Beautiful like no other: Vivo NEX 3 and NEX 3 5G

Vivo went once popular, but nowslightly overgrown path. I rolled out a flagship smartphone that I just want to admire. The Vivo NEX 3 is officially presented - a smartphone with a huge, almost 7-inch, POLED-screen bent to the sides, which received the poetic name Waterfall FullView Display - “waterfall”.

Nothing spoils this beauty. There are no cutouts, no margins, or even buttons - the smartphone is controlled using Touch Sense touch areas located on the side ends.

Against this magnificent background, it’s not sonoticeable is the fact that the Vivo NEX 3 is the first of the smartphones to receive the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus chipset without listing “smartphones for gamers”. The cooling system here, of course, is still there, and the memory is not bad - 8 GB of RAM, 128 GB of internal flash.

The 4,500mAh battery supports 44W fast charging.

The front camera is retractable. In the working position, it looks somewhat heavy - the module is very large, you might even think that there are two cameras in it. But no, it is expanded for the flash accompanying the 16-megapixel camera.

We tried to place the rear cameras so thatrear panel design also did not offend the look. Perhaps it turned out. The cameras themselves offer a combination of a high-resolution module - with the currently available 64-megapixel Samsung ISOCELL Bright GW1, with a 13-megapixel wide-angle and 13-megapixel telephoto modules.

All this is very impressive, moreover, in the sleeveThe company has one more trump card - the 5G version of the Vivo NEX 3 5G. Here it’s still richer: there are both 8 and 12 gigabyte versions, and the built-in storage capacity is 256 GB.

The first new NEX 3 to get marketsAsia Pacific. The price starts from 4998 ($ 707 / € 641) for the 4G version with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of ROM. The smallest 5G-variation is estimated at 5698 yuan ($ 810 / € 730), the top version - at 6198 yuan ($ 877 / € 800). The start of sales on September 21.

Varieties of Vivo NEX 3:

8 + 128 GB ¥ 4998 (45500₽)

Key Features of Vivo NEX 3:

ScreenSuper AMOLED, 6.89 ″, 1080 × 2256, 16M colors, touch, capacitive, multi-touch, “waterfall”
IronQualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
2.96 GHz, 1 x Kryo 485, 3 x Kryo 485, 4 x Kryo 485, Adreno 640
Memory RAM 8 GB, ROM 128 GB
Mobile Internet LTE
HSDPA, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA
Edge
Mobile networks LTE Bands 1-5,7,8,12,17-20,26,28,34,38-41
UMTS 850, 900, 1900, 2100
GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
CDMA 800, 1900
TD-SCDMA
Battery Li-Ion, 4,500 mAh, 44W fast charge
Dimensions167.44 x 76.14 x 9.4 mm
Weight217.3 g
Camera64 MP, flash, autofocus, triple 64 MP f / 1.8 + 13 MP f / 2.2 wide + 13 MP f / 2.48 tele
front: 16 MP, flash, f / 2.09, extendable
NavigationGPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
OSAndroid 9.0 Pie, Funtouch OS 9.1
Sensors Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Approximation, Illumination, Fingerprint scanner (screen), NFC

Varieties of Vivo NEX 3 5G

8 + 256 GB ¥ 5698 (52,000₽)
12 + 256 GB ¥ 6198 (56,500₽)

Main features of Vivo NEX 3 5G:

ScreenSuper AMOLED, 6.89 ″, 1080 × 2256, 16M colors, touch, capacitive, multi-touch, “waterfall”
IronQualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
2.96 GHz, 1 x Kryo 485, 3 x Kryo 485, 4 x Kryo 485, Adreno 640
Memory: RAM 12 GB, ROM 256 GB, 8/12 GB RAM,
Mobile Internet 5G, LTE
HSDPA, HSUPA, TD-SCDMA
Edge
Mobile networks5G, LTE Bands 1-5,7,8,12,17-20,26,28,34,38-41
UMTS 850, 900, 1900, 2100
GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
TD-SCDMA
Battery Li-Ion, 4,500 mAh, 44W fast charge
Dimensions167.44 x 76.14 x 9.4 mm
Weight218.5 g
Camera64 MP, flash, autofocus, triple 64 MP f / 1.8 + 13 MP f / 2.2 wide + 13 MP f / 2.48 tele
frontal: 16 MP, f / 2.09, extendable
NavigationGPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
OSAndroid 9.0 Pie, Funtouch OS 9.1
Sensors Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Approximation, Illumination, Fingerprint scanner (screen), NFC

Tatyana Kobelskaya