Along with the Vivo V19 is its toned-down sibling, the V19 Neo. The two are pretty much identical except for the following: the latter has an older Snapdragon 675 chipset, a single selfie camera, a slower fast charging rate, colorways, and the price. Given those differences, is there enough incentive to get the Neo version? Find out in our review.
設計と建設
デザイン面では、V19 NeoはV19とほぼ同一で、サイズもほぼ同じです。ホールパンチカメラ（Neoにはあります）とカラー（Neoはブルーとホワイト）を見ることで、両者を区別できます。
V19と同様に、6.44インチのディスプレイにセルフィーカメラ用のホールパンチがあります。また、ディスプレイ内蔵スキャナーも搭載されています。
左側には、2枚のnano-SIMカードとmicroSDカード用のトリプルカードスロットがあり、最大256GBまで拡張可能です。
右側には電源ボタンと音量調整ボタンがあります。これらは触覚的でクリック感があり、フレームの中心付近に配置されているため、操作しやすくなっています。
上部にはセカンダリーマイクがあり、下部にはスピーカー、USB Type-C ポート、プライマリーマイク、そして 3.5mm ヘッドフォンジャックがあります。
裏返すと、V19と比べて小さめのカメラモジュールがあり、4つのカメラとLEDフラッシュを収めています。その下にはVivoのロゴがあります。この構成はもう新しくはありませんが、フラッグシップデバイスと共通しており、カメラバンプが平らな面に置いたときにデバイスが揺れることはありません。
一般的に、V19 Neo はガラス製の背面と前面を持ち、V19 と同様にプレミアムな外観です。クリスタルホワイトのようにツートーンのバリエーションを含む、さまざまなカラーオプションがあります。また、より暗いアドミラルブルーのカラーオプションもあります。ほとんどのスマートフォンと同様に、指紋が付きやすいので、ケースを使用するか、箱に入っているジェリーケースを使用した方が良いでしょう。
ディスプレイとマルチメディア
Vivo V19 と同様に、Neo は 6.44 インチの画面に Super AMOLED パネルを採用しており、鮮やかな色彩、深い黒、コントラストの高さ、そして優れた視野角を実現しています。また、Full HD+（2400 x 1080）で、409ppi のピクセル密度を持っています。さらに、Vivo の仕様書には記載されていない Gorilla Glass 保護が施されており、出荷時から画面保護フィルムが貼られています。
Neoは単一のセルフィーカメラしか搭載していないため、画面上での邪魔が少なくなります。時にはそれがあることすら気付かないこともあります。しかし、もし気になる場合は、黒いバーで隠すオプションはありませんが、特定のアプリが画面全体を最大化するかどうかを制御することはできます。
The audio experience is also at par with the V19. The downward-firing loudspeaker can be loud enough for a small room with clear highs and mids but lacking in some bass. If you want better audio quality, we still recommend connecting to an external speaker or headphones. Good thing the V19 has a 3.5mm headphone jack.
カメラ
大きな兄弟機種と同様に、V19 Neo も多用途のカメラで、48MP の高解像度メイン、8MP の超広角、2MP のボケ効果用、そして2MP のマクロ用の計4つのリアカメラを搭載しています。
We get good photo quality with sharp details and natural-looking vibrant colors, especially under the right lighting conditions. Besides the standard mode, you can play around with the ultra-wide-angle, bokeh, super macro, beauty mode, and of course, its 48MP lens for more details. Its HDR isn’t perfect, but it works well too.
As for night mode, you can use the ultra-wide-angle lens with it, and the effect gives a subtle brightness without making the photos look noisy and washed.
For selfies, as mentioned, the V19 Neo comes with a single 32MP camera. For users that just want a high-resolution selfie, this will suffice. Besides, you’re still getting the software features found on the V19. Most of the time, we get bright and vibrant selfies that fall more on cooler tones. Since we get a single front shooter, there’s no option to use an ultra-wide-angle mode to take better “groufies”—which I don’t think you’ll be looking for during this pandemic.
Nonetheless, the camera app itself packs a few selfie nifty features like its predecessor, such as the beauty mode, portrait mode, and a posture feature to guide you with some poses. As for videos, you can shoot up to 4k at 60fps.
OS, UI, and Apps
For software, the V19 Neo runs on Android 10 skinned with the newer Funtouch OS 10. It’s a modern and youthful-looking interface with a ton of customization features. Although there’s no app drawer option, the interface still looks functional and dynamic.
Of course, there are some bloatware and a few pre-installed apps like Google apps, Lazada, Opera, Facebook, Kumu, and GCash that you can always remove if you’re not going to use them.
It also has Jovi, which is Vivo’s AI assistant, and it works within other parts of the interface like the photo gallery and the camera, as well as Child mode and Driving mode. Other notable features are the option to navigate with gestures, dark mode, app clone, digital wellbeing, and dynamic effects for more quirky animations.
For storage, we have the 128GB model, with a usable space of 101GB, which you can easily expand via a microSD card. It has a dedicated slot, so you don’t have to worry about losing your dual-SIM functionality.
Performance and Benchmarks
Powering this device is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 AIE octa-core CPU with an Adreno 612 GPU and 8GB of RAM. It’s a chipset announced in late 2018 but can produce numbers close to the ones found on the Snapdragon 712-powered V19. This is also the configuration found on the V17 Pro. It works pretty well in providing a stutter-free multitasking experience. Navigation is smooth, and apps launch fast.
When it comes to gaming, it can handle heavy titles like PUBG Mobile, Asphalt 9, COD Mobile, and Mobile Legends. However, do expect some slow response rate when playing under the highest graphic settings. You’ll most likely tone down the settings to get a smoother experience.
The backside can heat up at some point but not to an alarming hot. For some numbers, check out the benchmark scores we got:
• AnTuTu V8 - 233,298
• Geekbench - 511 (Single-Core), 1,639 (Multi-Core)
• PCMark - 7,277 (Work 2.0)
• 3D Mark - 1,270 (OpenGL), 1,210 (Vulkan)
• AndroBench - 506.04 MB/s (Read), 192.32 MB/s (Write)
As for security, you can unlock the phone via face-unlock and the in-display fingerprint scanner. Both work snappy, but the face-unlock can struggle in challenging light scenarios. One small thing that we appreciate is the fun animations for unlocking that you can customize in the settings.
Battery Life
Now keeping the Vivo V19 Neo running is a 4,500mAh battery. In the PCMark battery test, it yielded a total of 17 hours and 6 minutes, which is a couple of hours shorter than the result we got on the V19, but still not bad. For our video loop test, we got a solid 21 hours and 7 minutes.
Charging, on the other hand, is slower at 18W and took us an average of an hour and 50 minutes to charge from 0% to 100%.
Conclusion
The Vivo V19 Neo may be under the shadow of the higher V19, but it is good enough to meet the demands of a wide variety of users. You get an impressive Super AMOLED display, a stylish design, a sizable battery, decent performance, and cameras that surely don’t disappoint your social media demands.
Although it’s not as good as the V19 when it comes to performance and front camera versatility, for the price gap, the V19 Neo delivers, and we think you’ll still be happy getting it.
The Vivo V19 Neo is priced at PHP 17,999.
Vivo V19 Neo specs:
6.44-inch FHD+ (2400 x 1080) Super AMOLED Ultra O display
Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 AIE octa-core CPU
Adreno 612 GPU
8GB RAM
128GB storage
microSD card support (dedicated slot)
Quad-rear cameras:
• 48MP (main)
• 8MP (ultra-wide)
• 2MP (bokeh)
• 2MP (macro)
32MP front camera
Dual-SIM
4G LTE
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 5.0
GPS, A-GPS, BDS, GLONASS
3.5mm audio jack
Fingerprint scanner (in-display)
Funtouch OS 10 (Android 10)
4,500mAh battery w/ 18W Dual-Engine Fast Charge
159.01 x 74.17 x 8.54 mm
176 g
With additional inputs by Louie Diangson
That price doomed it.