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Vivo Philippines has added a new member to its bestselling series of mobile phones.

(Update, May 4: Our review of the Vivo Y12s is up!)

The country’s No. 1 smartphone vendor has launched the Vivo Y12s, just a little over two weeks after it introduced the Vivo Y20s (G). The handset is priced at P6,499 (roughly $135) — or P1,000 ($21) cheaper than the Y20i and Y20i 2021 — and is now available in Glacier Blue and Phantom Black colors nationwide.

The Vivo Y12s is a starter phone that looks like the brand’s more premium units. It has a MediaTek Helio P35 chip coupled with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage.

SEE ALSO: How the Vivo Y20i 2021 differs from the Vivo Y20i

The device has a battery rated at 5,000mAh, which Vivo says should help the Y12s last for a maximum of 16.3 hours of HD movie streaming. It gets a side-mounted fingerprint sensor that doubles as a power key. There’s a 13-megapixel primary camera paired with a 2-megapixel one on the back and an 8-megapixel sensor up front. And it ships with Android 10 layered with Funtouch OS 11 out of the box.

Vivo Y12s specs

• 6.51-inch HD+ LCD IPS display, 1,600 x 720 resolution
• Octa-core MediaTek Helio P35 processor
• 3GB RAM
• 32GB storage
• Dual-camera setup: 13MP, f/2.2 main and 2MP, f/2.4 secondary
• 8-megapixel, f/1.8 front camera
• Fingerprint reader (side-mounted)
• Face unlock
• 5,00mAh battery with support for 10-watt fast charging
• Funtouch OS 11 based on Android 10
• Colors: Phantom Black, Glacier Blue

Main image via Instagram

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