the internal design of the body of the strength! It is indeed another improvement.
As for the front of the body, it is a continuation of the previous generation of the piece of 2800 × 1260 resolution of the excellent straight screen, the size of 6.67 inches, with a thin body, but also improve the sense of grip and sense of view.
A solid base image
As mentioned earlier, the lens module of the Vivo S20 is still a dual camera, and now it's a 50-megapixel primary camera with an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle dual-camera combo, which seems to have shrunk the lens, but in fact, there is not much difference in daily shooting, and it still has a moderate performance.
In the actual shooting process, the image performance of the Vivo S20 is really not bad, the 50-megapixel super anti-shake bionic main camera resolution is quite reasonable, and the overall color is full and rich. In the case of good light, this style can still be very good to restore the light and color seen by the naked eye, and zoomed to 2 times that is, 46mm focal length, the image quality is still excellent, which also gives us a good foundation for the portrait shooting we talked about later.
As for the ultra-wide angle, the performance is moderate, put in the same level of products is considered a regular level, the overall picture style with the main camera is quite consistent, but also very bright and full, although the picture quality is not outstanding, but it is also considered to be a more than enough to complement the style.
When it comes to the vivo S series, the more eye-catching part is of course to shoot people. vivo S20 is also equipped with the continuation of many generations of studio-level soft light ring, combined with the excellent image quality, its rear image module to shoot portraits is still quite good-looking, the skin quality is optimized in a natural and delicate, not too thick makeup, but also will not expose flaws, showing the vitality and radiance.
In addition, although the number of lens options is small, the vivo S20 performs well at several default focal lengths, whether it's switching to 35mm or 50mm, or shooting directly at the native focal length of 23mm, the results are very good, and in addition to capturing the model's good condition, it also reveals a fine and clear image quality.
The vivo S20's bokeh algorithm is also quite good, whether it's a female model's thin hair, or our male colleague's short hair stubble, it can accurately identify the foreground and the background to achieve separation, and generate bokeh effects in line with the scene of use of the lens, combined with the face of the brightening and beauty, the sense of ambience is also pulled up to a good level.
In terms of selfies, the Vivo S20 this time also comes standard with a soft light for the front image module, and distortion correction is done for the front camera's wider focal length to help restore the original appearance of the five senses. Eye light, excellent skin texture and exquisite makeup can be satisfied at once, and it is easy to record every joyful moment even if you are traveling alone.
The fun and funky “One Shot”
After talking about regular photography, we can also gently pull the vivo S20's photo app interface to enter a unique “One Shot” interface. Under this function, the viewfinder will shrink and the whole body seems to become a small Polaroid film camera, even the shutter button and sound will be replaced with different patterns, which is very interesting to use.
Pressing the shutter, it will pop up a new photo paper at the bottom, which can be said to completely simulate the process of using a Polaroid camera, the animation is quite exquisite.
If you enter the album in the interface of a shot, we will also find that it is specifically for these films to make a separate album space, where it will only show the record of the “photo paper”, which is also a sense of atmosphere and sense of ceremony full.
And this kind of imitation photo paper frame also has a lot of tricks, it provides a rich choice of colors, you can also mark the city of the card or record the countdown date, as if the past memories stamped, waiting for the future self to open the envelope full of surprises.
In my opinion, the Vivo S20's One Shot is a very interesting feature. For those who already like to take photos, it can bring full emotional value, making the impression of each trip more vivid and profound; and for those who are too lazy to take photos, this way of recording may be able to arouse a new hobby in you, bringing you to experience a different kind of photography joy.
In the growing strength of cell phone photography almost involution today, this function may also be able to give more meaning to the mobile image.
Lightweight, but stronger battery life
As we talked about earlier, the Vivo S20 realizes a lighter body with quite a few configuration upgrades - the most crucial of which, I'm afraid, falls on the battery life. This time around it packs a massive 6500mAh battery, paired with the same third-generation Snapdragon 7 mobile platform as its predecessor, and the theoretical battery life is clearly at a pretty high level.
In our simulated usage tests, it did perform surprisingly well. In a low-load Weibo browsing scenario, it consumed only 5% of its battery power after one hour of use, and playing 1080P videos online in BeiliBeili only consumed 4% of its battery power after one hour, which is quite good. In the moderately loaded League of Legends game, the Vivo S20 currently supports settings up to 90 fps, and while the frame rate isn't particularly good, it consumes only 14 percent of its power, which is still great in terms of battery life.
We went for an even tougher “extra test” this time, sending it to the freezer at -18 degrees Celsius for 2 hours of 1080P online video playback. The results were certainly a pleasant surprise, as after two hours of playback, it had only consumed 11% of its battery power, which isn't too far off from room temperature, so it's clear that this ultra-thin Blue Ocean battery is really quite capable.
As for the fast charging configuration, the Vivo S20 is equipped with a 90W fast charger to cope with the large 6500mAh battery. This configuration is just right, we measured it from 1%, charging to 100%, took 50 minutes, the curve is amazingly flat, still very trustworthy.
Wrap-up
Honestly, from a parametric perspective, the Vivo S20's upgrade isn't that big of a deal. After all, it uses the same platform as its predecessor, and its basic image performance remains close to that of its predecessor, so it's a regular iteration with minor upgrades overall.
But the difference is that the Vivo S20's one-shot film camera surprised me completely, it will take pictures of the fun full of rich choices of photo paper and filters, can help us better record memories, and full of flavor. Even when the novelty wears off, the “photo paper” it captures will remain in the album, calling us to use the feature again next time - something the real film camera can't do.
It seems that from this function, the Vivo S series will get more image play and definition, and under this advanced photographic experience, the Vivo S20 also creates a set of perfect and smooth and long-lasting basic experience, is still worth trusting a “flagship of aesthetics”.
