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Vivo NEX S review: A nearly bezel-less flagship with a motorised pop-up selfie camera.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2018·$680
Overall
64/100
Class rank
#108 of 138
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

The bezel-less pop-up pioneer.

Vivo NEX S used a motorised pop-up selfie camera to achieve a then-unprecedented 91% screen-to-body ratio without a notch. Paired with Snapdragon 845 and in-display fingerprint, it was one of 2018's most innovative phones.

01Display

86/100

At 86/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among flagship phones of 2018 — 6 points above the cohort average.

TypeSuper AMOLED, 91.24% screen ratio
Size6.59 inches
Resolution2,316 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

70/100

70/100 trails the 75-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2018.

Main12 MP Dual Pixel + 5 MP, OIS
Selfie8 MP, motorised pop-up

03Performance

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for flagship phones of 2018.

ChipsetSnapdragon 845 (10 nm)
RAM8 GB
Storage128 / 256 GB

04Battery

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 72-point average for flagship phones of 2018.

Capacity4,000 mAh
Wired22.5 W Dual-Engine

05Build

78/100

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

06Value

70/100

70/100 puts it above the 65-point average for flagship phones of 2018.

What works
  • Industry-leading 91% screen-to-body ratio.
  • Motorised pop-up selfie camera.
  • In-display fingerprint + SD845.
  • Hi-Fi DAC + jack.
What doesn't
  • Pop-up mechanism is a durability question.
  • Mono speaker.
  • Funtouch heavy.
  • 199 g.
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? .