After seeing OPPO tease its next big thing, the Find 7 smartphone, and its potential 2K resolution display, Vivo has one-upped their tease with an official announcement of the Vivo Xplay 3S. The 3S will be capable of displaying the 2560×1440 resolution which is being referred to as ‘2K’ or ‘Quad HD’ resolution, which on the 6-inch screen works out to be a pixel density of 490ppi. You may want to retrieve your jaw from the ground right about now.
That’s not all that the 3S brings to the table; it also sports the Snapdragon 800 processor clocked at 2.3GHz, 3GB RAM, 32GB storage memory, LTE support and stereo speakers. It does appear to be running some form of themed Android build which Vivo is calling ‘Funtouch OS’. The rear camera is a low aperture 13-megapixel affair, complemented by a wide-angle 5-megapixel camera on the front, and if you noticed the slit just below the flash on the 3S, yes, that’s a fingerprint scanner. While the 3S appears to be loaded with a lot of great features, the 3,200mAh battery appears to be on the smaller side, particularly seeing as it has such a large screen; not even the power-saving abilities of the Snapdragon 800 would be able to offset the power drain due to the gargantuan screen.
That said, the Vivo Xplay 3S is slated to sell at 3,498 yuan, which equates to about $570-580USD for the standalone device, which isn’t much at all for that kind of power and features. There aren’t any specifics on when and where the 3S will be available, but it’s likely to roll out next month and there is talk that it will be available globally. Would you get a Vivo Xplay 3S? Let us know what you think of the phone in the comments.
Source: Vivo via Phone Arena
