Vivo S18 review: Slim Aura Light portrait phone with Dimensity 7200.
Selfie style continues.
Vivo S18 kept the S-line's portrait identity — a 50 MP Aura Light selfie and a slim curved-AMOLED body — while upgrading to a 1.5K display and 80W charging. The fashion-forward mid-ranger for the selfie crowd.
01Display
86/100At 86/100 this is one of the strongest display showings among mid-range phones of 2023 — 7 points above the cohort average.
02Camera
76/100At 76/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among mid-range phones of 2023 — 7 points above the cohort average.
03Performance
72/10072/100 puts it above the 68-point average for mid-range phones of 2023.
04Battery
82/10082/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2023.
05Build
80/10080/100 puts it above the 76-point average for mid-range phones of 2023.
- 50 MP Aura Light selfie + slim 7.2 mm body
- 1.5K curved AMOLED + 80W charging
- Stylish S-series design
- Dimensity 7200 mid-tier
- Only 8 MP ultrawide
- No 3.5 mm jack
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 148-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .