Vivo X9 and X9 Plus with 20MP + 8MP dual front cameras, Snapdragon 625 and 653 SoCs announced

Vivo just announced X9 and X9 Plus, the company’s flagship smartphones in the ‘X series’ in China. Both the phones have a 20-megapixel front-facing camera with 1/2.8″ Sony IMX376 sensor and f/2.0 aperture along with a 8-megapixel camera for capuring depth information when shooting selfies. These phones also have a 16-megapixel rear camera with  1/2.8″ sensor.

The X9 has a 5.5-inch 1080p Super AMOLED screen with 1.59mm slim bezels for easy on-handed operation and is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 processor with 4GB of RAM, and the X9 Plus comes with a 5.88-inch 1080p Super AMOLED screen, is powered by an Octa-Core Snapdragon 653 processor with 6GB of RAM. Both the phones run Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) with Funtouch OS 3.0 on top. These also have full metal unibody design with unique U-shaped antenna design.

Vivo X9 specifications

5.5-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED display
2GHz Octa-Core Snapdragon 625 processor with Adreno 506 GPU
4GB RAM, 64GB / 128GB internal memory
Dual SIM
 Funtouch OS 3.0 based on Android 6.0 (marshmallow)
16MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF
20MP front-facing camera with Sony IMX376 sensor and f/2.0 aperture, secondary 8MP front camera
Fingerprint sensor
Dimensions: 152.6x74x6.99mm; Weight: 154g
3.5mm audio jack, AKM4376 DAC
4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS
3050mAh battery with fast charging.

Vivo X9 Plus specifications

5.88-inch (1080 x 1920 pixels) Full HD Super AMOLED display
Octa Core Snapdragon 653 processor (Quad 1.95GHz ARM Cortex A72 + Quad 1.44GHz A53 CPUs) with Adreno 510 GPU
6GB RAM, 64GB / 128GB internal memory
Dual SIM
Funtouch OS 3.0 based on Android 6.0 (marshmallow)
16MP rear camera with LED flash, f/2.0 aperture, PDAF
20MP front-facing camera with Sony IMX376 sensor and f/2.0 aperture, secondary 8MP front camera
Fingerprint sensor
3.5mm audio jack, ES9018 + ES9603 DAC
4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.2, GPS
4000mAh battery with fast charging
The Vivo X9 and Vivo X9 Plus come in Gold and Rose Gold colors. The X9 is priced at 2798 yuan for the 64GB version and the 128GB version costs 2998 yuan and is available for pre-order in China from today. Vivo said that it will reveal X9 Plus pricing only on December 26th.