Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo has announced that its latest device called the Y31L is now available in India for the price of Rs 9,450 ($ 142). The Y31L smartphone is the successor to the older Vivo Y31 model.

Alex Feng, CEO of Vivo India, said in his statement that they are pleased to announce the launch of Y31L smartphone. He elaborated that the phone is another brilliant addition to Vivo's flagship smartphone portfolio in the budget-friendly segment.

Vivo Y31L is a budget smartphone and has decent specifications to match the same. It sports a 4.7-inch qHD IPS display that has a resolution of 960x540 pixels, giving it a pixel density of 234 ppi. It is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor, clocked at 1.2 GHz.

 

Vivo Y31L also has 1GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage, expandable up to 128GB via MicroSD card. The smartphone runs on FunTouch OS 2.1 out of the box, which is based on Android 5.1 Lollipop.In the camera department, the Vivo Y31L has an 8 Megapixel rear camera sensor with features like LED flash and Autofocus. 

 

The front camera is a 5MP sensor for selfies and video calling support.In terms of connectivity, the Vivo Y31L has 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, 3.5 mm audio jack and Micro-USB as the various options.The Vivo Y31L packs in a decent 2,200 mAh battery under the hood and has features like Palm Capture, Voice Capture, FM Radio and Dual-SIM support. It comes in only Black and White color variants and is priced at Rs. 9,450 in India.

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Apple's next iPhone will be as thin as the firm's iPod Touch, it has been claimed. Tech blog MacOtakara says that the iPhone 7 will be 1mm thinner than its predecessor, the iPhone 6S, and will measure 6.1mm in thickness.

It also claims the new handset, expected to be revealed in September, will feature stereo speakers - but could dump the headphone socket to slim it down.It is also expected to have a thinner lightning port - although it is believed the same cable will still work with the handset.It also reiterated claimed that Apple will lose the 'bump' from the camera lens.

It is believed the larger of the expected two models will use a radical dual lens camera, and a Sony executive appeared to confirm the move earlier this year.

Macrumours claims this version could be called the iPhone Pro, Sony Corporation's Kenichiro Yoshida stated that 'the takeoff of smartphones with dual lens camera[s] will be in the year of 2017.' during a financial call.

MacRumours said: 'According to a source who has provided reliable information in the past, the iPhone 7 body will appear very similar to the design used for the iPhone 6 and 6s, with two significant exceptions.

 'The first involves the rear camera, which protrudes slightly on the iPhone 6 and 6s. 'On the iPhone 7, the camera is said to sit flush with the rear casing, enabled by a thinner camera module.' The other significant change with the body of the iPhone 7 is the removal of antenna bands across the rear, allowing for a cleaner all-metal look on the back.

Antenna bands at the sides and around the top and bottom edges are said to remain, however.

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed last year the iPhone 7, which is unlikely to launch until at least September 2016, will be the firm's thinnest handset to date at just 6mm thick.This would put on a par with the iPod touch, and would be almost a millimetre thinner than the current iPhone 6.

Apple's original iPhone, released in 2007, was 12.3mm thick. By comparison the current iPhone 6 is 6.9mm thick, while the larger iPhone 6 Plus is 7.1mm. These devices are noticeably thinner than the iPhone 5S, which measures 7.6mm.

However, thinner devices are potentially more vulnerable to being broken and the iPhone 6 Plus, for example, was criticised for bending in the pockets of its owners due to its larger, thinner design. 

Following these 'bendgate' complaints, rumours suggested Apple was planning to use stronger materials in future models.

In particular, sources familiar with the plans said Apple could use the same 7000 series aluminium used in its Apple Watch.The material would make the next iPhone 60 per cent harder than the iPhone 6.The iPod touch is 6.1mm thick, but its screen is smaller than the iPhones - at just 4-inches. It doesn't take a SIM card, meaning it can be thinner because it needs fewer internal components as the iPhone.

 If Mr Kuo's claims are true, Apple's next-generation handset would be its thinnest yet, but it would still be significantly thicker than the thinnest phone in the world - Vivo's X5 Max. Vivo's Android handset is just 4.75mm, while rival phone-maker Oppo's R5 is 4.85mm. Samsung also has a super-thin phone called the Galaxy A8 which measures 5.9mm. 

It’s become increasingly obvious in recent times that if you want to look for high-powered smartphones in the Android market at competitive prices, you have to look towards China. Xiaomi made a splash at MWC with the launch of its high-end Mi 5 that costs half what an S7 Edge might cost. Meanwhile, in China, Vivo has launched the Xplay 5 and Xplay 5 Elite, the latter of which boasts an enormous 6GB RAM.

Other specs of the Xplay 5 Elite are just as impressive as the amount of memory. Vivo opted for the Snapdragon 820 processor, Qualcomm’s latest flagship chipset which you’ll also find in the LG G5, Xiaomi Mi 5 and some versions of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. Clearly then, the Elite model from Vivo’s latest range is competing head-on with the big name manufacturers’ flagship smartphones.

On the front is a large dual-curved 5.43-inch Super AMOLED display boasting Quad HD resolution (like the S7 Edge), while inside is a beefy 128GB of internal storage. Sadly, there’s no option to expand, but you likely won’t need to with that much capacity. It also has a 16MP Sony camera sensor on the back with phase-detection autofocus and a dual-tone LED flash. It has a fingerprint sensor, 8MP front camera and a large 3,600mAh battery.

Despite not having the ‘Elite’ moniker, the regular Xplay 5 is virtually as impressive as the premium model. It has the same 5.43-inch QHD display, the same design and camera setup. The differences are inside, where it hosts a Snapdragon 652 processor paired with 4GB RAM and an equally generous 128GB storage.

This beast of a phone is the more powerful of the two models launched today. The Xplay 5 Elite os features a metal unibody and uses the best in the industry, Gorilla Glass 4 sheets to shield the dual-curved 5.43″ Super AMOLED Quad HD screen. The phone is comes packing a Snapdragon 820 chipset with what is already being looked at as borderline crazy, 6GB of RAM.

The Xplay 5 Elite will skip the memory card slot and will come equipped with 128GB flash storage out of the box.The camera setup on the phone boasts of the powerful 16-MP (Sony IMX298) snapper with phase-detection AF and dual-tone LED flash at the back and an 8-MP camera at the front.The Xplay 5 Elite is a dual-SIM ready, supports LTE networks, Hi-Fi 3.0 (2*ES9028+OPA1612), and comes with a 3,600 mAh battery along with a fingerprint scanner on the back.

The Xplay 5 Elite comes with the company’s Funtouch launcher on top of  Android 5.1 Lollipop. It also supports split-screen multitasking and will launch on March 8 in China and for a cool price of CNY 4,288 (Approx Rs 44,000)


The VIVO Xplay 5 is the younger sibling of the Elite model which was earlier in benchmark leaks was thought to be a “Lite” variant of the Xplay 5. It comes with the same design of the Elite and features a 5.43″ Super AMOLED QHD display, along with the same camera setup, and 128GB storage.

The phone though as a cost cutting measure uses an inferior chipset coming equipped with the Snapdragon 652, and also cuts down on the RAM to 4GB. The Hi-Fi chip configuration is also of a different kind – CS4395+AD45257.

Pricing for the VIVO Xplay 5 will has been set marginally below the Elite and it will launch in China on March 8 for CNY 3,698 (Approx Rs 38,000)