Vivo Y6t came out recently as a low-end 5G device. Now they’ve added a second model to the lineup. It’s called the Vivo Y6 5G. As the name would imply, this is actually a more premium handset. The performance doesn’t change, but most of the hardware is upgraded. You’ll find the details below.
This newcomer has the same Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 chip as the original Y6t, so you aren’t getting a ton of performance here. It’s only a 2.2GHz engine. They’ve wired the chip to a max 12GB RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. Apps will open faster with this storage module.
There’s still an IPS LCD here, but the Vivo's latest 5G mobile upgrades the brightness to 1200 nits. This is a 6.75” punch hole LCD screen with a 720p resolution. The pixels are pushed at a 120Hz refresh rate. And they’ve put an 8MP selfie camera on the panel, rather than a 5MP shooter like the Y6t.
Vivo Y6 also bumps the rear camera quality. The series’ vanilla model actually puts a 50MP main camera on the back next to an auxiliary lens. There seems to be a notification indicator and an LED flash on the camera island. Both phones have the same 8.39mm thickness, though the Y6 has a larger battery.
There’s a huge 7200mAh cell on this Vivo Y6 5G handset that gets backup from a faster 44W charging. This kind of battery is usually hard to kill in one day. Of course, the chip will unlock 5G carrier support. And you are given an infrared remote and the NFC chip.
They’ve put the fingerprint ID on the power key, not the screen, since it doesn’t have an AMOLED. Android 16 comes by default on the Vivo Y6 with Origin OS 6 skin. Apparently, the phone can retain out-of-the-box smoothness for at least 50 months.
The phone has dual speakers, by the way, and the volume can be pushed all the way to 400%. Vivo Y6 5G makes the body way more durable. They tested it for 1.7m drops and IP68/IP69 waterproof ratings. The starter price set in China for the Vivo Y6 is CNY 1,799 (~PKR 73,000) for the 8/128GB trim.