Vivo V40 Lite review: Slim 5G with Snapdragon 685 and 50 MP Aura Light selfie.
Selfie-Lite with Aura Light.
V40 Lite keeps Vivo's portrait-friendly Aura Light selfie ring in a slim AMOLED body at $320. The Snapdragon 685 caps performance, but the design and selfie identity carry through from the V-line.
01Display
80/10080/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2024.
02Camera
66/10066/100 trails the 71-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2024.
03Performance
56/10056/100 is one of the weaker performance results among mid-range phones of 2024 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
80/10080/100 trails the 84-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2024.
05Build
68/10068/100 is one of the weaker build results among mid-range phones of 2024 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- Aura Light selfie ring distinctive
- Slim 7.8 mm + AMOLED at $320
- 44W charging + microSD + jack
- Snapdragon 685 weak — no 5G despite name
- 2 MP depth filler
- Mono speaker
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 171-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .