Vivo V21

Technical specifications

I have had the phone for exactly 8 months.

The advantages are certainly fast charging and long battery life. I do not worry about the battery at all because I know that I can plug it in while going to wash and it will last for a long time.
In my opinion, the photos are almost too good, and skin imperfections are visible in selfies.

The biggest advantage in my opinion is the performance; I have 10,000 photos on the phone, not including videos, plus many different applications for work and entertainment. For 8 months, I have not yet had an instance where it experienced a delay, even with high-quality multiplayer games.

The downside is the headphone adapter.
And a very weak speaker with unnatural sound quality.

I bought it on promotion for 1500, and for this price, I am very satisfied and recommend it. Previously I used Xiaomi; this phone was recommended to me in the store due to the promotion, and I do not regret it.

[...] states that this phone does not have OIS stabilization.
Oh, that is a great pity. The quality of English-language competitors' specifications is declining significantly. I highly recommend the manufacturer's specifications if ours do not seem sufficiently reliable: https://www.vivo.com/pl/products/param/v21
Just like in our case, there is OIS in both the front and rear cameras. Regards. (jf)

I have owned this phone for almost 3 years. At first, it worked very well, took very nice photos, and recorded videos of satisfactory quality, although the sound in the recorded videos was terrible. After 2 years, the charging port failed, and the phone began to run increasingly slower after subsequent Android updates. Currently, it overheats significantly during long navigation use combined with a call and charging, which results in freezing and other issues.

It is difficult for me to rate this phone because it was not the worst, but I am certainly not as satisfied with it as I was with the old Galaxy S3 and S5, which were excellent. However, I would not buy a Vivo again.

It survived two years of drops, whereas Xiaomi Redmi 5 lasted only a year. It handles over 2,000 open tabs in Chrome, and the battery is still in good condition. I am surprised because it is a lithium-ion battery. Of course, I do not update anything. As for the camera... I prefer simplicity and speed. For me, the best one was in the Moto G LTE (Peregrine), after installing the "Camera" app from Pixel years ago.

I have had it for 1.5 years; it is a very good phone. Regular security updates, an update to Android 13. It does not experience performance delays and runs smoothly; overall, there are no problems. The photos are very good, not oversaturated with colors like in Samsung. The only thing I can find fault with is the mono speaker, but I actually only listen using headphones anyway.

After the update to Android 13, the phone is very sluggish. Opening a message takes about 10 seconds. Frequent lack of application response. In a phone that has 8GB RAM + 4GB of expansion capability in its specifications, such things should not occur. Overall, it is a disappointment in terms of the possibility of any work on it. It only serves for making calls.

The photos from the front camera are the best. Excellent sharpness, contrast and colors. Good software. In my opinion, better than Samsung.