The vivo S18 series was released, and it continued to focus on portrait selfies
On December 14th, vivo officially released the iconic S18 series of new products, the S series is vivo's thin and light sub-flagship model, focusing on thin and light feel and portrait selfies, which have long been recognized by the offline market. According to the press conference, the vivo S18 series will start pre-sale from now on, of which vivo S18 will officially go on sale on December 22, and vivo S18 Pro will officially go on sale on January 13, 2024.
This generation of vivo S18 series continues the oriental design aesthetics of the S series, bringing a new appearance process and color matching, as well as studio-level portrait selfies, light and thin long battery life experience, and comprehensively upgraded the comprehensive experience, the whole system is equipped with a million-level running score processor, and brought a self-developed blue heart model, becoming vivo's third mobile phone with a large model.
In terms of appearance, the vivo S18 series pioneered the embossing carving process, which achieves richer light and shadow transitions through 13 million tangent lines, continues the oriental aesthetic design of the S series, and brings a new "flower-like" color scheme for the first time.
In terms of imaging, the S18 series is equipped with a 50 million eyed bionic main camera, of which the S18 Pro is equipped with the same main camera as the X100, the same ultra-wide angle as the X100 and the same telephoto portrait as the X90s.
As a mobile phone that focuses on thin and light feel, the vivo S18 series has also been comprehensively upgraded in terms of performance, battery life and screen, achieving a better comprehensive experience on the basis of being lighter and thinner than the previous generation.
In terms of core processors, vivo S18 Pro uses Dimensity 9200+ flagship chip, with a running score of more than 1.58 million, while S18 uses the third-generation Snapdragon 7 chip, and the standard version has a running score of more than one million for the first time. In terms of battery, the vivo S18 series is equipped with a 5000mAh ultra-thin blue ocean battery, which achieves the longest battery life of the S series so far, and brings a 120Hz sunrise eye protection screen, the largest VC heat sink in the history of the S series, WiFi7 and many other configurations.
Since entering the fourth quarter, the mobile phone market has accelerated its recovery, the rhythm of new product releases by manufacturers has become more frequent, and the market competition has become more intense. The vivo S18 series, as the finale of vivo mobile phones in 2023, achieves a better comprehensive experience like the previously released vivo X100 series, but it is more sincere in terms of entry price, achieving "increasing the volume without increasing the price", showing vivo's ambition to ship.
Specifically, vivo S18 8GB+256GB version is priced at 2299 yuan, 12GB+256GB version is priced at 2599 yuan, 12GB+512GB version is priced at 2799 yuan, and 16GB+512GB version is priced at 2999 yuan. Under the same storage configuration, vivo S18 is 200 yuan cheaper than the previous generation.
On the basis of the comprehensive upgrade of performance, vivo S18 Pro is priced at 3199 yuan for the 12GB+256GB version, 3499 yuan for the 16GB+256GB version, and 3699 yuan for the 16GB+512GB version, which is a slight increase of 200 yuan compared with the previous generation.
As of 21 o'clock on December 14, according to vivo, the number of bookings for the vivo S18 series on the whole network was 2.6 times that of the previous generation.
（文 | 曾广 编辑 | 董雨晴）