CHINA - Vivo took their official Weibo handle in the mainland to share a few high definition pictures of their upcoming and much awaited flagship tablet, the Vivo Pad. The Dongguan based manufacturer has confirmed that the new slate will launch in a metal construction and will make the Vivo Pad's flat panels slimmer, also light in weight. Vivo haven't revealed any other information regarding the new tablet or it's launch dates, but we can see the device and a Vivo-branded Apple Pencil like stylus in it's full glory from the images shared by them. The tablet is wearing it's light blue paint job and shows off the circular camera module on the back possibly carrying a dual camera arrangement.

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CHINA - Vivo will officially launch their all new premium folding smartphone on April 11. The manufacturer has confirmed this by sharing a teaser video of the next in line flexible display smartphone on their official Weibo account in China. The teaser does not share much information regarding the smartphone itself, but we can see them refer to words like, "Big and Integrated." The company has also mentioned that the device will be their first foldable smartphone from the "Folding-Screen 2.0 Era." Previous speculations suggest a similar design as of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold3, featuring a secondary display of 6.53 inches FHD+ OLED panel on the outside, a 4600mAh powered battery with 80W wired and 50W wireless fast charging support.

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CHINA - Vivo's sub-brand iQOO announces latest iQOO U5x smartphone in the mainland as their latest entrant to middle-ranged smartphones. You can make a deposit payment of  ¥50 ($8) for the smartphone right now from Vivo's online webstore in China, where the price for iQOO U5X starts at 899 CNY or 141 USD for the base 4GB/128GB model and goes upto ¥1099 or $173 for the 8GB/128GB adaption, coming in Polar Blue and Star Black colors. The new iQOO U5X packs a Snapdragon 680 processor, 6.5-inch HD+ LCD display, 13MP+2MP dual rear cameras, an 8MP secondary lens, a 5000mAh battery with 10W charging and Android 11 based Origin OS on board. Sale goes live on April 1 at 10:00 AM local time.

CHINA - All new render of the upcoming Vivo X Note appeared on the Chinese social media website Weibo. The leaked screenshot shared by the tipster is believed to be taken from Vivo China's official website, giving us a glance of the speculated smartphone in full glory. The phone seems to carry a curved-edge display with punch hole camera on the front and a circular quad camera module to the back. The device with 12GB RAM and 512GB ROM is priced at 9999 Chinese Yuan ($1571), also coming in a 12GB/256GB adaption. According to past rumors, we can expect Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, a QHD+ 120Hz AMOLED display, Samsung S5KGN1 50MP primary sensor and 5000mAH battery with 80W fast charging.

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