vivo NEX 3 / NEX 3 5G Specs and Price: Say Goodbye To Physical Button!

The vivo NEX 3 is finally official after almost an unending teasers. It also has a 5G variant, which makes it the first non-gaming flagship with next-gen connectivity capabilities

vivo NEX 3 Specs and Features

Design and Display

The vivo NEX 3 is a pretty and gorgeous device, but the display unit is a piece of beauty in its class. The company calls it a Waterfall FullView Display. It is a Super AMOLED panel with 6.89-inch diagonal and an impressive screen-to-body ratio of 99.6%, according to vivo. This is due to the extremely curved edges of the screen at nearly 90 degrees.

With the presence of a screen on the sides, the vivo NEX 3 says goodbye to physical keys. Now it brings Touch Sense, which simulates the real touch of buttons and offers “more exquisite vibration feedback in various use cases”, according to vivo. There is also the feature called X-Axis Haptic that is expected to offer a more comfortable vibration, applied to games, typing and other scenes.

Photography and Video

The smartphone also brings three cameras, with the main one being 64 MP, effectively becoming the first flagship with the new Samsung ISOCELL Bright GW1 sensor. There are also a 13 MP wide-angle shooter and 13 MP telephoto camera.

The selfie camera mechanism looks like the one in the vivo X27 Pro, but now it has a 16 MP sensor.

There is a feature called Portrait Master’s Hyper HDR which should increase the dynamic range accuracy between a user’s face and the background’s brightest spot. The regular camera setup will have wide-angle, telescopic and macro capabilities “just a click away”.

Internal Hardware and Storage

Internal hardware-wise, the phone is pretty impressive as well. It comes with either 8 or 12 GB RAM, while the storage is 256 GB. The processor in charge is a Snapdragon 855 Plus.

Battery

Another new-but-not-really-new feature is the battery capacity – 4,500 mAh with 44W ultra-fast flash charging and C-DRX power-saving technology.

vivo NEX 3 / vivo NEX 3 5G Full Specifications

Network Properties

• 2G bands: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2
• CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA
• 3G bands: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
• CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
• 4G bands: LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
• Speed: HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat18 1200/150 Mbps

Launch

• Announced: 2019, September
• Status: Release 2019, October

Design

• Dimensions: 167.4 x 76.1 x 9.4 mm (6.59 x 3.00 x 0.37 in)
• Weight: 217.3 g (7.65 oz)
• Build: Front/back glass, aluminum frame
• Colours: Liquid Tianhe, Deep air streamer
• SIM: Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display

• Type: Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
• Size: 6.89 inches, 119.3 cm2 (~93.6% screen-to-body ratio)
• Resolution: 1080 x 2256 pixels (~363 ppi density)
• HDR10

Operating System

• Android 9.0 (Pie); Funtouch 9.1

Hardware

• Chipset: Qualcomm SDM855 Snapdragon 855+ (7 nm)
• CPU: Octa-core (1×2.96 GHz Kryo 485 & 3×2.42 GHz Kryo 485 & 4×1.8 GHz Kryo 485)
• GPU: Adreno 640 (700 MHz)
• Storage: 128GB 8GB RAM, UFS3.0
• Memory Card slot: No

Cameras

• Main Camera: Triple
  • 64 MP, f/1.8, (wide), 1/1.7″, 0.8µm, PDAF
  • 13 MP, f/2.5, (telephoto), PDAF
  • 13 MP, f/2.2, (ultrawide), PDAF
• Features: LED flash, HDR, panorama
• Video: 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@960fps, gyro-EIS
• Selfie Camera: Single – Motorized pop-up 16 MP, f/2.1
• Features: LED flash, HDR
• Video: 1080p@30fps

Multimedia

• FM radio: No
• Loudspeaker: Yes
• Audio 3.5mm jack: Yes
• 32-bit/192kHz audio
• Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Connectivity

• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
• Bluetooth: 5.0, A2DP, LE
• GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BDS
• USB: 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go

Other Feature

• Sensors: Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Battery

• Battery Type & Capacity: Non-removable Li-Po 4500 mAh battery
• Charging: Fast battery charging 44W

Models: V1923A, V1923T

vivo NEX 3 / NEX 3 5G Price and Availability

Vivo Nex 3 Series will arrive in stores (physical and digital) on September 21. Following the prices for the Chinese market:

• 8 / 128GB / 4G version costs 4998 yuan (US$ 707)
• 8 / 256GB / 5G version costs 5698 yuan (US$ 806)
• 12 / 256GB / 5G version costs 6198 yuan (US$ 876)