The Vivo X90 series is expected to make its way to global markets on January 31. As Vivo prepares for its launch, more details about its leaked foldable smartphone have surfaced online. While the Vivo X Fold, which was recently upgraded to the Vivo X Fold+, is yet to see a global launch, there’s more news about another foldable device with a smaller clamshell form factor. The device, dubbed the Vivo X Flip, will be the second model with a different foldable form factor to join Vivo’s range of premium devices. A leaked mockup of the device revealed both the front and back design along with more details about the screens. There is also an interesting piece of information about the cameras.
The newly leaked mockup comes from a Weibo post and was first noticed by Playfuldroid. It reveals the front and back design of the not-yet-released Vivo X Flip in its entirety. Compared to the previous leak, which only showed the top half of the device, the new mockup shows the number of cameras and the placement of the volume rocker and power button. The design is very similar to the previous leak, showing the horizontally placed outer display on the top half of the clamshell, which also houses two rear-facing cameras on the outside and a hole-punch selfie camera on the inner folding display. Also visible at the bottom are the cutouts for the USB port and the speaker.
As pointed out in the post, the inner screen is 1,080 pixels wide (when held vertically), while the outer panel is 682 pixels wide. Another interesting component that was visible in an artist’s previous rendering of the leaked mockup is the Zeiss branding. Vivo has partnered with Zeiss on all of its recently launched premium flagships. The branding shown in the leak could indicate better quality optics or camera performance, which are hard to find on sleek clamshell foldables.
The recently announced Oppo Find N2 Flip also has a larger screen on the outside. It makes more sense to offer a bigger screen on the outside, as this has been a pain point with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip series since launch. The Galaxy Z Flip 4 had a similarly smaller screen, which was only good for viewing notifications and of little practical use; because most actions required opening the main screen, according to our review.
Previously leaked details of the Vivo X Flip have revealed that the device will be sporting a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC, which is also present in the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4. More recently leaked renders revealed the horizontally placed screen. As always, the details have been revealed by an unknown source, so we advise our readers to take the above information with a grain of salt.