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Vivo V21e review: Slim 44 MP OIS selfie phone with AMOLED.

SpecEagle Editorial·May 2021·$330
Overall
68/100
Class rank
#37 of 105
Tier
Mid-range
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

OIS for selfies.

V21e put optical image stabilisation on its 44 MP front camera — a genuinely rare feature that made handheld selfie video noticeably steadier. The slim AMOLED body and selfie focus kept it true to the V-line brief.

01Display

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 76-point average for mid-range phones of 2021.

TypeSuper AMOLED, waterdrop notch
Size6.44 inches
Resolution1080 x 2404 px
FingerprintUnder-display

02Camera

72/100

72/100 puts it above the 67-point average for mid-range phones of 2021.

Main64 MP, f/1.79
Ultrawide8 MP
Macro2 MP
Selfie44 MP with OIS — rare on a front camera

03Performance

60/100

60/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2021 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetHelio G96 (12nm)
GPUMali-G57 MC2

04Battery

76/100

76/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2021.

Capacity4000 mAh
Charging33W FlashCharge

05Build

76/100

76/100 puts it above the 73-point average for mid-range phones of 2021.

What works
  • OIS on the 44 MP front camera — unusual
  • Slim 7.7 mm / 163 g AMOLED body
  • microSD + 3.5 mm jack
What doesn't
  • Helio G96 modest, no 5G
  • 2 MP macro filler
  • Mono speaker
Cross-shop it against
Honor 80
$420 · score 80/100

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 105-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .