Vivo Y18 is a new budget smartphone that premiered in India.

Vivo Y18 - after the average ones, it's time for a budget

In recent hours, Vivo has presented a lot of mid-range devices, it's time for something from the lower shelf. Vivo Y18 is a budget device that is not afraid of rain.

Although waterproof housings are rare in the lower market segments - the new Vivo Y18 has a liquid and dust tightness class of IP54. This means that the phone will not be harmed by accidental splashing or falling into the sand. In addition, we have an LCD screen with a surprisingly high brightness of up to 850 nits. For a simple HD+ matrix, this is a good result. The screen has a size of 6.56 inches, a refresh rate of 90 Hz and is eye-friendly certified by TUV Rheinland. The heart of the smartphone is the MediaTek Helio G85 processor, supported by LPDDR4x and eMMC 5.1 memories with very budget capacities of 4+64 or 4+128 GB. The drop-shaped screen notch houses an 8-megapixel selfie camera, while on the back there is a 50-megapixel main camera (f/1.8) with a background blur. Everything is powered by a 5000 mAh battery with 15-watt charging, and the operating system is Android 14 with the Funtouch OS 14 interface, which, combined with 4 GB of RAM, does not bode well. The price, depending on the selected memory, is 9,000 or 10,000 Indian rupees, which is USD 108-120, EUR 101-111.