vivo V19: Benchmark Selfie Camera Performance In Every Light Scenario

vivo has been churning out the best-in-class selfie camera smartphones lately. The company has always been at the forefront of mobile camera technology,combining the best of hardware and sophisticated AI software. We have been testing vivo smartphones from quite a while now and their camera performance has never failed to amaze us. vivo's upcoming smartphones- the vivo V19 will once again mark a new beginning in the selfie camera department.

The vivo V19 has been crafted to perfect every camera shot, irrespective of the light situations. The smartphone boasts a 32+8MP dual front selfie camera and a 48MP AI quad-lens rear camera. The front and rear camera setups have been designed by keeping in mind the unfavorable lighting scenarios wherein you can enjoy studio-grade selfies in the most challenging light conditions. Let's find out how vivo has made it possible.

Studio-Grade Selfies in Low-Light

With the vivo V19, you won't have to worry about the unfavorable lighting conditions while taking selfies for your social media profiles. The smartphone will come equipped with 'Super Night Selfie' mode to ensure well-lit portraits even in low-light scenarios. Simply enable the mode and click a selfie. You will be stunned to see the real-life results.

The V19 camera manages to achieve high level of illumination in low-light selfies by applying 'Multiple-Exposure' technique which merges 14 different frames at multiple exposure values. The artificial intelligence also comes into play to reduce the unwanted noise during low-light scenarios to make selfies look more elegant and beautiful. Moreover, the smartphone will automatically enable AI- face recognition in low-light scenarios to ensure clearer, brighter and life-like selfies.

Aura Screen Light

The icing on the cake is the 'Aura Screen Light' feature that lights up the phone's display to create even more favorable lighting conditions. When the phone's sensors detect low-light, it produces balanced illumination (neither too cold nor too warm) around the screen to help you compose the perfect selfie. What this means is that you can now capture lively selfies without worrying about the poor lighting conditions anywhere.

Super Wide-Angle Selfie (105 degrees)

Taking ultra wide-angle selfies will also bea cakewalk with the upcoming vivo V19. The phone's 8MP wide-angle lens captures distortion-free 105-degree field-of-view selfies, which makes it possible to capture stunning landscape-styled selfies with your entire group in one shot. The super wide-angle camera is backed by an AI algorithm that corrects any wide-angle distortion between portrait foreground and backgrounds for natural-looking distortion-free group selfie shots.

Professional-Grade Portraits Anytime, Anywhere

The vivo V19 lets you master the art of selfies. The phone's camera application features some unique modes that will help you take your photography game a notch further. The 'Pose Master' guides you to strike the perfect pose by giving you important tips to correct the body posture and facial expressions.

The 'Shot Refocus' lets you adjust the blur effect in background or the foreground even after taking a picture. Last but not the least, the 'Art Portrait' mode helps you apply the segment's best filters, AI-enabled make-up and facial beautification effects with just one click. All of these combine to deliver the best-in-class mobile selfie experience on a smartphone.

48MP AI-Quad-Rear Camera

It isn't just selfies, the vivo V19 also promises to excel in the rear camera performance. The smartphone flaunts a massive 48MP primary sensor, which is accompanied by an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera, 2MP macro camera and a 2MP dedicated depth sensor. Now some may argue that the market offers even higher 64MP camera smartphones. But you must also take into account other important factors such as sensor type and the backend software algorithm. It is the quality of the sensor and the software tuning that decides the image output. As far as our testing reveals, the vivo's cameras deliver the most accurate white balance, fine textures and high dynamic range for a natural-looking image/video output.

Moreover, The phone's camera app offers all the required ingredients to compose the best shot every time you click the shutter button. The list includes the AI Super Night Mode for well-lit night time portraits, dramatic 120-degree ultra-wide-angle landscape shots, detailed macro shots wherein the camera can go as close as 4 cm to the subject and stunning portraits with the most natural-looking bokeh effect. The vivo V19 also ensures super steady videos via its EIS-backed ultra-stable video mode.

Best-In-Class Display Experience

The screen is as important as the camera and vivo ensures the category's best display experience on the V19. The smartphone flaunts a 'Dual iView Display' which is essentially a 6.44-inch LIV Super AMOLED FHD+ screen, made from the latest E3 OLED. The display offers vibrant and authentic colors with its 100% DCI-P3 color gamut.

The HDR 10-enabled screen has 800 nits of brightness intensity wherein the peak brightness level touches as high as 1200 nits for an unmatched viewing experience under bright sunlight. On the other hand, the screen gets TÜV RheinlandEye Comfort certification that filters 42% more harmful blue light than E2 OLED panels to offer a comfortable viewing experience in absolute dark scenarios. It's a complete panel for best-in-class multimedia viewing experience.

Capable Hardware For Unstoppable Performance

The driving engine behind the vivo V19's camera and the display is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 AIE SoC. The octa-core chipset is paired with 8GB RAM and 128GB/256GB on-board storage to offer smooth processing and lag-free multitasking performance. The high-end SoC and capable RAM-ROM combination will ensure smooth day-to-day operations.

You can also run multiple applications and play the most popular game titles on the V19 without any performance slowdown. Complementing the lag-free performance is the 33W vivo FlashCharge 2.0 technology. The fast-charge technology is capable of recharging the phone's 4,500mAh battery cell from 0% to 54% in just 30 minutes.