vivo V50 Lite Review: Does it offer value-for-money

April 30, 2025, 12:44 PM
by Md. Mehedi Hasan

UNB News
Publish- April 30, 2025, 12:44 PM
Md. Mehedi Hasan
Update- April 30, 2025, 01:03 PM

vivo V50 Lite

The Chinese smartphone company vivo has unveiled the vivo V50 Lite in Bangladesh. The phone officially became available for sale on April 24, 2025, in Bangladesh. Offering a few robust features at a budget-friendly to lower midrange price, the phone has created hype among smartphone lovers. Here is a detailed review that highlights the key features, competitive value, pros, cons, and pricing of the vivo V50 Lite.

Key Features of vivo V50 Lite

In its price segment, the vivo V50 Lite confronts several phones like the Xiaomi Poco X7, vivo iQOO Z10, and TECNO CAMON 40 Pro. Let’s find out how the V50 Lite plays out among its competitors.

Design

The vivo V50 Lite looks sleek and stylish and has a height of 6.45 inches, a width of 3 inches, and a depth of 0.31 inches. Its mainframe is plastic-made with a glossy finish around the edges and a frosted texture on the back panel. Users expecting a metal body may feel disheartened, but it’s common for most brands to use a plastic body for their mid-range models. Devices like the TECNO CAMON 40, Xiaomi Poco X7, and vivo iQOO Z10 serve as clear examples of this industry trend.

Weighing 197g, the vivo V50 Lite appears a bit heavier than the Tecno Camon 40 Pro (179g) and the Xiaomi POCO X7 (up to 190g).

The linear camera panel, placed in the rear panel’s top left corner, resembles an exclamation mark. The panel is made of three vertically placed cutouts allotted for a primary camera, a depth sensor, and a flashlight. On the front, the display has a punch-hole camera cutout on its top and an in-display fingerprint sensor on the bottom area. The flat display spreads across the front, leaving little room for the bezels and chin.

Around the sides of the vivo V50 Lite, keeping a symmetrical balance in their positions, sit a microphone, active noise cancellation systems, volume rockers, and a SIM tray. Marking the second disappointment, the phone doesn’t offer an audio jack.

For a phone coming at a budget-friendly to lower midrange price, the vivo V50 Lite has nothing unusual about its design. Its camera panel caters to users who love a vertically placed camera module, while phones like the vivo iQOO Z10 and Xiaomi Poco X7 offer circular panels. The V50 Lite provides IP65 dust and water resistance and is compliant with MIL-STD-810H. That means it can survive mild water jets and occasional hand drops.

Display

The phone’s display is a 6.77-inch AMOLED screen with a Full HD+ resolution. Featuring a 120Hz refresh rate and a brightness range of 1300 nits to 1800 nits, the display responds fast to the touch and remains visible in direct sunlight. With a 1080 x 2392 pixel distribution and 388 ppi density, it can render vivid and colour-accurate graphics.

Among vivo V50’s competitors, none offer a better display, but the vivo iQOO Z10 has the highest brightness level of 5000 nits, the Xiaomi Poco X7 stands out with the highest resolution of 1220 x 2712 pixels, and the Tecno Camon 40 Pro responds the fastest at a 144Hz refresh rate.

Cameras

The vivo V50 Lite’s photography features consist of two rear cameras and one front camera, keeping it simple yet not insufficient. The vertical rear camera module houses a 50MP (f/1.8) wide lens and a 2MP (f/2.2) depth sensor. It lacks an ultrawide lens, most expected at this budget, damaging the phone’s overall customer acceptance. The front camera is a 32MP (f/2.5) wide lens.

All the cameras work fine at capturing photos, regardless of the time of day. All the rivals at its price, including the vivo iQOO Z10, Xiaomi Poco X7, and the Tecno Camon 40 Pro, come with 50MP primary lenses, which makes the V50 Lite’s camera performance on par with the mass expectations. However, the Xiaomi Poco X7 and Tecno Camon 40 Pro outplay the V50 Lite by offering 8MP ultrawide lenses.

vivo V50 Lite has no 4K video recording capacity, which is offered by similarly priced rivals like the vivo IQOO Z10, Tecno Camon 40 Pro, and POCO X7.

Hardware, Software and Performance

The vivo V50 Lite runs on Funtouch OS 15, based on Android 15, offering a smooth and intuitive experience with updated animations, improved privacy controls, and lightweight UI enhancements.

Under the hood, it’s equipped with the Snapdragon 685 chipset fabricated on a 6 nm node. The octa-core processor is configured as 4 × 2.8 GHz and 4 × 1.9 GHz, providing consistent performance for everyday use, though it’s not built for heavy-duty tasks or intensive gaming.

The phone pairs 8 GB of RAM with 256 GB of UFS 2.2 storage. Extended RAM supports memory expansion up to 8 GB, though storage expansion is not supported.

Among rivals, the vivo iQOO Z10 leads in raw performance with its Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, offering faster CPU cores and the Adreno 710 GPU. The Xiaomi Poco X7 and Tecno Camon 40 Pro also push ahead with more powerful chipsets—the MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Ultra and Dimensity 7300, respectively, both featuring Cortex-A78 cores and Mali-G615 MC2 GPUs for better gaming and multitasking performance. The iQOO Z10 also provides more configuration options, scaling up to 12 GB of RAM for users needing extra power.

Battery and Charger

The vivo V50 Lite comes equipped with a 6500 mAh silicon-carbon Li-ion battery, offering extended endurance for all-day use and beyond. It supports 90W wired charging, capable of reaching 50% in just 23 minutes and a full charge in 52 minutes. The device also features 6W reverse-wired charging, allowing it to power up other gadgets in a pinch.

Among competitors, the vivo iQOO Z10 leads in capacity with a massive 7300 mAh battery and matches the V50 Lite’s 90W wired charging, though without officially stated charge times. The Tecno Camon 40 Pro offers a smaller 5200 mAh capacity. Meanwhile, the Xiaomi Poco X7, with a 5110 mAh battery, lags behind with 45W charging.

Pros and Cons of vivo V50 Lite

Pros

- 120Hz AMOLED display
- Android 15 with Funtouch 15
- 6500 mAh battery, 90W charging
- Under-display fingerprint scanner
- IP65 and MIL-STD-810H compliant
- Stereo speakers

Cons

- No optical zoom
- No wireless charging
- No microSDXC slot
- No 4K video recording
- No 512GB or 1 TB internal storage options
- No Gyro-EIS
- No Gorilla Glass
- No audio jack

Price of vivo V50 Lite in Bangladesh

The Vivo V50 Lite is available in two variants. The one with 8GB RAM and 128GB storage options is priced at BDT 29,999, while the other with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage options is priced at BDT 32,999.

Conclusion

The vivo V50 Lite stands out with its vibrant 120Hz AMOLED display, massive 6500 mAh battery with 90W fast charging, and clean Android 15 experience. Though it lacks features like ultrawide cameras, 4K video recording capacity, 512 GB and 1 TB storage options, and wireless charging, its performance, design, and endurance make it a compelling choice for everyday use within 30000 to 32000 TK price ranges.