SpecEagle review · Vivo

Vivo Y20 review: The big-battery budget seller with a side fingerprint.

SpecEagle Editorial·Aug 2020·$170
Overall
48/100
Class rank
#84 of 118
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

A big-battery budget Vivo.

Vivo Y20 paired a 5,000 mAh battery with a side fingerprint and jack at $170 — a steady budget seller in Asia despite the entry SD460.

01Display

52/100

52/100 is one of the weaker display results among budget phones of 2020 — 11 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

TypeIPS LCD, 60 Hz
Size6.51 inches
Resolution1,600 × 720 px

02Camera

46/100

46/100 is one of the weaker camera results among budget phones of 2020 — 10 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main13 MP, f/2.2
Macro2 MP
Selfie8 MP

03Performance

42/100

42/100 is one of the weaker performance results among budget phones of 2020 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetSnapdragon 460 (11 nm)
RAM3 / 4 / 6 GB
Storage64 / 128 GB + microSD

04Battery

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 78-point average for budget phones of 2020.

Capacity5,000 mAh
Wired18 W

05Build

58/100

58/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2020.

06Value

60/100

60/100 trails the 64-point cohort average for budget phones of 2020.

What works
  • 5,000 mAh battery at $170.
  • Side fingerprint + jack.
  • microSD + 18 W.
  • Big display.
What doesn't
  • HD+ LCD, SD460 slow.
  • Mono speaker.
  • Basic cameras.
  • Support ended.
Cross-shop it against
Redmi Note 10 5G
$199 · score 70/100

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