vivo Y27s arrives in the Philippines
vivo has announced the arrival of its latest entry-level offering in the Philippines—the vivo Y27s. It is the newest addition to the Y family in the country. Priced at PHP 9,999 (~roughly US $180), the new smartphone from the Chinese phone maker features a 6nm chipset, 256GB of storage, and 44W charging.
The vivo Y27s is built around a 6.64-inch display in an IPS LCD panel. It has a Full HD+ resolution with support for a 90Hz refresh rate and a punch-hole cut-out for the 8MP camera. Around the back is a dual-camera setup comprised of 50MP main and 2MP depth sensors. Powering the entry-level handset is the Snapdragon 680 chip, a 6nm processor, paired with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage.
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The vivo Y27s in Burgundy Black | Image: vivo |
The phone has a 5,000mAh battery inside that charges at 44W and runs on Android 13-based Funtouch OS 13 out-of-the-box. Other features include a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, IP54 rating, face unlock, and a microSD slot. Color options range from Burgundy Black to Garden Green.

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Brahm Daniel Verano, Editor-in-Chief
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January 29, 2024
vivo has announced the arrival of its latest entry-level offering in the Philippines—the vivo Y27s. It is the newest addition to the Y family in the country. Priced at PHP 9,999 (~roughly US $180), the new smartphone from the Chinese phone maker features a 6nm chipset, 256GB of storage, and 44W charging.
The vivo Y27s is built around a 6.64-inch display in an IPS LCD panel. It has a Full HD+ resolution with support for a 90Hz refresh rate and a punch-hole cut-out for the 8MP camera. Around the back is a dual-camera setup comprised of 50MP main and 2MP depth sensors. Powering the entry-level handset is the Snapdragon 680 chip, a 6nm processor, paired with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.2 storage.
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The vivo Y27s in Burgundy Black | Image: vivo |
The phone has a 5,000mAh battery inside that charges at 44W and runs on Android 13-based Funtouch OS 13 out-of-the-box. Other features include a side-mounted fingerprint sensor, IP54 rating, face unlock, and a microSD slot. Color options range from Burgundy Black to Garden Green.
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Brahm Daniel Verano is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of androidist. He is a consumer technology journalist and a phone critic with half a decade of smartphone coverage and gadget reviewing experience in between. He founded the publication in 2019, later becoming one of the Philippines' first news websites dedicated to reporting on Android. He is among a few who have reviewed the first OnePlus tablet and has attended major tech events held locally, including Galaxy Unpacked. He is currently taking up a Bachelor of Science in Information and Technology at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. He can be reached at brahm@androidist.net or @brahm.androidist.net on Bluesky.
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