Review: Beautiful and impressive, smartphone vivo V30e

I got the chance to experience and exlpore this smartphone - vivo V30e. I have review includes my observations on the design, display quality, performance, camera quality with sample pictures, and battery life.

vivo phones are known for their impressive camera systems, capturing stunning photos and videos with ease. Vivo phones are also known for their competitive pricing, delivering remarkable value for the features they offer.

The vivo V30e

The vivo V30e is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 processor. It’s a power-efficient chip that uses the 4nm process making it powerful without using too much battery life.

It comes in a single storage variant with 8GB of physical RAM and 256GB of storage space.

The vivo V30e is equipped with a 50 Megapixel main camera that uses a SONYIMX882 image sensor. The vivo V30 is with the signature Aura Light 3.0 feature.

The vivo V30e runs the latest FunTouch OS 14 layered atop Android 14 out of the box. The phone comes with several customisation options and pre-installed apps other than Google’s. There is Vivo’s own app store called V-Appstore, a browser, a cleanup utility and a security scanner called iManager. In addition, it includes popular third-party apps as well such as Netflix, Snapchat, PhonePe, Facebook and LinkedIn, which are removable

What’s in the box

Inside the vivo V30e box, the smartphone along with a FREE transparent phone case, the 44W fast charger, USB type-C cable, SIM ejector tool and a couple of documentations.

Design and Display

The vivo V30e 5G is impressively slim smartphone, comes in two color choices – Coco Brown and Cloud White. Beautiful design with gem-cut camera ring and curved edges. The handset is 7.65mm thin and weighs 179 grams.

I have the Cloud White color variant of the device and it has this velvety texture at the back.

Processor

Experience vivo V30e: Qualcomm Snapdragon® 6 Gen 1, up to 8GB+256GB, impressive 5500mAh, and a vibrant 6.78inch AMOLED display

Performance

Camera

Mobile photography is a whole new type or style of photography that has emerged as a result of significant advances in smartphone cameras.

The camera setup promises cutting-edge technology and high-quality optics to deliver exceptional results across various shooting scenarios.

In practical use, the vivo V30 is great in capturing intricate details, vibrant colors, and accurate skin tones, making it ideal for photography. Whether capturing close-up details with the macro lens, expansive scenes with the ultra-wide lens, or stunning portraits with the main and telephoto cameras, this setup promises to take mobile photography a notch higher in terms of quality.

This camera phone where you will have a Triple camera setup of 50 MP + 8 MP sensors at the back of your new V30e and a single 32 MP selfie lens with a bright LED flash on the front to capture self-portraits and videos. Vivo V30e's a massive 6.67-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display that delivers a sharp resolution of 1080 x 2400 pixels and a smooth refresh rate of 120 hertz. 

vivo V30 is the most affordable Aura Portrait Master 3.0 device.

Gaming: Will get more on the performance on the mobile gaming part in the coming days.

Battery

A massive 5,500mAh battery powers the device with support for 44W fast charging rate.

5500 mAh (TYP)

Charging Power
44W

• *V30e is equipped with a vivo standard charger which supports a charging power up to 44W. The actual charging power is dynamically adjusted as the battery level changes, and is subject to actual use.

Key Specs

DISPLAY 

• 6.78-inch FHD+ AMOLED Display (1080 x 2400 Pixels, 388 ppi) with SCHOTT Xensation α, 20:9 Aspect Ratio, 120Hz Refresh Rate, 1300nits peak brightness, and punch-hole. 
• OS Android 14 with Funtouch OS 14

CHIPSET 

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (4 nm)

CPU

• Octa Core CPU4x Cortex-A78 @ 2.2GHz & 4x Cortex-A55 @ 1.8GHz

GPU 

• Adreno 710

RAM 

• 8 GB

REAR CAMERA

• Dual Cameras:
• 50MP Main Camera (Sony IMX882, f/1.79 Aperture, Autofocus)8MP Ultra-wide (f/2.2 Aperture, 120° FoV)-Circular Multi-LED Flash
• -Up to 4K video recording

FRONT CAMERA 32 Megapixels (f/2.0 Aperture)

• - Up to 1080p video recording

STORAGE 

• 256GB

EXPANSION 

• Expandable up to 1TB via microSD

SIM CARD 

• Dual SIM (Nano-SIM)

CELLULAR 

• 5G, 4G LTE (with VoLTE), 3G HSPA+, 2G EDGE & GPRS Networks

WI-FI 

• Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac (dual band)

NFC 

No

BLUETOOTH 

• Bluetooth 5.1

POSITIONING 

• GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, BeiDou, QZSS

USB OTG 

• Yes

USB PORT 

• USB Type-C

SOUND 

• Up to 200% volume booster
• USB Type-C Audio Output

FM RADIO 

• No

BIOMETRICS 

• Face Recognition & Fingerprint Sensor (under-display)

SENSORS 

• Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer

BATTERY 

• 5500 mAh Li-ion Battery (Non-removable)44W Fast Charging

MATERIAL 

• Glass front, Polycarbonate back (IP64 dust & splash resistant)

DIMENSIONS 

• 164.36 × 74.75 × 7.65 mm (White) or 7.75 mm (Brown)

WEIGHT 

• 179 g (White) or 188 g (Brown)

COLORS 

• Cloud White, Coco Brown

The vivo v30e is available for just P17,999

It’s now available in vivo physical stores and kiosks, authorized retailers, and official vivo online stores on Shopee, Lazada, TikTok Shop, and the vivo e-store.