vivo Y21

Vivo Y21 is a budget oriented device, but focusing more on design, Vivo fails to offer what other manufacturers focus to offer and that is a decent hardware for the phone to perform well. The Vivo Y21 clearly does not match up to the other competing devices in the similar price range in terms of hardware.

Design and Display
Design is the only criteria where the Vivo Y21 excels. Even though the phone is plastic, the design of the phone makes it feel and look premium with solid build quality. Coming to the display is where is the phone begins to disappoint, it has a 4.5 inch display with a resolution of 854x480 pixels giving the display a pixel density of about 218PPI.

Hardware details
Running inside the Vivo Y21 is a MediaTek MT6580 Quad Core chipset and paired with it is just 1GB of RAM. And coming to the software part, the phone's operating system is based on Android 5.1 Lollipop out of the box with Vivo's FunTouch OS 2.1 running on top of it.

Camera and Storage
In terms of camera, the phone has a 5MP rear camera sensor that can record videos up to 720p and on the front lies a very basic 2MP camera sensor. To store all your data, you get 16GB of internal storage with an expansion option of up to 128GB via a MicroSD card.

Battery and Connectivity
On the back we have just a 1900mAh battery that is user replaceable but sounds just about average and we doubt if it would last you through the day. Coming to connectivity, the phone supports Dual Micro SIMs and yes, the device is 3G enabled.

Competitors:
Coolpad Note 3 Lite
Xolo Era 4K
Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About vivo Y21

1. What is the internal storage size available to install apps?

Ans: The device comes with 16GB onboard storage of which around 11GB is available for the user to install apps and store data. Besides, you can also add a MicroSD card up to 128GB to further expand the storage.

2. What type of charging connector do I need?

Ans. For charging and data syncing, the vivo Y21 has got a Micro USB port.

3. How long would the battery last? Will I need a power bank?

Ans: It come with just 1900mAh battery that might not be enough to last through the day and it is recommended that you carry a power bank.

4. Is the battery removable?

Ans: Yes, the battery of the phone is user removable.

5. Does it support USB OTG?

Ans: Yes, the you can view and transfer content from your pen drive or HDD on your phone via a USB OTG cable.

6. Will this get further software updates of Android?

Ans: This phone ships with the Android 5.1 Lollipop out of the box and is not likely to receive any further Android updates.