Vivo recently launched the Vivo Z1 Pro (Review) in India and priced it quite well. This smartphone managed to fare quite well when we reviewed it. Now, the Chinese manufacturer has launched one more smartphone priced only a little higher, dubbed the Vivo S1. This is a part of the new S series which stands for Style. The Vivo S1 is stylish for sure, but does it have the performance to back its looks? We test it to find out.

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Vivo S1 Summary

The S1 is the first smartphones under the S series from Vivo to launch in India. The S series focuses on style and there is no denying that the S1 does look stylish. It comes in two colour variants called Diamond Black and Skyline Blue. We had the Diamond Black variant which had a catchy diamond pattern at the back.

Vivo has put a 6.38-inch AMOLED display on the S1. It has good viewing angles and adequate brightness when outdoors. It also houses an in-display fingerprint scanner. The Vivo S1 has a waterdrop notch that houses the selfie camera.

At the back, the S1 sports a triple camera setup consisting of a 16-megapixel primary sensor, an 8-megapixel ultra-wide-angle lens and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. We weren't impressed with the fact that the S1 sports a Micro-USB port while most other smartphones in this price range have a Type-C port.

Vivo ships the S1 with FunTouch OS running on top of Android 9 Pie. It has customisations and comes with a few apps preinstalled. The Vivo S1 is powered by a MediaTek Helio P65 SoC and is the first smartphone in India to do so. There are three variants of the Vivo S1, 4GB RAM with 128GB storage, 6GB RAM with 64GB of storage and 6GB RAM with 128GB of storage. We had the top-end variant for review and it did not face any issues in day-to-day usage.

We played games like PUBG Mobile which the S1 ran at medium settings. The phone did get warm to the touch after gaming for 20 minutes. The camera is where the S1 still needs some work as we weren't happy with its performance. It does a decent job in daylight but delivers below-average performance in low-light. The 4,500mAh battery offers good battery life and Vivo does ship an 18W fast charger in the box.

The Vivo S1 does feel pricey compared to some of its competitors like the Realme X and the Oppo K3.

Vivo S1 Price in India

Variant

Colour

Vivo S1 (6GB RAM, 64GB) - Skyline Blue

₹ 16,990

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Vivo S1 price in India starts from ₹ 16,990. The lowest price of Vivo S1 is ₹ 16,990 at Flipkart on 27th September 2025. This Phone is available in 2 other variants like 6GB RAM + 64GB Storage, 6GB RAM + 128GB Storage with colour options like Diamond Black, Fusion Black, and Skyline Blue.

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Vivo S1 Full Specifications

General

Brand	Vivo
Model	S1
Price in India	₹16,990
Release date	July 2019
Launched in India	Yes
Form factor	Touchscreen
Dimensions (mm)	159.53 x 75.23 x 8.13
Weight (g)	179.00
Battery capacity (mAh)	4500
Removable battery	No
Fast charging	Proprietary
Wireless charging	No
Colours	Diamond Black, Fusion Black, Skyline Blue

Display

Screen size (inches)	6.38
Touchscreen	Yes
Resolution	1080x2340 pixels
Aspect ratio	19.5:9

Hardware

Processor	octa-core
Processor make	MediaTek Helio P65 (MT6768)
RAM	4GB
Internal storage	128GB
Expandable storage	No
Dedicated microSD slot	No

Camera

Rear camera	16-megapixel (f/1.78) + 8-megapixel (f/2.2) + 5-megapixel (f/2.4)
Front camera	32-megapixel (f/2.0)

Software

Operating system	Android Pie
Skin	Funtouch OS 9

Connectivity

Wi-Fi	Yes
GPS	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes, v 5.00
USB OTG	Yes
Number of SIMs	2
SIM 1
SIM Type	Nano-SIM
SIM 2
SIM Type	Nano-SIM

Sensors

Fingerprint sensor	Yes
Compass/ Magnetometer	Yes
Proximity sensor	Yes
Accelerometer	Yes
Ambient light sensor	Yes
Gyroscope	Yes

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Bad camera.

Dr.Midhun Shanmugam (Jul 18, 2019) on Gadgets 360

Rear camera so artificial. Perfomance not bad. Price worthy mobile. Battery good. Selfie camera decent good. Rear cam very bad

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Cool Phone amazing features

Ravi Rana (Jul 20, 2019) on Gadgets 360

I was waiting for this for a quite long time.. finally its here... features are really good along with in display fingerprint sensor... It will be a great experience to use Helio P65 for first time

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Bad camera & heating problem

Nilesh (Sep 4, 2019) on Gadgets 360

Camera no work properly in low light condition, heating genrate in gaming exp.& web browsing, movies exp.so i do not recommended vivo S1 model purchase.

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The specs look marvelous

Nitin Yadav (Jul 25, 2019) on Gadgets 360 Recommends

Vivo S1 appears a promising smartphone.. I love the smart MediaTek P65 processor, triple camera setup and the powerful battery of the smartphone...

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Face recognition feature isn't available

Mounesh SB (Aug 3, 2019) on Gadgets 360

Is VIVO S1 Why this model doesn't available face recognition feature not pair for 18k money.. in other brand 13-14k mobile have avail all features include face recogniser feature

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