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Vivo Y300 review: 80 W charging and a ring light in a $230 phone.

SpecEagle Editorial·Nov 2024·$230
Overall
61/100
Class rank
#86 of 223
Tier
Budget
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Charging speed as the budget hook.

Y300 sells one number: 80 W. Fifteen minutes on the plug covers a day, which genuinely changes how a budget phone feels. The chip and the filler lens are where the money went instead — fair trade at this price.

01Display

72/100

72/100 puts it above the 68-point average for budget phones of 2024.

TypeAMOLED, 120 Hz, 1,800 nits HBM
Size6.67 inches
Resolution2,400 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

02Camera

62/100

62/100 puts it above the 59-point average for budget phones of 2024.

Main50 MP, f/1.8
Bokeh2 MP
Ring lightRear Aura ring
Selfie32 MP

03Performance

54/100

54/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2024.

ChipsetSnapdragon 4 Gen 2 (4 nm)
RAM8 GB
Storage128 / 256 GB

04Battery

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2024.

Capacity5,000 mAh
Wired80 W FlashCharge

05Build

64/100

64/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2024.

06Value

72/100

72/100 — right at the average for budget phones of 2024.

What works
  • 80 W charging — unheard-of at $230.
  • Bright 1,800-nit AMOLED.
  • 32 MP selfie + rear ring light for low-light.
  • Slim 7.7 mm with stereo sound.
What doesn't
  • Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 is entry-class.
  • 2 MP bokeh filler instead of ultrawide.
  • Two OS updates only.
  • Funtouch ships heavy bloat.
Cross-shop it against
Moto G85
$299 · score 74/100

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