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Vivo Y17 review: AI triple-camera budget with 5000 mAh.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2019·$220
Overall
54/100
Class rank
#45 of 103
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Selfie-focused budget volume.

Vivo Y17 carried the Y-line's selfie-first marketing into the budget tier with a 20 MP front camera and 5000 mAh battery at $220 — a heavy seller across emerging markets.

01Display

60/100

60/100 trails the 64-point cohort average for budget phones of 2019.

TypeIPS LCD, waterdrop notch
Size6.35 inches
Resolution720 x 1544 px

02Camera

56/100

56/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

Main13 MP, f/2.2
Ultrawide8 MP
Depth2 MP
Selfie20 MP

03Performance

50/100

50/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

ChipsetHelio P35 (12nm)
GPUPowerVR GE8320

04Battery

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 74-point average for budget phones of 2019.

Capacity5000 mAh
Charging18W dual-engine

05Build

60/100

60/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2019.

What works
  • 20 MP selfie + 18W charging at $220
  • 5000 mAh + microSD
  • 3.5 mm jack
What doesn't
  • Helio P35 slow
  • 720p only
  • 2 MP depth filler
Cross-shop it against
Redmi Note 9
$199 · score 68/100

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