When it comes to making their smartphones look and feel premium, even when they’re in the budget range, the Vivo brand has consistently done it right. The Vivo Y16 smartphone comes with a 6.51-inch HD+ (720 x 1600) IPS LCD screen with an 82.5% screen-to-body ratio. At the top, there is a waterdrop notch that houses the front-facing camera and earpiece. In addition to its 8.19mm-slim frame, weighing 184g, the glass front, plastic frame, and plastic back make it comfortable to grip. In addition to filtering harmful blue light, it has smart brightness adjustment that minimizes eye strain.

The Y16’s smartphone IPS display panel produces bright colors, has decent viewing angles and is bright enough to be used outdoors comfortably. However, it could use a bit more boost. The Vivo Y16’s phone display has a sharp 270ppi despite coming with HD+ resolution. However, the splash-proof Vivo Y16 mobile can only withstand a small amount of water. For example, when you wash your hands or cook, Favor is splash-proof, so you can wear it, wash your hands, and walk in the rain without getting water damaged.

At the top, the Vivo Y16 is a slot for Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by). This is useful for users looking to expand their storage capacity. At the bottom, there is a USB Type-C charging port, a downward-firing speaker, a microphone, and a 3.5mm audio jack.

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The camera setup of the Vivo Y16 smartphone is divided into two circular modules with a single LED flash on the back.  A 13MP f/2.2, (wide), PDAF main camera and a 2MP f/2.4, (macro) camera are found on the right side, along with a volume rocker button and a fingerprint sensor embedded in the power button. Vivo Y16 smartphone Decent image quality is achieved by the rear cameras under bright lighting conditions with accurate colors and sharp detail. However, the dynamic range needs to be improved.

As expected, the Vivo Y16 2MP macro camera produces low-quality images. As for the front camera, it houses a 5MP F2.2 selfie camera and features Aura Screen Light, a selfie soft light feature that lets users shine and take photos even in low-light conditions. It takes high-quality selfies, especially in bright light. Despite having a blurry background in portrait selfies, the Vivo Y16 smartphone can capture videos up to 1080p@30fps with its main and front-facing cameras, but there is no 4K mode, slow-motion, or electronic image stabilization.

The Vivo Y16 smartphone comes with an octa-core Mediatek Helio P35 processor. The processor uses a 12nm process and is equipped with four Cortex-A53 cores running at up to 2.35GHz and four Cortex-A53 cores running at up to 1.8GHz, as well as a PowerVR GE8320 GPU. There is 3/4GB of RAM, along with 32/64/128GB of storage. The Vivo Y16 phone runs Y16’s One UI 4.1, which is based on Android 12. Vivo Y16 Mobile phone UIs are smooth and lag-free, and you can customize them accordingly. In the Vivo smartphone camera scene, Vivo is well-established, especially with its flagship phones, and we all know that. Yet Vivo is able to impress even at the entry-level end of the market. 

Vivo Y16 smartphone Aside from Ultra Game Mode and Multi-Turbo 5.5, the Y16 has a smart CPU and memory allocation system that prevents lags and stutters in games even when multiple applications are running simultaneously. In terms of performance, the Y16 phone isn’t the most responsive or snappy; interaction with it causes slight delays. With the lowest available settings, the gaming experience is playable and tolerable in graphics-intensive games with slight stutters and lags. Don’t expect too much from this smartphone since it isn’t a gaming smartphone.

The VivoY16 smartphone has a battery capacity of 5,000mAh, so it can easily last the whole day. The Vivo Y16 will last you up to 18 hours of HD YouTube streaming, 7 hours of heavy gaming, and 22 hours of non-stop music playback. As well as fast charging at 18W, the VivoY16 has a reverse charging capability that allows it to be used as a power bank.

Vivo Y16 smartphone Audio quality is similar It can get loud, but there is no bass. Along with the battery and charger, the Y16 has the usual connectivity features, including 4G LTE, WiFi 5, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS, FM radio at the 3.5mm audio jack, and USB Type-C with OTG. With GSM / HSPA / LTE network technology, the Vivo Y16 offers a speed of 42.2/5.76 Mbps and LTE. The Y16 is available in the colors Drizzling Gold, Stellar Black, and Drizzling Gold. Starting September 17, 2022, consumers will be able to purchase the Vivo Y16 at Vivo’s official website, Lazada, Shopee, TikTok shop, and Vivo’s offline stores.

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