SpecEagle review · Vivo

Vivo NEX Dual Display review: Two screens, one camera — selfies with the main shooter.

SpecEagle Editorial·Dec 2018·$730
Overall
76/100
Class rank
#43 of 138
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

One camera, two screens.

NEX Dual Display solved the selfie-camera problem by adding a second rear screen — letting you shoot selfies with the superior main camera. An inventive dead-end that showed Vivo's willingness to experiment in the all-screen era.

01Display

84/100

84/100 puts it above the 80-point average for flagship phones of 2018.

Front6.39" Super AMOLED, 1080 x 2340
Rear5.49" Super AMOLED, 1080 x 1920
LightingLunar Ring notification light around rear cam

02Camera

78/100

78/100 puts it above the 75-point average for flagship phones of 2018.

Main12 MP Sony IMX363, f/1.79, dual-pixel
Secondary2 MP night camera
DepthToF 3D sensor
SelfieUses main cam + rear screen as viewfinder

03Performance

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2018 — 8 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 845 (10nm)
GPUAdreno 630

04Battery

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2018.

Capacity3500 mAh
Charging22W dual-engine

05Build

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2018.

What works
  • Selfies use the high-quality main camera
  • No notch or pop-up needed — second screen instead
  • Lunar Ring notification light is a neat touch
What doesn't
  • Second screen drains the small battery
  • Awkward two-handed selfie workflow
  • Heavy and thick
Cross-shop it against
Galaxy Note 10+
$1099 · score 90/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 138-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .