Vivo V23 5G (8GB, 128GB)

The Vivo V23 5G is a mid-range flagship smartphone. The smartphone comes with a glass back which feels and looks very premium. The weight of the smartphone is only 179 grams, and the Vivo V23 5G is 1 57.2mm taller and 72.4mm wider. The Vivo V23 5G is only 7.4mm thicker which makes it a slick-looking smartphone. Its sleek design and less weight make the Vivo V23 5G smartphone lightweight and easy to carry around.

The Vivo V23 5G comes with the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor with Octa-core 2x2.5 GHz Cortex-A78 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 CPU paired with 8GB and 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM. To further advance its performance, the smartphone also comes with the Mali-G68 MC4 GPU. The multitasking is extremely smooth and easy on the Vivo V23 5G. As the chipset is paid with UFS 3.1 storage and LPDR4X 8GB and 12GB of RAM which makes jumping between apps easily and reduces the load time to a great extent. Users can also play all the big games like Call of Duty mobile and BGMI with high graphics and high frame rates. The smartphone runs on front touch OS version 12 on top of android 12 which now feels quite optimized for the device and users will not feel any performance issue due to its OS.

The Vivo V23 5G smartphone comes with a 6.4" AMOLED display which comes with 1080X2400 pixels resolution and 20:9 aspect ratio along with 409ppi density. To give the smartphone the latest and bezel-less look, it comes with an 88% of screen to body ratio. The Vivo V23 5G comes with a big chunky notch at the top of the display which feels outdated on android smartphones. The maximum brightness on the smartphone is 800 nits which is quite bright and the display will show great results in a sunny light also. The display of the Vivo V23 5G smartphone is protected with Schott Sensation Up.

The battery is one of the weakest parts of the Vivo V23 5G smartphone. As the Vivo V23, 5G smartphone comes with only a 4300mAh battery which is quite small by today's standard. Even if you are a casual user the 4300mAh battery will last only for one working day on a single charge, and users will have to charge their smartphone at night or in the evening. Although the smartphone comes with a 44W fast charger in the box it can charge your smartphone from 0 to 100 in under an hour. The charger on the Vivo V23 5G is a USB type-C.

The camera is the strongest part of the Vivo V23 5G is a smartphone as it comes with a triple rear camera set up with a 64-megapixel main sensor with a 1.9 aperture 8-megapixel ultra-wide sensor with 2.2 aperture and a 2-megapixel macro sensor with 2.4 aperture. On the front, the smartphone comes with a dual-camera setup which is the reason behind a big and chunky notch on the display. A dual camera set up at the front features a 50-megapixel main camera with 2.0 aperture and 8-megapixel ultra-wide camera with 2.3 aperture for group selfies. Results from both cameras are extremely good; users will also get a good result from its rear macro sensor. The smartphone will provide excellent image quality in daylight and low light or night conditions. The Camera system on the Vivo V23 5G will not struggle in any lighting conditions and will give natural-looking photos. The Vivo V23 5G smartphone comes with a dual-LED Flashlight at back and the front also. Users can shoot 4K and 1080P videos at 30 FPS with both the camera with gyro EIS.

In terms of storage the Vivo V23 5G smartphone comes in two variants one with 8GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage. A second one comes with a massive 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. Although you should keep in mind that there is no option for expandable storage via a micro SD card. But usually, 256GB storage is enough for most users.

The Vivo V23 5G comes with the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 processor with Octa-core 2x2.5 GHz Cortex-A78 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55 CPU paired with 8GB and 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM. To further advance its performance, the smartphone also comes with the Mali-G68 MC4 GPU. The chipset can handle almost every game available on the Google play store. There is no need to say that this smartphone will run all the casual games like Temple Run and candy crush with ease at its highest graphics without any problem. Even if you are a heavy gamer and like to play big titles like Call of Duty mobile asphalt 9 or BGMI the Vivo V23 5G smartphone will handle every big game with its highest graphics and frame rates without any lag or frame drops. But the Vivo V23 5G might get heated after long gaming sessions as it also scored 77% in its CPU throttle test.

The Vivo V23 5G smartphone comes with a massive 44W fast charging which can charge 0 to 68% of your battery in 13 minutes and 0 to 100% battery in under an hour. Along with that users should keep in mind that the smartphone does not come with a 3.5mm headphone Jack. The Vivo V23 5G also does not have a stereo speaker which is expected at this price point. The back of the smartphone will change its color when it's exposed to sunlight as it comes with a color-changing back panel when exposed to sunlight.

The Vivo V23 5G smartphone comes with Some amazing connectivity options such as 4G VoLTE, 5G, Wi-Fi 802.11, b/g/n, Mobile Hotspot, A-GPS, Bluetooth v5.2, and USB Type-C. Along with that users will also get some necessary sensors like an accelerometer, gyro, proximity, and compass. For security, the Vivo V23 5G Smartphone comes with an under-display optical fingerprint sensor.