Vivo V50 Lite

At Rs. 133,999, the Vivo V50 Lite is expensive for its hardware. Its strengths are a 6500mAh battery with 90W charging and the charger in the box, a bright 120Hz AMOLED screen with thin bezels, a slim and light body, IP65 protection and stereo speakers.

Against that, the Snapdragon 685 is an older 4G chip that struggles with games, video stops at 1080p, there is no ultrawide camera, and storage is the slower UFS 2.2 type.

Verdict: worth considering only if battery life and design come first and you find it well below its listed price. The Vivo V70 FE at Rs. 121,999 costs less and is stronger in performance, cameras, battery and water resistance.

The V50 Lite has a 6.77-inch AMOLED display with 1080 x 2392 resolution and a 120Hz refresh rate. Peak brightness reaches 1800 nits, with about 1300 nits in high-brightness mode, so it stays readable in sunlight.

The bezels are very thin, so the phone feels like holding just a screen, which suits videos and movies. Colours lean bright and vivid, scrolling is smooth, and the in-display fingerprint scanner is fast. Always-on display and live wallpapers are supported.

The display is one of the phone's strongest points, with no major weakness at this level.

The Snapdragon 685 (6nm) is an older 4G chip paired with 8GB of RAM. For social media, messaging and browsing it is fine, and Vivo's optimisation keeps the interface smooth, with app opening and closing animations that make daily use feel polished.

Gaming and heavier use are where it struggles: lag and stutters appear in games and demanding apps. Storage is the slower UFS 2.2 type.

If performance matters to you, this chip is the main reason to look elsewhere at this price.

The main camera is a 50MP Sony IMX882 sensor, joined by a depth sensor, with a 32MP selfie camera on the front. There is no ultrawide lens and no optical stabilisation.

In good light the main camera takes good photos, and the Aura light helps with portraits in low light. Selfies are passable in low light and good outdoors in daylight.

Video is the weak point: recording tops out at 1080p, there is no 4K and no portrait video mode, and quality is unimpressive. The Zeiss camera modes and filters of higher V-series phones are not included.

The V50 Lite packs a 6500mAh silicon-carbon battery with 90W wired charging, and the 90W charger comes in the box. Vivo rates a full charge at 58 minutes, and real-world charging takes about 1 hour 10 minutes.

Battery life is the best at its price: about 9 to 10 hours of screen-on time with normal use, around one and a half to two days between charges, and a full day even with heavy use. It also supports 6W reverse wired charging for topping up other devices.

Despite the large battery, the phone is only 7.8mm thick and weighs 196 g.

The phone runs Android 15 with Funtouch OS 15. It feels smooth and polished, and an update to Funtouch OS 16 with new features is expected.

AI features include AI Erase for removing objects from photos, AI photo enhancement, Circle to Search and Gemini. The AI toolset is smaller than on some rivals.

Some third-party apps such as Bigo Live and TikTok come preinstalled, but they can be uninstalled.

Updates: about two to three years of major Android updates are reported, but Vivo has not published a policy for this model, so treat it as unconfirmed.