vivo S16 is now available: vivo launched the vivo S16 in China on December 22, 2022, and you can now buy the smartphone for $439. If you live in China, Europe, the US, the UK, Africa, Australia, and other Asian countries, you can buy the vivo S16 online using the details in the table below and have it shipped to your location.
Buy vivo S16
| vivo S16 | Price |
| Buy on Giztop | $439.00 |
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vivo S16 is now available for Purchase
Pre-orders of the vivo S16 started immediately after it was launched in China and will start shipping out by January 2023. The base model with 8GB RAM + 128GB of storage is sold for $439 while the models with 8GB RAM + 256GB, 12GB RAM + 256GB, and 12GB RAM + 512GB storage are sold for $479, $529, and $599 respectively.
vivo S16 has a 6.78-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, smooth 120Hz refresh rate, and HDR10+. The screen of the smartphone is slightly curved on both sides and has a punch hole. The SoC inside the vivo S16 is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G chipset paired with up to 12GB of LPDDR4x RAM and up to 512GB of UFS 3.1 storage.
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The phone boots OriginOS 3 based on Android 13 out of the box and will get up to three years of software updates. For security, the phone is equipped with an on-screen fingerprint sensor with a dynamic range increase of up to 30%.
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On the rear, vivo S16 has a 64-megapixel main camera that is supported by an 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera, and a 2-megapixel macro lens while on the front, it has a 50MP selfie camera for selfies. Some of its camera features are Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama, gyro-EIS, Ring-LED flash, night mode, panorama, HDR, etc.
The vivo S16 is powered by a 4,600mAh battery and supports 66W wired fast charging but no wireless charging. It has an Ultra Power Saving mode that lets you keep your phone powered on for a longer time. The smartphone supports the following languages: English, Chinese, Malaysia, German, Spanish, Pilipino, French, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnamese, Arabic, Nepali, Hindi, Thai, Japanese, and Korean.
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Will the vivo S16 work outside of China?
Yes, vivo S16 will work outside China because its network band is supported by various network carriers and as stated above supports multiple languages. Below are the network bands supported by the vivo S16:
- 5G: n1/n3/n5/n8/n28A/n41/n77/n78;
- 4G FDD-LTE: B1/B3/B4/B5/B8/B19/B28A, 4G TD-LTE: B34/B38/B39/B40/B41
- 3G WCDMA: B1/B2/B4/B5/B8/B6/B19.
- 2G GSM: 850/900/1800/1900MHz, 2G CDMA: BC0/BC1.
The vivo S16 is now available for purchase and even if you live in Australia, Canada, the USA, the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa, and other Asian countries, it’s safe to buy the smartphone. You can use the details at the top of this post to buy the vivo S16 today.
