Vivo has been launching smartphones at a rapid pace in the latter half of this year. One recent launch, the Vivo U20, managed to make headlines for its price-to-performance ratio. Surprisingly Vivo has launched yet another smartphone, this time in the V-series, called the Vivo V17. You can look at this new smartphone as a lower-priced version of the Vivo V17 Pro. It lacks the dual pop-up selfie camera module and goes with a hole-punch design instead. Can it justify its Rs. 22,990 price tag in a market crowded with great low-cost devices, including some of Vivo's own? We review to find out.
The Vivo V17[1] looks gorgeous, especially in the Glacier Ice colour finish that we had for this review. We like that Vivo has managed to keep the bezels slim and the camera hole small. The back also packs a compact quad-camera module that doesn't take much space. We have seen a similar finish on the Realme XT[2] (Review[3]), which was called Lunar White. If you aren't fond of white phones, you could opt for the Midnight Ocean colour variant instead.
We like that the Vivo V17 has super slim bezels at the top and sides of the screen. Vivo has opted for a hole-punch design for this smartphone. The 6.44-inch Super AMOLED display has a full-HD+ resolution and good viewing angles, and colours are punchy too. Just like the Samsung Galaxy S10[4] (Review[5]), the camera hole is positioned in the top right corner and is quite small. You will not really see the selfie camera peeping through the display very often. Yes, it does cut into content when watching videos and playing games but it wasn't big enough to bother us....