vivo V50 in for review

vivo unveiled the V50 earlier this week at an event in New Delhi, India, making it vivo's first big launch of 2025. The vivo V50 is yet to go on sale, but we've received the phone for review, so let's take a quick look at what it has to offer before we put it through our review gauntlet.

The vivo V50's retail box looks identical to its predecessor's - the V40. It includes some documents, a SIM ejector tool, a charging cable, a power adapter, and a protective case.

The vivo V50 is built around a 6.77" FullHD+ quad-curved AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and 4,500 nits peak brightness. The screen is protected by Diamond Shield Glass and has HDR10+ support.

The display has a punch-hole for the 50MP selfie camera (with auto-focus) and a fingerprint scanner underneath for biometric authentication. We found the fingerprint scanner to be fast and accurate in the short time we spent with the phone; however, we would have liked it to be placed a bit higher for better reachability and a more convenient phone-unlocking experience.

Moving on to the back, we have a camera island that doesn't look all that different from what we had on the V40. What also remains the same is the number of cameras. We've got two rear cameras on the vivo V50 - 50MP primary (with OIS) and 50MP ultrawide (119˚ FOV). The primary camera uses the OmniVision OV50e sensor, while the ultrawide and selfie cameras use Samsung's ISOCELL JN1 sensor.

The rear cameras are joined by a circular flash called Aura Light, which can change its intensity and color temperature to let you take pictures in different conditions. You can set it to auto or adjust it manually.

It's also worth noting that all three cameras on the vivo V50 come with ZEISS optics, and thus, you can click portraits with the primary camera using different ZEISS bokeh effects and at three focal lengths - 23mm, 35mm, and 50mm. Additionally, the vivo V50 comes with an India-exclusive Wedding Portrait Studio feature, which lets you click portraits in three different portrait styles - Prosecco, Neo Retro, and Pastel.

Under the hood, the vivo V50 has the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoC with up to 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 512GB of UFS 2.2 storage. The smartphone runs Android 15-based Funtouch OS 15 out of the box and will receive three Android OS upgrades and four years of monthly security updates. vivo has kept the bloatware to a minimum, at least on the Indian unit, which came with only five pre-installed third-party apps (Amazon, Facebook, LinkedIn, Netflix, PhonePe), and they all can be uninstalled if you want.

The vivo V50 is IP68 and IP69-rated, and it packs a 6,000 mAh battery with 90W charging support. The smartphone also features dual stereo speakers and has three color options in India - Titanium Grey, Rose Red, and Starry Night.

vivo V50 Starry Night • vivo V50 Titanium Grey

The Titanium Grey model weighs 189g and comes with a plastic back cover, while the Rose Red and Starry Night versions weigh 199g and feature glass backs. Some countries will also get a Purple-colored model, which, too, weighs 199g.

We'll begin working on our vivo V50 review soon, so stay tuned to find out if it's worth buying.